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My year of modesty

I swore off makeup and covered my hair, arms and legs for nine months. It was frightening -- and liberating

Lauren Shields Tuesday, Jul 2, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 127
Life Life stories, Body Wars, Feminism

Fox News adopts George Zimmerman

Outside his legal team, few have done more to help Trayvon Martin's shooter than Sean Hannity. Here's why

Alex Seitz-Wald Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:11 PM UTC 353
Media Trayvon Martin

James Clapper is still lying to America

A smoking gun shows Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is a big liar -- and it's not the first time

David Sirota Monday, Jul 1, 2013 4:02 PM UTC 90
Politics James Clapper, NSA

We must hate our children

We crush them with debt to go to college -- and today, rates are actually set to double. Are we out of our minds?

Joan Walsh Monday, Jul 1, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 555
Business Student loan interest rates

Before Edward Snowden: “Sexual deviates” and the NSA

When the last major defection hit the NSA, the government smeared the leakers as gay. New documents show they lied

Rick Anderson Monday, Jul 1, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 13
News NSA, Edward Snowden

I should have slept with Philip Roth

"Would you like to taste one of my cherries?" the great writer asked me, flirtatiously. And then I blew it

Periel Aschenbrand Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 66
Life Books, Philip Roth

“Lost Girls”: A serial killer’s victims

A gifted reporter does justice to the lives of women murdered by a yet-to-be-found monster in Long Island

Laura Miller Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 13
Entertainment Books, What to Read

It’s not just Whitey Bulger: Meet another Mafia killer aided for decades by the FBI

The Colombo family killer stopped counting after 50 murders. A deal with the feds helped him get away with it all

Peter Lance Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 8:25 PM UTC
News Books, Gregory Scarpa Sr., FBI

“Ray Donovan” creator Ann Biderman: “I’m not interested in weddings and dresses and dating”

The creator of Showtime's "Ray Donovan" on violence, affirmative action and "feminine subject matter"

Willa Paskin Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 13
Entertainment ann biderman, ray donovan, TV

Sunday shows: What you missed

Punditry experts this week ended racism, fomented homophobia and grew mustaches

Jim Newell Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 5:43 PM UTC 53
Media Sunday shows, Bob Schieffer

How Humboldt became America’s marijuana capital

In the 1970s, hippie pioneers mastered a new way of growing pot -- and transformed the economy of Humboldt County

Emily Brady Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 19
Business Books, marijuana, Editor's Picks

Thanks for nothing, college!

The studies extolling college's virtues are outdated and misguided. Here's what's really happening to Millennials

Tim Donovan Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 2:30 PM UTC 308
Politics College, College tuition

The Atlantic’s latest silly idea is wrong: No, fast food won’t cure obesity

An Atlantic cover story gets absolutely everything wrong about processed food, Michael Pollan and Americans' health

Deena Shanker Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 76
Life Obesity, junk food, big food

“Do it again or I’m gonna call your wife”: Inside the world of financial domination

In the world of BDSM, where pretty much anything goes as long as it's consensual, one fetish still remains taboo

Ej Dickson Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 57
Life Sex, fetishes, BDSM, Sex Work

Gay marriage? Ca-ching!

The wedding industry is beginning to court same-sex dollars -- with caution

Tracy Clark-Flory Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 10:00 PM UTC
Life Same-sex marriage, Gay Marriage

No, manufacturing jobs won’t revive the economy

Stop claiming a factory boom will save the country and lift people up. Here's what these jobs really look like

Livia Gershon Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 70
Business Manufacturing, Jobs, U.S. Economy

America’s split personality: Paranoid superstate and land of equality

From "The Heat" to "White House Down," from Snowden to gay rights, America plays both hero and villain

Andrew O'Hehir Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Politics, U.S. Politics

“God is a delusion”: I was a Pentecostal preacher — until I lost my faith

I was a Pentecostal preacher for decades. When I lost faith, I thought I'd lose everything -- but atheism saved me

Jerry DeWitt and Ethan Brown Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 2:37 PM UTC 804
Life Religion, Atheism

Our theocracy nightmare: President Palin’s martial law

What if McCain/Palin won, then McCain died -- and a terror attack followed. Apocalyptic fiction from a nightmare

Frederic C. Rich Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 131
Entertainment Books, Sarah Palin

You made Wendy Davis possible

Monumental achievements won this week -- from reproductive rights to marriage equality -- prove the power of voters

Jonathan Bernstein Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 10:30 AM UTC
Politics Wendy Davis, Immigration

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