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Libertarian superstar Ayn Rand defended Native American genocide: “Racism didn’t exist in this country until the liberals brought it up”
Ben Norton
EXCLUSIVE: New transcript of Rand at West Point in '74 enthusiastically defends extermination of Native Americans
Scientists are furious with the New York Times: Women are underrepresented in STEM “in part because of the sexism and misogyny that this article reinforced”
Paula Young Lee
It was Berkeley that said astronomer Geoffrey Marcy harassed students, not "the court of hysterical public opinion"
Freud never said that: 19 of history’s most famous misquotes
Kali Holloway
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes a saying takes on a life of its own. Here are just a few examples
The horrifying lesson of Tamir Rice: White America will use “objectivity” to justify the murder of black children
Brittney Cooper
A child with a toy gun was shot dead on a moment's notice. There is no justice as long as this tragedy is excused
David Brooks, still wrong, still spinning: Line by line, the real history his New York Times column pretends away about the right-wing
Corey Robin
Brooks is fed up with the right: They're not like golden-day conservatives! Actually, he's cherry-picking his facts
Huckabee’s stunning ignorance: His “North Korean chef” joke mocks people who are powerless and starved
Paula Young Lee
It's not only racist to use food to assert cultural superiority—in this case, it's also incredibly out of touch
“We had this period of peace and prosperity, and what did we do with it?”: Historian Gil Troy reexamines the Clintons and the 1990s
Elias Isquith
"The 1990s invented our times," historian and Brookings Institution visiting scholar Gil Troy tells Salon
George W. Bush owns this mess: Iraq, Afghanistan and the history we’re doomed to repeat
Andrew J. Bacevich
First came Fallujah. Now there is Kunduz. America's Global War on Terror has been a disaster since its inception
The Internet is like this toilet: How Reddit and other Web 2.0 communities broke the Internet
Arthur Chu
We've created a dark, consequence-free place for libel, threats and harassment -- and no one feels responsible
Good news for the Village Voice: The paper’s unlikely new 1-percent owner could invigorate the alt-press pioneer
Scott Timberg
Print weeklies might be past their heyday, but the need is still there
Pop-up newsstand in Times Square gives nod to city’s gritty past
Peter Cooper
Watch this vibrant video that pays homage to the forgotten visual landscape of New York City
America’s long, dark history of “objectively reasonable” murder
Chauncey DeVega
Tamir Rice was killed by police officers in the blink of an eye. They won't be punished. This is by design
Ann Coulter’s nativist bigotry gets ripped to shreds in debate: “When it’s white people it’s irrelevant, but when it’s not white people it is primitive”
Sophia Tesfaye
Cenk Uygur takes apart the right-wing shock jock's hateful bigotry piece by piece in a wild new Politicon debate
The 5 trolliest moments from Quentin Tarantino’s new interview with Bret Easton Ellis
Anna Silman
The filmmaker opened up to the New York times about black critics and his fellow directors
Chris Christie’s reefer madness: How he became the GOP field’s most fanatical drug warrior
Gary Legum
The sagging New Jersey governor sees his tough anti-pot stance as a way to boost his campaign. Good luck with that
Donald Trump is packing heat! 5 alarming reasons why the Second Amendment needs a major facelift
Bob Cesca
When this guy is walking around with a concealed glock, how comfortable can you really be?
Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street problem: She’s still going too easy on the banksters
Wallace Turbeville
The Democratic frontrunner's proposed reforms mark progress -- but could be far tougher
Let’s take it to Michelle Rhee and Bill Gates: Here’s how Democrats should talk about education tonight
Diane Ravitch
Charter schools, Race to the Top, public education -- none of it came up in the '12 debates. Let's change that now
“Stick person,” “Skinny bitch,” “Giraffe”: Stop bullying me for being thin
Anna Oudra
I support women of all sizes, but the notion that "real women have curves" has made my life hell
18 times Hillary Clinton spoke fluent “Millennial” on Instagram
Anna Silman
From nail art selfies #onfleek to the importance of #foodporn, Hillary's Instagram strategy is targeted and strong
Amy Schumer’s unflinching “SNL” monologue: This is why you’re going to love her stand-up special
Anna Silman
Schumer's "Live at the Apollo" premieres on HBO next week
Salon’s Richard Dawkins peace summit: “I am against all religion … I think I’d call myself a lover of truth. I’m intolerant of bullsh*t”
Michael Schulson
Exclusive: We talk with sparring partner Richard Dawkins about New Atheism, Twitter & why he sees Ahmed as a fraud
The Kochs are my frat brothers: We were Betas — and yes, we called ourselves Master Betas
Peter Dreier
The Kochs were Beta Theta Pi at MIT. And all Betas are brothers, forever. No matter their politics
Another false “savior” in waiting: Republicans beg and plead for Paul Ryan to rescue them from themselves
Simon Maloy
Paul Ryan is resisting calls to become Speaker and "save" the GOP, and really you can't blame him
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