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Obama takes on Big Oil: Will the president’s final, radical climate push be enough?
Lindsay Abrams
Obama's finally living up to promises to take on climate change. Is it too little, too late? We ask Mark Hertsgaard
CrossFit, neuroscience, surviving the zombie apocalypse: Is your workout a fraud?
J.C. Herz
Advocates say CrossFit movements build actual brain power -- and the science is oddly fascinating
The animatronic presidency: How presidential museums become propaganda palaces, whitewashing Bush’s disasters and Clinton’s failings
Thomas Frank
At presidential museums, even the cynical melt before multimillion-dollar efforts to portray scoundrels as leaders
The problem with “coming out”: The flawed cultural expectations of gay life in America
Suzanna Danuta Walters
"Coming out" has become the defining narrative of gay life in popular culture. Here's what that narrative misses
I will never wear a bikini
Kate Harding
But thank goodness for overweight women like Jenny Trout who challenge our culture's narrow conventions of beauty
Social media saved me from my fears: How Facebook brought me back into the real world
Julia Fierro
I've struggled with anxiety and OCD. Those who think Facebook makes us lonely should see the joy it brings me
How Republicans can save themselves — as the party of legal weed
Andrew O'Hehir
A modest proposal that might redeem the GOP (or at least make it a lot cooler): Seize the marijuana moment
Religious right’s huge risk: Why their new talking point may come back to haunt them
Elias Isquith
Here's why the right's attempts to use the Hobby Lobby ruling to excuse bigotry will blow up in their face
“Then one of our glitter terrorists fired his gun”: The World Cup’s wild, naked anti-government protests
Greg Scruggs
Artists and LGBT activists are protesting FIFA in a carnival of costumes and graffiti
The right’s favorite new race guru: Why you should know Jason Riley
Ian Blair
WSJ's Jason Riley blames liberalism for brainwashing black America. Here's why it's so wrong -- and dangerous
10 things America does so much worse than Europe
Alex Henderson
Bad healthcare. Limited vacation time. Lower life expectancy. "American exceptionalism" has never rung so hollow
The impossibility of religious freedom: Hobby Lobby, Wheaton College and the challenge for liberals
Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
I share the distress over these decisions, but also worry liberals miss something important about religious freedom
“No to Homo Agenda”: How evangelicals spread anti-gay hate to Jamaica
Eliot Glenn
From funds to personnel, here's how U.S. churches are directly inciting virulent homophobia on the island
Claire McCaskill released her report on college sexual assault, and the findings are grim
Katie McDonough
The national survey found more than 40 percent of schools hadn't conducted a single rape investigation in 5 years
Kirsten Powers calls Bill O’Reilly out: “I’m so tired of your mocking”
Elias Isquith
One of Fox's few non-reactionary talking heads loses her patience with "Papa Bear's" vindictive dishonesty
5 terrible life tips for women courtesy of Fox News
Allegra Kirkland
For the likes of Steve Doocy, women should be seen and not heard and know how to keep their husbands happy
Republicans’ impeachment-mania: How it achieves a subtler, dangerous end
Emmett Rensin
Despite Sarah Palin's calls, the president won't be impeached. But here's how her demand normalizes other lunacy
This is a religious civil war: Hobby Lobby only the beginning for new religious theocrats
Paul Rosenberg
The Tea Party controls the House. Religious extremists run the Supreme Court. We're approaching a very scary time
Why Lana Del Rey is the perfect artist for an America in decline
Lynn Stuart Parramore
The pop singer is selling what a big chunk of our youth is feeling: Capitalist society is a deathly bore
Why is Marge Simpson a sex symbol?
Daniel D'Addario
The yellow-skinned queen of Springfield has a new makeup line -- following her Playboy spread a few years back
J.K. Rowling unveils a new Harry Potter tale
Mary Elizabeth Williams
A Pottermore update on an older Harry, courtesy of Rita Skeeter
Bobby Jindal’s sad search: How he seeks political relevance in today’s GOP
Andrew Burstein, Nancy Isenberg
As governor eyes big prize in 2016, he jumps from one shtick to another in effort to woo elusive Republican voters
Food Network’s major oversight: Why a quest for ratings comes at a price
Brittney Cooper
These fabulous shows have made us a nation of foodies. But are they also cutting the country short?
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