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What’s the secret to learning a second language?
Bonnie Tsui
Studies reveal it's more than just a matter of memory. A look at what the science of recall can teach us
The progressive case against Obama
Matt Stoller
Bottom line: The president is complicit in creating an increasingly unequal -- and unjust -- society
Please, stop believin’
Stephen Deusner
Journey's ridiculous anthem is back, as a singalong for both World Series teams. Why does this awful song endure?
Colleges offer veterans classes to ease transition
Eric Tucker
Schools like George Washington University offer veterans-only courses on campus
“Create Dangerously”: Edwidge Danticat’s profound meditation on art in exile
Kyle Minor
The Haitian-American writer's well-researched, resonant work discovers how art can enable us to reclaim power
I’m never reading the comments again
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Nearly a year after resolving to avoid commenters, one of my harshest critics reached out to me — to apologize
Undercover as a gay man
Timothy Kurek
I wanted to question my conservative Christian beliefs. So I "came out" to my family -- and my whole life changed
Have horror movies hit a new golden age?
Andrew O'Hehir
Horror has reinvented itself since the "torture-porn" hysteria — but so far only the audience has noticed
Sudan blames Israel for Khartoum explosion
Priyanka Boghani
The Sudanese government accused Israel of carrying out an air strike on one of its arms factories
Is the middle class an endangered species?
David Case
After losing ground for four decades, middle America increasingly looks doomed. Here's how it happened
5 signs racism still rules politics
David Sirota
Have you noticed no one ever calls Joe Biden a Marxist? Just one of many double standards Obama faces regularly
The BBC is still fumbling over Jimmy Savile
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The BBC kills a story on the sex abuser because the teenage victims were "just women" and "not too young"
“Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23” revels in the nostalgia of a not-so-distant past
Willa Paskin
Last night's premiere was funny, but aimed too closely at a hyper-specific, Mark-Paul Gosselaar–loving audience
What “health of the mother” means
Suzanne Edwards
When cancer was suspected during my pregnancy, I faced a decision no woman wants -- and few politicians understand
“The Revisionaries”: Texas schoolbook battle — crazier than you thought!
Andrew O'Hehir
An alarming, hilarious documentary revisits the Tea Party-fueled fight over evolution and Obama in school textbooks
Frank Ocean’s sexuality is beside the point
Tavia Nyong'o
Not only does the silky R&B singer defy conventional labels, he renders them all but moot
Is Wikipedia going commercial?
Maura Ewing
It started out as the greatest free resource on the Web. But now the encyclopedia is drawing profit-seeking writers
The Onion’s editor discusses new encyclopedia
Prachi Gupta
The fake news organization's editor on its newest parody, plus a few excerpts
“Happy Endings”: The best worst friends on TV
Willa Paskin
Not since "Seinfeld" has a group of friends been so endearingly horrible — and a show so incredibly funny
WorldNetDaily now peddling white nationalism
Leah Nelson
In addition to its usual anti-Muslim propaganda, the site is now focusing on "skyrocketing black-on-white violence"
Castro pens article slamming health rumors
Paul Haven
The former Cuban leader writes in the state-run media that he is alive and well
Armstrong’s un-awardable Tour de France titles
Natasha Lennard
The shamed cyclist is stripped of his seven victories, but there's hardly a clean record among his competitors
A school reveals it has a “Fantasy Slut League”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Administrators try to do the right thing, but fall woefully short of protecting their students
Is “The Master” a retelling of “The Tempest”?
Jacob Mikanowski
Paul Thomas Anderson's latest has more in common with Shakespeare's final play than you might think
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