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How to debate climate change deniers (without scaring them off)

Stephanie Bernhard
To reverse our planet's destruction, we need more than scientific data. We need to refine our message to the masses

Don’t buy the Chipotle hype: There’s no such thing as “humane” slaughter

Lauren Gazzola
The chain has earned praise for promoting animal welfare — but there's no getting past the bloody truth

How corporate America exports disease to the rest of the world

Nicholas Freudenberg
The global age of hyperconsumption is here, and with it come preventable injuries, illness and even premature death

Baby boomer humor’s big lie: “Ghostbusters” and “Caddyshack” really liberated Reagan and Wall Street

Thomas Frank
Harold Ramis was a master of subversive comedy. But the politics of "Caddyshack" and rude gestures have backfired

A hidden epidemic: Eating disorders in the gay community

Nico Lang
Eating disorders disproportionately affect gay men, but medicine hasn't caught up

Bill Clinton vs. Lena Dunham: The Shakespearean battle of boomers and millennials

Paul Taylor
Generational showdown made even richer by the fact that these are parents and children, bound (and living) together

Thomas Friedman, supreme toady: Also, shameless!

Patrick L. Smith
Shame on the Times and other media for falsely spinning Ukraine events. We now await the inevitable U.S. betrayal

How glamorizing drugs is killing black kids

D. Watkins
My nephew loves rap about drug dealing, but rappers don't talk about the dark side

Taking a stand against St. Patrick’s Day homophobia: Mayors sit out the parades

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Boston and New York's mayors will avoid the events this year, because they exclude gay groups

This company wants to make in-vitro meat from celebrities’ stem cells

Lindsay Abrams
They swear they’re “100% serious"

Former NFL safety and alleged serial rapist Darren Sharper turns himself in

Katie McDonough
Now when is the NFL going to address its problem with violence against women?

Must-see morning clip: Stephen Colbert learns just how racist America really is

Prachi Gupta
The comedian homes in on a Stanford study that suggests that race is socially constructed

The dying right: Why Christian fundamentalists are in panic mode

CJ Werleman
The religious right knows that time is running out — and that makes them even more dangerous

Wall Street’s long, torrid love affair with the South

Lynn Stuart Parramore
Warren Stephens is the latest banking tycoon to sport the colors of the Confederate flag. He's far from the first

Glasshole nation: Tech’s culture war takes another ugly turn

Andrew Leonard
A viral video showing a violent response to Google Glass reveals the deep schisms wrought by new technology

What every writer needs to succeed

Noah Berlatsky
Sure, practice and research are important. But there's something else that might matter even more: Luck

The one problem with Spike Lee’s gentrification argument

Gene Demby
Lee's right to be concerned about the expulsion of New York's minorities. The irony is he may have helped cause it

GOP’s “religious liberty” scam just died: Why Brewer’s veto is so momentous

Brian Beutler
Once upon a time, the right thought it could push its agenda behind claim of religious freedom. Those days are over

For whatever reason, Jan Brewer does the right thing

Joan Walsh
Corporate America said Arizona’s anti-gay law was bad for business, and Republicans agreed. What can we learn here?

The “Dead Poets Society” takeover of America: How memes ate our politics

Noah Berlatsky
The movie doesn't just undervalue English study -- it shows how aesthetics have taken over our politics

Spike Lee’s epic anti-gentrification speech

Mary Elizabeth Williams
"You can’t just come in the neighborhood like you’re Columbus and kill off the Native Americans"

America’s psychic numbing: Why we’re so obsessed with “apocalypse”

Ira Chernus
We overuse the word, and yet we're unprepared for what will darken our world: Nuclear or environmental extinction

Cult-like, corrupt and Christian conservative: Inside the campus group creating Wal-Mart managers

Josh Eidelson
An insider reveals how Wal-Mart's favorite campus group curries favor with business while pushing gospel to kids

South by Southwest’s unpaid labor problem: Why it’s risking a class action lawsuit

Charles R. Davis
Exclusive: Company running the hip festival relies on 3000 volunteers. Experts say that violates minimum wage laws
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