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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
“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
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