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Most writers get screwed: We did the math, and it’s true — literary prizes exclude writers outside the campus gates
Anna March, Jen Fitzgerald, Ashley Ford, Ashley Perez
As America's largest annual writers gathering begins next week, Lulu questions this lack of inclusivity
I slept with the enemy: Here’s what an unlikely romance taught me about racism, Donald Trump, and our cultural obsession with male rebellion
Sonya Huber
Our affair gave me many things -- including insight into the appeal of the "outlaw" for working-class, white men
“Music is so abused these days”: XTC’s Andy Partridge opens up about songwriting, painting and developing the “cruel parent gene” toward your own art
Annie Zaleski
Salon talks to the pop icon about the new collection of interviews, "Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of XTC"
Miseries of a stay-at-home dad
Billy Doidge Kilgore
When I quit my job to care for our baby boy, I fancied myself the perfect progressive father. Parenthood showed me
The 1 percent wins again: How entrepreneurship — supposedly the cornerstone of American society — favors the wealthy
Musa al-Gharbi
Start-up capital, elite social networks, safety nets, you name it: Entrepreneurship doesn't favor the middle class
My 11th time kicking heroin: My frightening journey from honor student to homeless junkie to mother of three
Tracey Helton Mitchell
When I started using my body as a carrying case, all the romance of using was officially dead for me. I needed help
Final four showdown: 5 big moments from CNN’s GOP debate
Sophia Tesfaye
While the 12th debate was generally a snoozefest, some sparks did fly while you were sleeping
John Kasich’s (not so) secret extremism: How the “moderate” alternative to Trump led a Planned Parenthood witchhunt in Ohio
Heather Digby Parton
The Ohio governor has been lauded this campaign season for his supposedly reasonable politics. Just one problem...
Our politics are broken and toxic: How both party elites betrayed our trust, birthed Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump
Jim Sleeper
We need to stop mocking Trump voters and ask why so many are willing to gamble this showman can fix our politics
Generation Gone: Where are all the Gen X Democrats?
Scott Timberg
The GOP has presidential contenders from Generation X, while the Democrats have two boomers fighting it out—why?
Why not Kasich! Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and my week on the trail with the GOP
Rick Perlstein
There's something in the air in New Hampshire. It just ain’t civility, competence and experience
“The intent is to make this 5- to 10-minute abortion procedure seem dangerous”: The plaintiff in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt on defending her Texas clinics all the way to the Supreme Court
Valerie Tarico
Restrictions on abortion access make it hard to provide the care women need. Amy Hagstrom Miller is fighting back
Debating Glenn Greenwald was like “looking the devil in the eye”: Ex-NSA chief Michael Hayden details distaste for media in new book
Ben Norton
In "Playing to the Edge," Michael Hayden comes out strongly against investigative journalists and whistle-blowers
Oscars’ biggest upset: Why Stallone’s surprising loss was the shock the Academy needed
Nico Lang
Sylvester Stallone was the emotional favorite to win best supporting actor—but Mark Rylance was the better choice
Dumping ground and refuge: For those who know how to navigate L.A.’s Skid Row, it can provide community — but crackdowns have made life even harder
Evelyn Nieves
It's a familiar story: As Downtown L.A. fills up with the young & beautiful, Skid Row's down and out get the shaft
“Bridge of Spies” is my grandfather’s story
Beth Amorosi
I always knew that James Donovan was someone special. Now, thanks to Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks, everyone knows
“Here for the right reasons”: Why people really agree to go on “The Bachelor”
Suzannah Weiss
Sure, some are fame-seekers—but the other reasons why people sign on to dating shows might surprise you
What Kesha doesn’t need now: Demi Lovato feuding with Taylor Swift over appropriate support
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Swift ups the "support Kesha" ante by giving her $250k, Lovato fires back that she's not impressed
War’s toxic legacy: Iraq, the burn pits & the tragedy the military needs to be held accountable for
Joseph Hickman
All day long Brian was exposed to the open-air, toxic burn pits that smoldered in Iraq. This is his nightmare story
Are Bernie and Hillary enabling that “national conversation” on race we forgot to have?
Andrew O'Hehir
Black and Latino voters will almost certainly decide the outcome — and whoever wins, it's a turning point
Minimum wage, minimum chance of a future: This is how horrible living on the minimum wage has become
Peter Van Buren
Not even raising it to $15 an hour would solve the problems many low-income workers face in America
This is how the CIA botched Iraq post-9/11: Bob Gates, careerist sycophancy, and the real history of the Deep State
Patrick L. Smith
A veteran CIA officer explains to Salon exactly where the agency has gone wrong for decades — and the consequences
The GOP’s mosque mania: Obama’s bland speech on tolerance unleashes a torrent of hate—and almost makes Jeb look human
Andrew O'Hehir
Irony alert! Through fearmongering and propaganda, the Republicans and ISIS are effectively pushing the same agenda
Naomi Klein: “There are no non-radical options left before us”
Michael Winship
The famed author of "This Changes Everything" explains why markets cannot be relied on to solve global warming
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