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The new age of consumer activism
David Sirota
Our understandable rage at corporations is behind customer-driven like Bank Transfer Day
Gay vs. straight: What’s a sexy man?
Tracy Clark-Flory, Thomas Rogers
The man and woman behind Salon's annual countdown debate true meaning of attractiveness
What I learned from a witch doctor
Gail Anderson
I thought I was drawn in by the dazzling product packaging, but I found I was looking for something more
A feminist’s secret sexist fantasy
Tracy Clark-Flory
A reader publicly rails against inequality but privately indulges in "the most demeaning" porn imaginable -- why?
How I helped rescue the OWS library
Jami Attenberg
A writer supported Occupy Wall Street from afar -- until the police came for the books
Benetton’s pope-baiting controversy
Mary Elizabeth Williams
An "unhate" campaign imagining religious leaders smooching creates outrage
My Brilliant Second Career: How I fished myself out of crushing debt
Nick Rahaim
To pay down my $100,000 in college loans, I had to travel as far from academia as I could get -- a boat in Alaska
How Ford built the ultimate lemon
J.J. Sedelmaier
A look at the design and promotion that went into the company's biggest flop: the Edsel
Jonathan Lethem: The literary world is like high school
Laura Miller
In a Salon exclusive, the "major author" reveals the downside of getting into the cool kids club
The New York Times has female trouble
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Katie Roiphe defends risque jokes at work, but then an arts story wonders if women comics are going too far
The GOP embraces OWS?
David Sirota
Coburn decries "welfare for the well-off" and Limbaugh rails against the 1 percent
“The Descendants”: George Clooney’s Oscar-friendly Hawaii vacation
Andrew O'Hehir
Facing mortality, adultery, teenagers and bad hair, the star should win hardware as a rumpled Hawaiian dad
Bandmates 25 years later: Are we friends?
Cary Tennis
I thought we got along but she is so self-involved it's driving me insane!
Illustrating “Modern Love”
Ben King
The New York Times puts the beautiful artwork generated by its popular Sunday Styles column on display
How PTSD took over America
Alice Karekezi
The diagnosis is now being applied to everything from muggings to childbirth. An expert explains why it's bad news
How did my hometown become known for a sex scandal?
Laura Secor
A State College native recalls a romanticized childhood near Penn State -- and an ugly desire to win at all costs
The GOP’s victim-blaming strategy
David Sirota
From Iraq to OWS, Republicans are going to increasingly absurd measures to protect the wealthy
America needs more powerful bureaucrats
Michael Lind
No one wants another Hoover, but we should remember that career public servants built this nation's infrastructure
A police raid suffused with symbolism
Glenn Greenwald
Peaceful protesters evicted by a ruthless billionaire mayor who bought his way into office
The Marlins’ bizarre new look
Aaron Kenedi
The team's revamped logo involves a whimsical rainbow swoosh. The effect is anything but intimidating
The tricky art of letter-spacing
Paul Shaw
A cool new game grades your character placement prowess. How good are its assessments?
Michael Stipe: Why R.E.M. called it a day
David Daley
In a Salon exclusive, the R.E.M. singer explains the iconic band's ending and reflects on a near-peerless legacy
“El Narco”: The drug war next door
Laura Miller
An in-depth look at the Mexican cartels that have killed thousands and threaten the government itself
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