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I love my Fox News enemies: What I learned from the most hateful emailers in the world
Steve Almond
I've protested Condoleezza Rice and the NFL, been called a pussy and wished dead. I know where they're coming from
“Star Wars” fans, unite: The only way to fight #WheresRey trends is to stop buying the toys
Matthew Rozsa
Don't buy it if Disney's merchandising teams can't pledge to stop the "Star Wars" and Marvel gendered-toy insanity
British film industry fails on race, too: Tone-deaf remarks from Charlotte Rampling and Michael Caine are symptoms of deeper problems
Nico Lang
If the Oscars' record on recognizing minority talent is bad, the BAFTAs are worse [UPDATED]
Bill Maher smears “racist” Asians, Kimmel promotes “The Big Shawty”: The whiter the late-night stage, the flatter the #OscarsSoWhite jokes fall
Sonia Saraiya
Comedy Central wins this round—even "SNL"'s otherwise-solid sketch showed minority cast members stretched thin
With help of corporate law firm, small pro-Israel group derails historic UAW union vote endorsing boycott
Ben Norton
California UAW 2865 rank-&-file members say the landslide vote endorsing BDS was undermined by "undemocratic" means
Sex for “mere pleasure”? Shame on you! — 15 sexual hang-ups we can blame on the Catholic Church
Valerie Tarico
The Catholic Church is obsessed with sex. Even if you're secular you're not immune from its noxious ideas
The National Review’s priceless Donald Trump freakout is a testament to right-wing hypocrisy
Gary Legum
The National Review wants conservatives to know that Trump is bad news. Too bad they helped create him
Don’t be a Ted Cruz birther: Liberals should reject the xenophobia behind “natural born” citizenship
Silpa Kovvali
The left's giddy schadenfreude over Cruz's eligibility only legitimizes Donald Trump's brand of knee-jerk hate
“11,000 smart, committed teachers can change the world”: A group of working Philadelphia teachers is looking to upset the status quo of the teachers union
Emma Eisenberg
Up for a vote: "Social justice unionism," in which every teachers union member participates in educational change
The genie grown monstrous: How Donald Trump, the all-American Frankenstein, devoured the GOP
Steve Fraser
Republicans used "family values" issues to align the working class with the rich. It's not working any longer
My ironic sorority disaster
Shayna Goodman
Straight, confused and longing for acceptance, I tried to start a sorority at Sarah Lawrence. What could go wrong?
“In Cold Blood” turns 50: Capote’s spellbinding true crime novel gave us “The Jinx,” “Serial” and “Making a Murderer”
Philip Eil
Published in January 1966, the book launched half a century—and counting—of American obsession with real murders
The GOP’s Trump meltdown hits critical mass — but can the right’s empty suits stop him now?
Andrew O'Hehir
The right's so-called intellectuals launch a desperate anti-Trump crusade. But who do they think will follow them?
“Boys for Pele” turns 20: Revisiting the year when Tori Amos truly came into her own
Annie Zaleski
By 1996, Amos was already an icon—but this album moved her into a whole new level of power
Sarah Palin’s feel-bad politics: The dark allure of right-wing nihilism, self-pity and curdled nostalgia for a once-“great” America
Andrew O'Hehir
The American right's rococo, self-devouring period reached its apex with Sarah Palin's deranged rant
Toxic gun culture at work: “13 Hours” theater shooting accident a sobering sign of our concealed-carry times
Mary Elizabeth Williams
At Washington screening of Michael Bay's Benghazi film, a man appearing drunk allegedly "fumbled with a gun"
Nobody has to “man up” here: Feminist shows “Jessica Jones” and “Transparent” are also a win for men
Arielle Bernstein
Despite the handwringing that media focused on women comes at the expense of men, the opposite is actually true
Donald Trump represents an America that is literally disappearing
Heather Digby Parton
It's important not to lose sight of what's driving the most unlikely of presidential campaigns: Fear
Defy “compulsory silence”: To celebrate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, women are speaking out about their abortion experiences
Valerie Tarico
The most powerful way to defend abortion access is for women to tell their personal stories
The religious right exposed: Donald Trump’s speech at Liberty University proves just how gullible evangelical voters are
Sean Illing
The fact that Trump is popular with evangelicals confirms they'll follow anyone who fans their fears
In Hollywood, “prestige” still means white: Academy scrambles to fix ongoing Oscar diversity problem — but this goes deeper than voting rules
Scott Timberg
The problems with Oscar diversity won't change by altering the number of nominees
White people just don’t get it: Bernie Sanders, Ta-Nehisi Coates and the reality of reparations
Chauncey DeVega
The wellbeing and political interests of African-Americans are sacrificed on the mantle of political expediency
I’ve had enough of public grief: What are we really grieving when an artist dies?
Sarika Chawla
At times like these, I have the feeling I must be missing a compassion gene that the rest of my generation shares
After Sarah Palin and John Wayne, now what? Trump’s nightmare coalition reaches a defining moment
Andrew O'Hehir
After endorsements from a long-dead movie icon and the worst candidate in history, Trump's ready for Freddy
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