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The worst-case scenario for the Washington Post
Anna Clark
Maybe Jeff Bezos will be a benevolent benefactor. But maybe he'll turn the Post into a newsletter for Amazon
“The girl was predatory”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
A judge calls a 13-year-old a predator, a rape "prevention" campaign targets women. The victim-blaming continues
5 ways fundamentalists misinterpret the Bible
Sean McElwee
Christian extremists choose to read the good book literally -- unless it supports crazy ideas like environmentalism
Is the word “marijuana” racist?
Anna King
The cannabis lexicon is growing as fast as the industry itself, and journalists are struggling to keep pace
Jay Z needs better race politics
Brittney Cooper
No, it's not enough to just show up. The First Man of hip-hop has to stop sipping the post-racial Kool-Aid
Corporate America murdered geek culture
Ian G. Williams
Disney, Sony and Warner Brothers have made fanboys of us all. Creator-owned media may be our only salvation
Ka-ching we can believe in
Joan Walsh
As Obama staffers get rich pushing corporations and conservative politicians, cynicism about politics soars
Blogger-turned-author Choire Sicha: “Straight people are easily shocked”
Daniel D'Addario
The Awl founder and "Very Recent History" author talks about gay culture, Gchat and BuzzFeed
Shocking new allies: Atheists and Christian women!
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig
Atheism and Christianity both have a history of mistreating women. Maybe it's time they work together
Bill O’Reilly’s laughable race baiting
Joe Muto
Bill O'Reilly doesn't know anyone who's not exactly like him -- and it shows with his race meltdown since Zimmerman
“In our culture, girls don’t move out”
Cary Tennis
I'm 23, educated and working, but my mom says that unlike my brother, I have to stay home
Science deniers just don’t think: All hail the scientific method
David McRaney
The scientific method's the best way for people to get smarter, precisely because theories get revised and improved
ComicCon for Jane Austen fans!
Deborah Yaffe
Welcome to JANSA's annual meeting, where Austen lovers divide into Team Willoughby and Team Brandon and ask WWJD
Will social media kill writers’ diaries?
Michele Filgate
Now Facebook and Twitter are business necessities, they may be replacing writers' journals. Is something lost?
Why have virtual sex? Because it’s fun, and people are different
Tracy Clark-Flory
That's the question posed this week by a judgmental New York Times Op-Ed. We set out to answer it
Gore Vidal still holds up
Stan Persky
I won't attempt to justify his tendentious political ramblings, but "Selected Essays" remains essential reading
Big Pharma’s placebo problem
James Davies
Rebranding drugs is a lucrative tactic for pharma companies. The author suggests it's "corporate deception"
“Catfish” tells the truth about dating in America
Melissa T. Goldman
The show reveals the way we think about relationships as economic transactions, where what matters is our "value"
Facebook is the new graveyard
Jill Filipovic
Twitter and Facebook feed our most basic impulse after loved ones die: To tell others about them
Topless “sextremists” go global
Dan Peleschuk
Members of the Ukraine-based feminist organization have now been beaten and jailed on at least three continents
Power and impunity: The problem of our prosecutorial system
Natasha Lennard
In a lengthy essay, Radley Balko highlights how undue leverage and impunity for prosecutors breeds injustice
White music fans are afraid of difference
Katie Ryder
When Postal Service fans get aggressively upset over a black opening act, that's evidence of a bigger problem
Time discovers some people don’t have kids
Mary Elizabeth Williams
A new cover story acknowledges we're having fewer children -- but leaves men out
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