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The whole world in her home
Curtis Sittenfeld
Journalist Melissa Fay Greene talks about the enormity of the African AIDS crisis and why, as the mother of five, she decided to adopt four Ethiopian orphans.
Women in the U.K. get to work
Page Rockwell
A package of programs and incentives helps British women make progress in the workplace.
Toronto Film Festival
Stephanie Zacharek
Russell Crowe charms his way through a press conference -- and his new film. Plus: Borat makes us laugh; Will Ferrell doesn't.
American dreamers
Katharine Mieszkowski
The Kesbeh family were called the Palestinian Cleavers when they were deported to Jordan after 9/11. Now living in dire conditions, they are determined to get back to the U.S., the only place they call home.
What we lost
Joan Walsh
Almost 3,000 Americans died on Sept. 11, 2001. But our losses are still mounting -- in Iraq and at home -- thanks to the bullying, big-lie culture that dominates American politics today.
Toronto Film Festival
Stephanie Zacharek
Movies, movies and more movies! My first day at Canada's sprawling festival takes me from Australia to China. Who has time for parties?
Southern-fried George W. Bush
Katharine Mieszkowski
Turned off by Bush's policies, women in the South may turn away from the GOP this fall.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Maggie Gyllenhaal's sexy, riveting turn in "Sherrybaby" is building big Oscar buzz. Plus: A look at Filipino tranny nannies in Tel Aviv.
Nelson Algren’s New Orleans
Allen Barra
The 1956 classic "A Walk on the Wild Side" captured the Crescent City as we'll never see it again -- seedy, brutal, alive.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
NFC preview: The Eagles won't be as bad, the Seahawks might not be as good and the Giants just can't repeat.
Down with the Iraqis
Sarah Goldstein
Scot adventurer and ex-Iraq governor Rory Stewart explains why civil war in Iraq is unlikely and corruption is sometimes necessary.
The 30-year-old virgins
Yael Kohen
It was once a badge of honor. But to the surprising number of adult women today who have not had sex, virginity is nothing but a curse.
“This Is Your Brain on Music”
Farhad Manjoo
Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin's wonderful new book explains why music is a critical step in human evolution and why the songs we loved as teens remain stuck on "play" in our heads.
Destination: Turkey
Michelle Goldberg
This endlessly fascinating, sometimes heartbreaking puzzle of a country that's fraught with religious and political conflict is brilliantly captured in the novels of Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak.
Overcooked
Heather Havrilesky
With a big HBO deal, astronomical album sales and countless fans, Dane Cook may be the hottest comedian in years. So where is the laughter?
Why the barista can’t breast-feed
Tracy Clark-Flory
Corporate culture eliminates the breast-feeding option for low-income mothers.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
An interview with "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" director Kirby Dick. Plus: The "real" Warhol and the Clint Eastwood of Japan.
Rated “R” for righteous
Stephanie Zacharek
"This Movie Is Not Yet Rated" pulls back the curtain on the secretive MPAA movie ratings board, moral "experts" determined to protect little Johnny from pubic hair and bad language.
The hothouse effect
Sarah Karnasiewicz
The author of a new book about gifted children talks about the big business of "enrichment" and the joys of just being average.
Right-wing reading in the corporate john
Cary Tennis
Shouldn't the company crapper be a collegial, neutral environment?
Beyonc
Thaddeus Russell
Why "booty popping" will do to Islamic fundamentalism what rock 'n' roll did to Stalinism.
The HUD hoax
Alex Koppelman
An interview with the two political pranksters who pretended to be HUD officials -- and fooled Mayor Nagin, Gov. Blanco and a crowd of contractors in New Orleans.
“The Dissident”
Andrew O'Hehir
Nell Freudenberger's ingenious first novel follows a Chinese dissident to Los Angeles -- and marks the arrival of a major talent,
Destination: Japan
Kyoko Mori
From 17th century haikus to the work of Kazuo Ishiguro, writing from this Far East nation reveals an obsession with beauty and discipline.
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