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Occupations in winter
Justin Elliott
Protesters nationwide link up through large-scale conference calls and plan what's next
In search of Yiddish Theater posters
Steven Heller
While browsing the NYPL's extensive new online collection, I stumbled upon these fascinating relics
“Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That?” Manners for the modern world
Laura Miller
Investigative humorist Henry Alford explores the elusive art of behaving well
Gothic manuscripts at the Getty
Emma Mustich
Two new acquisitions star in an exhibition of masterful medieval illumination
The fake “War on Christmas” outrage
David Sirota
It's become as integral to the season as caroling and Black Friday -- but the sentiment is completely manufactured
When two sisters run a type shop
Gail Anderson
Greenwich Letterpress carries handmade items, international paper products and wonderful vintage goodies
Ron Paul and the second coming of Buchananism
Steve Kornacki
Pat Buchanan talks to Salon about the parallels between his own White House campaigns and Ron Paul's
The work of a live-type innovator
Cheryl Yau
This creative London-based designer takes her fonts off of the computer screen and onto the street
Russell Hoban: The last cult writer
Laura Miller
From "Bedtime for Frances" to "Riddley Walker," Russell Hoban won a small but fanatically devoted audience
The GOP’s dangerous divide
Robert Reich
White Southern radicals are threatening to take over the party once and for all
The orange that will rule 2012
Jude Stewart
Pantone's color guru explains how Tangerine Tango became company's color of the year for 2012
The psychic who predicted my career
Ibrahim Madha
I was a millennial struggling to find my way. The first person to see my path was a woman who read it in my palms
Behind North Korea’s tears
Bradley K. Martin
Culture, coercion and fear for the future explain the extreme displays of grief over Kim Jong Il's death
The silver age of photojournalism
Ellen Shapiro
A New York gallery displays iconic prints of Elvis, Marilyn and the Kennedys from the black-and-white film era
Why is incest all over prime time?
Tracy Clark-Flory
From "Dexter" to "Game of Thrones," incest resonates -- not because a taboo has been broken, but because it endures
The director Kim Jong Il kidnapped
John Gorenfeld
The strange story of how the dictator stole a filmmaker and his wife to create his own "Godzilla" knock-off
The pop culture legacy of Kim Jong Il
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Few will miss the North Korean despot -- except perhaps writers on "30 Rock," "The Daily Show" and "Team America
The beauty of billboards
J.J. Sedelmaier
A fascinating book from 1923 traces the history and application of outdoor advertising
Why women need fat
Hannah Tepper
Evolution shows that women's dieting beliefs aren't just unrealistic -- they're unnatural. An expert explains
The clerk, RIP
Scott Timberg
The clerk has been killed by the economy, Netflix, iTunes and Amazon. Computers might want your creative job next
Is 2011 really just 1991?
Maria Russo
Kurt Andersen argues the culture is stuck. Perhaps it is -- for boomers who don't keep up and are what they buy
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