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“PC” is another right-wing lie: Missouri proves reactionary forces really are waging war against college kids
Amanda Marcotte
Forget "political correctness": The truth is young people are really suffering from conservative culture wars
“Repent that Dumbledore emerged as a homosexual mentor for Harry Potter”: Inside the bizarre anti-gay conference featuring Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee & Bobby Jindal
Sophia Tesfaye
"Death penalty for gays" pamphlets and suggestions that we drown children who read "Harry Potter" filled the event
White guilt and “The Good Wife”: When good intentions about corporate diversity fall painfully short
Sonia Saraiya
Last night, a black lawyer is not hired into Diane's firm—but she is subjected to Diane's clumsy attempts to relate
“But would Jeb abort fetus Hitler?”: Twitter has a heyday with Bush’s promise he’d kill Baby Hitler
Sophia Tesfaye
An enthused Jeb! told the Huffington Post "You gotta step up, man"
“God hates Renoir”: He sucks at painting, and this is why you should care
Ben Norton
The media treats the Renoir Sucks at Painting movement as a joke, but it has serious, important political critiques
Paul Krugman just made perfect sense of Donald Trump, Ben Carson and angry white Republican voters
Salon Staff
The NYT columnist connects the volatility of right-wing politics to a new malaise among the white working class
Bernie Sanders has trapped himself: Why going negative on Hillary could prove fatal to his campaign
Gary Legum
He set himself up as the guy who'd run a clean campaign on the issues -- which is why going negative is so risky
My rapist asked me to pray for him; I did what it took to stay alive
Lara Naughton
Unable to overpower him or escape, compassion became my only defense; it changed me as much as the assault
The new cool girl trap: Why we traded one set of rigid rules about who’s “likable” for another
Arielle Bernstein
Even if the rubric for "likability" has changed, women are still judged in opposition to one another
Natalie Merchant sees right through the sexist music industry: “The patriarchy wants to dispose of women at a certain age”
Erin Lyndal Martin
Salon talks to Natalie Merchant about what has and hasn't changed for her and her fans in 25 years of "Tigerlily"
We are all glassholes now: Privilege, Silicon Valley, and our new wearable tech problem
Kevin Healey
As Google tries Google Glass again, we need to think about tech rules -- or risk becoming even bigger jerks
They want kids to be robots: Meet the new education craze designed to distract you from overtesting
David Forbes
"Reformers" talk about mindfulness as if it's an answer, not just another way to sneak corporate culture in schools
Our stuff is burying us alive: Hoarding and the mountains of garbage we call “collections”
Brian Thill
Would you want to inherit your friends' stuff? Your valuables might mean just as little
The Hero’s Journey: The idea you never knew had shaped “Star Wars”
John Higgs
Joseph Campbell believed a single archetypal story lay at the heart of all stories -- George Lucas was listening
#MerryChristmas Starbucks! Watch the absurd “war on Christmas” call-to-arms over red coffee cups
Erin Keane
According to this guy, Starbucks went too far when they debuted a plain red cup this season
Slavery, the Nazis and the KKK: We can’t face the past, and it’s poisoning our future
Andrew O'Hehir
Faulkner's maxim is truer than ever -- and while the whole world struggles with history, America's denial is toxic
Quentin Tarantino is Fox News’ piñata: The real reason why Bill O’Reilly and the police hate him
Amanda Marcotte
Tarantino's movies paint oppressive authority as evil but ridiculous. No wonder pro-police forces are after him
Before Amy Schumer and her “160 pounds and can catch a d*ck” swagger, this sex-positive iconoclast made her art-world mark
Eileen G'Sell
"Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict" is a compelling portrait of one of the art world's most intriguing players
Marco Rubio is in big trouble: Why the GOP’s extremist fringe is mobilizing against him
Heather Digby Parton
The same forces that deposed Eric Cantor from the House last year are now showing signs of movement against Rubio
5 reasons Dana Carvey’s new show “First Impressions” could be the hit he deserves
Anna Silman
Watch "Saturday Night Live's" greatest impressionist mimic everyone from Putin to "Michael Caine as God"
Bill Nye demolishes climate deniers: “The single most important thing we can do now is talk about climate change.”
Sean Illing
In a Salon exclusive, the scientist discusses his new book, "Unstoppable," and the urgent need for climate action
“It’s happening in every law enforcement agency across the country”: The stunning rate of sexual assault among local law enforcement
Carrie Weisman
The AP finds as many as 1,000 officers have lost their badges between 2009 and 2014, for a wide range of sex crimes
Tarantino’s street cred gamble: The art of violating racial boundaries and saying the unsayable — and how it’s going to pay off
Andrew O'Hehir
His "murdering cops" remarks reflect a lifelong fascination with black culture—and might also be brilliant timing
Who is Ben Carson trying to fool with his bizarre, insincere rap ad?: “He’s a more refined version of Sarah Palin”
Scott Timberg
An African American political historian speaks to Salon about Carson's absurd ploy to connect with black voters
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