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I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
What's more painful -- the big, scary, middle-aged problems of "Huff," or the truckload of indignities dumped on ex-celebrity Tori Spelling on VH1's "So Notorious"?
We are what we eat
Ira Boudway
"The Omnivore's Dilemma" author Michael Pollan on how Wall Street has driven America's obesity epidemic, the misleading labels in Whole Foods, and why we should spend more money on food.
Women’s “culture shock” in the workplace
Page Rockwell
Young women struggle with being assertive in the workplace.
Paris is burning
Mary Papenfuss
The French protests involve more than just job security for young workers. They're a battle for the soul of the European Union.
The heat on Ecuador
Felicia Mello
Global warming is vanquishing ancient glaciers throughout South America, killing crops and threatening the water source for millions.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Whitney Houston's sex toy stash? Tom Cruise's friendless childhood? Plus: Eminem's getting redivorced!
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
The director of "Friends With Money" gave Jennifer Aniston stained pants and Catherine Keener a "fat ass." And her movie gave me nightmares.
Will Ralph Reed crap out?
Michael Scherer
The one-time golden boy of the Christian right did the bidding of Abramoff's casino clients. Will the unholy alliance be his undoing?
Hammer blows
Michael Scherer
GOP leaders paid their last respects to the fallen House leader -- then fled the press. But Democrats want to talk about Tom DeLay until November.
Exterminated by greed
Walter Shapiro
Hubris and ruthless amorality raised Tom DeLay to the heights -- and hurled him into darkness and disgrace.
Duke exposed
Alice Bumgarner
The rape allegations against the university's lacrosse team have laid bare racial tensions in Durham, and united town and gown against the same target: The "privileged."
What else we’re reading
Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Kuwaiti women vote; Menopausal women at risk for depression, and more
How will you remember Tom DeLay?
Farhad Manjoo
The right wing recalls a martyr, the left remembers an architect. Memories of the former House majority leader.
The scapegoat
Joan Walsh
"Game of Shadows" makes a powerful case that Barry Bonds is guilty of steroid use. But baseball is guilty, too -- and so am I.
Mixed vibes from Good Vibrations
Tracy Clark-Flory
Sex toy retailer, famous as a worker co-op, restructures in hopes of growth.
“I’ve been in combat too long”
Bill Katovsky
Former Sen. Max Cleland blasts the "total folly" of Iraq -- and says he still hasn't gotten over the GOP smears that ended his political career.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
The stunning Brazilian hit series "City of Men" offers a wild and unpredictable ride into the Rio slums, while Grumpy Rosie's Family Cruise reveals that (gasp) gay families are normal!
Neo-neo tribes in an imaginary post-affluent China
Andrew Leonard
Punks, fatsos, cellphone stickers and bourgeois bohemians. In Beijing.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Baseball's new drug probe: A weak swing in hopes of hitting a P.R. single. Plus: George Mason, America's sweetheart.
Immigration demagogues
Michael Scherer
There is a dangerous subtext to the national debate over borders and green cards.
Tuvalu is drowning
Alexandra Berzon
The island nation is slowly being inundated as the ocean rises, and some citizens are fleeing. How will the world handle a flood of "climate refugees"?
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
The Beastie Boys' fan-shot concert film: For frat guys only? Plus: Matthew Barney's latest ... starring Bjork and a whole lot of Vaseline.
For some reason I feel I must move to France
Cary Tennis
I'm a restless person and now I feel the curious tug of a foreign land.
Sinners in the hands of an angry GOP
Michelle Goldberg
At a messianic "War on Christians" conference, Tom DeLay warned that "the future of man hangs in the balance" as other righteous souls demanded that gay sex be explicitly described to restore "shame."
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