Currently in Salon

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  "Precious" in the age of Obama
  Why the hopeless story of a ghetto teen is just the kind of movie black people need right now
  By Erin Aubry Kaplan
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  The celebrity sex tape jumps the shark
  So the former Miss USA contestant has one. Big whoop. Remember when those videos used to actually mean something?
  By Mary Elizabeth Williams
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  Three anniversaries
  The fall of the Berlin Wall, 9/11 and the collapse of Lehman Brothers: Each ushered in a new American era
  By Michael Lind
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  When Congress sells out women
  The Democrats' lust to win at any cost stripped abortion from the healthcare bill. Can pro-choicers put it back?
  By Frances Kissling
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  Dead chicks rock
  Rammstein's album is being censored for depicting violence against women. It's also the No. 2 record in Europe
  Tracy Clark-Flory
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  This Modern World
  This just in from the Institute for the Advancement of Conservative Science: History began on 1/20/09!
  By Tom Tomorrow
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  Two introverts in a tiny apartment: Help!
  Ever since we moved in, we've been at each other. What happened?
  By Cary Tennis
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  "Mad Men" finale: What's worth a fight?
  Don Draper and the denizens of Sterling Cooper take drastic measures in the face of a brave new world
  By Heather Havrilesky
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  Little darlings
  Inside the elaborate, disturbing and downright riveting world of child-beauty pageants
  By Amanda Fortini
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  Investigating his father's murder
  A memoirist searches for the truth about a fatal shooting in 1960s Phoenix
  By Laura Miller