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“New Orleans was primed for all-out combat”: Remembering the media’s deadly Hurricane Katrina racism
Heather Digby Parton
As disaster refugees desperately looked for food and shelter, vicious rumors wrought horrific consequence
How this mom is raising her 7-year-old transgender girl — with a little help from Laverne Cox, Janet Mock and Jazz Jennings
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Salon talks to the creator of the "How to Be a Girl" podcast about parenting, school, playdates and the future
A burka in a Christian town: How Fox News and right-wing media turned a lesson in tolerance into an excuse for hate
Linda K. Wertheimer
A teacher's "dress-up" exercise divided a Texas town. Then Fox News and WorldNetDaily arrived to make it worse
High heels for babies are a thing: Should the first steps into sexualization happen before girls can even walk?
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Gender-neutral marketing hasn't quite reached the door of Pee Wee Pumps, high heels for the crib crowd
Not tonight, honey — and maybe not ever again
Stephanie Land
Childbirth drained me of all sexual urges. More than a year later, I'm still waiting for them to return
Josh Duggar has checked into rehab: “A long journey toward wholeness and recovery”
Colin Gorenstein
Jim Bob and Michelle announced Josh's decision to check into a long-term treatment center on their family blog
The poster girl for period sex: “I think it’s unfortunate that women often think their vagina’s kind of disgusting”
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Salon talks to singer/songwriter Rachel Lark about her sex-positive anthems
Right on banks, wrong on schools: “No Child Left Behind wasn’t designed for the types of realities in my school”
Jeff Bryant
A congressman says even progressive Democrats fall for "accountability," over-testing and phony education "reform"
Meet the Tea Party’s evangelical quack: David Barton is Glenn Beck’s favorite “historian”
Julie Ingersoll
David Barton has shaped the curriculum of Christian schools and home schoolers. His "history" is a dangerous joke
From poster mom to pariah
Ruth Fowler
Live-tweeting my childbirth made me an Internet celebrity. Then my husband left -- and with him, my new mom friends
“The Fat Jew” defends himself and comes up short: Even on “the cutting edge of the Internet,” stealing actually is “a matter of right or wrong”
Scott Timberg
Maybe Josh Ostrovsky's "army of interns" can explain a few basic citation rules to him?
“The Fat Jew” fuels the fire in a cringeworthy exclusive: “The internet is like this giant Jacuzzi of insanity”
Colin Gorenstein
The social media "comedian" stresses that the vastness of the Internet is to blame for his theft
I bought nothing new for 200 days
Assya Barrette
When I had to get rid of all my father's things after he died, it struck me: There's enough stuff out there
Rise & fall of the anti-Trumps: Why these GOP pretenders don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell
Paul Rosenberg
After the first GOP debate, three names were gathering steam: Fiorina, Carson & Kasich — but each of them is doomed
Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte is now going to contain real pumpkin and it’s probably going to be disgusting
Lindsay Abrams
The new, "natural" Pumpkin Spice Latte is still just a big cup of sugar
Comedians are calling out “The Fat Jew” for theft: Why the online backlash against stealing jokes is long overdue
Scott Timberg
Josh Ostrovksy, hailed as the next big voice in comedy, is being taken down by the comedians he "aggregated"
The sociopath’s answer to Macklemore: Introducing the haughty ignorance—and heinous Michelle Obama rhymes—of chart-topping white guy Lil Dicky
Matthew Pulver
Meet Lil Dicky, the latest rich white bro with a dubious message to rap his way to the top of the charts
Google is trying to take over America’s rooftops (with solar panels)
Lindsay Abrams
A new tool uses Google Maps to calculate if rooftop solar is right for you
Jeb Bush’s gigantic Iraq fail: Why he’s handling his brother’s toxic legacy in just about the worst way possible
Heather Digby Parton
Instead of running as fast as he can from George W.'s cataclysmic failures, he's doing...well, exactly the opposite
The cheapest (and most expensive) cities in America to buy weed
Phillip Smith
Depending on where in the country you live, you may be paying a "prohibition premium"
8 impossibly dumb things we teach kids about sex
Jill Hamilton
It's more than abstinence-only and sperm meets egg. Here's what we should be teaching them
Ben Carson’s outrageous Planned Parenthood hypocrisy — has performed research on aborted fetal brain tissue
Scott Eric Kaufman
Carson told Fox News that fetuses were human at 17 weeks -- the same age as those he performed research on
These guys want to gut America: 6 ways the GOP has obliterated American opportunity—and how we can start fighting back
Paul Rosenberg
Looking for evidence that America's best days are ahead? Don't look to Thursday's GOP debate
4 ways John Oliver nails America’s disastrous War on Drugs
Tony Newman
From mandatory minimum sentences to civil asset forfeiture, the HBO host has captured the story from every angle
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