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Robin Gibb of Bee Gees dies at 62
Gregory Katz
Robin Gibb, one-third of the Bee Gees, becomes the second disco-era star to die within a week
“People Who Eat Darkness”: The disappearing blonde
Laura Miller
A true crime story set in Tokyo illuminates the complicated truths behind media cliches
“Why won’t you answer me?”
Thomas Rogers
Kids' questions may be annoying -- but they're more crucial to learning than we've ever thought. An expert explains
Sex, scents and pheromones
Lauren Eggert-Crowe
At L.A.'s hottest new party, singles hook up by sniffing slept-in T-shirts. Is it science or speed dating?
Urban entertainment districts: Blocks where no one has fun
Will Doig
Cities keep trying to create downtown cool with dull nightlife districts. But who wants to hang out at the mall?
Hit on the head
Sarah Hepola
For five years, I was haunted by a violent crime and a broken relationship. Then came a twist I never expected
Corporate criminals gone wild
Andrew Leonard
The maker of the documentary film "Inside Job" has a new book excoriating Wall Street -- and President Obama
Pick of the week: A class-war thriller from Putin’s Russia
Andrew O'Hehir
Pick of the week: A middle-aged wife and mom contemplates the unthinkable in the masterful, mysterious "Elena"
As Facebook grows, millions say, ‘no, thanks’
Anick Jesdanun
Meet the resisters -- people who, unbelievably, don't want or need Facebook
Christianity’s anti-gay stance backfires
Amanda Marcotte
American churches' opposition to gay rights is out of touch with young people -- and it's costing them believers
They just can’t let Rev. Wright go
Steve Kornacki
An anti-Obama billionaire may bankroll a campaign that would “do exactly what John McCain would not let us do”
Beating back obesity
David Sirota
America's weight problem is only getting worse. Here's how we can fix it
Ron Paul sets up Rand for 2016
Alex Pareene
The cult libertarian hero keeps his campaign alive, barely, as he prepares to hand the reins to his son
3-D printing’s radical new world
Dennis Draeger
The next generation of "Jetsons"-style machines could create guns, illegal keys, narcotics -- and even organs
Jonathan Rauch: “We are a sideshow no longer”
Jonathan Rauch
At his first same-sex marriage since Obama's big announcement, a longtime advocate reflects on a decades-long fight
Culture war commencements
Irin Carmon
Obama's speech at Barnard and Romney's at Liberty were a stark illustration of their ideological differences
America’s appalling holidays
Sarah Seltzer
From Loyalty Day to Confederate Memorial Day, a trip through our country's more disconcerting celebrations
Our real first gay president
Jim Loewen
Don't believe what Newsweek's cover tells you: The first gay president was James Buchanan more than a century ago
Is American decline real?
Robert J.Lieber
More and more thinkers are warning that our glory days are over, but their arguments are flawed -- and old
Black politics, reinvented
Max Rivlin-Nadler
Across the country, polished African-American outsiders are upsetting the political machine. An expert explains how
Rust Belt chic: Declining Midwest cities make a comeback
Will Doig
Gritty Rust Belt cities, once left for dead, are on the rise -- thanks to young people priced out of cooler locales
Mitt and the price of Liberty
Steve Kornacki
The timing couldn’t be much worse for Romney to give the commencement address at Jerry Falwell’s school
Using Bush’s playbook
Thomas F. Schaller
"Karl Rove politics" aren't quite dead: Obama's strategy in 2012 will mirror W's in 2004
Tuition is too damn high
Andrew Leonard
Government is to blame for rising higher education costs -- but not for the reasons the GOP tells you
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