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Rush and O’Reilly: Race hustlers, Inc.
Joan Walsh
Limbaugh, Hannity, Bill-O and other right-wing white-grievance mongers are stoking racial tension for cash
Royal birth a boon for Internet scammers
Audra Schroeder
Beware of clicking links to "exclusive" first photos or "secret" video of the heir-to-be, security experts warn
Secrets of the right: Selling garbage to your fans
Alex Seitz-Wald
When conservative celebs peddle awful schwag, their fans pay big bucks. But here's why it's bad for the rest of us
“The Invention of Murder”: Homicide, Victorian style
Laura Miller
An endlessly absorbing new history of the notorious killers and legendary detectives of the 19th century
Don’t be afraid of the dark
Paul Bogard
People have always found darkness frightening, but light may be more dangerous
Mandela was a boxer
Sam Riches
The South African leader's passion for pugilism offers insight into his fight for equality
Cable TV to the rescue: Will the “quality” subscription model work for books, movies, music?
Scott Timberg
Movies are dying, bookstores disappearing, radio's awful -- but it's a golden age of TV. Can we all learn from HBO?
I was supposed to end up alone
Tracy Clark-Flory
I spent my 20s worried that the hookup hand-wringers were right. I shouldn't have, and you shouldn't either
Dan Savage: Homophobia’s not going away
Alex Halperin
The writer, advice columnist and activist talks pleasure, God and marriage
Free Willy, for real: SeaWorld has got to go
Andrew O'Hehir
Can the movie "Blackfish," and the gruesome death of a SeaWorld trainer, end the imprisonment of killer whales?
There’s nothing about abortion in the Bible
Adam Lee
But that hasn't stopped the religious right from invoking the good book in its war on women's rights
I fell for an ape
Colin McAdam
Meeting Pepper showed me humans are apes too -- and we have to do better at protecting our own
“Computer Chess” director: “I’m fixated on outdated technology”
Daniel D'Addario
Andrew Bujalski talks about mumblecore, artificial intelligence and making a film that's almost all male
Obama’s safe, overrated and airy speech
Rich Benjamin
UPDATED: Rich Benjamin responds to critics of his assessment of the president's Trayvon Martin speech
Will Obama have a new approach on race now?
David Sirota
The president's comments on Trayvon today were historically important. Let's hope the words will turn into action
Paul and Cruz indulge the gay haters
Alex Seitz-Wald
The opening salvo of 2016 suggests the GOP will be locked in anti-gay hate spiral indefinitely
Here’s how Amazon self-destructs
Evan Hughes
If Amazon puts bookstores out of business, it will destroy the main way readers learn about new books to buy
Thank neoliberalism for our enslavement to capitalism
Murray Dobbin
The corporations now ruling the world owe their dominance to the application of economist Milton Friedman's ideas
Zimmerman verdict makes profilers of us all
UZOAMAKA MADUKA
Trayvon Martin's killing teaches us that America views black men as disposable, regardless of who pulls the trigger
Taliban commander to Malala Yousafzai: Allow me to explain why we tried to kill you
Katie McDonough
In an open letter, a senior militant accused Yousafzai of running a "smear campaign" against the militant group
“The Conjuring”: Right-wing, woman-hating and really scary
Andrew O'Hehir
From its historical lies to its family-values messaging, the sneakiest Christian movie of the year is a real horror
Hollywood needs more Gore Verbinskis
Eileen Jones
"The Lone Ranger" is an incoherent mess, but its director should be applauded for his ambition and bravery
Richard Cohen is terrified of black people
Alex Pareene
Washington Post columnist understands racial profiling, because hoodies are the "uniform" of crime
9 former public servants raking in cash on the speech circuit
Lynn Stuart Parramore
These ex-politicians have no sense of discretion or proportion -- and can care less about protecting their legacies
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