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5 Christian right delusions about history
Amanda Marcotte
If these extremists are to be believed, Joe McCarthy was a decent man and the Founding Fathers were theocrats
GOP’s real poverty plan: What it truly means when it says “dependency”
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig
Each time the right unveils a “new” effort to combat poverty, it’s laden with the same old (wrong) moral judgments
The politics of Rihanna’s hair: Her AMA do was a powerful form of resistance
Brittney Cooper
In an award show celebrating the co-optation of black musical forms, a star's hairstyle was an important statement
Turkey-less on Turkey Day: The vegetarian’s Thanksgiving struggle
Megan Mayhew Bergman
Holidays create edible memories and sensory cues. But values matter, too. So what happens when kids want turkey?
No, USA Today: “Sex drives” have not blurred the definition of rape
Katie McDonough
Jonathan Zimmerman is right to note we've made progress around campus assault, but we have much further to go
Processing tragedy as a little girl: My case for JFK “griefporn”
Joan Walsh
The rebroadcast of assassination coverage taught lessons about journalism, politics, race and the country we became
Katy Perry offends in geisha costume at AMA performance
Prachi Gupta
The singer is called out for promoting Western stereotypes of Japanese culture
In the national security state, what is everyone so afraid of?
Tom Engelhardt
We've created a society where everyone's scared all the time, and it serves the interests of defense contractors
The real reason law schools are raking in cash
Benjamin Winterhalter
The profession's in crisis, but the schools don't care. They're steeped in a toxic, hyper-capitalist worldview
The wrongheaded obsession with “vanishing” indigenous peoples
Elissa Washuta
Photographer Jimmy Nelson is just the latest artist to act like indigenous groups are about to die out
The history of the left-right divide: A centuries-old argument defines our politics, and offers a way forward
Yuval Levin
The modern divide between liberals and conservatives dates back to Burke and Paine. But there's also common ground
Millennials, rise up! College is a scam — you have nothing to lose but student debt
Randall Collins
Students chase degree after degree, adding crushing debt, as jobs vanish. It is time to radically rethink college
The Internet didn’t change sex
Tracy Clark-Flory
Sallie Tisdale, author of "Talk Dirty to Me," says much is the same 20 years after the book's release
When “mommy needs a drink” isn’t funny anymore
Leslie Garrett
As the daughter of an alcoholic mother, I know all the jokes about mommy mixologists can conceal something serious
Mormon women bare more than just their testimonies
Holly Welker
A new nude photo project aims to redress the "more pointed, specific body issues" of Mormon women
We got high, thousands in Mexico died
Andrew O'Hehir
America's failed drug policies -- and our insatiable drug appetites -- have helped kill innocent people in Mexico
Slavery, Katrina and Watergate: The right’s obsession with exaggerating
Paul Rosenberg
To unburden historical guilt, the right uses trumped-up charges against liberals. It's their form of blame-shifting
Losing my nerd cred: When “Doctor Who” became cool
Anna North
The show I was obsessed with as a kid turned into a huge worldwide phenomenon. Now I have to grow up
Homeless in the tech economy
Andrew Leonard
Can a for-profit crowd-funding start-up solve some of the social justice inequities the tech boom is making worse?
GOP is literally killing its base
Alex Henderson
Slashing food stamps will decrease the life expectancy of poor rural whites, many of whom put Republicans in office
Uh-oh, there’s a new Thomas Friedman!
R.J. Eskow
Sick of hating his blowhard pontificating and obsession with a "hyper-meritocracy"? Set your sights on Tyler Cowen
Pick of the week: Noam Chomsky and Michel Gondry, together at last
Andrew O'Hehir
"Eternal Sunshine" director plus star lefty philosopher equals the weirdest animated film ever
The National’s Bryce Dessner: The secret about advice is knowing when to ignore it
Bryce Dessner as told to David Daley
Music professors told me I needed to focus on one style. I rejected that and found my style on my own
Ending fire zone subsidies is no Ayn Rand fantasy
David Sirota
Colorado's governor has a new plan to help keep taxpayers off the hook for developers' irresponsible decisions
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