Strange but true
Composer Stew bares all about his raucous Broadway hit "Passing Strange" -- and why his song "We Just Had Sex" won't be on TV on Tony night.
Wednesday, Jun 11, 2008 11:00 AM UTCEntertainment Tony Awards, Theater
James Hannaham
Entertainment Tony Awards, Theater
Yours in holy “manimony”
More women are paying alimony to their ex-husbands.
Friday, May 23, 2008 1:35 PM UTC 43Life Broadsheet, Gender, Love and Sex
Miss Bitch USA
Want to watch tough female rappers shake their booties in a lesbian bar? VH1's "Miss Rap Supreme" proves no one is immune to reality TV's degradations.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:15 AM UTC 10Entertainment Reality TV, Television
Has our reverence for DNA gone too far?
A rape victim lobbies for mandatory DNA testing of anyone arrested for a violent crime.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:55 PM UTC 75Life Broadsheet, Love and Sex
Addicted to “Intervention”
Why can't I stop watching the bleakest show on television? Because it's the only way I've found to cope with my mother dying.
Thursday, May 8, 2008 10:22 AM UTC 28Life
Could this week get worse for mothers?
From an Austrian horror house to an 8-months-pregnant woman arrested for DUI, this has not been a pleasant week for moms in the news.
Thursday, May 1, 2008 10:41 PM UTC 86Life Broadsheet, Love and Sex
Does Madonna still matter?
On "Hard Candy," the 49-year-old disco queen gracefully walks a tightrope between sex, motherhood and aging.
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008 10:21 AM UTC 78Entertainment Sex, Music, Love and Sex
The fight for fair pay
Now that Republicans have blocked a wage discrimination bill, maybe it's time to start talking about our salaries.
Friday, Apr 25, 2008 2:35 PM UTC 24Life Broadsheet, Love and Sex
Strangers on a train … under arrest?
A man gets 10 days in jail for staring intensely at a female commuter.
Tuesday, Apr 22, 2008 5:15 PM UTC 109Life Broadsheet, Love and Sex
Did Portishead kill trip hop?
The moody British band is back, but they've ditched sensual black grooves and embraced their inner goth.
Thursday, Apr 17, 2008 10:27 AM UTC 35Entertainment Music
Where have all the bohemians gone?
Richard Florida has made a career out of explaining the economic importance of the creative class. His latest book is a field guide to their moving and mating habits.
Friday, Apr 11, 2008 10:40 AM UTC 54Entertainment Nonfiction, Books
The funny thing about black men in dresses
Why do black comedians like Tyler Perry, Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence don plus-size pantyhose and parade around as their feisty grandmas?
Friday, Mar 21, 2008 11:30 AM UTC 45Entertainment Race, Tyler Perry, LGBT, Movies
Push the envelope, please!
Oscar's getting old and saggy. Can he remake himself with a few simple tucks, some carefully placed electrodes and a roll of duct tape?
Friday, Feb 22, 2008 12:10 PM UTC 22Entertainment Movies
“Jumper”
Do Hollywood action films like this say more than they intend about our nation's psychology?
Thursday, Feb 14, 2008 12:50 PM UTC 68Entertainment Movies
Make your own candidate
None of the presidential contenders felt like a good fit for my beliefs. So I invented a fantasy candidate -- and it screwed up my election day.
Thursday, Feb 7, 2008 12:02 PM UTC 79All Salon Race, 2008 Elections
Multiracial man
The Obama campaign's deft use of the candidate's mixed heritage is making it harder to read his candidacy in terms of race.
Saturday, Feb 2, 2008 12:41 PM UTC 219All Salon Race, 2008 Elections
Clarence Thomas is not a sellout
Blacks who challenge affirmative action and other "black orthodoxies" are not betraying their race. Or so argues author Randall Kennedy.
Monday, Jan 21, 2008 12:03 PM UTC 171Entertainment Race, Nonfiction, Books
Flirting with disaster
Will Amy Winehouse's self-destructive behavior make her a music legend -- or will it just kill her?
Friday, Dec 14, 2007 11:58 AM UTC 80Entertainment Music, Grammys, Amy Winehouse
Fantasies in black and white
If even most African-Americans believe the black poor are primarily responsible for their own plight, does that make it true?
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007 12:12 PM UTC 104All Salon Race, Family, U.S. Economy
“It’s Britney, bitch”
Spears calls us out in her new album, "Blackout," giving bad sex a half-assed hard sell. Do we still want a piece of her?
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 11:05 AM UTC 38Entertainment Music, Britney Spears
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