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My body was going nuts: How I thought about sex as a teenage evangelical virgin
Angela Pneuman
Growing up, I learned that lustful thinking was dangerous. Decades later, I'm still dealing with the aftereffects
The truth about the “Ice Bucket Challenge”
Sarah Gray
Is the "Ice Bucket Challenge" craze all it's cracked up to be? A Cornell economics professor discusses
How air conditioning remade modern America
Henry Grabar
Would it surprise you to learn just how revolutionary that A/C unit of yours really is?
Ferguson’s weaponized cops and America’s long, ugly history of police violence
Andrew O'Hehir
Two dark forces collided in Ferguson: The militarization of America's cops and a long tradition of racist violence
GOP’s post-racial fantasy: Secession, delusion and the truth about America’s most hateful dividers
Paul Rosenberg
Stephen Colbert isn't the only one who thinks we're beyond race. These GOP candidates' beliefs will horrify you
Forbes: Athletes paying expensive divorce settlements is bigger problem than domestic violence
Katie McDonough
One in four women will be abused in their lifetimes. But did you know Tiger Woods' divorce cost him $100 million??!
“A helpless situation”: What happens after the bullets fall in inner-city America?
Ian Blair
Pulitzer winner Trymaine Lee explains how our segregated nation wreaks such devastation -- and why we're missing it
10 ways racism killed Michael Brown and Eric Garner
Chauncey DeVega
The police may have ended their lives, but it was white supremacy that sealed their fates
Lev Grossman: My depression helped inspire the Magicians trilogy
Laura Miller
Grossman talks about "The Magician's Land," coping with literary snobs, and finding motivation in a dark moment
“The Trip to Italy”: A deceptively genius road-trip romp
Andrew O'Hehir
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon do Italy in another faux-casual comedy of death, poetry and Michael Caine impressions
“Are the white women wearing actual chains?”: Meet the abortion rights group Texas feminists oppose
Katie Klabusich
New York-based Stop Patriarchy says it's in Texas to "help." A coalition of advocates have said, "No thanks"
The darkest summer hits of all time
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Who says the warm months have to be all fluff? Our picks for the movies and music that went to the dark side
Release the officer’s name: It’s time to stop shielding Michael Brown’s killer
Rich Benjamin
Michael Brown, now dead, has no anonymity. His past will be excavated. What about the cop who shot him?
Nightmare in Ferguson: Cops become a brutal occupying force
Joan Walsh
Journalists arrested, tear-gassed as protesters are abused for another night. Where is the political leadership?
Bill O’Reilly’s Ferguson disgrace: Host spews sick lecture to Michael Brown’s family
Joan Walsh
The Fox host argued the unarmed teenager's supporters should trust the authorities. Then Ben Carson went off script
The trolls zero in on Zelda Williams
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The Internet is horrible, exhibit A: Robin Williams' daughter has to take a social media hiatus after harassment
Men are Republicans because cavemen, columnist reveals!
Katie McDonough
U.S. News and World Report's Dave Catanese has some awesome analysis about the Democrats' "white men problem"
Black male cool’s fatal limits: Jordan, LeBron and Michael Brown’s expendability
Mychal Denzel Smith
From Jordan's kicks to LeBron's sense of purpose, I'm in search of cool. But I also know it's never protected us
Israel’s self-defeating “victory”: How peace was squandered in Gaza
Sandy Tolan
If Hamas emerges as the true winners of the 2014 invasion, Israel and the U.S. will have only themselves to blame
“He sawed off my hair with a dull knife”: The horrific misogyny of “Mixed Martial Arts” culture
Tracy Clark-Flory
Reports that MMA fighter War Machine beat his ex reveal the brutal sexism in the sport
Rapper Killer Mike pays tribute to slain teenager Michael Brown in a beautiful essay
Sarah Gray
"We are human beings. We deserve to be buried by our children not the other way around"
Reminder: Rape and offensive images of rape are both real problems
Jenny Kutner
Attempting to rank sexual traumas in terms of privilege does nothing to stop those traumas from happening
“Fake” sport, real exploitation: How pro wrestling mirrors American capitalism
Dan O'Sullivan
It's become a billion-dollar spectacle, and yet wrestling has managed to avoid real scrutiny. It's an age-old story
Meet the women of the men’s rights movement: Why they see feminism as a “personality disorder”
Katie McDonough
A recent crop of profiles of female MRAs shows that bad ideas are truly gender neutral
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