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“Game of Thrones” star Maisie Williams doesn’t get Emma Watson’s “first-world feminism”
Jenny Kutner
The young actress was quick to identify as a feminist -- she just seems to have misunderstood the term's meaning
One nation under Galt: How Ayn Rand’s toxic philosophy permanently transformed America
Bruce E. Levine
The "Atlas Shrugged" author helped make the United States one of the most uncaring nations in the industrial world
6 worst right-wing moments of the week: Princeton mom says college rape is “clumsy hook-up melodrama”
Janet Allon
The inexplicably famous Ivy League parent questions rape victims, while Geraldo Rivera keeps saying racist things
I was a rock ‘n’ roll groupie: My lifelong obsession with Dimebag Darrell
Stacy Alexander Smith
On the 10th anniversary of Dimebag Darrell's death, a reflection on a youth spent marveling at him
“Saturday Night Live’s” edgiest night: The inside story of Richard Pryor’s brilliant evening
Scott Saul
Lorne Michaels battled to bring Pryor to "SNL." That night produced classic bits, and long-simmering racial tension
The North isn’t better than the South: The real history of modern racism and segregation above the Mason-Dixon line
Jason Sokol
The North celebrates its liberalism, but that disguises a complicated relationship with discrimination, inequality
The Slits’ Viv Albertine: “I can be older and still live by those punk maxims “
Marc Spitz
The Slits guitarist talks about punk-rock glory, life after -- and finding her voice again
Guilt, race, and our block of petty crime
Christopher Orlet
Sick of drugs and gunfire, my wife and I called the cops for every minor infraction. Now I wonder: Were we wrong?
We need to talk about death: Why ignoring our darkest fears only makes them worse
Mattea Kramer
It's a universal human experience. So why do we act like we need to confront it alone?
The creation of William Shakespeare: How the Bard really became a legend
Cameron Hunt McNabb
Shakespeare wasn't always a literary icon — or even the most popular writer of his era. Then how did he get so big?
Dick Cheney’s dark victory: Torture and the demise of American democracy
Andrew O'Hehir
Can we quit pretending torture is some huge aberration? It fits into a larger pattern of America's imperial decay
Grant Morrison’s “multiversity”: His new comics universe doesn’t include a single straight white male
Scott Thill
The king of DC comics on his latest series, the lack of diversity in superheroes, and the new "Wonder Woman"
The lowbrow magic of “Adult Swim”: Why you should be watching the network’s fake news show
Gavin Tomson
"Check It Out!", a satire of showbiz with John C. Reilly, is even better and weirder than "Too Many Cooks"
Sheila Vand: “This is not a movie about being feminist”
Anna Silman
The star of this year's coolest Iranian-vampire-Western on the real message of "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night"
Jewish angels and Roman gods: The ancient mythological origins of Christmas
Valerie Tarico
The story of Jesus' conception and birth is deeply beholden to Hellenistic tradition. A religious scholar explains
“A 21st-century segregationist claim”: Why Giuliani’s race screed is so foolish — and dangerous
Elias Isquith
Author Khalil G. Muhammad tells Salon about the ex-mayor's foul views on race -- but why there's cause for optimism
Stephen Colbert schooled Fox News hard: Comedy, Bill O’Reilly and the exposure of right-wing patriotism lies
Sophia A. McClennen
The comedian's hyper-patriotic persona was the key to parodying blathering know-nothings like Fox's Bill O'Reilly
4 dangerous myths about rape, debunked
Amanda Marcotte
Fallout from Rolling Stone's bungled UVA story reveals how alarmingly misinformed we are as a culture
“These kids are really rich AND they get to fly”: Cristela Alonzo on “Peter Pan,” her immigrant upbringing, and being a Latina in the TV biz
Sonia Saraiya
The woman behind "Cristela" talks to Salon about the current TV landscape and creating a breakout hit
Senator: USAID’s Cuba hip-hop project ‘reckless’
Desmond Butler, Michael Weissenstein, Laura Wides-munoz, Andrea Rodriguez
The good, the bad and the viciously snubbed: Unpredictability rules in Golden Globe nominations
Erin Keane
“Jane the Virgin” deserves acclaim, but “Downton Abbey” has lost its shine — and where is "The Walking Dead"?
Rolling Stone’s UVA disaster just got a whole lot worse
Erin Keane
Bizarre new details are the most damning yet — but it's essential not to overgeneralize their importance
Bill O’Reilly teaches me about torture! Our spat reaches new level of surrealism
Joan Walsh
Guys, my torture views are “dumb,” Fox News genius says -- but he knows about war because he wrote “Killing Patton”
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