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“I like that spot where fear and laughter converge”: Carrie Brownstein on how “Portlandia” takes on aging, “Transparent” and channeling Sleater-Kinney on set

Sonia Saraiya
Brownstein talks to Salon about "cascading toward death," feminism and what's coming in "Portlandia" season 6

Music publicist accused of sexual misconduct issues classic non-apology: “If I crossed the line of decency or respectfulness” isn’t owning up to anything

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Heathcliff Berru resigned after Dirty Projectors' Amber Coffman's tweets unleashed a storm of shocking allegations

How Sarah Palin paved the way for Donald Trump’s noxious populism

Heather Digby Parton
These two political hucksters have managed to combine celebrity and xenophobia into a new breed of conservativism

The raging idiocy of the GOP’s masculinity brigade

Gary Legum
Marco Rubio must be made to suffer for *wearing girly boots* — at least if you listen to the other GOP candidates

Celebrity deaths and the “problematic fave”: Enough with the moral tug-of-war between “hero” and “villain” legacies

Arthur Chu
It's not about separating genius from flawed human, but accepting that sometimes there's no separation at all

“Sex does not sell in Silicon Valley”: Why venture capitalists don’t want to touch sex start-ups

Carrie Weisman
Online porn is huge, but getting people to publicly rally around funding for an adult content site is not easy

“Pick-up artist” can’t score in Australia: No shelter or visa for “repugnant” hook-up coach

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Jeff Allen's work and ethos violate Australia's "character test"—more countries should follow its lead

Campus rape in Montana: What a small town tells us about sexual assault, rape culture and the prevalence of false accusations

Amanda Marcotte
Jon Krakauer speaks about the new edition of his book, "Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town"

Stephen Colbert checks his white privilege, switches seats with DeRay McKesson to discuss race, police, #blacklivesmatter

Sarah Burris
"People like to act like we don't have a legacy of racism here, so I think people get really uncomfortable with it"

Ted Cruz gets even more slimy: A new campaign-finance controversy should derail his campaign—but it won’t

Gary Legum
That this man is somehow one of the two leading contenders for the GOP nomination should terrify us

Bernie Sanders and David Brooks, both wrong: This year of Fox News and Donald Trump-fueled rage can’t be fixed by any candidate

Patrick L. Smith
We are angry. We are afraid. We are exceptional. And the problem with America is that very combination

Dr. Ruth loves happy endings: “Most people want to be in a relationship, and not just have a one-night encounter”

Melanie McFarland
Salon talks to the legendary sex therapist about "50 Shades," social media and her return to TV with "Original Sin"

Racism is “America’s original sin”: Unless we tell the truth about our history, we’ll never find the way to reconciliation

Jim Wallis
Forget about being a "post-racial" society. But we must learn to embrace the country's ever-greater diversity

Smiling slaves at story time: These picture books show why we need more diversity in publishing, too

Paula Young Lee
Upbeat kids' books that sanitize the horrors of slavery get published—and speak volumes about the industry

Former GOP insider explains how politicians exploit gun culture: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and the real reason why no one can talk sense about guns

Jimmy LaSalvia
"The problem is that the pro-gun culture has become a symbol of defiance of government overreach"

I’m dependent on narcotics; that doesn’t mean I’m an addict.

Ellen Painter Dollar
As a person who relies on pain medication to get by, I'm forced to feel shame every time I step inside a pharmacy.

Everything is terrible: How to watch “The Big Short,” “Making a Murderer” and “Concussion” without losing your mind

Lauren Duca
Tales of real-life corruption and evil bureaucracy are hot entertainment — and infuriating to watch

“More than a trillion dollars has been misspent”: Politicians and the media have botched the war on terror, but are great at terrifying us

David Masciotra
Odds of dying in terror attack since 9/11: 1 in 90 million. Still, politicians want us scared. An expert explains

Fine, give the GOP four years: The liberal case for either Bernie Sanders, or electing a Republican president

Walker Bragman
Democrats can't hold the White House forever. Losing in 2016 might make more strategic sense than losing in 2020

A guide to the literature of Japan’s “comfort women”: Comfort station survivors tell their stories

Danielle Harms
As Japan & South Korea reach an agreement on the painful subject, some books to help the reader untangle the past

This is Donald Trump’s biggest fiction — and the engine of his insane rage machine

Paul Rosenberg
Donald Trump's march to the GOP nomination has been fueled by misplaced white anger. Time to call it what it is

Your parenting is the problem: We spend more time and money on parenting than ever — but we are getting worse

Leonard Sax
Your kids only eat fries? Run the show at home? It's on you: "Let kids decide" switched adult authority to children

Martin Luther King, Rachel Dolezal and Donald Trump: The recurring story of race that has shaped our history

Andrew O'Hehir
What would MLK see in America today? A transformed nation that keeps repeating the same racial narratives

We have always been good haters: Our Donald Trump problem goes all the way back to the Founding Fathers

Andrew Burstein, Nancy Isenberg
The battle between fear and hope is as old as America. We have always been idealists -- and suspicious
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