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“It breaks my heart”: How a SWAT team upended my baby’s life — and got away with it
Alecia Phonesavanh
A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old's chest -- and just got off scot-free. But here's why it gets even worse
My feminist dilemma at the peep show
Erica Garza
I've been vocal about how porn and strip clubs objectify women. But as a sex addict, I'm powerfully drawn to them
My boyfriend lives in a dumpster
Clara Bensen
When Jeff began his year-long social experiment, students wanted to know how it could possibly work. So did I
Here comes the future: We’re making robots that feel!
Diane Ackerman
It's not sci-fi: Meet an amazing professor building creative, curious, moody, quick-witted and multitalented robots
Dating after the mastectomy
Wendy Staley Colbert
I've dreaded this moment, but I can't put it off anymore. "These are all saline," I tell him. "Here, feel them"
“It’s like looking in a mirror — a pretty funny mirror”: I was Bill Murray’s stand-in
Andrew Madigan
I spent the weirdest summer of my life being Murray's doppelgänger during the filming of "Larger Than Life"
Viggo Mortensen on “Lord of the Rings” — and playing an American at last
Andrew O'Hehir
The chameleonic star on why the first LOTR movie was best, and playing a '60s con man in "Two Faces of January"
“I know that feeling of despair”: Charles Blow on his searing memoir of pain, doubt and redemption
Elias Isquith
New York Times columnist Charles Blow tells Salon how his new book tries to reach those who feel hated or forgotten
Phil Hartman’s final night: The tragic death of a “Saturday Night Live” genius
Mike Thomas
Exclusive: The shocking minute-by-minute account of the comedian's death at the hands of his wife, Brynn
When the Republicans went insane: Newt Gingrich, Fox News, Grover Norquist and the roots of today’s shameful intransigence
Heather Cox Richardson
Understanding the GOP revolution means studying the mid-'90s, when Fox and Drudge began, and tax pledges meant all
I couldn’t finish my brother’s story
Will Boast
I was a teenager when mom died slowly, then my brother, abruptly, in a car wreck. It was too much loss for fiction
“Dude, you get to blow up stuff”: The moral awakening of a Navy man
Keith Gentry
We had become so desensitized to death we laughed at violent YouTube videos. I wanted more than blind patriotism
The big college ranking sham: Why you must ignore U.S. News and World’s Report list
Matthew Segal
Students and parents are making life-changing decisions based on a single list. Here's why it's a waste of time
John Twelve Hawks: “New surveillance states have placed us in an invisible prison”
John Twelve Hawks
Is it possible to go untracked in this new digital dystopia? It's gotten harder -- but here's how I've done it
Mainstream feminism is tepid and cowardly: Work, sex, race, “having it all” and true liberation
Laurie Penny
We're told we can "have it all" -- as long as that means marriage, babies, a finance job, shoes and exhaustion
Why artificial intelligence is the future of religion
Michael Schulson
Robotics and Christianity have a longer history than you'd expect, and they're only growing more entangled
Deepak Chopra: “I am pissed off by Richard Dawkins’ arrogance and his pretense of being a really good scientist. He is not”
Tom Roston
The guru of inner peace says his battle with Richard Dawkins is fueled by anger over his arrogance and posturing
“Everything sucks now”: Childhood in NYC after the towers fell
Rachel Pincus
At 10, I was too young to understand what happened. My classmates and I knew we'd been marked by trauma -- but how?
Bob Mould: “Father Time’s trying to get in the band and I’m trying to keep him out of the band”
Rick Moody
Salon Q&A: Bob Mould on a pep talk from Dave Grohl, moving on from old bands, and making a great rock CD at 53
Robyn Hitchcock: “I don’t think I’ve written many songs about lightbulb heads or insects or frogs in 25 years”
Scott Timberg
The great Robyn Hitchcock talks Dylan, Roxy Music, music industry evil and his arty path from the Soft Boys to now
NFL’s pathetic low point: Why it’s embarrassing itself over pot, domestic violence and homophobia
Katie McDonough
When it comes to sexuality, gender and morality, America's most popular pro sport is stuck decades in the past
The media’s obsession with Robin Williams’ death made my own depression worse
Michael Gerhard Martin
Having struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts myself, I found it hard to stomach the coverage of Williams
Kill the Bookends column: Why the New York Times Book Review’s most frustrating feature has to go
Molly Fischer
Sure, Bookends seems harmless enough. But it actually represents the worst impulses of today's critical culture
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