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Democracy’s ugly misogyny: The dark reality of “free” elections in Afghanistan
Ann Jones
Afghan women have been shut down, shut out and silenced by the very men the U.S. has asked them to vote for
“This is our Call of Duty”: How ISIS is using video games
Matthew Hall
"Grand Theft Auto: Salil al-Sawarem" joins the well-trafficked genre of games that exploit the Middle East conflict
Rise of the American police state: 9 disgraceful events that paved the way
Alex Henderson
From the War on Drugs to the militarization of police, these deeply unsettling milestones got us where we are
Stop thanking me for my service
Rory Fanning
As a veteran, I'm tired of being blindly celebrated. Good intentions aren't a substitute for good politics
America’s disastrous drug war in Afghanistan
Jean MacKenzie
The U.S. has spent $7.6 billion on counternarcotics, and the country's opium industry is now bigger than ever
Meet the Kansans fighting conservatives tooth and nail for gay rights
Steven Rosenfeld
Home to the Westboro Baptist Church, the state is as homophobic as any in the union. A brave few are taking a stand
Thomas Frank: “We are such losers”
Thomas Frank
Liberals yearn to believe in post-ideological blank slates -- and get disappointed every time. Will we ever learn?
America’s dangerous “war” on Ebola: What we risk by letting the military call the shots
Karen J. Greenberg
The national security state is fully mobilized against the threat of Ebola — and here's why that's a problem
EXCLUSIVE: Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly let cowardly Congress have it on gun control
Gabrielle Giffords, Mark E. Kelly
Behind the scenes as gun control goes down in the Senate, revealing the depth of gun power within halls of Congress
Dems’ Ebola freak-out: Why the party’s defensive crouch feels a lot like 2004
Luke Brinker
Democrats are surrendering to the GOP's politics of fear. Why it's both bad politics and bad policy
Must-see morning clip: John Oliver blasts U.S. for deplorable treatment of troop-saving interpreters
Sarah Gray
"Ask any veteran and they will tell you that translators risked their own lives working for us"
“I’m not going away”: James Risen unloads to Salon about his government foes
Elias Isquith
In historic legal fight to protect sources, embattled reporter James Risen tells Salon how he plans to fight back
“Game of Thrones” should watch its back: Why this work of nonfiction is as riveting as the fantasy
Laura Miller
The author of a page-turning new history of the Wars of the Roses talks Westeros, child kings, and George RR Martin
More dumb foreign policy conventional wisdom: Even CIA admits arming rebels isn’t working
Elias Isquith
A newly disclosed CIA report reveals the stubbornness — and stupidity — of our international policy consensus
How Bush opened the door for ISIS
William J. Astore
In Iraq, the U.S. is learning the hard way that even sophisticated training is not enough to sustain a foreign army
North America is a crime scene: The untold history of America this Columbus Day
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
The founding myth of the United States is a lie. It is time to re-examine our ruthless past -- and present
Guantanamo’s horrifying irony: How Bush’s shadow looms over shutting it down
Simon Maloy
Obama is mulling executive action to close Gitmo -- and he may have to trade one ugly Bush legacy for another
Atheism, Islam and liberalism: This is what we are really fighting about
Andrew O'Hehir
The debate raging in American culture boils down to an even simpler divide than you think
They won, we lost: How corruption became America’s national pastime
Janine Wedel
How the nation's corporate elite "extorts hard working people for their own political and financial gains"
Bill Maher and Sam Harris’ blind spot: American-on-Arab violence, and religious right extremism at home
Kyle Schmidlin
One key point is missing from the "Real Time" debate over Islam: Our own role in killing and displacing Arabs
“He had to literally collect pieces of his men from the ground after an ambush”: Joshua Ferris interviews Paolo Giordano
Joshua Ferris
"The Human Body" is a brilliant new addition to modern war literature. Joshua Ferris gets the story of its creation
Bobby Jindal’s foreign policy farce: Inside a dopey pre-presidential routine
Jim Newell
Louisiana governor is latest presidential possibility to "lay out his foreign policy vision." Hint: it's hawkish
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