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New Pornographers' Carl Newman: "I just want to work. I don’t think of myself as some artist"

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Why an all-female "Ghostbusters III" is the reboot we need

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Planet earth vs. roads: The epic conflict that will define the future of the world

How the Catholic Church masterminded the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby debacle

All these effing geniuses: Ezra Klein, expert-driven journalism, and the phony Washington consensus

Obama channels Reagan: Why his ISIS strategy is doomed from the start

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How I switched sides in the technology wars

Why artificial intelligence is the future of religion

Some millennials are this trapped: Income inequality, obesity and the neuroscience of adolescence

Harvard Lampoon president Alexis Wilkinson on how writers' rooms should deal with gender and race

Facts vs. the GOP: Why America is living through a new era of segregation

Drone footage reveals what little now remains of Gaza

People are just the worst: Fan tailgates wearing Adrian Peterson jersey and carrying a switch

The atheist libertarian lie: Ayn Rand, income inequality and the fantasy of the "free market"

Mainstream feminism is tepid and cowardly: Work, sex, race, "having it all" and true liberation

Congress' sick scorched earth policy