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David Chase: It was hard to get over “The Sopranos”
Jake Coyle
The show's creator moves on with a movie about music -- and a reunion with James Gandolfini
Obama in 2000: “Pervasiveness of guns in this country contributes to violence”
Edward McClelland
EXCLUSIVE: In a previously unpublished interview, the then-state senator attacked guns and a culture of violence
What’s a “prepper”?
Katie McDonough
With reports circulating that Nancy Lanza was a survivalist, questions emerge about the movement
U.S. Intelligence emerges from the shadows
Tom Engelhardt
America's covert wars continue, but on a far grander scale than we ever could have imagined a generation ago
7 craziest right-wing responses to Sandy Hook
Adele M. Stan
UPDATED: For these prominent conservatives, guns and religion are the closest thing America has to a panacea
Guns have never saved us
Michael Lind
Second Amendment defenders misread history: Armed citizens did not win our freedom and would not protect it
“The Rise of Ransom City”: Steampunk Western
Laura Miller
Felix Gilman's fantasy of a roving frontier inventor captures the dangerous delusions of the American Dream
Ayana Mathis: Oprah Winfrey’s on the phone, and a career is born
David Daley
With one phone call, debut novelist Ayana Mathis' life was transformed. She discusses her long path to sudden fame
Wrapper’s delight
Daniel E. Slotnik
Bored with baseball cards, Jason Liebig turned to vintage candy wrappers -- and amassed a pretty sweet collection
We’re stuck with guns. But…
Alex Pareene
That doesn't mean we can't ban some, make them a lot harder to get -- and maybe even tax the hell out of them
Mind reading is possible!
Kathleen Taylor
Advances in neuroimaging suggest telepathy could be on the horizon. It's time to consider how we'd use it
TV’s most Islamophobic show
Laila Al-Arian
With its portraits of Brody and Roya Hammad, "Homeland" warns that Muslims are a hidden danger to fellow Americans
Rainn Wilson explores “life’s big questions”
Prachi Gupta
Rainn Wilson talks about Season 9 and his new collaboration with Oprah
How America’s toxic culture breeds mass murder
Andrew O'Hehir
Mass shooters in the U.S. are almost always men — angry men who can get guns more easily than mental-health care
Yes, we can have sane gun control
Joshua Holland
The NRA might not believe it, but it's possible to have strict regulations without trampling the Second Amendment
Now’s the time to talk guns
Joan Walsh
Sorry, Jay Carney. With at least 18 school children dead, today is absolutely the day to have this conversation
Bobby Jindal doesn’t understand birth control
Irin Carmon
The Louisiana governor tries to moderate his party's contraception stance, but gets his facts completely wrong
A judge shares Akin’s belief that women’s bodies “shut down” rape
Mary Elizabeth Williams
A Superior Court justice is admonished for his despicable remarks to a rape victim — four years later
How Christopher Hitchens proved that nothing is sacred
Kyle Minor
The late author's now-classic "The Missionary Position," a takedown of Mother Teresa, resonates even louder today
Obamacare, brought to you by Johnson & Johnson
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship
When push comes to shove, corporate interests will always have the upper hand in determining public policy
HSBC: Too big to jail
Lynn Parramore
After being charged with money laundering, HSBC gets a Monopoly-style get-out-of-jail card
Could Republicans change the rules?
Steve Kornacki
Republicans in four states Obama won want to radically alter how their state's electoral votes are divvied up
“Amish Mafia”: Is there really such a thing as an Amish thug?
David George
A Mennonite fact-checks the Discovery Channel's crass new show -- the latest entry in "Amishploitation" TV
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