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Mommy has anger issues! My daughters are pre-adolescent, I’m pre-menopausal
Sandra Tsing Loh
Gen X moms had kids late -- now we're dealing with their hormonal changes while also going through our own
Disaster in the age of McMansions: America’s dangerous addiction to suburban sprawl
Benjamin Ross
For decades, politicians like Ronald Reagan pushed for the rapid expansion of suburbia—and the cost was staggering
Our sad “Mad Men” revolution: How consumerism co-opted rebellion
Thomas Frank
Talking revolution with Lewis Lapham -- and how capitalism manages to keep coming out on top
Guilty of being Mexican
Francisco Goldman
I knew immigration agents messed with people like my girlfriend and me. But I was still shocked by what happened
Stop judging me for shopping with food stamps
Frida Berrigan
Millions of Americans use WIC benefits each month, but the negative stigma remains. I feel it every time I shop
Sean Hannity’s post-Bundy hero: Meet vigilante killer Byron Smith
Heather Digby Parton
Remember when the right was all about "law and order"? Nowadays, Fox News is lauding a murderous fiend
An American travesty: Torture’s dark legacy lives on 10 years after Abu Ghraib
Karen J. Greenberg
This country's dark odyssey with torture is still missing its necessary conclusion
Rejected: One man’s endless search for a media internship
Scott Rodd
I hounded every publication I knew to prove I was the best job candidate. It didn't work out as I planned
Elizabeth McCracken: I plan to eat the humorless!
Kelly Luce
One of our great writers on her Twitter obsession, the quirks she fights in her own writing -- and cannibalism
Colbert’s move to “The Late Show” is about to claim its biggest victim
Dustin Rowles
As Colbert completes his ascendance to the late-night pantheon, one person is bracing for a fall
“I should have had the drugs”: The pregnancy that made me fear cars, carrots, forest fires and David Bowie
Lauren Groff
Pregnant, my nightmares became too real -- and brought anxiety and sadness only his safe arrival could soothe
My iconic nightmare: How I became the face of the Boston bombing
Jeff Bauman
One year ago, Jeff Bauman lost both of his legs. But his story is one of resilience, not despair
David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture
Matt Ashby, Brendan Carroll
David Foster Wallace long ago warned about the cultural snark that now defines popular culture. It's time to listen
My life as a Cleveland Indian: The enduring disgrace of racist sports mascots
Jacqueline Keeler
A recent viral photo of a sports fan in redface shows us how little has changed in America's attitudes toward race
From high hopes to low wages: What happened to the American Dream?
Mark Robert Rank, Thomas A. Hirschl, Kirk A. Foster
Ideas about prosperity have become increasingly polarized over the past half-century — and we're paying the price
Objectively bad: Ezra Klein, Nate Silver, Jonathan Chait and return of the “view from nowhere”
Elias Isquith
New work by Silver and two other influential reporters should have you worried about the future of journalism
The Internet’s destructive gender gap: Why the Web can’t abandon its misogyny
Astra Taylor
People like Ezra Klein are showered with opportunity, while women face an online world hostile to their ambitions
Rob Lowe spills everything: Secrets of “West Wing,” kissing men, and the ad-lib that broke a costar’s heart
Rob Lowe
In an exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, the actor goes way behind the scenes with these amazing stories
“What happened to the Republican Party that I joined?” Meet the lawmaker outraged by his party’s sexism
Katie McDonough
Oklahoma state Rep. Doug Cox tells Salon why his Republican colleagues' policies are "discriminatory against women"
I’m one of the worst teachers in my state
Simone Ryals
We must hate teachers. I've won awards, my kids thrive. But thanks to crazy tests, I'm being shamed by Florida
This is the way the world ends: Once-in-a-millennium drought a wakeup call for America
Kathleen Sharp
California is buckling under the strain of an environmental catastrophe — and it's only going to get worse
The pseudo-science of Alcoholics Anonymous: There’s a better way to treat addiction
Dr. Lance Dodes, Zachary Dodes
AA and rehab culture have shockingly low success rates, and made it impossible to have real debate about addiction
Home on the range: How to live with grizzly bears
BEN GOLDFARB
On the Alberta prairie, ranchers are finding new ways to coexist with their ursine neighbors
The sex that helped us survive: Love and defiance in an Iranian prison
Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd
Hope was fading for two Americans imprisoned in Iran — so they risked everything to spend one more night together
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