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Bringing feminist values to the workplace
Courtney E. Martin.
For women to gain an equal footing professionally, they have to speak up -- and overcome their "impostor syndrome"
Do feminists care if you take your husband’s name?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The battle over maiden name versus married name heats up again
What if I flunk the gaokao?
Cary Tennis
I'm a Chinese high-school student fearful about our national college entrance exam
When artspeak masks oppression
Mostafa Heddaya
The language we use to describe art is often fraught with obfuscation -- and can easily be described as propaganda
Obama signs expanded Violence Against Women Act
Josh Lederman
The President hailed the bill as a "victory" for domestic violence advocates
Back to the Round Table
Laura Miller
Audiobooks helped me find the time to reread T.H. White's magnificent "The Once and Future King"
Sam Lipsyte’s latest: Less than the sum of its “Fun Parts”
Michael Bourne
In his new collection of short stories, the author of "The Ask" amuses himself -- and only occasionally his reader
The cast of characters in the Bolshoi attack
Associated Press
The attack on the Bolshoi ballet chief has plot twists and colorful characters worthy of the grand Moscow theater
The federal government isn’t coming for your suburban home
Jeff Turrentine
Agenda 21 isn't an insidious plot to move Americans into overcrowded cities, contrary to Glen Beck's ravings
Seattle artist inspires füror
Bill Morlin
Charles Krafft's ceramics were long thought to be ironic -- until he was exposed as a Holocaust denier
Ohio Amish face unfamiliar life in federal prison
Thomas J. Sheeran
The regimented routine in a federal prison system includes "constant temptations" -- like television
Everyone loves a dance craze
Olivia Cvitanic
People were shaking their stuff on the dance floor long before YouTube launched Gangnam Style and the Harlem Shake
Russian ballet star denies ordering an acid attack
Lynn Berry
But soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko acknowledges giving the go ahead for an assault on the Bolshoi artistic director
Let Fallon Fox fight
Katie McDonough
The first out trans MMA fighter has been dominating in the ring -- and it has nothing to do with her gender
The personal finance industry can’t save us
Lynn Stuart Parramore
In her new book, Helaine Olen explains that our financial issues are a societal problem, and not an individual one
Is “The Bible” comfort TV?
Willa Paskin
"Survivor" producer Mark Burnett's retelling of the Bible is a ratings smash. Too bad it stinks to high heaven
Illegal immigration as art exhibit
Jillian Steinhauer
A University of Michigan anthropologist shares some of the chilling artifacts he found along the Mexican border
“The Silence”: A serial killer is on the loose in this twisty, David Lynch-esque thriller
Andrew O'Hehir
You'll know who the killer is right away — kind of — in this ominous German drama
Sandra Day O’Connor’s very dry interview with Terry Gross
Prachi Gupta
The retired Supreme Court justice gave an informative, but oftentimes abrupt, interview with NPR
Is “shiksa” an insult?
Menachem Kaiser
The Yiddish word has become a part of the English lexicon, but its connotation remains fluid
Reeva Steenkamp was more than a sexy bikini model
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The media finally introduces a fully rendered portrait of the woman who was shot and killed by Oscar Pistorius
Sheryl Sandberg’s trickle-down feminism
Melissa Gira Grant
The Facebook COO wants to "run" a social movement for women, including incorporating it as a nonprofit 501(c)3
Do guns or people kill people?
Colin McSwiggen
The question shouldn't focus on who to blame, but on how to solve the problem
Is being liberal a choice?
Salon Staff
From Jefferson to modern scientists, ideology has been linked to neuroscience. That way of thinking could be fatal
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