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Science says men are idiots
Jenny Kutner
A new study finds men are much more likely to die doing really stupid things
Cheney’s scary pile of garbage: Why his torture defense is even worse than you think
Simon Maloy
The former VP went on Fox News to defend his beloved torture program with smoothly delivered lies and obfuscations
I’m not a sales assistant
Stacey Patton
Seldom am I more acutely conscious of my skin color than when I shop at stores like J.Crew and Ralph Lauren
My Whole Foods nightmare: How a full-time job there left me in poverty
Nick Rahaim
Despite the corporate talk of "team" and "love," here's what working there was really like -- and why I had to quit
When Mark Twain roasted Winston Churchill: Two master wits on the same stage
Thomas Maier
The young Brit was not expecting to be schooled by Twain -- but it was a rare moment when America did not love him
Steubenville hasn’t changed at all: “You trying to write about that whole rape thing?”
Emma Goldberg
It's been two years since the horrific sexual assault. We visited the Ohio town looking for progress. There's none
Our staggering Ebola failure: How America’s obsession with “at-risk” populations totally misses the point
Hali Felt
With Ebola panic finally starting to subside, what have we actually learned? As it turns out: All the wrong lessons
Our Thanksgiving responsibility: Native Americans, honest history and the simple power of remembrance
Billy J. Stratton
It has taken us hundreds of years to come to terms with the damage done. True memorials liberate us from forgetting
An ordinary girl born into a family of witches
Diana Wagman
I wanted to see what my mom and sister did. But as bad spirits descended on our lives, I also longed for normalcy
Jerry Lee Lewis on touring with Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins: “They knew, even then, they were seeing the greatest thing”
Rick Bragg
Cash, Perkins, Jackson -- they were all legends, they were all young, and the early tours were unforgettably cool
No justice in America: Why promises of change were too slow for Mike Brown
Katie McDonough
Like so many others before them, Mike Brown's family was denied not just justice -- but fairness
What I wish I’d asked Bill Cosby: How I learned that entertainment journalists can play hardball too
Erin Keane
Over the years, arts reporters gave Cosby a pass again and again. I know the template -- because I followed it
Thomas Frank on Ronald Reagan’s secret tragedy: How ’70s and ’80s cynicism poisoned Democrats and America
Thomas Frank
Nixon's lies and Reagan's charms created the space for Clinton, Carter and Obama to redefine (and gut) liberalism
Warhol, Mapplethorpe, Lou Reed, Patti Smith and the greatest New York story ever
Philip Gefter
Sam Wagstaff was the patron and lover who connected Mapplethorpe and bohemian New York. Here's how they met
College president: Women lie about rape when sex doesn’t “turn out the way they wanted”
Jenny Kutner
Lincoln University head Robert Jennings is defending remarks that seemed to urge women not to report sexual assault
Why I date married men
Heather L. Hughes
Part of it is the excitement, of course, but is there something deeper that I'm avoiding?
The new atheist commandments: Science, philosophy and principles to replace religion
Lex Bayer, John Figdor
Atheism need not be reactionary -- it can offer constructive rules to live by. Stand back, Moses: Here's our shot
Rebecca Solnit: Feminism needs more Louie C.K.s and Chris Kluwes
Rebecca Solnit
The author of "Men Explain Things to Me" assesses the movement's future -- and why men have to be a part of it
Don’t call it gentrification
Liam O'Donoghue
“Dispatches Against Displacement” author James Tracy on fighting to keep cities from becoming rich-only playgrounds
Roz Chast: “I’m aware that a lot of people probably hate my stuff. But I hate a lot of people’s work, too”
Richard Gehr
The powers that be hated Roz Chast's quirky style at first. Now she's iconic and helps defines its style and voice
“Vote for the crook!” How 86-year-old ex-con Edwin Edwards turned a House race upside down
Jack Barlow
He's nearly 90 and recently released from prison. So why is Edwin Edwards doing so well in Louisiana's polls?
What’s the matter with Kansas? A dispatch from the front lines of its fight for marriage equality
Steven Rosenfeld
Despite the state's fiercely conservative politics, its LGBT movement is slowly but surely gaining traction
America’s locker room culture: What sports shares with our most powerful institutions
Katie McDonough
The "Friday Night Lights" author takes on locker room mentality, and gets at something crucial about male privilege
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