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My Harper Lee pilgrimage: Visiting Monroeville, in search of “Mockingbird’s” essence
Margaret Eby
Visit Harper Lee's hometown and "Mockingbird" is just described as "the book," but its author is even more magical
Two years in the woods: No computer, no television, no cellphone — but I was no Thoreau
Howard Axelrod
I needed to live without putting on a face for anyone, including myself. I could be no one in the woods
Confronted by my own bullsh*t: I wanted to be the voice of nonviolence for my church after George Zimmerman’s acquittal, but all I could do was cry for all my inconsistencies
Nadia Bolz-Weber
Could I “stand my own ground” against violence and racism when my own life contains so much ambiguity?
Ted Cruz’s dad is even more frightening than Ted Cruz
Robert Leonard
The wingnut didn't fall far from the tree. We followed Pastor Rafael Cruz to Iowa and heard some full-on crazy
The most L.A. love story ever: Why we scattered our mother’s ashes in Clifton’s Cafeteria
Ray Richmond
Devoutly religious cafe owner Clifford Clinton and my sex-aid pioneer mom had an unorthodox affair for the ages
Viola Davis, Uzo Aduba, Regina King and that Ava DuVernay-directed Apple commercial: We saw a hint of the future at the Emmy Awards, and it’s glorious
Sonia Saraiya
The most memorable moments of last night spotlighted triumphant, emotional, charismatic black women
The game is rigged, even for the Donald: How the GOP can block his nomination
Steven Rosenfeld
The powers that be in the RNC will make sure an establishment candidate wins the primary one way or another
Behind the scenes with Bernie Sanders: Three days in Iowa that explain why Hillary’s fading and the Dems have a new front-runner
Shane Ryan
If you want to understand the Sanders shocker, just go to Iowa and listen to his ideas and Hillary's platitudes
My lessons in prostitution: How I learned the myth of the high-class hooker
Rachel Moran
It did not matter if I was in a high-class hotel or on the street — the work didn't change, only the surroundings
Lives of shame and secrecy: How gay veterans outed while serving are fighting back
Kali Holloway
Before 2011, thousands of service members were discharged for being gay. Time to correct the government's wrongs
“On my second night at college, I was raped”
Aspen Matis
I went to college excited to reinvent myself and escape my quaint hometown. My second night changed everything
My parents the hoarders: I want them to change their ways — magically — but know it’s never going to happen
Janisse Ray
I have a hate/hate relationship with all my parents' stuff, but I've vowed to clean it up without judgment
“Oh my God, it’s porn!: Even striking gold on that playground wouldn’t have made us happier than that weathered public school porn
Eytan Bayme
Released from Yom Kippur prayers, we were desperate for something to do -- and that's when we made our find
Black voters aren’t feeling the Bern: Sanders’ problem is bigger than #BlackLivesMatter
Terrell Jermaine Starr
The Vermont senator is closing the gap on Hillary, but a segment of his party's base remains unswayed. Here's why
The only woman in the room: I studied hard in physics and pulled ahead — but why do I only remember that first failing grade?
Eileen Pollack
I wasn't the only one struggling in introductory physics, but I was the only girl -- and it nearly broke me
The GOP primary’s vicious religious warfare: Inside the faith-based arms race to win extremist hearts & minds
Heather Digby Parton
Trump, Cruz, Huckabee & Carson are engaging in a heated campaign to get the support of the religious right
Dick Cheney’s despicable alternate history just got even worse
Heather Digby Parton
The dark prince of military adventurism will never stop lying about Iraq
Listen up, Ted Cruz: Here’s what you don’t understand about climate change and science
Paul Rosenberg
The Texas senator says the facts don't back global warming. He doesn't understand how science assesses facts
“When I first saw Patti Smith, I didn’t listen to another Grateful Dead record for five years”: Dean Wareham interviews Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan
Dean Wareham
Talking the Grateful Dead, Cure and Big Star with Yo La Tengo's frontman on the release of a "Fakebook" sequel
Alex Gibney on Steve Jobs: “He was ruthless when it came to a beveled edge for the iPhone — but paying workers more in China? No way”
Andrew O'Hehir
A new documentary probes the contradictions of Apple's beloved founder: "Think different" and buy the same stuff
Kanye’s unfiltered truth: All awards (even the VMAs) are political — and we need to stop pretending they’re not
Arthur Chu
West might say he's "not a politician, bro," but here's why Kanye 2020 might not be a bad idea at all
Miley Cyrus, mechanical MTV party machine: Even by low VMA standards, her manic eroticism and boring stunts failed to connect
Sonia Saraiya
In 3 words at last night's awards show, Nicki Minaj highlighted just how prefabricated the host's entire shtick was
I lost my faith — and found myself
Sean Murphy
When my mother surrendered to cancer, I became unmoored. Religion couldn't save me from my grief, but I could
What some of the richest people in America say about the poor when they think no one is listening
Tana Ganeva
A Facebook page for tony Manhattan residents is a cesspool of racist vitriol and complaints about the homeless
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