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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"
America’s twisted relationship with Mike Tyson
Daniel D'Addario
The former boxer served time for rape, but now America has forgiven him -- only to treat him as a figure of fun
Why we love loooong novels
Laura Miller
Let priggish critics and short-story buffs sneer, the 19th-century-style novel has never gone out of vogue
What a tragic death taught me about organized religion
Deborah Jackson Taffa
As a Native girl, I learned the difference between spirituality and dogma when we mourned my aunt and uncle
The craziest OkCupid date ever
Clara Bensen
Jeff and I traveled to eight countries in 21 days without changing clothes. It sure beat meeting for coffee
Maureen Ogle: Michael Pollan doesn’t get the beef business
Lindsay Abrams
Historian Maureen Ogle defends the oft-criticized meat industry -- and suggests some foodies have it all wrong
TV’s most unflinching portrayal of Asperger’s goes even deeper
Neil Drumming
"Parenthood" has always depicted Max's special needs strongly -- but now they're part of a political campaign
JFK assassination: CIA and New York Times are still lying to us
David Talbot
Fifty years later, a complicit media still covers up for the security state. We need to reclaim our history
12 novelists tell their scariest bite-size stories
Salon Staff
Original two-sentence stories to keep you awake tonight from Roxane Gay, Pamela Erens, Shani Boianjiu and more
My Confederate town
Jose Padua
Civil War-era politics still dominate Front Royal, Va. -- and I feel their hostility every time I walk out my door
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