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Why we fight about Colbert and Lena Dunham: Twitter politics are all we have left

Andrew O'Hehir
Yes, social media's culture wars can get overheated and silly — because "real" politics is totally broken

10 weirdest things the Christian right thinks will turn your kids gay

Katie Halper
Did you know that the pro-gay agenda is being promoted by penguins? How about Harry Potter? You've been warned

Anti-gay bigots won’t give up: Why marriage equality triumphalism is a big mistake

Elias Isquith
The gay rights movement has made huge strides, but it would be a mistake to assume its work is finished. Here's why

Catherine Keener: Stop calling me Spike Jonze’s muse!

Drew Fortune
The brilliant indie actress says she's just lucky the likes of Jonze, Charlie Kaufman and James Franco turn to her

9 biggest joke fails on Twitter

Prachi Gupta
"The Colbert Report" deleted an out-of-context joke after backlash. But there's no ambiguity about these ones

Tech industry’s idea of exposure for women: Pinup magazines!

Aja Romano
"Hot Tech Today" purports to be a "FUN!" alternative to start-up magazines and features women in thong underwear

Charter-boosters’ ugly civil rights scam: Why their rhetoric is so misleading

Josh Eidelson
Corporate education reformers are coopting the politics of race and labor, author Micah Uetricht explains

4 shocking examples of police militarization in America’s small towns

Aaron Cantú
Research shows that the number of SWAT teams in municipalities smaller than 50,000 is up more than 300 percent

The troubling reason Americans are so depressed

Michael Bader
Our unhappiness can be traced to feelings of "learned helplessness" -- and corporations, in part, may be to blame

Religious right leader says “Modern Family” is like “poison”

Elias Isquith
Bryan Fischer is deeply worried that the hit ABC sitcom is destroying America from within

Entertainment Weekly’s disgraceful decision puts “prestige” over paying writers

Daniel D'Addario
The magazine opens its gates to reader-contributors. They're working for exposure

Paul Ryan’s endless “I am not a racist” tour

Joan Walsh
If he wanted to prove his racial goodwill, why didn’t Ryan object when O’Reilly called Barbara Lee a race hustler?

Pope Francis’ glaring omission: Why spiritual leaders must champion workers’ rights

Jay Monaco
If it really wants to promote joy, the church must start to see the labor movement as central to a life of faith

Why Funny or Die entered the Obamacare wars

Audra Schroeder
The comedy website released its second viral Obamacare video on Tuesday. Here's why

7 parts of Russia that other countries could call theirs

If Crimea "historically" belongs to Russia, these other regions "historically" don’t

Erick Erickson inadvertently proves my point: Why the contraception case is so important

Brian Beutler
When I asked a question about corporations adopting religious identities, the responses were rather illuminating

Bill O’Reilly rants about the poor: “They grow up with no skills, and they can’t read and speak, and they have tattoos on their neck”

Elias Isquith
The Fox News host went off on "race hustlers" in defense of his guest, Paul Ryan

The next financial crisis looms: Here’s where it may come from

David Dayen
Thanks to bank misconduct, odds are that trouble will present itself again soon. And this is what it will look like

It isn’t easy being twee: Why the Wes Anderson aesthetic is good for everyone

Marc Spitz
Sure, mock "Portlandia," Wes Anderson, the Smiths. But Morrissey's right: It takes strength to be gentle and kind

Conservatives have a “racist jokes” culture problem

Alex Pareene
The right needs to address its own pathologies before it can expect more support from the rest of us

Revealed: The insane delusions fueling rich conservatives’ temper tantrums

Michael Winship
Comparing slightly higher taxes to Naziism is just scratching the surface...

Robert Reich: Tribalism is tearing America apart

Robert Reich
Former secratary of labor says Dems and GOP no longer share the same basic values -- and that nationhood is dead

Atheists have their number: How the Christian right is hastening religion’s decline

CJ Werleman
Research suggests Americans raised in Christian households are increasingly shunning the faith of their parents

Hollywood’s post-racial mirage: How pop culture got gentrified

Brittney Cooper
Have we made progress in terms of diversity on TV and movies? It depends on how you view "progress" and "diversity"
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