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Rise of the myth busters: Why Piketty and Tyson are the icons America needs
Paul Rosenberg
Thomas Piketty and Neil deGrasse Tyson are the breakout stars of 2014 — and not a moment too soon
2016 campaign checklist: Paul
Ken Thomas
Colleges are full of it: Behind the three-decade scheme to raise tuition, bankrupt generations, and hypnotize the media
Thomas Frank
Tuition is up 1,200 percent in 30 years. Here's why you're unemployed, crushed by debt -- and no one is helping
Slenderman: Nightmarish info-demon or misunderstood cultural icon?
Andrew O'Hehir
No, a made-up monster didn’t cause a tragic crime. If anything, he represents Internet culture at its most creative
The one thing Neil deGrasse Tyson got wrong
Steve Neumann
Neil deGrasse Tyson has taken viewers on a remarkable journey. There's just one big thing he gets wrong
“I’m just a vessel”: Laverne Cox on new triumphs, and “OITNB’s” second season
Katie McDonough
With new season of "Orange Is the New Black" starting tonight, show's star talks justice, progress and what's next
“Borgman” is a deeply disturbing look at the dark side of suburbia
Andrew O'Hehir
A mysterious drifter disrupts the not-so-perfect family in a cult horror-thriller with shades of Haneke and Bergman
Patrick Stewart, Aaron Paul and others star in Twitter documentary
Sarah Gray
The documentary is a work in progress and will be shown at the 2014 Cannes Lions festival
Tech’s toxic political culture: The stealth libertarianism of Silicon Valley bigwigs
Andrew Leonard
Who talks like FDR but acts like Ayn Rand? Easy: Silicon Valley's wealthiest and most powerful people
4 inconvenient facts conservatives conveniently ignore
Amanda Marcotte
Right-wingers are blasting Obama for bringing home Bowe Bergdahl. How quickly they forget GOP's history with POWs
“Obvious Child”: An abortion rom-com makes history
Andrew O'Hehir
This indie comedy hit, built around the irresistible Jenny Slate, blasts through pop culture's abortion taboo
Forget Christopher Hitchens: Atheism in America is undergoing a radical change
Chris Hall
Having a conversation about atheism today by talking about Hitchens and Dawkins proves you aren't paying attention
Ross Douthat’s polite misogyny: What the NYT columnist gets wrong about Elliot Rodger
Katie McDonough
The NYT's top apologist for discrimination is quietly drawing loathsome conclusions from the Isla Vista tragedy
Muslim women don’t need you to “save” them: Farzana Parveen and the media’s erasure of Muslim feminists
Maria Khwaja
Want to combat the contagion of violence against women? Drop your hero narrative, stop talking and start listening
That video game Obama praised in his Poland speech is full of blood, gore, and sex
Garrett Martin
Obama invoked The Witcher, a game about a monster-killing albino, to explain Poland's place in the global economy
An Irish Catholic orphanage hid the bodies of 800 children
Mary Elizabeth Williams
What happened to the children of "The Home"?
Laura Ingraham’s fear of children: Inside her latest xenophobic assault
Heather Digby Parton
In her America, if we don't crack down on immigrants, little kids will ruin "our" way of life and take "our" jobs
Neil deGrasse Tyson takes on his most ferocious opponent yet: Capitalism
Dan Arel
The "Cosmos" host calls out the captains of industry for refusing to acknowledge the threat of climate change
After U.S. sex abuse scandals, an accused priest rises again in Paraguay
Will Carless
Carlos Urrutigoity is leading Mass in a remote South American church. His critics are deeply alarmed
The day I left my son in the car
Kim Brooks
I made a split-second decision to run into the store. I had no idea it would consume the next few years of my life
The hidden power of math: On politics, uncertainty and the rare talent of Nate Silver
Sarah Gray
Mathematical thinking is a vital element of a thriving society, according to author Jordan Ellenberg
National survey finds that most women experience street harassment, but most women already knew that
Katie McDonough
The report confirms what women already know: street harassment happens everywhere, and has serious consequences
ABC’s “Fresh off the Boat” could be a disaster for Asian Americans
Kevin Wong
But if it follows this advice, it could also be the first Asian American sitcom to find huge mainstream success
I’m not pimping your hate read
Mary Elizabeth Williams
How do we talk about toxic media without encouraging it?
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