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MTV blows its street cred
Stephen Deusner
A network that once professed a social conscience pushes its usual trash as a genuine youth movement grows
Former ’60 Minutes’ Commentator Andy Rooney Dies
David Bauder
The famously outspoken writer and television personality was 92
The painful demise of a Wall Street Democrat
Steve Kornacki
Jon Corzine's rise and fall is a reminder of the risk Democrats take when they're too cozy with the financial elite
I’m a successful book editor but I hate my job
Cary Tennis
My wife is leaving me but I can't feel anything. I'm depressed. My life is falling apart. How do I reinvent myself?
The joy of a well-designed cookbook
Buzz Poole
Even in our age of "food porn," it's important to feature photos that wow without distracting from the recipes
What happened to irony?
Alice Karekezi
Despite Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, an expert explains why the rhetorical device isn't what it used to be
Occupy Oakland shuts down port
Emily Loftis
Massive peaceful protests end with a late-night clash and arrests
Shopping for typefaces
Ben King
A flashy exhibition takes the release of a new font to the next level
Occupy HQ: A bailed-out bank
Justin Elliott
In an ironic twist, a plaza in a Deutsche Bank skyscraper on Wall St. has become a key meeting place for protesters
“Mommy is a love artist”
Tracy Clark-Flory
Porn star and performance artist Madison Young invites us into bed for a chat about motherhood and sexuality
Sweden’s shameful transgender sterilization rule
Ann Tornkvist
Despite its many LGBT-friendly policies, people still must be sterilized before they can legally change their sex
Rushdie: There once was a girl named Kardashian…
Emma Mustich
The highbrow writer takes on a Twitter challenge and pens a limerick about the Kim and Kris split
A declaration of independence — from Wall Street
Andrew Leonard
Washington can't -- or won't -- fix the economy. So we're going to have to do it ourselves
An unsung hero of the underground press
Steven Heller
Few remember what an important role the Village Voice co-founder John Wilcock played in shaking up publishing
Does culture really want to be free?
Scott Timberg
Are new media companies "digital parasites"? The author of "Free Ride" tells Salon piracy is killing art
Welcoming the 7 billionth neighbor
Berin Szoka
Why we should celebrate, not worry about, the planet's growing population
Steve Jobs’ sister pens an instant classic
Mary Elizabeth Williams
OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW. Mona Simpson remembers her brother in a wise and wrenching eulogy
Who should judge book awards?
Victor LaValle
A National Book Award judge -- and a terrible Barnes & Noble clerk -- suggests adding a booksellers' perspective
The father of the modern advertising poster
Steven Heller
We look back at a rare interview that sheds light on Lucian Bernhard's shift from German to American graphic idioms
The problem with “America in Prime Time”
Matt Zoller Seitz
PBS' smart series finds a fresh way into TV history, but too often misses the forest for the trees
Solving America’s teen sex problem
Thomas Rogers
The Dutch have dramatically reduced adolescent pregnancies, abortions and STDs. What do they know that we don't?
A sex guide for today’s girls
Tracy Clark-Flory
In an age of Pussycat Dolls and porn, Jaclyn Friedman wants to help young women find an authentic sexual identity
God’s comic: “Daily Show” veteran takes on religion
David Daley
David Javerbaum has written for Stewart and Colbert. Now he's punching-up God's jokes. He tells us which is harder
Can Lou Reed and Metallica’s collaboration be that bad?
Steven Hyden
The icons collaborate on an album both uncompromising and unlistenable. Is it awful or a misunderstood masterpiece?
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