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Amazon’s $1 million secret
Alexander Zaitchik
By quietly supporting small presses and literary nonprofits, is Amazon backing book culture or buying off critics?
NKorea’s Bethlehem is birthplace of Kim religion
Salon Staff
Growing up drugged
Kaitlin Bell Barnett
For the first time ever, millions of today's adults were raised on psychotropic medications. What does that mean?
Chasing the Chinese-American dream
Emma Mustich
A new show seeks to understand the Chinese-American experience through professional and amateur photography
Breaking: Portland’s not that cool, L.A. not that superficial
Will Doig
We make assumptions about cities every day -- that L.A. is superficial, Portland super-hip. Most of them are wrong
Shaima Alawadi’s murder: Hate crime or honor killing?
Arun Gupta
The murder of an Iraqi immigrant in California has stirred rumors of both a hate crime and an honor killing
Secrets of creation
Katie Ryder
From Tommy Wiseau's "The Room" to Werner Herzog, what makes people want to make art? Tom Bissell explains
The true meaning of prep
Mark Oppenheimer
Whit Stillman's "Damsels in Distress" celebrates preppy life. Too bad it leaves out its complex cultural baggage
Samantha Brick’s pretty ugly week
Mary Elizabeth Williams
When she bragged about her looks, critics howled until something beautiful happened: The Internet apologized
New Nigeria free information law changes little
Salon Staff
Russia’s embattled media
Khristina Narizhnaya
After stepping up election coverage, independent news sites face tighter scrutiny under president-elect Putin
Disney’s animation guide
J.J. Sedelmaier
The father of film cartoons looked to this 1920s how-to book for inspiration
Jerusalem mayor sees vast potential in tourism
Salon Staff
Arab singer captures Israeli hearts
Salon Staff
Jerusalem mayor sees vast potential in tourism
Salon Staff
The quaint days of skin mags
Steven Heller
Despite seeming relatively tame today, Playboy and the like fought the early censorship battles in '50s and '60s
The Foxconn raise paradox
Cain Nunns
The Apple manufacturer's decision to increase wages in China isn't necessarily good news for its workers there
Conservatives baffled at idea of white Hispanic people
Alex Pareene
A brief primer on race versus ethnicity
The media’s Southern stereotypes
Kristin Rawls
Each election cycle the press portrays the region as rural, stupid and monolithically conservative. We're not
A designer for all platforms
Charlotte West
From quirky postcards to animated music videos, this Swedish visual artist is experimenting across mediums
Tucker Max’s failed stunt
Irin Carmon
Planned Parenthood turns down the bad boy's $500,000. Here's why, and what he should really do
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