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The war that made Orwell
Robert Colls
In 1937, George Orwell found himself in the middle of the Spanish Civil War. What he saw changed him forever
Steve McQueen heckled at star-studded NYFCC dinner
Andrew O'Hehir
Redford, Blanchett and Belafonte dazzle a ritzy New York critics' dinner -- but who was the heckler?
My anger and the mighty broom
Debra Gwartney
My mother kept a clean house, even as her marriage cracked. Now, as an adult, I understand the retreat of sweeping
“Seinfeld” parody Twitter accounts are a “very painful subject” for Jerry Seinfeld
Prachi Gupta
The comedian spent three hours answering questions on Reddit Monday afternoon
The wrong kind of queer
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Growing up, I was ashamed to be a lesbian. Now the country is changing. Can I ever catch up?
How baby boomers screwed their kids — and created millennial impatience
Simon Sinek
Ambitious but easily distracted, Gen Y wants to be good but can't stick to anything. It's their parents' fault
“My music is about to be world-wide”: Big Freedia’s moment
Tyler Gillespie
The New Orleans bounce artist who set the world record for most people twerking together is just getting started
The romantic comedy isn’t dead!
Kevin Craft
Some say modernity killed the rom-com, but movies like "Enough Said" prove the genre's alive and well in 2013
David Byrne: “Do you really think people are going to keep putting time and effort into this, if no one is making any money?”
David Daley
The musical genius shares his songwriting secrets, opens up his finances and ponders the future of art and the Web
Teaching “The Odyssey” at San Quentin
Bill Smoot
I worried the inmates would dismiss the ancient story. Instead, they saw themselves -- and the power of literature
Lapham’s Quarterly: America needs better comedians
Lewis Lapham
Satire can provide an important check against power — but today's comics just aren't up to the job
The stories my family wouldn’t tell: Living through war in Lebanon
Ashley Bouchahine
I've had to piece together what happened to my family -- and their beloved dog -- when civil war swept their town
Hack List No. 9: Thomas Friedman
Alex Pareene
Our annual list is here! This time, we channeled each hack's unique voice -- and let them "write" their own entries
Auctioning off utopia
Jennifer Kabat
Amie Siegel's film "Provenance" traces the "trafficking" of furniture, from Chandigarh to the homes of the elite
Travels with right-wing nuts: My road trip on Route GOP with Paul Ryan and Michele Bachmann
Eric Lutz
One liberal, three GOP strongholds: What a drive through Ryan and Bachmann country says about America right now
Last drive with Mom
Amanda Bestor-Siegal
My mother hardly knew me. It wasn't until she was facing death that I discovered how little I knew her
I was an intern stripper
Melissa Petro
By day, I worked for a nonprofit afterschool program. By night, I was lap-dancing at a Times Square men's club
My kids like the nanny better!
Lauren Slater
I knew I'd need help to be a mom -- but didn't think my kids would ever pick the sitter over me
My hoarding anxiety
Judy Batalion
I grew up suffocated by my mom's stuff. Now that I'm pregnant, I worry what habits I might form – or pass along
The roughest event on the football calendar
Nicholas Dawidoff
Every year the world's best prospects gather at the Combine to try out. Many will never put on an NFL uniform
Noam Chomsky: America is a terrified country
Catherine Komp
The philosopher on the violence we wage abroad, the income inequality we face at home and where we go from here
Homeless in the tech economy
Andrew Leonard
Can a for-profit crowd-funding start-up solve some of the social justice inequities the tech boom is making worse?
I could have been Renisha McBride
Carolyn Edgar
I was a young black woman knocking on a white stranger's door. But she treated me like a person, not a threat
A brief history of watching sex (and being watched)
Julie Peakman
Children used to be encouraged to gaze on couples in flagrante as a "method of instruction"
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