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We were not wired for scary things : Adventures in the spooky science of thrills, chills and Halloween fear
Margee Kerr
Thrills mess with well-designed internal systems, violating our expectations and thumbing their nose at evolution
“Does anyone have a plan?” Here’s how we fix decades of overseas neo-conservative adventurism
Patrick L. Smith
We have accepted the horrors of American exceptionalism for too long. Here's a progressive foreign policy blueprint
Welcome to the new Jim Crow: Michelle Alexander is right — our justice system doubles as a racial caste system
Sean Beaudoin, Meg Worden
Mass incarceration isn't just a system of control, it's a political philosophy. An inmate-cum-author explains
When you’re “SNL’s” “weird” end-of-the-show guy, “You’re counting how many [sketches] you got on that year, hoping not to get let go”
Anna Silman
Salon talks to alum Mike O'Brien about lost SNL sketches, writing for the "5 to 1" and how Lorne still has his back
We’re still fighting George W. Bush’s battles: Syria, ISIS and the “worst foreign policy blunder” in American History
Peter Van Buren
Twelve years after the invasion of Iraq, the Middle East is more volatile than ever. Welcome to permanent war
Corporate America’s unforgivable new swindle: Leveling workers’ compensation to nothing
Michael Grabell, ProPublica, Howard Berkes, NPR
One Texas lawyer is helping companies write their own rules. It's a story that's playing out across the country
The divine inspiration of Jim Jones: Inside the mind of one of history’s deadliest cult leaders
Adam Morris
Before Jonestown, before "Flavor Aid," the People's Temple leader found God in a Philadelphia-based religious sect
“We’re dying in here, miss, we’re dying!”: Horrors I saw in solitary confinement
Mary E. Buser
"If these inmates didn’t have mental health issues before they entered solitary, they do now"
Just admit Hillary won! The silly sexism of the Fox News/lefty smartypants crowd
Amanda Marcotte
"A man among boys?" This is the dumb commentary that happens when a woman is twice as good as the men on stage
The agony and the ecstasy of the Democratic debate: Inside tonight’s high-stakes showdown
Sean Illing
With tonight's debate a make-or-break event for some hopefuls, a candidate-by-candidate breakdown of what to expect
Dying is never easy: Assisted suicide doesn’t necessarily help us have a “good death”
Claire Bidwell Smith
I've worked in hospice and I watched both of my parents die—and I'm still ambivalent about California's new law
The Kochs are my frat brothers: We were Betas — and yes, we called ourselves Master Betas
Peter Dreier
The Kochs were Beta Theta Pi at MIT. And all Betas are brothers, forever. No matter their politics
Bill Cosby is on the phone: “Wake up, man!”
Ron Stodghill
Dozens of rape allegations leave historically black colleges, recipients of much Cosby cash, wondering what's next
Seth Meyers devastates Kevin McCarthy and House GOP: “Whoever does get that job is going to hate it, because it’s the worst job on earth”
Sarah Burris
"In Washington, D.C. when something unexpected happens, people always keep their cool." Totally. Always.
10 more depraved lessons I learned reading Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”
Adam Lee
The objectivist classic is brimming with historical revisionism, faulty economic theory and dubious sexual politics
The pope rebukes the GOP: The real story behind Boehner’s departure and the right’s assault on American values
Musa al-Gharbi
On climate change, war and income inequality, Christian spirit says one thing and right-wing lawmakers another
A double standard in enforcing prostitution laws: “It’s economically advantageous to have [high-end sex work] going on”
Alison Bass
D.C. police routinely arrest streetwalkers & raid massage parlors, while leaving high-end independent escorts alone
“My Brother’s Bomber”: The compelling personal crusade to crack the terror plot behind the 1988 Lockerbie explosion
Sonia Saraiya
A new three-part Frontline series goes to the Middle East and Europe to solve the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
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
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