According a the lawsuit, “rapes, stabbings, and beatings and other acts of violence are rampant.” Remind us again: Why were private prisons supposed to be a good idea?

Jeez, GEO

A Win For Joe Palazzolo

Featuring cover art by Tommy Surya, Southern Train Gypsy's sophomore album, The Bastard, is no-bullshit, swampy metal.

What a Bastard

(From left to right) Ukraine’s Vadym Kholodenko, Italy’s Beatrice Rana, and the United States’ Sean Chen were the big winners in the Cliburn.

Cliburn Wrap

Strickland: “I didn’t choose this work — this work chose me.” Lee Chastain

Protesting the Drug War

Janet Morrow’s “Untitled”

Gallery

Henry Cavill presents himself to the United States military in Man of Steel.

Man and Superman

Brit Marling is geared up to live off the land in The East.

A Star in The East

Evan Hughes

A Perilous Grid

This cup-holding figurine is part of the Kimbell’s Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes.

The Art of Wari