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When we all smelled like teen spirit
Jennifer Kabat
"NYC 1993" at the New Museum offers a sampling of the earnest, overtly political art of the early 1990s
Does “Downton Abbey” perpetuate gay stereotypes?
Richard Kramer
However complex, Thomas Barrow is like most gay characters on TV: The odd man out
How Boston exposes America’s dark post-9/11 bargain
Andrew O'Hehir
Why did this story drive the whole country nuts? Because we traded rights for "security," and didn't get either
Chechens: Legendary tough guys
Laura Miller
An expert explains the mystique of Chechen insurgents but says it makes no sense for them to attack the U.S.
A nation of police scanner rebels
Andrew Leonard
Law enforcement and social media were uncomfortable bedfellows in Boston this week. Teachable moment?
Game Theory: “Pure pop for nerd people,” the greatest unknown ’80s band
Stephen Burt
Scott Miller, who died Monday at 53, crafted some of the '80s smartest and catchiest tunes -- and changed my life
Testing is killing learning
Mary Elizabeth Williams
As public school children sit down to take standardized tests, educators explain why they don't work
Anonymous gives Westboro Baptist a makeover
Katie McDonough
Anonymous started a Facebook page for the hate group, and "Star Trek" star George Takei helped spread the word
“The Legend of Zelda” gets a feminist makeover
Lisa Granshaw
Cartoonist Aaron Diaz has recast the classic tale with the damsel in distress taking on the hero's role
You don’t know anything about the Osbournes marriage
Erin Keane
Reality TV has skewed celeb marriage. If the Osbournes or Will and Jada Smith make the unconventional work, great
The real Gosnell conspiracy
Irin Carmon
I take it back, there is one: How credulous media played into the right's strategy to ban all abortion
Boston Marathon bombing: Why early reports are wrong
Daniel D'Addario
Five bombs in Boston, a car bomb on 9/11 -- when stressed, our brains start to conflate fact and fiction
Should atheists fight for religion in government?
Shanny Luft
Nonbelievers take note: Religious life tends to decline following breakdowns in the separation of church and state
Will gun bill die while we mourn Boston?
Joan Walsh
Mile 26 of the tragic Boston Marathon was dedicated to the 26 victims of Newtown. Now their families may lose again
Iraq nearly gave me PTSD
Jeremiah Goulka
During my time as a contractor, I learned that it doesn't take a firefight to feel the effects of "shell shock"
Joe Boyd: “Nobody knew who the hell Nick Drake was”
Scott Timberg
The producer who discovered Drake, and worked with Dylan, Pink Floyd, R.E.M. and more, on music's oddest comeback
“No Pakistanis”: The racial satire the Beatles don’t want you to hear
Alex Sayf Cummings
The song that became "Get Back" began as an anti-immigrant satire so easily misunderstood it remains in the vaults
I was a political astroturfer
A.M. Gittlitz
The next time you see what looks like a grassroots rally, you may really be watching a form of performance art
My three wives
Joe Darger
Society has come a long way toward accepting gay marriage. Could the same ever be true for my polygamous family?
Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Somali pirates are not what they seem
Amanda Pike
From would-be Jack Sparrows to deadly-real U.S. soldiers, a look at the best docs YouTube has to offer
Waiting for the gay Jackie Robinson
Andrew O'Hehir
As we wait for pro athletes to come out, "42" presents a sanitized version of baseball's racial struggle
Passport-wielding, chihuahua-bearing Mexican Barbie sparks outrage
Jill Heller
Mattel had hoped to appeal to a more "diverse generation" of customers with its new line of dolls
Sponsors scramble to back first out gay athlete
Katie McDonough
As rumors swirl that four NFL players are ready to come out, sponsors vie for the chance to cash in
Wichita throws down gauntlet to anti-abortionists
Kathryn Joyce
Four years after the murder of a prominent abortion provider, his clinic is once again open for business
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