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God is not on our side: The religious right’s big lie about the founding of America
Steven K. Green
Reagan and others pushed the idea that we're a Christian nation chosen by divine providence. That's not the case
My fancy law firm hell: I set up a Scale of Dismay to measure the degree to which my job was ruining my life
Eliza Kennedy
I loved being a lawyer--until I didn't. But I had no idea my years practicing would be critical to writing my novel
Writing to genre stinks: Two debut novelists on the hard line between fantasy and realism — and why it doesn’t make sense
Rene Denfeld, Stephanie Feldman
Two authors on using fairy-tale elements to explore trauma & memory, and why "Is this real" is a loaded question
Bobby Jindal, cynical charlatan: How a one-time GOP star turned into another scheming religious wingnut
Robert Mann
The Rhodes scholar seemed likely to run for president on policy. Instead, he's pushing religion and intolerance
They’re still fighting the Civil War — and still lying about the Confederate flag
Paul Rosenberg
The Confederate flag is a symbol of white power, period. No symbolic compromises in South Carolina will change that
Why America needs to reject the Charleston massacre’s dangerous narrative of forgiveness
Ericka Schiche
Well-intended forgiveness has been seized on by the media and those in power as an excuse to ignore white supremacy
“Gone with the Wind” must stay: Why banning the racist film solves nothing
Nico Lang
In the wake of hate crimes like the Charleston shootings, we must confront our history -- not look the other way
Gather around, screwed millennials: You must see this
Arthur Chu
There are no jobs. We deal with the quiet frustration of our recession's Lost Generation. A new movie gets it
I couldn’t be their “happy girl”: Pixar’s “Inside Out,” childhood depression and the emotional stranglehold of “Minnesota nice”
Libby Hill
When appearing pleasant at any cost is a defining cultural value, admitting you're unhappy is the biggest struggle
Go away, Mike Huckabee: The culture wars are over — and hate and the GOP lost
Sean Illing
Republicans will continue to toss meat at the culture warriors hijacking their party -- and they'll keep losing
Community Discussion: Can we stop climate change right now?
Salon Staff
Do we have everything we need, except the will?
Revenge against rape culture: Micro-indie film “Felt” is a Rorschach test for gender relations
Andrew O'Hehir
A young artist haunted by trauma retreats into gender-blur and violent fantasy
Banning games isn’t the answer: Why Apple’s response to Charleston is so stupid
Elias Isquith
When it comes to disowning the Confederate battle flag, there's a right way and a wrong way. Apple chose the latter
“The Third Man”: Why this masterful 1949 Euro-noir about the age of American arrogance and power is more relevant than ever
Andrew O'Hehir
Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten play Cheney and Bush (almost) in Graham Greene and Carol Reed's restored thriller
The truth about TV’s rape obsession: How we struggle with the broken myths of masculinity, on screen and off
Sonia Saraiya
From soaps to prestige drama, it's the theater through which both men and women grapple with maleness and power
Wingnuts’ Confederate flag crisis: Why they can’t admit who’s really responsible for Dixie’s latest defeat
Elias Isquith
With the Confederate battle flag becoming taboo, conservatives are desperately searching for someone to blame
Bill Maher and Jerry Seinfeld in car, getting coffee, forming “the comedy team of smug and arrogant”
Anna Silman
Maher throws shade at Hillary, liberals and Muslims all in one episode of Seinfeld's show
Walmart doesn’t get any credit for not selling the Confederate flag
Bob Cesca
A handful of major companies and red states are ditching the flag en masse. But this isn't courage. Far from it
Dylann Roof’s extremism is not an aberration: There are millions across Western nations who adhere to his white supremacist views
Musa al-Gharbi
In the wake of the Charleston massacre, why aren't we talking about how dangerous and pervasive those views are?
Bill O’Reilly loses his sh*t over claims systemic racism still exists: “You want a war? You got a war!”
Scott Eric Kaufman
That he didn't include inner city blacks in the category of "most Americans" should've clued him in it still does
Behind Dylann Roof’s race war: The highly motivated secret white supremacy movement working toward “the battle of Armageddon”
Laura Miller
A scholar of "Christian Identity" militants warns that lone wolf killings like Charleston are part of a larger plan
9 of the quirkiest online dating sites
Carrie Weisman
Looking to date a clown, someone tall like you, or a prisoner? Here's where to find them
Lewis Black disagrees with Jerry Seinfeld: “I have not felt that deep-seated sense of political correctness”
Colin Gorenstein
Black has a much different approach to college shows than Seinfeld: He just tells everyone not to "pull that sh*t"
The 10 most delightful pop culture references in “Orange Is the New Black” season 3
Anna Silman
The women of Litchfield's tastes run the gamut, from Drake to "Annie Hall" to your new friend Justin Bieber
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