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Brie Larson is right to reject the “It Girl” label: Ask every previous “It Girl” who is no longer “It”
Nico Lang
The singular nature of "It" means there can be only one—which means women are always pitted against each other
Patton Oswalt pushes for “big and sloppy” debate between comedians and political correctness: “Comedy is pretty f*cking essential”
Brendan Gauthier
Oswalt says the conversation proves comedy isn't a disposable or frivolous part of our culture
5 worst right-wing moments of the week — Ted Cruz slaps the faces of San Bernardino’s victims
Kali Holloway
The Texas senator holds a gun rally days after the massacre, while the New York Post proudly declares its racism
Warming up to “Baby It’s Cold Outside”: What my mother taught me about the guy who wrote the “date-rape” Christmas song
Leslie Kendall Dye
Frank Loesser's Christmas song sounds creepy to our ears — but his life and work showed a man ahead of his time
“Ideological self-confidence and ruthless power politics”: Neo-conservatives, Charles Krauthammer and the real legacy of Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy
John Bew
Ascendent neo-cons battled with Kissinger-ian "realists" for the soul of a romantic. How things have changed
Gen X vs. Bill Clinton: Cobain and Clinton, “Seinfeld” and “Simpsons,” and the ’90s fight for America’s soul
Gil Troy
Bill Clinton talked responsibility and hope. Gen X cynics — who even voted for him — had a different reality
Polygamy, progressivism and the real history of Mormon feminism: “Women who joined this movement were gender radicals”
Michael Schulson
Mormonism's conservative present is well known. But its amazing feminist history needs to be better understood
Let’s get the old gang back together: The big lie America never grapples with, as we consider more war post-Paris
Paul Rosenberg
America's ready to freak out again, this time about ISIS. Here's what we need to remember
The left’s absurd Hillary hate: Why this ridiculous anti-Clinton crusade needs to stop
Nico Lang
There are many reasons to be wary of Clinton, but a subset of Democrats seem to be motivated by something else
Who’s really getting naked at the gym: “There has never been more voyeurism and exhibitionism in the locker room than there is now”
Paula Young Lee
A New York Times article about gym re-designs speaks up for millennial men who want locker rooms with more privacy
Montel William schools Fox Business News’ Kennedy on gun control in an age of domestic terrorism
Scott Eric Kaufman
"This is not about guns," she insisted, though she didn't suggest what "this" is, in fact, about if not guns
“An a**hole with way too easy access to a gun”: Our horrific gun problem boils down to entitlement and rage
Amanda Marcotte
We're awash in the deadly combination of rage and guns. And the guns are marketed to those most likely to blow
Why mass death is our new normal: The real root of America’s gun violence
Elias Isquith
We all hate how routine gun massacres are now. But too few are willing to place the blame squarely where it belongs
Photoshopping bruises onto Kim Kardashian’s face isn’t going to stop domestic violence
Nico Lang
Artist Alexsandro Palombo's doctored images of celebrity faces sensationalizes a serious epidemic
This is why Trump is winning: “Muslim Killers,” manipulated fear and the other mass shooting we ignored
Paula Young Lee
The same day that 14 were killed in San Bernardino, 4 were shot in Savannah—and that barely made the news
Not so fast, Mark Zuckerberg: 4 reasons to be skeptical of his $45 billion giveaway
Lil Miss Hot Mess
Philanthropy and technology can't solve every complex problem—and Zuckerberg has plenty in his own backyard
Paranoia is America’s national religion: Wing-nuts, gun culture & the disturbing cost of living in constant fear
Gary Legum
After another mass shooting claimed 14 lives yesterday, a look at the political landscape yields some scary insight
Syed Farooq is an American: Let’s stop the Muslim vs. Christian debate and take a look at ourselves
Steven Salaita
His terrible deed does not spring from an unknowable foreign culture. It is violence endemic to the United States
Who benefits when someone shoots up a crowd? The gun industry does.
Amanda Marcotte
Mass shootings are a boon to gun makers, as they spur sales. But that opens a door to fight the firearm industry
The New York Post has no shame: The ugly truth about its outrageous “Muslim Killers” cover
Jack Mirkinson
Should we be surprised that the Post would be so explicit in its Islamophobia? No. That's what's so disturbing
Conspiracy-mongering Fox News “expert” Keith Ablow: If someone at a party named “Syed” leaves early, “call the cops”
Scott Eric Kaufman
"Why would the president want to disarm us when we're under assault by radical Islam?" he asked
8 ways the super rich make life miserable for the rest of us
Steven Rosenfeld
Data confirm our worst suspicions about the 1 percent: The wealthy are actively keeping the lower classes down
There is no war on prayer: Stop hand-wringing over “prayer shaming” and confront the hypocrisy of empty gestures
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Conservatives offering only platitudes like "thoughts and prayers" after San Bernardino need to be called out
Senator shames GOP’s empty prayers following mass shootings: “Your ‘prayers’ should be for forgiveness if you do nothing – again”
Sophia Tesfaye
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy was left with only prayers and congressional inaction following Sandy Hook
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