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Atheists don’t get terrorism: Why Sam Harris fails to understand the “Islamic threat”
CJ Werleman
Blaming acts of violence on the Muslim faith ignores the oppressive military factors that motivate jihadists
The truth about Microsoft’s controversial $2.5 billion mega-deal: “It’s not about the money. It’s about my sanity”
Sarah Gray
The indie game, and studio were plucked by Microsoft -- but developers will not follow
John Twelve Hawks: “New surveillance states have placed us in an invisible prison”
John Twelve Hawks
Is it possible to go untracked in this new digital dystopia? It's gotten harder -- but here's how I've done it
Ferguson’s massive cover-up: How police departments are protecting Michael Brown’s killer
Paul Rosenberg
Basic evidence is being kept from the public. And investigators aren't showing proper zeal to figure out the truth
Harvard Lampoon president Alexis Wilkinson on how writers’ rooms should deal with gender and race
Prachi Gupta
The 138-year-old magazine was already an institution, but Wilkinson has managed to usher it into a new age
How I switched sides in the technology wars
Andrew Leonard
My slow, painful transition from cheerleader to critic, all at one online magazine
7 women working tirelessly to attack equal rights for women
Amanda Marcotte
Sadly, these women find it personally advantageous to reject feminism and continue perpetuating sexist social norms
It’s disgusting, and it’s still about race: Southern Republicans simply don’t want minorities to vote
Heather Digby Parton
The latest chilling example in Georgia is part of a long, shameful history of how Republicans win elections
OkCupid founder: “I wish people exercised more humanity” on OkCupid
Andrew Leonard
Why data about how people behave on online dating sites paints a bleak picture about our true attitudes
It’s OK to admit that H.P. Lovecraft was racist
Laura Miller
Fans have to find a more mature way to cope with the ugly sides of the authors they love
Gun nuts’ insane new crusade: How they explain away fatal accidents with children
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig
After a young girl recently shot her shooting instructor, the gun lobby really had to stretch for a novel argument
How Christian fundamentalist homeschooling damages children
Kristin Rawls
The religious right touts homeschooling as a viable educational alternative. Parents, grads tell a different story
We coddle bad cops, vilify good teachers
Paul Rosenberg
We defer to cops even when they kill, and scapegoat schools for the ills America has given up on. This must change
“Cable companies could make this page so slow, it will still be loading”
David Dayen
The FCC may soon make your Internet a lot slower. Here's what a huge coalition is doing today to stop them
Southern secessionist group forming paramilitary unit called the “Indomitables”
Ryan Lenz
The neo-Confederate organization is training to advance a second southern secession by any means necessary
Evangelical megachurch begins closing branches after pastor calls women “penis homes”
Jenny Kutner
Washington-based Mars Hill Church will close 15 branches following controversy over founder Mark Driscoll
American warmongers’ fatal conceit: The massive insecurity behind their calls for blood
Elias Isquith
The neoconservative "do something" crowd are really "Know Nothings" -- and fatally misread the decade after 9/11
Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and atheists’ ugly Islamophobia
CJ Werleman
Why terrorist attacks so often cause non-believers to abandon reason, science and evidence to blame religion
Bill Maher: GOP thinks “voting should be legal but discouraged, like interracial dating”
Sarah Gray
"Do nuts ruin primaries? Yes. Nuts ruin everything"
Gaza’s scary new outrage: How some Israeli leaders are pushing for war crimes
Bethan Staton
Amid the threat of more airstrikes, Palestinians (and many Israelis) have another fear: Where the rhetoric is going
Rand Paul’s flip-flop nightmare: “Non-interventionist” now backs war in the Middle East
Simon Maloy
Last week Rand Paul chastised the "hawkish members of my own party." Now he wants to go to war against ISIS
Inside the Houdini-Industrial Complex: The surprising, secret influence of the great escape artist
Rachel Shteir
With a new miniseries starring Adrian Brody and a huge memorabilia auction, why are we still so fixated on Houdini?
“I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother” writer Liza Long: I’m not scared of my son anymore
Prachi Gupta
The writer and mental health advocate discusses how her family's life has changed since that essay went viral
“All I see is Palestine”: How I went to cover a Rihanna concert and caused a political firestorm
Amy Klein
As a freelance arts writer in Israel, I made a dumb mistake that thrust me into the midst of the Middle East crisis
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