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America: The land of make-believe
Chris Hedges
This battle against collective self-delusion is a battle I fear we will not win
7 must-read novels to transport you in February
Hanh Nguyen, Ashlie D. Stevens, Erin Keane
From the riots in Chicago to a dystopian future with queer badass librarians, take a leap with these curated picks
“American Factory” filmmakers on how the Dayton-set doc became one of the year’s most joyful movies
Andrew O'Hehir
Directors Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar on their comic, surreal, true-life tale of a Chinese factory in Ohio
Shakira and Jennifer Lopez stun in a stealthily political Super Bowl halftime show
Melanie McFarland
Most of the Super Bowl LIV audience likely had no clue of what Shakira and J.Lo were actually saying. That's fine
CNN’s Wajahat Ali: “We knew what would happen” under Trump, but the media just played along
Chauncey DeVega
CNN commentator on how white privilege has warped media coverage of Trump — and how Trumpists may destroy America
Trump: The very selective corruption fighter
Ryan O'Connell
Donald Trump claims he cares about corruption in Ukraine . . . but not Hungary and Turkey?
Both Super Bowl LVIII team names are pretty racist — Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers
Matthew Rozsa
Cheering at Super Bowl LVIII means picking one racist team name over another
When is the right time to talk about sexual assault? If it upsets men, apparently never
Carolyn Kellogg
To journalists, I knew writing an obituary meant considering the full person, warts and all. Then came the threats
The Kobe Bryant rape case is painful not because of what it says about him, but about us
Amanda Marcotte
The Bryant case kicked off the decade that changed how we talk about sexual abuse, and that matters
Isn’t she delicate? “Miss Americana” spotlights Taylor Swift’s eating disorder & loneliness
Ashlie D. Stevens
The new Netflix documentary traces the pop star's highs and lows to understand where she's arrived as an artist
Resist false hope: America under Trump is in big trouble, and there’s no going back
Chauncey DeVega
Mainstream "hope peddlers" keep telling us everything will be normal again. But it won't — time to face the truth
The disaster of utopian engineering
Chris Hedges
Neoliberalism, as a class project, is a brilliant success
Robert Reich: The big picture on the impeachment trial
Robert Reich
Here are the 10 big things you need to understand about the Senate trial
Netflix’s “The Stranger” is an anxiety-inducing thriller that asks how well you know your loved ones
Melanie McFarland
Based on Harlan Coben's novel, the mystery series will make you glad you stayed at home safe . . . or are you?
Gay rights dispute is pulling apart the United Methodist Church, after decades of argument
Scott T. Vehstedt
The United Methodist Church is facing a schism over LGBT policies
Sweet but unchallenging, “Miracle Workers: Dark Ages” dresses our modern ignorance in medieval garb
Melanie McFarland
The new season of Daniel Radcliffe's TBS comedy plays up the stupidity of yearning for the good olde days
The fate of the Earth: See page five
Tom Engelhardt
Is it weird that the possible end of human life on Earth is not front-page news anymore?
“Start by Believing” author: How “money and medals” enabled serial child molester Larry Nassar
Mary Elizabeth Williams
ESPN reporter Dan Murphy discusses the convicted gymnastics doctor and toxic competition culture on "Salon Talks"
The debunked “Russian influence” nonsense is infantilizing liberals
Michael Lind
The Russian money spent to influence the election was negligible. Its persistence as an explanation is bad for Dems
Psychology still skews western and affluent. Can it be fixed?
Michael Schulson
Critics have argued that these biases present an imperfect view of the human mind. Why is it so hard to correct?
The convergence: Third-world debt and the climate crisis are intimately connected
Bob Hennelly
As rich financiers toast to capitalism in Davos, the targets of their exploitation suffer abroad and at home
Are Trump and his circle manipulating the markets for personal gain? Here’s the evidence
Chauncey DeVega
Investigative reporter William Cohan: Trump may have killed Gen. Soleimani to make millions in the markets
The biology of coffee, one of the world’s most popular drinks
Thomas Merritt
From drip coffee to pourovers to stovetop espresso, the variations in coffee-based drinks are plenty
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