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Creationists endure rough few weeks: Why the flat-earth crowd is in trouble
Paul Rosenberg
From "Cosmos" to evidence of Big Bang, it's been a tricky time for biblical literalists. Here's why it'll get worse
Lessons from Stephen King and “Valley of the Dolls”: Reading 100 years of bestsellers
Laura Miller
What the most popular books of the past century taught one writer about America's strange taste in fiction
Michael Moore: GM criminals deserve the death penalty
Janet Allon
The director of "Roger and Me" and "Bowling for Columbine" took to Facebook to vent about the company's callousness
Depends on the Nerds: HBO’s “Silicon Valley”
Neil Drumming
Mike Judge's start-up comedy could use a bit more investment in character development.
Underage, overworked and on their own: How do we protect teen models?
Shakthi Jothianandan
A new law gives models under 18 new protections -- but will it make a real difference?
“I was looked at like a disease”: HIV’s enduring stigma
Nico Lang
Treatments have advanced -- but that doesn't mean discrimination against people with HIV is over
The “2048” game is why we can’t have nice things
Andrew Leonard
The latest viral game breakout exposes the horrible economics of online gaming
5 Republicans who sound just like the white supremacist group fighting marriage equality in Michigan
Katie McDonough
Turns out that members of the GOP and white nationalists both think equal marriage will lead to bestiality
16 best April Fools’ Day jokes of 2014
Prachi Gupta
VH1 launches Feline Fridays, Netflix releases "Sizzling Bacon," and Kodak has a picture drone
3 terrible signs that our fossil-fuel addiction is getting worse
Michael Klare
When the New York Times starts shilling for fracking and Obama goes soft on BP, you know there's a major problem
Gwyneth Paltrow’s getting treated much worse than Chris Martin
Daniel D'Addario
Chris Martin is more press-shy than his ex, but he was a partner in the "conscious uncoupling"
Sex, race and prison’s violent double standard: Incarcerating men hurts women, too
Susan Sered
America's prison system doesn't just hurt prisoners. It also exposes their partners to abuse and eviction
White nationalist group joins Michigan state officials in their fight against marriage equality
Katie McDonough
The brief filed by the white nationalist group also sounds exactly like mainstream opponents of equal marriage
Chelsea Handler plans to leave E!: What’s her legacy?
Daniel D'Addario
The caustic late-night personality is leaving her home -- but she should be followed by more non-white-male hosts
How the coal industry took over West Virginia
Lindsay Abrams
While residents wonder if their water will ever be safe, the coal lobby continues to call the shots
8 worst right-wing moments of the week — Ted Nugent compares himself to Rosa Parks
Janet Allon
The conservative rocker seems to be confused about history, while Pat Robertson says that rape causes atheism
Raymond Chandler evening: Has Benjamin Black taken over John Banville?
Allen Barra
John Banville's detective noir takes a Philip Marlowe turn. Is one of our greatest novelists just genre-slumming?
Tina Fey’s superfunnysmart feminism: Take that, Christopher Hitchens!
Linda Mizejewski
Tina Fey's brilliant career illustrates a women-in-comedy paradox: Even the funniest will get judged on their looks
How Paul de Man hid his past
Evelyn Barish
When faced with charges about Nazi collaboration, the literary philosopher employed an amazing array of obfuscation
Invisible world, invisible saviors: The secret to overcoming the threat of extinction
Nicholas P. Money
If we want to avoid the worst ecological catastrophes, we're going to have to begin thinking small. Very small
The real secret to making it as a writer: Be fabulously wealthy before you even start
Sean McElwee
The sad fact of literary life is that it overwhelmingly rewards people with privilege. So much for diversity!
Plutocracy without end: Why the 1 percent always defeats the middle class
Thomas Frank
There are more of us than them. But income inequality keeps getting worse -- and there is sadly no end in sight
Wonder Woman: Greatest super-heroine ever?
Noah Berlatsky
A feminist, a sex symbol, a superhero and an icon. A new book makes the case for Wonder Woman's awesomeness
Rumor, gossip, nonsense: How the news became a nightmare
Andrew Pettegree
The road to Fox News and the commercialization of information begins with the amazing history of mass media
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