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Ray Rice video’s second horror: Why it never should have been published in the first place
Katie McDonough
The footage of Ray Rice assaulting his partner doesn't teach us anything. It just further degrades her humanity
Paul Krugman on Scottish independence: “The risks … are huge”
Elias Isquith
The Times' liberal columnist worries that an independent Scotland may become "Spain without the sunshine"
Before it was cool: What I learned at the hipster sex party
Benjamin Winterhalter
The place was so hip even the guy from MGMT was there. But were we liberated and free? I guess so.
Broadway, wasted: The 10 best musicals about drugs
Kelsey Osgood
From "Rent" to "Hair," these shows prove no substance is too hard to be turned into a song and dance routine
I am not Pocahontas
Elissa Washuta
White-skinned and New Jersey-born, I grew up with the question "How Indian are you?" It's one I refuse to answer
We still lie about slavery: Here’s the truth about how the American economy and power were built on forced migration and torture
Edward E. Baptist
All these decades later, our history books are filled with myths and mistruths. It is time for a true reckoning
America’s Donald Trump complex: We’re addicted to consumption — and it’s destroying us
Joe Todd
Americans have been conditioned to believe we need to spend to live, a culturally and ecologically destructive lie
How to save America from cars: Start sharing them
Henry Grabar
Uber and Lyft show promise, but to really cut down on traffic congestion, we need a taxi revolution
My brother’s violent end
Chris Schumerth
Shane's life ended in a horrible act I'll never understand. But growing up, we couldn't have been closer
From 9/11 to the ISIS videos: The darkness we conjured up
Andrew O'Hehir
The ISIS videos depict dreadful crimes. But the scariest thing about them may be what they tell us about ourselves
Why are we so obsessed with superhero origin stories?: Here’s a psychologist’s take
Prachi Gupta
Netflix is banking on "Gotham," the Batman prequel, because it's a story they know we're craving
Robyn Hitchcock: “I don’t think I’ve written many songs about lightbulb heads or insects or frogs in 25 years”
Scott Timberg
The great Robyn Hitchcock talks Dylan, Roxy Music, music industry evil and his arty path from the Soft Boys to now
“It’s more difficult for a song to become a lightning rod”: DJ Shadow on the future of music
Scott Thill
Salon spoke to the legendary DJ about vinyl culture, digitalism, and socially conscious hip hop
Military base cancels Cee Lo Green performance over rape comments
Jenny Kutner
In an attempt to deal with its own sexual assault crisis, the military is holding the musician accountable
Stop promoting idiot pundits: NBC revamps “Meet the Press” with always-wrong Joe Scarborough and Luke “Meritocracy” Russert
Simon Maloy
Everything about the new "Meet the Press" points to an even more disgusting celebration of D.C. insider culture
The fifth season of “Boardwalk Empire” is the end of an era for HBO
Daniel D'Addario
The drama seems paint-by-numbers, a last-ditch attempt to reverse-engineer prestige
My daughter’s Ebola scare: Why we’re not ready to panic (yet)
Andrew Leonard
Ebola reached Senegal just as my 19-year-old arrived to study abroad. But we're not bringing her home. Here's why
The Gulf of Mexico is devouring Southeastern Louisiana
Bob Marshall
The land is home to half of the country's oil refineries and 2 million people who could soon be dispossessed
“Want to feel old?”: Welcome to the age of nostalgia-bait
Benjamin Hart
"Remember when ..." listicles are a viral staple. Why are we addicted to '90s oral histories & endless flashbacks?
Watch Joan Rivers’s 8 funniest talk show appearances
Prachi Gupta
From performing stand up on "The Ed Sullivan Show" to her recent "Late Show" appearance, here's Rivers at her best
Joan Rivers’ defiant star power: What she reveals about the cultural obsession with youth
Nathan Smith
Rivers refused to apologize for her fierce, relentless attempts to stay relevant
Conservative columnist decries “satanic” Ice Bucket Challenge
Elias Isquith
WND's Selena Owens argues that, unbeknownst to them, Americans are being tricked into joining a devilish cult
“Memphis” and the beauty of plotless movies
Andrew O'Hehir
Should you watch a dreamy, gorgeous, intensely slow-moving R&B odyssey? Here's why movies like this still matter
What atheists like Bill Maher have in common with medieval Christian crusaders
CJ Werleman
The "Real Time" host and his fellow new atheists are using ISIS as yet another opportunity to beat up on Muslims
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