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Christian America is an invention: Big business, right-wing politics and the religious lie that still divides us
Kevin M. Kruse
The idea of "one nation under God" is a modern one -- and does not date back to the Founding Fathers
Wallace Stegner and Edward Abbey have never been more relevant in the drought-stricken West
David Gessner
In this overheated, overcrowded world, the books of these "reluctant environmentalists" can be our guides
Heroin is a white-people problem: Bad medicine, economic rot and the enterprising Mexican town that turned the Heartland on to black tar
Laura Miller
The new American junkie is white, suburban or rural, and got hooked on Xalisco's product and personalized service
Is it cooler to be a “stay-at-home dad” than a “stay-at-home mom”?
Brian Gresko, Stephanie Feldman
Two writers on balancing writing & parenting, and the odd, gender-stereotyped reactions to the choice to stay home
How to be an “ethical” catfish
Ayako Black
As a phone sex operator, I pretend to be someone I'm not. But my dishonesty and manipulation serves a noble purpose
“No living woman actually looks like Kate Moss”: The unattainable thin ideal
Harriet Brown
When my daughter was at her sickest, her impossibly thin body looked normal to me. Larger bodies looked grotesque
Weeds are the future of healthy eating
Jason Mark
Urban foraging could help address the nutrition crisis in America's low income communities, researchers say
“Albert is an old fool”: Einstein vs Schrödinger in battle of the Nobel laureates
Paul Halpern
Einstein & Schrödinger were friends then competitors in hunt for Grand Unified Theory. A media war tore them apart
“I know I am in danger”: Lincoln was warned against mingling with the theater crowd, especially on that April night
Joseph Wheelan
The end of the war was in sight, moods were lifting, until an assassin's bullet changed everything
America is just gross: Our super-sized appetites — and the lobbyists who help make us obese
Robert Paarlberg
We're exceptional, all right: At consuming, overeating, using the world's resources and never taking responsibility
The Ivy League’s favorite war criminal: Why the atrocities of Henry Kissinger should be mandatory reading
Omer Aziz
In an appearance at Yale last week, the Nixon official's horrific record was casually glossed over. But why?
“I’m on television and you’re in a f**kin’ trailer, honey”: Britt McHenry’s tantrum video puts angry, entitled celebs on notice
Mary Elizabeth Williams
An ESPN reporter gets suspended -- thanks to the power of video
Shia LaBeouf is still the worst guy in your cultural studies MA program: “The star is a byproduct of the machine age, a relic of modernist ideals”
Anna Silman
LaBeouf sounds off on Al Pacino and the enslavement of celebrity culture
“Louie” and the bleakness of middle-aged love: Do all relationship roads have to lead to ruin?
Erin Keane
Dating after divorce is its own kind of hell, "Louie" reminds us, even when you're dating your best friend
How the ravages of inequality fall on the pets of the poor: “We’re putting people in a Catch-22”
Elias Isquith
Harsh punishments for petty violations don't work. There's a more humane and inexpensive answer, expert tells Salon
The GOP’s next 2016 scheme: How right-wingers will try to use Hillary’s gender against her
Heather Digby Parton
The right has its dogwhistles at the ready. Why "foreign policy" debates will be about much more
The New York Times “basically rewrites whatever the Kiev authorities say”: Stephen F. Cohen on the U.S./Russia/Ukraine history the media won’t tell you
Patrick L. Smith
There's an alternative story of Russian relations we're not hearing. Historian Stephen Cohen tells it here
“I feel like I die more every day”: The “bed death” of sexless marriage is real, and it’s heartbreaking
Tracy Clark-Flory
Whether it's been months or years, people in sexless marriages go online to commiserate -- and plot their escape
Putin hates this film: KGB agent seeks redemption in “Child 44,” Tom Hardy’s murky Soviet-era thriller
Andrew O'Hehir
Hardy's tremendous as a secret policeman after a serial killer, amid the crushing paranoia of Stalin's Russia
“Fresh Off the Boat” will never make everyone happy — and it shouldn’t have to try
Sonia Saraiya
Compared to the traditional "Cristela," darkly funny "Fresh Off the Boat" contains multitudes -- and it pays off
How Zapatista women learned to wear the pants—literally
Sarah Shourd
Despite isolation and oppression, these women transformed their status. A new book by Hilary Klein explains how
Indisputable proof that Republicans are warriors for the aristocracy
Heather Digby Parton
GOP contenders are pretending to care about inequality. But it's all for show — and Congress is about to prove it
“The Daily Show” skewers hipster Christians in pitch-perfect correspondent segment
Colin Gorenstein
Meet Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz who has both believers and Beliebers
Internet shaming is not the enemy: Why our conversation about online pile-ons is so warped
Katie McDonough
Let's talk about Internet pile-ons, but the Jon Ronson firestorm misses the real point
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