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How Humboldt became America’s marijuana capital
Emily Brady
In the 1970s, hippie pioneers mastered a new way of growing pot -- and transformed the economy of Humboldt County
An excerpt from Curtis Sittenfeld’s “Sisterland”
Curtis Sittenfeld
Fiction: An exclusive look at chapter one of the dazzling new novel from the author of "Prep" and "American Wife"
“God is a delusion”: I was a Pentecostal preacher — until I lost my faith
Jerry DeWitt, Ethan Brown
I was a Pentecostal preacher for decades. When I lost faith, I thought I'd lose everything -- but atheism saved me
Without full-time jobs, workers flock to temp towns
Michael Grabell
Short-term work has become a mainstay of the American economy, intensifying the rise in income inequality
Our theocracy nightmare: President Palin’s martial law
Frederic C. Rich
What if McCain/Palin won, then McCain died -- and a terror attack followed. Apocalyptic fiction from a nightmare
Who was Roberto Bolaño?
Lisa Locascio
An exhibition of the "2666" author's personal effects offers new clues to the man behind the literary legend
Home on the range — in New York City
Daniel Krieger
Even in America’s least gun-friendly city, a small but steadfast group insists on staying locked and loaded
Review: “You should put a condom on that”
Tracy Clark-Flory
I check out Birchbox's erotic-themed imitators -- and encounter a bit of sexiness and a whole lot of yuckiness
Ai Weiwei on his incarceration: “They never looked away from me, 24 hours a day”
Mike Doherty
His recent performance with Laurie Anderson dealt with surveillance; Anderson said she admires Edward Snowden
Joseph Ellis: 1776, the summer America was born
Joseph J. Ellis
Pulitzer Prize-winner Joseph Ellis on Washington, Adams and the months when soldiers and statesmen forged America
A modest proposal to save Detroit
Toby Barlow
Banks – not the city – should be forced to auction their art to pay off debt
Mike Huckabee: “We’re now even seeing television commercials portraying same-sex couples”
Katie Halper
The former governor (who's been called a "model" for Republicans on LGBT rights) doesn't like what he sees on TV
Jesse Friedman: “Forget it? I can never forget it. It never, ever goes away”
Trevor Bach
Jesse Friedman has gone through hell for a crime he says he didn't commit. Now he might get his life back
Never tell anyone what I just did
Dominic Holden
My ex and I were having the perfect weekend fling -- until one small mistake left me stranded in my underwear
Mainstream America paid in peanuts and cracker jacks
Michael Winship
The poor wages of the San Francisco Giants' concession workers highlight this country's growing income inequality
Marco Rubio decides whether he wants to kill immigration reform or not
Alex Pareene
Does the conservative Florida senator still want to be instrumental in passing reform?
How Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan saved country music
Michael Streissguth
Waylon, Willie and Kris were country music renegades -- but music royalty helped pave the way for their rebellion
Millennials alone can’t save us
Tom Engelhardt
We've left our children a crumbling economy -- and planet. It's a burden they shouldn't shoulder by themselves
Rachel Kushner’s ambitious new novel scares male critics
Laura Miller
When Rachel Kushner -- not a venerable male auteur -- writes the Great American Novel, male reviewers are flummoxed
White pride in my classroom
Ben Warner
He made me uncomfortable and challenged my worldview. But the biggest surprise: I ended up liking him
Science doesn’t know everything
Jerome Kagan
We understand much about human nature, but scientists are ignoring many important topics, like ethnicity and class
Could California’s salmon make a comeback?
Barry Yeoman
After years of decline, the rich human community that depends on California’s salmon runs may at last be rebounding
Why I secretly recorded Mitch McConnell
Curtis Morrison
EXCLUSIVE: My effort to expose the Senate minority leader's ugly campaign upended my life. Here's what happened
Back to Fukushima: “It was all very apocalyptic”
Justin Robertson
Two years after the nuclear meltdown, a survivor returns to the site of the devastation
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