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Adult Swim’s “China, IL” creators on their oddball academic satire: “We try to lay some firm bedrock to build this house of sh*t upon”
Sonia Saraiya
The high-lowbrow animated comedy about the "Worst College in America" features Jeffrey Tambor and Hulk Hogan
“We decide what is right. Never mind what the people think”: The iron grip of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew
Jim Sleeper
Like Mayor Giuliani's New York, Lee's tiny city-state became cleaner, safer, more prosperous -- and more unequal
Trevor Noah’s Fox News problem: The real challenge facing the new “Daily Show” host
Sophia A. McClennen
His tweets aren't the issue. To have the same political influence, here's what Jon Stewart's successor must do
Dominatrix in a Tea Party town: Confederate flags, pickup trucks — and now me
Melissa Febos
We looked like we didn't belong there. We looked unmistakably gay. But maybe I was the one judging them
The right’s Indiana debacle: How their ignorance about discrimination backfired
Elias Isquith
In his new defense of the state's new "religious liberty" law, Gov. Pence quietly made a big concession. Here's how
Trevor Noah is more than his worst joke: Yes, it’s possible to talk about those tweets without losing perspective
Katie McDonough
The future host of "The Daily Show" has said some awful things. He's also been a hilarious voice for justice
Did Trevor Noah’s Twitter history just kill “The Daily Show”?
Anna Silman
Jon Stewart's replacement is being lambasted for sexist and anti-Semitic tweets
Tucker Carlson’s sugar daddy: How another hilarious rich person humiliated himself
Jim Newell
Foster Friess, funder of Tucker Carlson and Rick Santorum, may be rich -- but he doesn't understand how media works
My “Fast and Furious” love: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and the raw, turbo-charged soul of “Furious 7”
Sonia Saraiya
Walker's final film brings this chapter of the epic franchise to a close -- and its close-knit tribe will be missed
“It’s your own damn fault!”: Why America’s inequality conversation is such a farce
Elias Isquith
The upcoming campaign is supposedly going to be about inequality. Here's why it's just another plutocratic charade
Good riddance, Jon Stewart: How Trevor Noah could revitalize “The Daily Show”
Peter Finocchiaro
"The Daily Show's" brand of comedy has become stale and predictable. It's time now to hit the reset button
Matthew Weiner on “Mad Men” and the Jewish experience: “It’s the same story as Don’s identity”
Anna Silman
Weiner discussed depicting "Jews coming into their own in postwar America" at a Museum of Jewish Heritage event
The epic theater of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”: The surprising intellectual rigor behind TV’s most campy competition
Nadine Friedman
The televised drag contest serves up radical political metaphors along with wigs, makeup and outsize performances
When a kidnapped child comes home: The surprising emotional intelligence of “Finding Carter”
Sonia Saraiya
MTV's soapy "The Face on the Milk Carton"-esque drama continues to get teen angst right
John Oliver’s plea to America: “Never, ever” celebrate April Fools’ Day
Colin Gorenstein
John Oliver explains why you are very likely a sociopath if you celebrate the fake holiday
The secret to shame-free sex
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Decades after the sexual revolution, America is anything but sex-positive. The solution is personal and political
Confucius fights the 1 percent: More reasons to mistrust all wealthy elites
Michael Schuman
“The gentleman understands what is moral,” Confucius said. “The small man understands what is profitable”
America’s not a force for good: The truth about our most enduring — and harmful — national myth
Christian Appy
Our exceptionalism is a lie, and only an honest accounting of our actual history will allow us to chart a new path
The Bible isn’t a parenting guide: Why the religious right’s hypocrisy is so obscene
Valerie Tarico
For a faith that professes to value "life," many Christian conservatives are disturbingly blasé about child abuse
When Noah Baumbach was young: Revisiting the master of ironic distance’s most influential films
Adam Lawrence
As Baumbach's "While We're Young" opens, we look back at "Kicking and Screaming" and "The Squid and the Whale"
Jonathan Lethem: “My intent to skewer is practically nonexistent”
Matt Bell
He talks to Salon about his new book "Lucky Alan," comics, fans and adoring his characters—even the difficult ones
“Ahhhh, Kelly Clarkson!” The politics — and sexual politics — of our hair removal obsession
Rebecca M. Herzig
The modern history of waxing and shaving is also the story of porn, movies, immigration and sexuality
We’re educating our kids all wrong: The progressive argument against standardized-test mania
Tom Little, Katherine Ellison
Backlash against overtesting, "accountability" and Common Core is right on. Here's how we empower teachers and kids
The right’s hot Bergdahl rage: Why a former prisoner drives conservatives batty
Elias Isquith
This week's news of the former POW's charges inspired a future history lesson on the far right's violent tendencies
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