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Wall Street and the wingnuts win again: Radical right and radical wealth have captured both parties
Bill Curry
The public opposes the extreme right and big banks. The GOP's hopeless, but so are Schumer and Hillary's Democrrats
You’re praying to the wrong God: What organized religion gets wrong about prayer
Nancy Ellen Abrams
Here's how science and spirituality might find common ground -- and learn something about the universe
7 feminist podcasts that are way, way sexier than “Serial”
Jenny Kutner
True crime might be topping the charts lately, but talking about sex (and love and tears and beauty) never gets old
Am I raising a narcissist?
Kate Tuttle
A new era of parenting is creating a generation of "extra-special" kids, and I fear I'm part of the problem
TV’s sexless gay characters: It’s time to overcome the “ick factor” and let them have some fun too!
Michelangelo Signorile
Even people who say they support gay rights would prefer gay characters on-screen to remain sexless -- and harmless
“One nation under God”? Not when it comes to distributing Gideon Bibles to public schools
Kevin M. Kruse
Gideon Bibles in hotel rooms? No problem. But public schools were another story, as the Gideon salesmen discovered
Secrets of the hate-pizza revolution: Indiana’s dreadful culture-war week
Andrew O'Hehir
If Mike Pence and pizza-gate are culture war as farce, Purvi Patel's tragedy shows us the right's dark victory
R.E.M.’s “Monster” ranked from start to finish: An underappreciated, polarizing album that’s aged very well
Annie Zaleski
The subversive and shape-shifting 1994 album topped the charts but was never necessarily beloved. Why it should be
How the 1 percent always wins: “We live in a faux democracy, which is why everyone’s so cynical and nobody votes”
Scott Timberg
The rich get richer, the middle class gets hollowed out. We all stay quiet. Steve Fraser explains why we allow it
It’s the culture war, stupid: Why identity is at the heart of Indiana’s “religious freedom” fight
Elias Isquith
Instead of getting swept up in talking points and legalisms, we should focus on the real reason Indiana matters
Right-wing Christianity teaches bigotry: The ugly roots of Indiana’s new anti-gay law
Valerie Tarico
Like the segregationists of the 1960s, advocates of the RFRA truly believe they're honoring their religious faith
Hal Hartley’s epic oral history: The “Henry Fool” trilogy, Parker Posey and the real sage of ’90s indie film
Marc Spitz
Hal Hartley defined American indie. As he concludes his Henry Fool trilogy, he and his stars look back on decades
Francesca Lia Block says Weetzie Bat is not a manic pixie dream girl: “I don’t love what I’ve seen of that”
Bryn Lovitt
Salon sits down with the author to discuss her iconic alter-ego’s long-awaited movie, which is now moving forward
Alex Gibney on Scientology’s culture of “vitriol and hate”: “If you do leave, they go after you hard”
Andrew O'Hehir
The Oscar-winning director on Scientology’s vicious counterattack – and his new movies on Sinatra and Steve Jobs
It’ll take more than pink dinosaur shirts to fix sexism in STEM
Mary Elizabeth Williams
There's progress in giving girls more shots at science, but then what?
Activist Frank Mugisha is an out gay man in Uganda: “Two males texting is seen as unnatural!”
Maria Caspani
Mugisha fears upcoming elections in Uganda will bring out the worst in politicians' anti-gay posturing
Put Monica Lewinsky on “The View” already!
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Rumors of a co-hosting gig are shot down -- but Monica would bring the right energy to the flagging show
FBI’s brazen terrorism lie: What the Boston Marathon bombing trial reveals about America’s deluded terror narrative
Marcy Wheeler
Depicting Tsarnaev as a foreign Other, prosecution refuses to come to terms with how terrorism can be part of U.S.
Why is PayPal still allowing hate groups to use its services?
Keegan Hankes
Despite company policy, PayPal hasn't stopped providing services to notorious extremist groups
GOP’s fear of doctors: Why it’s hell bent on defaming — and censoring — them
Heather Digby Parton
From imagining death panels to restricting their speech about guns, here's how the right sees medical professionals
Boomer parents destroyed us: I needed rules and boundaries, not parents who want to be friends
Sarah Beach
Hippie creed of "no rules, no limits" and a horror of hypocrisy sent groovy parents skidding down a slippery slope
Helen Mirren says what many women and men know: Sex after 60 is hotter than ever
Tracy Clark-Flory
The actress says sex was "empty" in her youth, but at 69, it's sizzling -- and experts say she isn’t alone
“They” is not an acceptable substitute for a real gender-neutral pronoun
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Get right with grammar -- "they" is plural, not singular. Sweden gets the new "hen," why can't English do the same?
“Daily Show’s” Aasif Mandvi strikes back at Trevor Noah critics: “Much ado about nothing”
Colin Gorenstein
Mandvi said the only true way to know if the rising comic is anti-Semitic is if he cancels Katz's Deli deliveries
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