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America is complicit in a new Middle Eastern tragedy: Saudi Arabia is obliterating Yemen — with our help
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Riyadh has ramped up its aerial assaults in recent months, and the U.S. government is supplying its weaponry
Jimmy Stewart was my teen idol
Johanna Gohmann
While other girls were still obsessed with Christian Slater, I fell in love with a dreamboat in black and white
“Star Wars” doesn’t have a heroine problem: Arguing over whether Rey’s a “Mary Sue” is missing the point
Nico Lang
We wouldn't bat an eye at Rey's hyper-competency if she was a man. See: Nearly every iconic action hero ever
Republican doom doesn’t equal Democrat victory: Our political chaos could destroy them both
Andrew O'Hehir
Sure, the Democrats have a demographic edge and the GOP is nuts. The soulless Party of Hillary could easily blow it
An unbelievable story of rape
T. Christian Miller, Ken Armstrong
First she was assaulted, then she was arrested and shamed. A must-read from ProPublica and The Marshall Project
My father taught me to love guns
Tricia Braun
For me, guns were a family affair. It took two decades & thousands of miles for me to see our fear for what it was
“We’re your local Velvet Underground”: This season’s one essential box set is the “Complete Matrix Tapes”
Dean Wareham
Six CDs of Lou Reed and the Velvets, at an old pizza place in 1969, captures a masterful band, playing to no one
“Serial” season 2: The Bowe Bergdahl saga is off to a powerful and strange start
Scott Timberg
The celebrated podcast digs into Bergdahl's story, riddled with mysteries and political debate
Abigail Fisher deserves an ‘F’ for her race-baiting Supreme Court case aimed at boosting subpar white students
Amanda Marcotte
The admissions case in front of SCOTUS is about putting mediocre white students ahead of talented people of color
Playing by Johnny Marr’s rules: “I love living in the modern world, but I just don’t accept a laptop as being a band member”
Annie Zaleski
As the legendary guitarist's solo and frontman career rises, he's found himself more comfortable calling the shots
Women continue to accuse James Deen of abuse: A theme of “he likes to hurt women” emerges in the wake of Stoya’s statement
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Accusing a powerful, well-liked entertainment figure of abuse takes courage—but once Stoya spoke up, more followed
Alcohol and the teen brain: There’s evidence binge drinking is dangerous for the adolescent brain — but guess what substance gets the bad rap
Kali Holloway
Studies show drinking harms young brains, in contrast with marijuana, which poses little threat to teen neurology
“Brillo head,” “Don King,” “Sideshow Bob”: It took me years to embrace the hair that white people scorned
Sarah Enelow
Growing up, everyone thought they could "fix" my hair. I believed them, and paid the price.
The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke
George Makari
There will be no lack of odes to colonial America today. Let's also remember the man whose ideas made it possible
I f*cked a Republican on Thanksgiving
Penelope Felixson
As I flirted my way through dinner, it occurred to me I was staring straight into the clean-shaven face of evil
“Carol” isn’t just a “lesbian movie”: Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara’s ’50s love story is a classic American screen romance
Andrew O'Hehir
Sure, there's a message in Todd Haynes' luminous, lesbian-themed movie masterpiece: Love hurts, and keeps us alive
Faith after Ferguson: It’s been 1 year since Michael Brown’s killer wasn’t indicted, and I learned what I really believed in
Jacqui Germain
I lost faith in the system that night —but I replaced it with something stronger
“Robert De Niro bit my face off!”: How I learned to work with our greatest living actor without coming unglued
Illeana Douglas
Even better than acting with De Niro was making him laugh. And my "Raging Bullwinkle" routine did it every time
I went to church with Ted Cruz. He is building an army of young Christian voters in Iowa
Robert Leonard
These Iowa voters buy into Fox News war on Christmas, and love Ted Cruz's patriotic, end-times rhetoric. Look out
Spare us your French flag filter: The self-indulgent social media performance doesn’t help anyone
Paula Young Lee
A filter on my Facebook photo wouldn't do anything except make me feel like I'm a good person
We expect comedians to comfort us: “SNL,” “The Daily Show,” and comedy’s new ritual of public mourning
Scott Timberg
Comedians are today's public intellectuals—but there are only so many ways for them to weigh in on these moments
“Vagina voter”: Witnessing the sexism hurled at Hillary in ’08 — and the assumptions made about her supporters — changed my life
Jennifer Hall Lee
My awareness of how sexism affected the '08 campaign came gradually, but when it did it changed me profoundly
Ben Carson wants a safe space: The Republicans are coddled and politically correct
Aaron R. Hanlon
Angered by oppositional speech? Not mature enough to respond with civility? Sounds like the GOP after CNBC debate
The GOP debate was a blizzard of garbage: Sorting through last night’s mess of lies and crazy
Gary Legum
The fourth GOP debate showed a party that exists outside the bounds of space and time
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