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Your boss wants to be Nate Silver
Andrew Leonard
Employers are developing powerful new statistical tools to judge the value of workers. Here's why you should worry
Dave Allen: Stop blaming the Internet! It has always been hard for musicians
Scott Timberg
The musician fires back at David Byrne, Thom Yorke, David Lowery and others who argue the Web is bad for artists
The media’s Michelle Obama problem: What a selfie says about our biases
Roxane Gay
The overanalysis of the first lady's expression speaks volumes about America's expectations of black women
Police overkill has become the default American policy
Chase Madar
The term "police state" used to be brushed off as paranoid hyperbole. Not anymore
Why award season is bad for movies
Daniel Carlson
Prizes ruin the magic of cinema and make films a means to an end, rather than an end in itself
How can the NRA block this? The gun reform everyone should agree on
Steven Yoder
Mandatory firearm training for gun owners wouldn't just save law enforcement and bystanders — but NRA members, too
Our outrageous media created the Tea Party
Jeffrey M. Berry, Sarah Sobieraj
How "melodrama, misrepresentative exaggeration and mockery" became the dominant tone on cable and talk radio
Sorry, Michelle Rhee, but our obsession with testing kids is all about money
Jeff Bryant
Rhee, Nicholas Kristof and Arne Duncan exaggerate test results again to advance an ugly anti-public school agenda
Wall Street is designing the future of public education as a money-making machine
Anna Simonton
Why are finance types investing in local school board elections? Just follow the money
Jay Z and Beyoncé go (temporarily) vegan
Lindsay Abrams
"It just feels right!" the artist wrote on his blog
Max Blumenthal: I knew Alterman would freak out
Natasha Lennard
"Goliath" author tells Salon about life in Israel lobby's cross hairs and the logic of the Jewish state (Updated)
Katie Couric gets called out for promoting bogus science on HPV vaccine
Katie McDonough
A new episode of "Katie" asks if the HPV vaccine is a "deadly dose" for girls
David Lowery: Silicon Valley must be stopped, or creativity will be destroyed
Scott Timberg
Silicon Valley's making money off the work of others. David Lowery is on a crusade for copyright, fairness and art
Want to live like Iron Man? It’ll cost you
Randy Nelson
Tony Stark makes being a billionaire superhero look easy, but it's not that simple. Just try keeping up his mansion
Merriam-Webster says “Science” is word of the year
Leanne Italie
Oxford University Press, publisher of the famous dictionary, said it was "selfie"
“How do I become a male porn star?”
Susannah Breslin
After I wrote about the adult film industry, I got emails from men all over the globe with one common request
Chimps, seeking freedom, sue for legal personhood
Lindsay Abrams
The first of three lawsuits against New York State was filed today
Erick Erickson demands Republicans sabotage Obamacare
Elias Isquith
"We must deny [Democrats] the opportunity to fix the law itself," Erickson writes
Elan Gale, “Diane” and the age of public Twitter-shaming
Daniel D'Addario
A "Bachelor" producer mocks and sexually harasses a maybe-fake woman on Twitter. Welcome to The Circle!
Sorry, GOP: You’ve still got Rosa Parks wrong
Josh Eidelson
Pretending her iconic arrest came out of nowhere still warps how we look at fast food strikes or Wal-Mart arrests
London cyclists stage mass “die-in” to protest dangerous road and traffic conditions
Lindsay Abrams
The protest came after six cyclists were killed by motor vehicles in just two weeks
10 worst right-wing statements of the week — Marxist pope edition
Janet Allon
Pope Francis came down on the dangers of trickle-down economics -- and conservatives promptly lost their mind
Forget “Double Down.” Here’s the real story of the 2012 election
Elias Isquith
The takeaway from Obama-Romney is not debates or golf games. It's a tale about the surveillance state and 1 percent
50 nice gifts for those who’ve been naughty
Erin Keane
Maybe they've run afoul of the law, maybe they're just a bit scattered. They still deserve something comfy or shiny
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