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Tracy Clark-Flory: “Our culture is totally ignorant around the realm of sexual fantasy”

Mary Elizabeth Williams
The new memoir "Want Me" is a candid look at the new sexual revolution

How ketchup, an invention of imperial China, eventually became a polarizing American staple

Ashlie D. Stevens
Ketchup makers are trying push past the condiment's basic reputation with new flavors like "Kranch" and "Mayochup"

HBO’s wrenching “Allen v. Farrow” builds a damning case against Woody Allen’s credibility & egomania

Melanie McFarland
If you're still watching Woody Allen's films, this scathing four-part documentary series asks you to ponder why

Wild myths I believed about white people: Notes on race, American ignorance and the Capitol riots

Darryl Robertson
America will never cure its racial sickness because no one wants to begin with what they do not understand

From “The Bachelor” to “Bridgerton,” examining the fraught dynamics of interracial romance on TV

Melanie McFarland
Regina King's "SNL" dating game, Chris Harrison's video & a Black Regency-era duke are pushing our racial reckoning

Conspiracy theories — unmasked! From Winston Churchill to QAnon in a few easy steps

Paul Rosenberg
Do we live in a golden age of wacko paranoia? No, says German scholar Michael Butter: It's always been with us

When Black kids — shut out world of children’s literature — took matters into their own hands

Paige Gray
At the turn of the 20th century, one editor implored his peers to "Let us make the world know that we are living"

QAnon followers still think Trump will be inaugurated — on March 4. National Guard will be ready

Igor Derysh
Trump’s D.C. hotel hopes to cash in on QAnon true believers who may descend on Washington for his big comeback

The death of the public political apology

Edwin Battistella
Is "expressing regrets" the equivalent of sticking air quotes around apologies?

Texas disaster exposes what happens when Republicans replace governance with trolling

Amanda Marcotte
Republicans have mastered the art of breaking government and telling voters it's because government can't work

From Newt Gingrich to Donald Trump: Rush Limbaugh’s legacy is the modern GOP

Heather Digby Parton
The right-wing cult Rush Limbaugh created was appropriated by Donald Trump — and lives on

Let’s tell the truth about the Republican Party: It’s the real enemy of the people

Chauncey DeVega
Coverage of the second impeachment was still driven by media myths about "normal" Republicans. They don't exist

Rush Limbaugh captivated dads like mine and created America’s modern fascist aesthetic

Amanda Marcotte
Limbaugh co-opted rock-and-roll to sell authoritarianism

Lame Limbaugh obits: Mainstream media fawns over a toxic bigot who poisoned our politics

Dan Froomkin
Major media finally turned against Trump — but keeps on normalizing the culture of hatred that made him possible

The contradictions of “cancel culture”: Where elite liberalism goes to die

Chris Hedges
We can condemn Trump's supporters while recognizing the tragedy of their lives — and focusing on the real enemy

GOP response to the Texas winter storms steals directly from Trump’s sadistic COVID-19 playbook

Amanda Marcotte
Texas Republicans try to troll their way through a disaster

My mom has always foraged. A year into the pandemic, I understand why

Dakota Kim
"From my mom’s perspective, there’s no shame in survival — and thus, absolutely no shame in foraging"

Donald Trump’s a traitor — don’t cut him the same slack we gave Jefferson Davis

Bob Hennelly
Donald Trump bears a strong resemblance to another illegitimate insurrectionist — who got away with way too much

PBS’ ambitious & fraught “Black Church” takes a tour of America’s complex history, music and faith

Melanie McFarland
In this four-hour documentary Henry Louis Gates Jr. examines the Black church's origins and influences

The science behind aphrodisiacs

Matthew Rozsa
We spoke to experts about whether there is any truth to the idea that certain foods make us feel amorous

Joe Biden echoes MLK’s call to save America’s soul. But is that even possible?

Andrew Bacevich
Whether wittingly or not, when Biden committed himself to saving "the soul of America," he was echoing MLK in 1967

“Miss You”: After two years off the market, conversation hearts return to candy shelves

Ashlie D. Stevens
The iconic candy returns with new phrases from song lyrics like "I'M YOURS," "LUVME TENDER" and "SUGAR SUGAR"

Why binge-watching TV might not replace weekly installments

Esperanza Miyake
Which strategy works best for a TV show’s durability and the audience’s viewing experience is up for debate.

5 websites to help educate about the horrors of the Holocaust

Jennifer Rich
New digital tools are offering people more accessible ways to engage with and learn about Holocaust history
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