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Down syndrome, the “new front in the abortion wars”: What ABC Family’s “Switched at Birth” gets right — and wrong — about families like mine
David M. Perry
A new law in Ohio makes the show's story about a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis especially timely
Stephen Colbert takes over “The Late Show” tomorrow: Here’s everything we know about his new tone and style
Anna Silman
Colbert ran previews for live audiences in the weeks leading up to his premiere — here's what his audiences saw
Decoding the Southern belle: “I have always thought of Southern belles as a super-elite task force of lethally disciplined femininity”
Cintra Wilson
Would being around Southern women inspire me into undergoing some kind of Eliza Doolittle–style transformation?
Joan Didion vs. mythic America: The evolution of a literary legend
J.P. O'Malley
Biographer Tracy Daugherty tells Salon about Didion's political transformation during the Reagan era
Bill O’Reilly’s nonsense “nihilism”: Now the Fox News host is even lying about God
Jeffrey Tayler
The Fox News personality dwells in deep illusion about faith and religion. It’s time we helped him see the light
Police state: When did police become servants of power?
Gerry Spence
Members of the police culture are hatched from the same political womb. And politics has diseased the womb
Creating the voices of the Armenian genocide, 100 years later: “Writing this book was my way of dealing with trans-generational trauma”
Nayomi Munaweera
The author of "Orhan's Inheritance" on how the past bleeds into the present, and choosing love in the face of fear
Black Lives Matter needs womanism now: A case for opting out of — or adding to — a [white] feminism that often fails us
Shannon M. Houston
I do identify as a feminist — but we need radical intersectionality now more than ever
“They implied that I had hallucinated a rape”: Aspen Matis on campus sexual assault, her new memoir “Girl in the Woods” and hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
Suzannah Weiss
Salon talks with the author about compassion for survivors and learning strength through independence
Just how helpful are those “don’t get raped” tips women are fed their whole lives?
Kate Harding
The message is: You must live in fear and behave impeccably. If you fail you could be raped -- and it's your fault
Wendell Pierce on the tragedy and triumph of New Orleans after Katrina: “It’s created a schism between the haves and have-nots”
Scott Timberg
Salon talks to Wendell Pierce, star of "The Wire," to discusses his poignant new book "The Wind in the Reeds"
The bizarre martyrdom of Kim Davis: Why Kentucky’s anti-gay folk hero is fighting for a lost cause
Jack Mirkinson
Everything about the Kentucky clerk's civil disobedience is utterly strange and totally pointless
Debunking the myth of the “helicopter parent”: The pernicious cultural biases behind a collegiate urban legend
Alfie Kohn
While conventional wisdom says that overbearing parents are swarming American colleges, the facts don't match it
Alex Gibney on Steve Jobs: “He was ruthless when it came to a beveled edge for the iPhone — but paying workers more in China? No way”
Andrew O'Hehir
A new documentary probes the contradictions of Apple's beloved founder: "Think different" and buy the same stuff
The GOP’s ludicrous Kim Davis primary: How raging homophobia took the Republican campaign by storm
Bob Cesca
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis has brought the worst out of the GOP — with one major exception
4 reasons the Christian right’s claims of moral superiority are so absurd
Valerie Tarico
Evangelicals are constantly bellowing about America's moral decay. They could stand to take a look in the mirror
Alton Brown: “If shoveling Big Macs into our face is a disease, we’re done as a culture”
Scott Eric Kaufman
"Obesity is not a disease," he said in an interview that was otherwise wonderfully weird
With a new anthem, “I Want to Kill My Rapist,” Margaret Cho stands up for victims and survivors: “The rage women have against abusers is real”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The comic gets serious about her sexual abuse in a powerful Billboard interview
“Every neighborhood had a Rodney King. Every single one”: Author Ryan Gattis on researching the ’92 L.A. riots for “All Involved”
Lorraine Berry
Gattis talks to Salon about violence, police brutality and writing from multicultural Angeleno perspectives
4 ways to change the conversation about abortion: Start with talking about what comes after
Valerie Tarico
What about the lives and loves made possible by family planning and abortion care? Those matter too
6 healthy foods that become unhealthy in large portions
Ari LeVaux
Drinking milk regularly can shorten your lifespan, and soy sauce can kill you if consumed in high enough quantities
Our viral ruin: Our thirst for maximum “likes” is killing live shows and pop music
Annie Zaleski
This year's VMAs felt like a clickbait fest run amok—but it's a symptom of a larger problem in entertainment
Outright lies from the New York Times: What you need to know about the dangerous new phase in the Ukraine crisis
Patrick L. Smith
While establishment media toe Washington's line, violence and instability have shaken the Ukraine this week
The truth about right-wing Denali outrage: Destroying the tenacious colonialist “right” to re-name is long overdue
Paula Young Lee
The mountain has always had a name—and so has every other place in Alaska, before white explorers made their marks
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