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The silencing of Anna
Michael Mainville
Russia's great journalist was gunned down by killers who may have been contracted to snuff out her investigation of government torture.
Racing hearts
Ann Bauer
When my motorcycle-racing boyfriend proposed on my 40th birthday, I couldn't tell if it was a joke or a dare. Then I risked all for a life at the track.
Bad taste
Salon Staff
Boiled duck embryos, lobster foam, and freeze-dried steak wrapped in washcloth! Our favorite food writers relive their worst meals.
“State of Denial”
Walter Shapiro
In his best book in years, Bob Woodward has White House insiders confirming what we've known all along: Bush hid the truth about Iraq.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Does Aaron Sorkin's "Studio 60" tackle the self-perpetuating mediocrity of the TV industry, or romanticize the self-importance of overpaid jackasses?
“All the King’s Men”
Stephanie Zacharek
What does director Steven Zaillian think he's doing with this bizarre new adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's classic novel?
Up against the wall
Rachel Shabi
Israel continues building a mammoth barrier in the name of border security. Opponents charge that it's carving more land for Jewish settlements -- and assaulting Palestinians' human rights.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
HBO's fourth season of "The Wire" gets inside the weary reality of Baltimore's neglected schools, while CBS's "Jericho" brings us the sweet nectar of apocalypse, at long last!
Our family’s recovery
Lori Leibovich
When the grandmother the girls called "the human Barbie doll" died in the World Trade Center, they were buried in grief. But Brianna and Shannon, and their parents, Jay and Louise, refuse to let the past rule them.
A rebirth for New Orleans
Mark Warner
The Big Easy still faces dire challenges. But if we have the national will, we can find new solutions for America's age-old problems of poverty and racial inequity.
Dancing on land mines
Tamim Ansary
After 9/11, I told America it couldn't bomb Afghanistan back to the Stone Age -- it was already there. Since then, the story of my country has been one step up, two steps back.
“Idlewild”
Stephanie Zacharek
Gangsters, showgirls, wowser production numbers -- OutKast's messy, ambitious and extraordinary movie musical has it all ... and soul to spare.
The joys of life without God
Kevin Berger
Skeptics Society founder Michael Shermer explains why Darwin matters, how believing in God is the same as believing in astrology, and why it doesn't take divine faith to experience something bigger than ourselves.
“24”: Time’s up
Laura Miller
The dismal, humorless world of Jack Bauer has us rooting for the terrorists.
Speedo freaks
Oliver Broudy
Since I was a kid I've shunned men's bikini briefs. But now I'm one of the guys with a shiny marble bag -- strutting poolside, liberated.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Paris Hilton attacked by kinkajou. Dobson offers Gibson support. Plus: "Liquids on a Plane," the movie?
Twilight of Lebanon’s liberals
Kate Seelye
Secular Arabs like Druze leader Walid Jumblatt worry that the Israeli invasion will push Lebanon into the arms of the fanatics.
Abortion under siege in Mississippi
Michelle Goldberg
Preaching that abortion is as evil as Islam, Nazism and homosexuality, dozens of activists have descended on Jackson, determined to shut down the state's last abortion clinic.
From dancing to grieving
Trenton Straube
Andrew Holleran discusses the gay generation gap, coming out in a library and whether we should mourn like Jackie O or Mary Todd Lincoln.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
TV critics gather in Pasadena to eat Jimmy Kimmel's half-raw burgers and ask Chris Rock dumb white-people questions. Plus: The fur and feathers are already flying on "Project Runway."
Wal-Mart goes green
Amanda Griscom Little
The mega-chain is undergoing an extreme enviro makeover. Even Al Gore is on board. But will Wal-Mart keep its promises?
The Fix
Salon Staff
Eminem in bathroom fracas? Ann Coulter jokes about Times anthrax scare. Plus: The first photo of Holmes-Cruise baby carriage.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
The apocalypse is drawing closer! Soothe those rattled nerves by peeking in on the human lab rats of "Big Brother All-Stars" and the frustrated couples of "Sexual Healing."
Destination: Armenia
Meline Toumani
Discover the former Soviet Union's smallest republic through its fantastic national epic, an exceptional memoir and a love letter from a great Russian poet.
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