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The destructive legacy of the first Thanksgiving: How Europeans hurt the American diet
Elissa Washuta
Colonists' food and policies hurt Native peoples' health. Now Native communities are taking their food ways back
School lunches exposed: The good, the bad and the inedible
Lindsay Abrams
Student-submitted photos from high schools across America show the sorry state of cafeteria food
Next up: A wig to help you navigate
GRACE HUANG, MARIKO YASU
Sony calls the hairpiece is an "improved wearable computing device"
The New York Times is dropping the ball on climate change
Lindsay Abrams
The public editor confirms that the paper's green coverage has been declining in quantity and quality
When “mommy needs a drink” isn’t funny anymore
Leslie Garrett
As the daughter of an alcoholic mother, I know all the jokes about mommy mixologists can conceal something serious
Slavery, Katrina and Watergate: The right’s obsession with exaggerating
Paul Rosenberg
To unburden historical guilt, the right uses trumped-up charges against liberals. It's their form of blame-shifting
Whoops! Obamacare turns out to be great deal personally for Boehner
Brian Beutler
The ACA is actually a great deal for a 64-year-old smoker with a high-stress job. Any idea who I'm talking about?
Uh-oh, there’s a new Thomas Friedman!
R.J. Eskow
Sick of hating his blowhard pontificating and obsession with a "hyper-meritocracy"? Set your sights on Tyler Cowen
How to get your Thanksgiving turkey to tweet from the oven
CHRISTINA CHAEY
Obviously, there's an app for that, It's an Oracle promotion
Krugman: Those counting on Obamacare collapse are “making a very bad bet”
Elias Isquith
The New York Times columnist weighs in on the healthcare reform's troubled start
5 ways the selfie could become highbrow
Hamna Zubair
Oxford Dictionaries has named "selfie" word of the year. But can the trend escape its tainted past?
Ashton Kutcher vs. Wal-Mart: Epic Twitter clash rages over poverty wages
Josh Eidelson
Kutcher slams retailer: “You should be proud of your associates but I’m not sure if they should be proud of you”
The word of the year makes us look like raging narcissists
Mary Elizabeth Williams
This year's word -- "selfie" -- and its predecessors paint a dismal picture of contemporary culture
Feds open investigation into spate of Tesla fires
Lindsay Abrams
Elon Musk says the probe was his idea, but he may just be trying to save face
Listen up, Arne Duncan: Racial defense of Common Core won’t derail coalition to fight corporate school reform which hurts kids
Jeff Bryant
"Education Spring" is on -- and the uprising against testing, cuts and for-profit schools is on the rise
Howard Kurtz’s pathetic self-delusion: Slams CBS on Benghazi, but ignores Fox!
Brad Friedman
Fox News critic bashes bogus 60 Minutes report, declines to even mention that Fox regularly relied on same source
Yahoo to encrypt all data
BRIAN WOMACK
In response to the NSA spying on digital content, the search giant is making its codes more difficult to crack
Empress Dowager Cixi was “not a role model”
Wilfred Chan
Biographer Jung Chang on the woman who banned foot-binding in China -- and her ruthless political maneuverings
Dani Shapiro: Self-doubt is a writer’s best friend
Jill Bialosky
How many books does a writer have in her? The best-selling novelist shares her life lessons
W. Kamau Bell on “Totally Biased”: “The show was canceled. I’m not canceled”
Prachi Gupta
The stand-up comic is grateful for the opportunity to host the FXX show, and plans to return to stand-up
Kicked out because of cancer? Ailing mom says she was banned from school
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Kerri Mascareno says her kids' principal made her stand outside because she smelled like chemotherapy drugs
U.S. government begs Google for user data
BRIAN WOMACK
The number of requests rose 37 percent to almost 11,000 in the first half of this year
Dear Vladimir: Paul McCartney pens letter to Russian leader on behalf of the Arctic 30
Lindsay Abrams
The letter urges Putin to release the Greenpeace activists, quotes "Back in the USSR"
50 climate speeches in 50 weeks: Sheldon Whitehouse reaches Senate milestone
Lindsay Abrams
The Rhode Island Democrat has given a speech on climate change for every week that the Senate's in session
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