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Our new era of anxiety
Allan V. Horwitz, Jerome C. Wakefield
Anxiety disorder rates have risen twentyfold in 30 years -- largely because psychiatry misunderstands human nature
When anti-violence backfires
Lucy McKeon
A well-intentioned movement to protect women has left many as vulnerable than ever. An expert explains
Wes Anderson on “Moonrise Kingdom”: I’m trying to make something unfamiliar
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon exclusive: Wes Anderson defends his distinctive visual look and remembers the intensity of childhood emotions
Books’ most hateful bestseller
Jordan Michael Smith
Joel Richardson pens screeds about the "Islamic Antichrist" -- and they have a big following on the religious right
Newt Gingrich: Bad surrogate
Alex Seitz-Wald
In a new interview, the former candidate can't help but undermine Romney, even though he now "supports" him
Trust me on this: Wine
Joe Bastianich
The Mario Batali partner behind some of New York's best restaurants hopes his kids share his passion for vineyards
How extremism is normalized
Glenn Greenwald
The Obama administration has converted once unthinkable government claims into permanent political fixtures
The tyranny of pink
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The author behind a new documentary tells Salon how breast cancer got cute and where Susan G. Komen lost its way
Stop aiming for postpartum hot
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Beyonce's lettuce diet is just the latest crazy move by a celebrity mom to get back into bikini shape
The future of whiteness
Michael Lind
Both Republican and Democratic racial politics are doomed. How culture shifts will reshape American ideas on race
Is aggression genetic?
Agustin Fuentes
We've been conditioned to believe that some people were born violent -- but the science shows that's just not true
Born in the U.S.A.: When the president met the Boss
Marc Dolan
Bruce Springsteen's politics were unformed in the '80s. When Ronald Reagan invoked his name, that changed fast
Can cities desegregate?
Carl H. Nightingale
Urban centers have been racially divided since Mesopotamia -- but radical, global new measures aim to change that
Exclusive: The Paris Review, the Cold War and the CIA
Joel Whitney
Letters discovered by Salon show even deeper Cold War ties between the Paris Review and a U.S. propaganda front
A better border is possible
Katie Ryder
A more enlightened boundary could make us richer, save lives and even help rescue the Rust Belt. An expert explains
Majoring in Potterology
Laura Miller
Are books like J.K. Rowling's popular series and Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" fit subjects for serious scholarship?
Cheating runs rampant
Daniel Denvir
No Child Left Behind has unleashed a nationwide epidemic of cheating. Will education reformers wake up?
Obama’s elusive lead
Steve Kornacki
Voters overwhelmingly agree Romney favors the rich and big banks. So why hasn't the president opened up a lead?
Private equity’s evil twin
Andrew Leonard
The Facebook IPO debacle exposed venture capital as just as problematic as the industry that gave us Romney
Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia
Tom Engelhardt
If nothing else, the holiday allows us to reflect on our commitment to forgetting bloody conflicts
Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registry
Brett Zongker
New recordings include a Grateful Dead concert, Prince, Dolly Parton, and "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
“The Intouchables”: Racial comedy, French style
Andrew O'Hehir
"The Intouchables" is the biggest foreign-language film of all time. Some critics say it's also racist
What killed social conservatism?
Michael Lind
Technological progress has made it impossible for conservatives to obscure the truth about Americans' sex lives
Farmers’ sand-frac nightmare
Ellen Cantarow
Some parts of rural America are being ruined by an unstoppable new mining industry -- and it's spreading
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