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Clinton’s stance against free college is one of her most absurd positions
Her logic on free access to higher education could apply to K-12, roads, parks, or any general public good
Chris Rock’s Oscars didn’t “fight the power”: A night of crude jokes and cynical deflection is a poor way to show progress
Arthur Chu
Rock's big night shows us Hollywood wants it both ways—for movies to be powerful art and blameless entertainment
Sorry, David Brooks, but we can’t blame Trump’s ascendance on “anti-politics” — it’s class politics
Peter Dreier
It's class politics -- led by the 1 percent -- that has brought us 40 years of government-bashing and deregulation
#JusticeForFlint’s radical love: While Oscar’s glamour beckoned, the real artists helped Flint be seen and heard
Paula Young Lee
While performers paid lip service to changing lives, Ava DuVernay, Janelle Monae and Stevie Wonder got to work
Oscars gives voice to survivors: Sexual assault awareness takes center stage at 2016 Academy Awards
Erin Coulehan
Hollywood spoke out last night, from Gaga's performance to honors for "Spotlight," "Room" and "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Oscar has issues: In an acerbic, awkward evening loaded with noble causes, #WhiteStarsMatter
Andrew O'Hehir
Chris Rock wrestles with Hollywood racism, Joe Biden goes Gaga and Leo turns rebel with a cause. It almost worked!
Donald Trump could get the nuclear codes: How anti-intellectualism is killing American democracy
Conor Lynch
Only in a country where inequality is skyrocketing and corporate media runs amok could this happen
VP Joe Biden speaks out at Oscars against sexual abuse: “We must and we can change the culture”
Scott Timberg
The vice president introduced Lady Gaga, who performed her Oscar-nominated song "'Til It Happens to You"
I can explain #OscarsSoWhite in 2 words: “Annie Hall”
Beanie Barnes
When we look at the films Hollywood values, it's clear that white standards of "merit" set the rules
This is a war for America’s soul: Donald Trump reflects frustrations of an embittered white America
Aaron Barlow
Trump is a vehicle for angry whites who feel invisible to elites. We miss the point to focus on Trump and not them
I thought I could reason with Antonin Scalia: A more naive young fool never drew breath
Bruce Hay
I clerked for Scalia, certain he prized reason. From our leather chairs, we never saw the lives his rulings gutted
Get ready for the most tense — and essential — Oscars night ever
Scott Timberg
Between Chris Rock's sharp wit and possible crowd discomfort, Sunday night's awards show will be the one to watch
Delusional David Brooks: His blind spot for Republican nihilism has become pathological
Sean Illing
Brooks bemoans politics' regression and its "wretched effect" on democracy while dancing around the cause: The GOP
These 5 Oscar-nominated films prove that racism is entrenched in Academy culture
Patrice Waite
#OscarsSoWhite is in no way a new phenomenon
The media is calling Bernie’s “political revolution” dead — and completely missing the point
Tim Donovan
After some tough losses to Clinton, many are ready to dismiss the Vermont senator. That would be a cynical mistake
“The Revenant” is Trump, “Spotlight” is Bernie: What this best picture race tells us about our divided America
Misha Berson
Both "The Revenant" and "Spotlight" are populist stories—but they sell widely different political and social ideals
America has a white guy problem: From Donald Trump to #OscarsSoWhite, our “diversity problems” are all connected
Paula Young Lee
It's time we stop treating diversity in Hollywood, journalism, politics and education as separate problems
Facebook’s tolerance deficiency: Mark Zuckerberg has to tell employees to stop crossing out “Black Lives Matter” on its signature wall
Brendan Gauthier
"We expect everyone to treat each other with respect," the Facebook founder told employees in a company-wide memo
Facebook’s new “like” minefield: You can “wow” a friend’s post now — whatever that means
Erin Coulehan
Is "like" the new "meh?" Is that a sarcastic "haha?" New reactions bring new ways to obsess over implied tone
Extreme right-wing talker Michael Savage wants credit for Donald Trump’s rise: I’m “the architect of Trump’s messaging”
Brendan Gauthier
Michael Savage says Trump campaign stole his nationalist talking points "to the benefit of the United States"
“Baghdad by the Bay”: San Francisco is slowly devolving into a crypto police state
Rebecca Gordon
As the city grows progressively wealthier, its black community is dwindling -- and being systematically targeted
Chris Rock is ready: The Oscar host’s historic opportunity is the moment his entire career has led toward
Andrew O'Hehir
There's no Hollywood figure as uniquely positioned as Rock to take on #OscarsSoWhite from its own stage
R.E.M.’s leap of faith: 25 years later, every curveball on “Out of Time” makes perfect sense
Annie Zaleski
Even the much-maligned "Shiny Happy People" works when you look at the band's trajectory and the early 1990s
“Queer sexual bodies are despised”: Garth Greenwell on writing his debut novel and why everything comes back to Kentucky for him, “for better and for worse”
Jason Kyle Howard
Salon talks to the author of "What Belongs to You," hailed as one of the best new novels of 2016
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