Preservation Society
image by imp kerr In 2004, the exhibition Nanoq: Flat Out and Bluesome opened in Spike Island, a large, white-walled art space in Bristol, England.…
City Under Siege
Once the War on Terror began, city dwellers everywhere found themselves living in occupied territories
The Thin Blue Lie
Why civilian investigations of police misconduct do more to excuse it than prevent it
Hard Blows
Camille Paglia’s greatest merit as a critic is the fact that her literary analysis can double as self-help.
Queer, Interrupted
Cops have no business telling queer youth “it gets better” while they protect the regime that makes it worse. Better to bash back than to wait.
The Prison-Educational Complex
When police are deployed in high schools, typical behavioral issues are reframed as criminal ones.
Objects of Derision
Cop comedies invite us to laugh at the terror police induce by being both less and more than human
Tweeting the Beat
How an out-of-work Wisconsinite achieved Internet celebrity by tweeting police dispatches from his hometown of Sheboygan
By Any Other Name
A public-relations makeover for Predator drones? It's all in the lingo.
Dumb Computers, Smart Cops
If cops are supposed to be programmed by the law and constitutional restrictions on their power, we should fear the budding signs of their artificial intelligence.
Paranoid Androids
Political theater is not without its tragic and comic masks
Flight for Your Rights
Privacy rights will receive the same treatment given wedding parties when drones see domestic deployment.
Under Our Skins
Smartphones bring just-in-time efficiency and corporate discipline to everything from shopping to sex slavery
Drone-Court Advantage
Progressives need to “D” up for the Big O’s second-term bid — if they know what’s good for them
Batman Occupied
Batman is too big to fail, in so many ways
Louder Than Bombs
Sometimes, I dream that the drone is going to attack, and I’m scared. I’m really scared. After the interview is over, Sadaullah Wazir pulls the pant legs over the stubs of his knees till they conceal the bone-colored prostheses.