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What drives women to drink?
Daniel Freeman, Jason Freeman
They're imbibing more, relative to their male counterparts. Science can't yet explain why
Video games make us all losers!
Jesper Juul
Does dying over and over in modern video games create a new kind of artistic tragedy?
Israel: Trapped between dream and reality
Andrew O'Hehir
"Israel: A Home Movie" captures the collision between idealism and reality that defines a troubled, vibrant nation
10 celebrity art fails
Allison Meier
Jay-Z's rapping at Marina Abramovic was an eye roll, but it's nothing compared to Sylvester Stallone's painting
Radley Balko: “Once a town gets a SWAT team you want to use it”
Alex Halperin
America's police are beginning to look like an army, and the author says there's very little we can do about it
“Sharknado” was a ratings failure
Prachi Gupta
Despite the buzz on Twitter, cable viewership was low
The major that could end racism
Katie Hyslop
Inside one University of British Columbia professor's quest to help popularize indigenous studies
George Zimmerman and the problem with American heroism
Roxane Gay
When everyone wants to be a hero, we lose sight of what greatness -- and justice -- really are
“Sharknado” invades
Prachi Gupta
Thursday night's SyFy television movie about sharks in a tornado took America by storm
Who killed Detroit?
Edward McClelland
Racial division, suburban exodus and a barren tax base have left one solution: Make the suburbs merge with the city
Do end-time believers care about climate change?
ROBIN GLOBUS VELDMAN
New research suggests a belief in the apocalypse generates apathy over government action. Here's why it's flawed
Texas activist Sarah Slamen: “It’s this police state that keeps us quiet”
Katie McDonough
The newly minted feminist icon tells Salon about getting thrown out of the Texas abortion hearings, and what's next
What a Washington-hater can learn from “This Town”
Alex Pareene
A well-written guide to the worst people in America, even if it never quite calls them that
New York Times shocker: The truth about Egypt slips out
Patrick L. Smith
In a rare moment of candor, the paper exposes U.S. involvement in the coup -- and then seems to promptly forget it
“Pacific Rim”: City-stomping robot-monster delight!
Andrew O'Hehir
Guillermo del Toro outdoes Michael Bay in this rip-snorting, slightly meta update of the Japanese monster movie
We are all “The Real Housewives of New Jersey”
Ryan Leas
The Jersey iteration of the show perfectly encapsulates our recessionary obsession with and disgust for wealth
6 most influential women writers you’ve never heard of
Brittany Oliver
Some were forced to use male pen names. Others remained anonymous. All deserve their rightful place in the canon
CNN asks if Korea’s hierarchical culture caused crash
Alex Halperin
The network points out the importance of hierarchies in Korean culture
The sexual assault crisis at America’s colleges
Katie McDonough
The University of North Carolina isn't the only school facing allegations of ignoring rape and punishing victims
“Crystal Fairy”: Dosed in the desert with a New Age seeker
Andrew O'Hehir
Michael Cera plays an obnoxious American drug tourist who meets his hippie-chick nemesis in Chile
“Call the Midwife” defies viewers’ ageism
Stephanie Bower
The BBC series finds beauty in elderly women's bodies -- and offers a corrective to TV's patriarchal subculture
US law enforcement blatantly ignores right-wing extremists
Matthew Harwood
Since 9/11, officials have targeted Muslim American communities. The real terrorist threat lies elsewhere
Breeding the food of the future
Roxanne Palmer
Sequencing plants held in seed banks could diversify our crops -- and help offset the damage of climate change
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