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  • Face it: The Democratic Party is not for women
    The Stupak-Pitts amendment is a devastating setback for women's rights. Are we ready to fight yet?
    Kate Harding
  • 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
  • "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
  • 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
  • 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
  • This Modern World
    This just in from the Institute for the Advancement of Conservative Science: History began on 1/20/09!
    By Tom Tomorrow
  • Two introverts in a tiny apartment: Help!
    Ever since we moved in, we've been at each other. What happened?
    By Cary Tennis
  • 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
  • "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
  • Little darlings
    Inside the elaborate, disturbing and downright riveting world of child-beauty pageants
    By Amanda Fortini