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Miley Cyrus wants you to free your nipples
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The singer lifts her shirt -- and takes a stand against our breast obsession
Paul Krugman: Inequality is “the defining challenge of our time”
Elias Isquith
The New York Times columnist on why economic inequality is our ultimate political challenge
“Dreadful Deceit”: Race is a myth
Laura Miller
A historian argues that one of the defining elements of American culture is merely a "social fiction"
Secrets of the convent: Will millennials become nuns?
Abbie Reese
No iPhone! No Twitter! It's perhaps never been harder to convince future nuns to turn away from pop culture
2013 was the Internet’s worst year ever
Daniel D'Addario
Everyone was dug into their own respective internets this year; any mass event was just an opportunity for trolls
White supremacy’s long shadow: Why the myth of “race” still haunts America
Jacqueline Jones
Decades removed from the lows of segregation, black America still struggles against its twisted logic
Timothy Leary’s liberation, and the CIA’s experiments! LSD’s amazing, psychedelic history
Richard J. Miller
The U.S. psychedelic drug scene was kickstarted by spies and spooks, just as much as Timothy Leary and Jerry Garcia
Abscam, the NSA and the ’70s: The real “American Hustle”
Andrew O'Hehir
Behind David O. Russell's fun new movie lies a dark '70s fable of political corruption and the security state
Mr. Limbaugh if you’re nasty: How right-wing mean media keeps conservatives on the fringe
Jeffrey M. Berry, Sarah Sobieraj
Outrage sells. Rush, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity might make megabucks and have real influence, but there's a limit
Our sick gun fetish is destroying us: Tea Party fantasies kill kids
Richard Eskow
Newtown and Arapahoe shootings keep happening because there's big money in guns -- and outdated myths we must end
Rich people’s idea of charity: Giving to elite schools and operas
Robert Reich
The wealthy aren't donating to food shelters. They're giving to Yale and fancy theaters for a tax deduction
The right’s inequality canard: They botch history and economics
Sean McElwee
With President Obama talking about the scourge of low wages, conservatives are completely confused by the problem
The Christian right wants civilization to collapse
Amanda Marcotte
The reason they're so obsessed with apocalypse? If they can't have the country, they don't want anyone else to
“I hate reading short stories, but I like your book OK”: Story writers tell all
R. O. Kwon
Nina McConigley, Laura van den Berg, Kelly Luce and Claire Vaye Watkins on the art of (and bias against) the story
NBC fails to mention that Olympic commentator Johnny Weir may work with the Russian government
Katie McDonough
Updated: Weir and his management dispute the connection
Don’t cry for Oprah’s unborn children
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The TV queen says her kids would have "hated" her -- what's wrong with not wanting kids?
Elizabeth Warren’s moral insight: How candid leaders can alter the course of history
Andrew Burstein, Nancy Isenberg
Far from accept that the powerful implicitly deserve their social position, true leaders prize the general welfare
16 films and shows that make you think about race in America
Neil Drumming
On "American Horror Story," the racist Madame Delphine had to watch "Roots." Here's more she could've learned from
USDA forming “emergency response” to save Florida’s citrus crop
Tamara Lush
Greening disease has infected up to 75 percent of Florida's citrus trees
Not every show is “Breaking Bad”: Episodic TV can be great too
Daniel Carlson
Quit picking on the networks! The modern golden age of television has produced some rich, complex, engaging series
Jesus Christ: History’s most successful meme
Ryan O'Hanlon
The authors of "Whose Bigger? Where Historical Figures Really Rank" aim to answer the previously unanserable
Dave Allen: Stop blaming the Internet! It has always been hard for musicians
Scott Timberg
The musician fires back at David Byrne, Thom Yorke, David Lowery and others who argue the Web is bad for artists
“Saving Mr. Banks”: How the Mouse captured Mary Poppins
Andrew O'Hehir
Emma Thompson is delightful and Tom Hanks bluff and cheerful in this mendacious but enjoyable Disney meta-movie
Racism in the classroom: When even our names are not our own
Matthew Salesses
As a minority student, I've learned racism doesn't end in higher ed. And sometimes even our names are judged
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