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Conservative relatives can’t let the Planned Parenthood “scandal” go? Try these talking points
Amanda Marcotte
Remember, the video isn't the point: The right's real goal is to prevent women from having happy, healthy sex lives
The next “Serial” could be way less white: A new wave of multicultural podcasts amplifies a tide of break-out voices
Paula Young Lee
The new Headgum network, with podcasts like "Black Men Can't Jump (in Hollywood)," joins a growing trend
Asparagus water: This week’s overpriced yuppie Whole Foods diet trend garbage
Scott Timberg
Whole Foods tried to sell Los Angelenos actual asparagus in a bottle of water—for $6
“Fat Guy” biking across America: Why we believe only thin people deserve to be loved
Rachel Kramer Bussel
A story about a man on an extreme fitness journey reveals much about our screwed-up morality around weight
Climate activist masterfully punks Scott Walker: Now he looks like even more of a Koch stooge
Sophia Tesfaye
Student dupes Walker into posing with check illustrating he's bought and paid for by the Koch brothers
The GOP crack-up continues: The raging civil war over the disgusting “cuckservative” slur
Joan Walsh
Combining racism and misogyny, the insult lets Donald Trump backers claim other Republicans aren’t real men
“Reform” makes broken New Orleans schools worse: Race, charters, testing and the real story of education after Katrina
Jennifer C. Berkshire
An all-charter-school system was heralded as the future for urban schools. The future is filled with flaws
How to build a nuclear bomb: We’ve demonized books, but are we any safer?
Ann Larabee
Can we stop explosives guides from landing in violent hands? And if so, at what cost to free expression?
Are ultrasounds the newest weapon in the war on women?
Robin Marty
Abortion opponents believe in-utero images have profound effect on pregnant women but fail to see bigger picture
This guy changed the world: We won’t see the likes of Jon Stewart again
Arthur Chu
We take Jon Stewart for granted now, and expect way too much from him. Stop and thank him for restoring our sanity
What drives the angry man-child to harass women online? The answer is pretty simple
Amanda Marcotte
In short, these guys are bullies -- they want to feel bigger and better than someone else. Here's how it works
Secret history of a northern slave state: How slavery was written into New Jersey’s DNA
Robert Hennelly
Though eventually & thankfully on the right side of history, the North wasn't immune to America's original sin.
The 7 biggest myths about abortion
Kali Holloway
Abortion foes are targeting women from all sides, spreading lies. Let's clear up a few of the more popular untruths
Donald Trump’s size doesn’t matter. Also, he’s probably exaggerating it
Robert Mann
If crowds mattered, we'd have elected Romney, Kerry and Dukakis. So why do candidates and the press trumpet them?
America is the world leader in treating working mothers like absolute garbage
Terrell Jermaine Starr
America is exceptional all right, exceptionally bad for working moms.
Et tu, Gawker: Can Nick Denton’s rebel tabloid empire be saved from slime and self-righteousness?
Andrew O'Hehir
After an indefensible outing story and a bizarre internal struggle, can the Web's most notorious site grow up?
Texas trooper had no right to ask Sandra Bland to put out her cigarette
Terrell Jermaine Starr
There was nothing "lawful" about Trooper Encinia's order
Paul Krugman kneecaps Jeb Bush and Paul Ryan, devastates Koch Brothers and bankrupt “voucher” ideology
Salon Staff
"Who could have imagined conservatives would keep proposing exact same policy despite evidence that they're wrong?"
Take it from a guy who knows: Ralph Nader says Donald Trump’s third party bid could be kryptonite for GOP
Sophia Tesfaye
The perennial third-party presidential candidate says Trump can cause the GOP big headaches
“A Gay Girl in Damascus”: Behind the twisted tale of a blogger who “catfished” the whole world
Andrew O'Hehir
A fascinating new film explores the untold story of the teenage Arab lesbian blogger who was too good to be true
“Bachelorette” Kaitlyn rejects slut-shaming, sexist trolling and death threats: How one woman is forcing the retrograde show to reckon with its own demons
Anna Silman
Kaitlyn's sex-positive attitude has attracted an extraordinary measure of abuse
The simple reason why the right’s latest Planned Parenthood crusade is so outrageous
Elizabeth Yuko
In their zeal to take down reproductive rights, anti-abortion extremists have seized on a total non-issue
10 A-list actresses speak out about sexism: Has Hollywood reached a feminist tipping point?
Anna Silman
Hollywood’s leading women have been increasingly vocal this year about wage gaps, age gaps and fair representation
How a Mexican drug kingpin’s daring prison escape made him a hip-hop icon & an outlaw hero
Matthew Pulver
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman sprung the coop and evaded an international manhunt. Chart-toppers have taken notice
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