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New York in the 1960s: John Lindsay, Joe Namath and the rise of “Fun City”
Sean Deveney
“He is fresh and everyone else is tired”: The quarterback and the mayor were symbols of a younger, energetic NYC
“Robicheaux”: A mystery for the age of the Trump resistance
David Masciotra
James Lee Burke's new novel has a familiar-sounding villain: A real estate developer turned demagogue politician
Why do companies like Dove keep missing the mark on culturally insensitive ads?
Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez
The lack of diversity in the advertising industry makes responsible content difficult to achieve
“Climate gentrification” is coming to Miami’s real estate market
Zoya Teirstein
Future homeowners in coastal cities might want to consider climate change before making a down payment
How America’s morning pot of joe became “coffee for one”
K.J. Fallon
How did we go from Mr. Coffee to the ubiquitous single-serve pods?
The National Rifle Association’s first year as Trump propagandists
Timothy Johnson
Trump and the NRA have shared anti-immigrant, anti-free press, and pro-authoritarian sentiments
Why Silicon Valley loves to stereotype the Sherpa
Anni Irish
From VC firms to Burning Man, tech companies love using the word “sherpa” — even if they have no idea what it means
How legal marijuana will change California in 2018
Nicole Karlis
California smokers can expect higher-quality, and more expensive, weed
Six actresses who taught us how to deal with Hollywood misogyny in 2017
Rachel Leah
From inside the Salon studios, lessons about being a woman in the entertainment industry to take into 2018
Where have all the pussyhats gone?
Anna March
We started out 2017 knitting and marching in the streets for the resistance. What's next?
The 5 best hip-hop albums albums of 2017
Rachel Leah
This year was crowded with brilliant releases, but these 5 stood out
Ties that bind: Sexual assault, gender and 21st-century capitalism
Harriet Fraad, Richard D. Wolff
Our economic system, patriarchy, and violence against women are not separable phenomena
One year, many Trumps: 2017’s 10 best theories about our Great Leader
Andrew O'Hehir
Is he the goofball accidental president or the guy who symbolizes America's rejection of Enlightenment values? Yes!
Why Americans hate paying taxes
David Masciotra
If Americans had larger political imagination and ambition, they would insist on getting more for their money
Republicans are waging class war: It’s time for the left to fight back
Conor Lynch
GOP policies are pushing wealth inequality to historic levels: This should be a massive wake-up call for the left
Our fight with fat: Why is obesity getting worse?
Kenneth Cusi
Scientists have found an abundance of physiological factors that make the body hold onto fat
Computer programs deciding how long people spend in jail
Kali Holloway
America’s courts have never been sites of justice dispensation and a new software program makes their record worse
Man sues comic Iliza Shlesinger for hosting women-only show, sort of compares himself to Rosa Parks
Jennie Neufeld
In a lawsuit, a man contends is that being locked out of a standup set is a "repugnant" form of a discrimination
Bono laments the “girly” state of music
Gabriel Bell
"Hip-hop is the only place for young male anger at the moment," the U2 frontman complained, "and that's not good"
Warlocks, witches and American stampedes: The built-in dangers of #MeToo
Jim Sleeper
Revolutionary social movements often indulge in excess or pursue the wrong targets. Will #MeToo break the pattern?
What Kwanzaa means for black Americans
Frank Dobson
Reaching far and wide, Kwanzaa brings together the black community on the basis of shared cultural identity
Russians and GOP still trying to “sow chaos”? Well, it’s working
Heather Digby Parton
GOP operatives have sought to distort or reshape reality for decades. Now they have outside help from experts
North Carolina’s big school voucher problem
Lauryn Higgins
A state education program's accountability called into question
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