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Romney family secrets
Joan Walsh
His sister insists Mitt won't ban abortion, maybe because she remembers their relative who died of an illegal one
Hollywood goes South Asian
Tom Jacobs
Mindy Kaling's just the latest breakout star of South Asian extraction
Strung out during Katrina
Eliza Player
As Hurricane Isaac bears down on New Orleans, I'm reminded of the moment I hit rock bottom
The 8 best countries to be an atheist
Amanda Marcotte
In many places around the world, this is an unprecedented era of freedom and social acceptance for non-believers
Conjoined twin TV
Willa Paskin
Does TLC's new series "Abby & Brittany," about conjoined twins, keep from turning its subjects into a freak show?
Anti-obesity: The new homophobia?
Paul Campos
Telling fat people they ought to be thin is about as helpful as telling gay people they should be straight
Hurricane Irene, one year later
Jennifer Kabat
The Catskills and its thriving community of artists are still struggling to pick up the pieces
Mitt-statements — The master list
Salon Staff, Alex Seitz-Wald, Jaime Cone
UPDATED: Romney's debate lies
Save the conventions!
Jonathan Bernstein
Every year, pundits bemoan the irrelevance of the major parties' political conventions. Here's why conventions rule
Punk rock made me a lefty
Sarah Jaffe
I grew up in a conservative household, and political music opened my eyes to the world
Quote of the day
Prachi Gupta
A well-meaning woman transforms a venerable image of Jesus into a monkey
Do reviewers target female writers?
Prachi Gupta
Michelle Dean gives us another reason to be wary of overly harsh book reviews
Is white pessimism all about race?
Joan Walsh
White middle-class folks are less optimistic than any other group. Maybe they have non-racial reasons to be
What liberal Hollywood?
Erik Lundegaard
A New York magazine story proposes a vast left-wing conspiracy at the movies. It's as fanciful as celluloid itself
Bishops: God votes Republican
Sarah Posner
Cardinal Dolan's benediction at the GOP Convention makes clear the Catholic bishops have taken sides
Don’t Resurrect “The Killing”
Willa Paskin
DirecTV and Netflix are considering ordering up a third season of the canceled series— and that's a terrible idea
Stem cells: A culture war gone quiet
Alex Seitz-Wald
The GOP is so against stem-cell research that it's in the party platform. So why won't Republicans talk about it?
A nation of temps
Steven Wishnia
From writers to warehouse workers, a new "precariat" of short-term employees has no social safety net
White supremacists strike again
Bill Mortin
Two Oregon natives have been charged with the murder of four along the West Coast
The GOP reaps what it sowed
Joan Walsh
The GOP sold its soul to the extremist Christian right. So why do its leaders act surprised by their Todd Akins?
Eight staggering GOP comments on rape and women
Sarah Seltzer, Lauren Kelley
It's not just GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin. It's practically a party tradition
Akin is the GOP
Marie Myung-Ok Lee
His remarks reveal, again, what Republicans believe about abortion, and women
Protest songs are pointless
Michael Barthel
Pussy Riot and Paul Ryan prove that lyrics don't matter -- and that protest music can't win
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