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You don’t have a soul: The real science that debunks superstitious charlatans
Julien Musolino
Trust science, not myth: Religious hucksters with claims of immortal souls are lying. Let's embrace reality
This is why they hate us: The truth about the roots of Muslim extremism
Sarah Chayes
Our support for Mideast kleptocracies is the cause, just another link between corruption and religious extremism
Lessons from “League of Legends”: Why I taught my son to play violent video games
Katrina Smith
When we play these games, my son confronts nasty race and gender politics – and he's a better person because of it
Reagan’s bizarre defenders: Rick Perlstein, phony centrism and the strange attack on history
Paul Rosenberg
The right attacked an acclaimed historian's Reagan book. What's really odd is how the sensible, smart set responded
America is one big prison: Why mass incarceration is coming home — literally
Maya Schenwar
House arrests are on the rise, transforming communities of color across the country into open-air jail cells
The 12 worst ideas religion has unleashed on the world
Valerie Tarico
God is seldom great. These dubious concepts promote conflict, cruelty and suffering rather than love and peace
An Obama official tried to pitch Disney on a ‘Frozen’-themed climate change PSA
Lindsay Abrams
The State Department’s special representative for the Arctic wants a more accurate depiction of the melting pole
Jon Stewart’s brilliant “F**k you”: Why sputtering obscenity is sometimes the best response to Fox News insanity
Aaron R. Hanlon
Stewart's exasperated retorts aren't tired — they're a natural response to the right-wing lie and BS machine
“Mommy”: An explosive saga of love and loss in the Canadian ‘burbs
Andrew O'Hehir
A damaged mom and her violent son struggle to stay together in this spectacular breakout from Canada's Xavier Dolan
“I think every girl is a type of slut”: What an attempted mass-murderer’s words reveal about our sexual culture
Tracy Clark-Flory
Ben Moynihan is clearly abnormal, but his attitudes about women who refuse to have sex with him are scarily common
The dubious upside of Selma’s Oscar snub: Hollywood can’t continue to ignore its own race issues
Erin Keane
Ava DuVernay, Russell Simmons and Reginald Hudlin weigh in on race and Hollywood
“A year without God”: A Seventh-Day Adventist pastor embraces atheism
Hollis Phelps
What began as an thought experiment has cost Ryan Bell his congregation, his job and ultimately his religious faith
“I don’t need to invade her private life to prove I’m cool”: How to talk to your daughter about sex
Tracy Clark-Flory
A reader asked me for practical advice for progressive, sex-positive dads on having "the talk." Here are my tips
I love Mark Zuckerberg’s book club: Unpacking his quest for literary meaning
Laura Miller
The Facebook founder's book club choices are a useful (and kind of touching!) window into his inner life
Iggy Azalea’s toxic legacy: How she pushed boundaries in creating a hip hop “character”
Erin Keane
She tells GQ she hopes she "inspired some leniency in what people accept in hip-hop"--but misses the point
Amber Rose and J. Lo don’t care if you think they’re too sexy for moms
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The celebrity moms have a few words for the trolls
These South Koreans are disgusted by American snacks
Joanna Rothkopf
"It tastes like I'm chewing rubber"
“American Sniper” and the culture wars: Why the movie’s not what you think it is
Andrew O'Hehir
Clint Eastwood's huge heartland hit is flawed, contradictory and America-centric -- but it's not war propaganda
The right’s home-school conspiracy: How I helped GOP launch a religious war
Frank Schaeffer
I helped start the religious right. This is how we sought to undermine secular America -- and build a theocracy
“Get used to the bear behind you”: 24 pieces of advice from Werner Herzog
Sarah Gray
Two-dozen maxims from the filmmaker
“American Sniper” will definitely win the Oscar for Best Twitter-Bait
Erin Keane
From culture wars to fake-baby memes, this Oscar frontrunner keeps on giving
Drinking at sororities: Probably not the best way to fix the campus rape crisis
Jenny Kutner
Alcohol on women's turf has been proposed as a way to curb sexual assault. But are frats the root of the problem?
Rick Santorum’s extreme makeover: GOPer promises not to say “dumb things” in ’16 campaign
Luke Brinker
What are we left with, then?
I’m tired of suppressing myself to get along with white people
Priscilla Ward
I pocket my black rage, and swap "hey girl" for hello. But in making others comfortable, I'm making myself sick
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