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Right-wing media spreads blatant lies, smearing Muslim-American Air Force vet as ISIS member with zero evidence
Ben Norton
An investigation by The Intercept found "the story is entirely false"; it is conservative Islamophobic propaganda
You don’t have to like Farrah Abraham to believe her: Backlash against the reality star accusing James Deen of rape suggests we still want a “perfect” victim
Nico Lang
Abraham is almost a cartoon version of the “imperfect rape victim”—and she deserves to be heard as much as anyone
“Stop telling me I’m poisoning my kids”: Food crusaders, sancti-mommies and the rise of entitled eaters
Jenny Splitter
I was an all-organic, clean-eating, sugar-free mom, too. It drove my family insane without making us healthier
Onboard the Trump Train: It’s too easy to dismiss Trump’s Iowa supporters as uneducated rubes — the truth is more complicated
Dan Sinykin
Some cheer his racist rhetoric, but others seem to ignore the hate -- that he's a political outsider is enough
8 conservative “solutions” to poverty that will make it so much worse
Dave Johnson
Because getting rid of child labor laws is somehow supposed to fix the economy
Let’s talk about the penis: From South Korea’s Penis Park to the Washington Monument, the phallus is everywhere
Carrie Weisman
History and mythology are rich with phallic symbolism -- and then there's pornography. Here are some highlights
Muslim cab driver shot on Thanksgiving by rifle-wielding Islamophobe ranting about ISIS
Ben Norton
A man shot a Muslim cab driver in the back with a rifle on Thanksgiving day in Pittsburgh in a suspected hate crime
Robert Dear, “gentle loner”: The New York Times reveals a load of biases in early round of Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood coverage
Paula Young Lee
In separate stories, the Times managed to legitimize smear videos and put Dear's white male victim front and center
Katniss is a hero for boys, too: My 11-year-old sons need more books and films like “The Hunger Games” series
Graham Shelby
After my triplets read the first "Hunger Games" book, their dormant archery set came out of the garage
What the hell’s wrong with us? Autism, vaccines and why some people believe Jenny McCarthy over every doctor
Rob Brotherton
There are reams of scientific literature, and then the comfort of conspiracy theory. Why do we favor the latter?
Have a coke and diabetes: The beverage giant’s shady research practices, exposed
Reynard Loki
Once one of America's most-trusted brands, Coca-Cola is downplaying soda's link to obesity. An expert explains
“The pigs were glowing deep gold”: The amazing experience that ended my life as a pig farmer
Bob Comis
Even though I was raising and slaughtering pigs as humanely as possible, I had doubts. But then I was sure
The conservative freakout over Thanksgiving debates: Here’s why the right is melting down this time
Heather Digby Parton
Every year, a flurry of articles about "winning dinner table debates" go out. This year, right-wingers caught wind
Who needs Maxim when you can hate women on Reddit and 4chan?
Amanda Marcotte
Lad mags were part of the late '90s backlash to feminism. They don't hold a candle to the misogyny you find online
“I thought only Bond villains had big fluffy white cats in their war rooms”: Twitter cracks up over Krugman’s Situation Room cat photo
Brendan Gauthier
The New York Times columnist used a Slate "Cats of War" photo to illustrate a blog post about "Terror Politics"
Economic radicalism is the only answer: The most practical way to fix our broken economy
Lynn Stuart Parramore
"Between Debt and the Devil" author Adair Turner on how our fears of fiscal deficit are holding us back and more
The ghost that haunts American literature: The genius & the repugnance of H.P. Lovecraft
Philip Eil
How can we square the giant accomplishments of a brilliant horror writer with the virulent racism that informed him
“They basically stole Phil Dick’s pitch”: Why Amazon’s “Man In the High Castle” might not please die-hard Philip K. Dick fans
Scott Timberg
Salon speaks to a Philip K. Dick expert about the trouble with adapting his books to the screen
You don’t need God for comfort: 7 places atheists can turn to in times of need
Greta Christina
The support net for nonbelievers is far wider and more comprehensive than even they realize
No, really, I’ll only vote for Bernie Sanders — and Paris helps explain why
H.A. Goodman
This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to vote for Bernie Sanders and I'm not going to waste it
“Syria-ously hot!” The right responds to Paris with Bible-thumping, scientific illiteracy, frat boy antics
Amanda Marcotte
The situation in Syria is a very serious one, but conservatives keep responding in idiotic and childish ways
Let’s all chill out about the Colorado poll: No one is electing Ben Carson president
Amanda Marcotte
Clinton -- and her integrity -- gets pounded in a new swing-state poll. But hold off on begging Biden to come back
Stop gloating over Charlie Sheen’s “hookers” and hook-ups: HIV isn’t punishment for promiscuity or sex work
Rachel Kramer Bussel
The discussion around Sheen's diagnosis reveals the ignorance and absurd moralizing around HIV
“My infant died. He should have been with me”: The horror too nightmarish to comprehend
Kim Brooks
We tell mothers to do what's best for their babies, but only for the first 12 weeks. Then the unimaginable happened
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