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Here’s how we fix law school: This is the real-world training future lawyers need
Richard A. Posner
It's one thing to teach the law. But these days, lawyers also need to understand and respond to judges
“Polygamy stunts a woman’s mind”: “The Sound of Gravel” author Ruth Wariner on her fundamentalist Mormon childhood, becoming a feminist and life after leaving the church
Kristen Mascia
An exclusive joint interview: Wariner with her cousin Anna, daughter of the rival prophet who assassinated her dad
Marilynne Robinson talks religion, fear and the American spirit: “The left, at a basic level, lost courage, because they don’t know how to deal with the proclaimed religiosity of the other side”
Michael Schulson
Exclusive: The brilliant American writer and thinker on God, capitalism and our fearful democracy
We need new Noam Chomskys: Here’s how we revitalize liberal intellectualism, battle the right’s Koch-funded idea machine
Aaron Swartz
The Chomsky argument -- for media, political and economic democracy -- is now well-known. Now to find action
Engagement season panic sets in: Before you plan a big expensive traditional wedding, read this
David Masciotra
Ritual and community are vital for weddings—but you don't need religion or $35,000 to have them
2015: The year’s best movies, from a classic screen romance to the ghosts of Auschwitz to delusional TV stardom
Andrew O'Hehir
Forget Kylo Ren! From "Carol" to the Panthers, from "Timbuktu" to "the iPhone movie," it was an amazing movie year
The big microaggression lie: The real story behind the right’s phony war on political correctness
Alyson Cole
Let's be honest: The war on p.c. is really a war on minorities and others who dare raise their voices in protest
“Delusional and reflexive invocations of American exceptionalism”: What the GOP field won’t admit about our history may make everything worse
Robin Lindley
By continuing to deny the real lessons and history of Vietnam and Iraq, we are set up to repeat tragedies again
The Chinese home I never knew
Andrea Yu
I was ashamed of living between two cultures in Toronto. It took four years in Hong Kong to feel that I belonged
I have given away my guns: I’m a Texan and a hunter, but I won’t be part of gun culture any more
Mat Thompson
I grew up hunting and love it. I may not change your mind, but mass shootings have made me think differently
I’m tired of suppressing myself to get along with white people
Priscilla Ward
I pocket my black rage, and swap "hey girl" for hello. But in making others comfortable, I'm making myself sick
Why observing “Dry January” might help you cut back on drinking down the line
Kali Holloway
Most New Year's resolutions fail, but there's some evidence that quitting drinking for a month is worth the effort
We weren’t ready for a black president: Race, hate, Donald Trump, guns, Fox News, terror and our tragic American condition
Tom Gogola
Right-wing pseudo-statesmen haven't changed, grown up or dropped the race-baiting, even as Obama has delivered
5 reasons 2015 was the year of the social justice warrior (and why progressives should embrace the term)
Matthew Rozsa
Same-sex marriage was legalized and the civil rights movement reinvigorated. We have our activists to thank
2015: The Year In Political F-ups
Amanda Marcotte
There were plenty of political players, both left and right, making boneheaded mistakes in 2015
2015 was a banner year for nonfiction — here are 10 books you don’t want to miss
Scott Timberg
From ancient Rome to New Orleans to three decades of rock criticism, 10 books to keep you busy in the new year
American privilege in Taiwan: I lied to my Taiwanese students and told them I didn’t speak Chinese. Here’s how it backfired
Lily Hsin
Because I was Taiwanese American, my students were shy, distant. Revealing I spoke Chinese made all the difference
“Any body—every body—is a bikini body”: Women’s Health bans the phrases “Bikini Body” and “Drop Two Sizes” from its covers for good
Rachel Kramer Bussel
A sign of the body-positive times? Let's hope it's a good start toward leaving the body-shaming messages behind
Carrie Fisher shuts down the ageist haters as only Carrie Fisher can
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The "Star Wars" actress puts her critics in their place with one delightfully vulgar tweet
The American criminal justice system is guilty of killing Tamir Rice
Daniel Denvir
If, as the prosecutor said, officers followed policy in the killing of Tamir Rice something is horribly wrong
Star Wars will crush us all: Here come more blockbusters, more culture disguised as action figures
Scott Timberg
You can like "Star Wars" a lot, like I did, and still worry about what its success means for Hollywood and culture
Until White America looks at Tamir Rice and sees their own children, there will be no racial justice in the U.S.
Chauncey DeVega
He was 12, playing with a toy gun, in a locale with open-carry laws. Tamir Rice was executed for being a black boy
Lemmy Kilmister lived the ultimate 70 years of sex, drugs and rock and roll
David Masciotra
The mythic Motorhead rock star, who died yesterday, seemed indestructible. Keith Richards had nothing on Lemmy
Kesha’s horrifying nightmare — and the Adele comparison from Sony that goes way beyond acceptable
Nico Lang
Kesha is unable to make new music, but the lawsuit has done little to halt the career of her alleged abuser
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