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Ben Affleck’s nanny scandal, monetized? How Christine Ouzounian is set to milk her ambiguous role in his divorce for all it’s worth
Erin Coulehan
Will she host "The Bachelorette" next? In the business of celebrity scandal, she's not a victim, she's a player
Comedians are calling out “The Fat Jew” for theft: Why the online backlash against stealing jokes is long overdue
Scott Timberg
Josh Ostrovksy, hailed as the next big voice in comedy, is being taken down by the comedians he "aggregated"
The sociopath’s answer to Macklemore: Introducing the haughty ignorance—and heinous Michelle Obama rhymes—of chart-topping white guy Lil Dicky
Matthew Pulver
Meet Lil Dicky, the latest rich white bro with a dubious message to rap his way to the top of the charts
Jeff Bezos, Orwellian overlord: Why his defense of Amazon’s “bruising” workplace culture is so hard to swallow
Scott Timberg
The in-depth New York Times report on the punishing culture inside Amazon has even Jeff Bezos rushing to spin
Meet the red panda, the world’s most squee-worthy potential climate change victim
Lindsay Abrams
The red panda is both vulnerable and adorable, and the New York Times is on it
The gentrification of “Sesame Street”: Cashing out, once and for all, from the radical notion that the urban working class are people, too
Arthur Chu
"Sesame Street" hasn't only been sponsored by the letter "Z" for a while, but here's why the shift to HBO matters
John Oliver exposes the disturbing world of Christian televangelists: “This is about the churches that exploit people’s faith for monetary gain”
Colin Gorenstein
The "Last Week Tonight" host resolves to do the only logical thing: launch a church of his own!
The 8 most atheist-friendly countries in the world
Amanda Marcotte
In many places around the world, this is an unprecedented era of freedom and social acceptance for non-believers
“Show Me a Hero”: David Simon’s new miniseries uncovers the human heart in local politics
Sonia Saraiya
HBO's new six-parter is the story of a community divided against itself, dogged by racism, poverty and fear
How to spot a fake: Art forgery’s secrets revealed
Noah Charney
If the world thinks a work is authentic, then it is authentic—and here are the many ways art hoaxes can work
“If we did not protest, no one would punish those men”: A brutal murder, a sham trial, and justice denied in Kabul
Elizabeth Schaeffer Brown, Jason Brooks Brown
After the killing of Farakhunda, women marched to the Afghan Supreme Court. Now, "We only feel secure in our homes"
The perils of “Growth Mindset” education: Why we’re trying to fix our kids when we should be fixing the system
Alfie Kohn
How a promising but oversimplified idea caught fire, then got coopted by conservative ideology
My body will never be “beach-ready”
Chloe Pantazi
For years, I obsessed over my "problem areas." I've finally stopped -- and never felt more comfortable in my skin
This is the laziest rhyme in all of songwriting history — and great artists use it all the time
Marc Spitz
Rock needs a little infusion of hip-hop discipline to keep songwriters away from this trite faux pas [UPDATED]
Get ready for Amy Schumer on HBO with these 7 great streaming stand-up specials
Anna Silman
From Jen Kirkman to Chelsea Peretti, these are some of the best comedy specials in recent years
Black Lives Matter joins a long line of protest movements that have shifted public opinion — most recently, Occupy Wall Street
Peter Dreier
No politician has captured the spirit of Occupy like Bernie Sanders. Can he do the same with Black Lives Matter?
Tinder isn’t swiping out romance: Why reports of the dating apocalypse may be greatly exaggerated
Maggie MK Hess
I'm a Tinder dater, and I don't recognize the bleak portrait painted by the recent Vanity Fair article at all
Campus PC panic is getting ridiculous: Here’s what a “trigger warning” really looks like — and what it does for students
Sean Trainor
A professor's job is not to surprise, humiliate or traumatize students—but you wouldn't know it from the backlash
A cyclist abroad: Why European bike culture far outpaces America’s
Lindsay Abrams
I spent a week in the world's top bike cities, and I never wanted to come home
“Wellness” is making us sick: How corporate America’s favorite mantra leaves us all feeling inadequate
Kali Holloway
Mindfulness has become a tool to distract us from societal ills and further enrich our corporate overlords
“Dune,” climate fiction pioneer: The ecological lessons of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi masterpiece were ahead of its time
Michael Berry
The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel turns 50 this year
Nancy Wilson on leading Heart with her sister: “The guys in the band sometimes had a hard time with that”
Scott Porch
Wilson talks to Salon about classic rock, playing "Barracuda" on Guitar Hero and CNN's "The Seventies"
The amazing way new sexual partners affect male sperm
Carrie Weisman
Scientists are studying the ways in which novelty affects our sexual selves. Here's what they've found
Donald Trump’s biggest crime is his honesty: How he exposes the sickening rot at the core of the GOP
Patrick L. Smith
Republicans have spent decades dressing up fear as courage, pretending at seriousness while advancing hysteria
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