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“The human experience has a crisis”: MacArthur genius Ai-Jen Poo on America’s “elder boom” and the labor of dealing with death
Katie McDonough
There's a sense of urgency people feel at a personal, familial level. Here's how to take that into the public arena
Our dangerous macho delusions: Brian Williams’ fraudulence — and our own
Steve Almond
The NBC anchor's fibs run deeper: He sold us war as entertainment, chicken-hawk fools as heroes. We all bought it
How to lose your virginity: What movies taught me about sex and vulnerability
Tara Ison
I was 16 when I experienced real desire. I was thrilled and terrified -- but two films had given me a few lessons
Margaret Atwood visits West Point for a frank conversation on gender, politics and oppression
Laura Miller
The celebrated author speaks to a class of military academy cadets about her dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale"
“I’m normal, I promise!”: Mitt Romney’s unending quest to win over America
Simon Maloy
Going into 2016, Mitt is "determined to re-brand himself as authentic" -- which is indeed the very essence of Mitt
Fox News is self-destructing: Islamophobia, Obama’s Reagan moment and Roger Ailes’s new humiliation
Eric Boehlert
The network was riding high after the midterm elections. Since then, it's been one embarrassment after another
“This morning my worst nightmare came true”
Emma Eisenberg
Hate speech aimed at a beloved biracial family in this tiny West Virginia town sparks fear -- and a "love fest"
“I’m not saying you’re wrong”: Why Abbi is the best part of “Broad City”
Laura Miller
The creators of this show are the modern-day heirs to the Marx Brothers -- but Abbi is wildly underappreciated
Rocky Balboa just punched me: The neuroscience behind our tears, fears and flinches at the movies
Jeffrey Zacks
We know we're at the movies, but sometimes jump, bawl and squeal anyway — and genius brain science explains why
Koch brothers/charter school nightmare: “White kids get to go to a school with a Montessori approach while children of color get eye control”
Jeff Bryant
A fight over education in Nashville might come your way next: It's a proxy for dangerous right-wing education ideas
Margaret Cho’s squeamish Globes cameo: Why her North Korean bit was so weird to watch
Sonia Saraiya
The Golden Globes are usually Hollywood's chance to pat themselves on the back. Then Margaret Cho goose-stepped in
“That minimum-wage job saved our home”: Elizabeth Warren’s crusade toward higher wages
Joan Walsh
Democrats are moving beyond coddling Wall Street and minimalist minimum wage politics. Will it take a civil war?
“I saw my husband die before my eyes”
Charles Ornstein
“NY Med” filmed Mark Chanko’s final moments without the approval of his family. It's a familiar story in reality TV
GOP’s coming horror show: Why new Congress may be even worse than you think
Heather Digby Parton
Get the popcorn ready. GOP House on GOP Senate action -- and why the establishment is really so worried
Arguments with my mom, the cop
Jen Fitzgerald
As cases of police brutality pile up, I find myself caught between the woman who raised me and my own worldview
My juvenile confinement horror: What it’s like inside Chicago’s infamous jail for kids
Mark Dostert
I wanted to mentor some of the toughest teens in Chicago. So I joined them in a frightening lockup they called home
A foursome opened up our relationship
Yoonj Kim
It started as just another fantasy. But trusting my boyfriend like this changed everything
Richard Nixon’s favorite liberal: Secrets of the strangest political marriage
Stephen Hess
Nixon needed to reach across the aisle. Moynihan needed to reclaim a voice. Their partnership made history
Chain restaurants are killing us: Billionaire bankers, minimum-wage toilers and the nasty truth about fast-food nation
Thomas Frank
This is what we eat, this is where we work, this is what we do to our land: It's nasty and must be rethought
The man I married twice
Sjanna Leighton
Our first marriage ended in disaster. But life's disappointments also brought something else -- a second chance
Over-testing our kids is not the answer — it’s the problem
Anya Kamenetz
In the era of No Child Left Behind and Common Core, we've forgotten about the learning and development that matter
Why activists and feminists get so many death threats
Valerie Tarico
Activists of all stripes reflect on the dangers of standing up for controversial ideas in the age of social media
The end of my snooping
Jessica Ciencin Henriquez
How I stopped digging into emails, cellphones, notebooks, journals, photos albums -- and learned to trust my gut
The day I left my son in the car
Kim Brooks
I made a split-second decision to run into the store. I had no idea it would consume the next years of my life
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