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“It’s the corruption, stupid”: Hillary’s too compromised to see what Donald Trump understands
Bill Curry
The key 2016 issue is outrage over a rigged system by special interests. There's a reason Hillary doesn't get it
Transgender migrants headed to the U.S. from Central America are especially vulnerable
Amy Stillman
“The situation is very bad for trans[gender] women, but it is even worse if you don’t have papers”
Leave the Girl Scouts alone: Latest missive in the creepy, sexualized right-wing war on the youth group comes from a St. Louis archbishop
Amanda Marcotte
St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson is encouraging churches to cut ties with the Girl Scouts
“He was your average Joe”: The police and the media coddle another white killer
Chauncey DeVega
A lone wolf, a "regular Joe." Maybe mentally disturbed. Again, we talk differently about white killers and Muslims
Michael Pollan has no answers: Yet another patronizing appeal to “cook real food” won’t solve our broken system
Sonia Saraiya
Pollan's new Netflix series "Cooked," based on his book, is more preaching to the same choir of affluent foodies
The sinister seduction of “Cherry Wine”: Domestic violence, filtered through a soft Instagram gloss
Eileen G'Sell
The romantic look of Hozier's video is at odds with its message of "facing up to" domestic violence
Facebook is not a charity: Mark Zuckerberg’s “Internet for all” push is big business, barely disguised
Scott Timberg
India's tech community is calling Zuckerberg's global initiative a predatory program—they might be right
What Kesha doesn’t need now: Demi Lovato feuding with Taylor Swift over appropriate support
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Swift ups the "support Kesha" ante by giving her $250k, Lovato fires back that she's not impressed
Donald Trump’s rageful white cult: Race, fear and the GOP front-runner’s slick manipulations
Chauncey DeVega
Fox News and a radicalized GOP created Trumpmania. They must slay it before it consumes us all
Democrats who backed Iraq now dare slime Sanders’ foreign policy experience?
Paul Rosenberg
The hawkish Hillary team paints Sanders as a foreign policy naif. His views may be smarter and tougher than hers
My search for the Nazi who saved my mother’s life
Karen Kirsten
Among my family’s many wartime secrets is the shocking story of the SS officer who rescued my mother as a toddler
This is how to understand Donald Trump: The frustration he taps into is as old as America
Aaron Barlow
His fans feel rejected by elites & threatened by a class they imagine beneath them. A story as old as the frontier
Hillary is the foolish idealist: Clinton derides Sanders as naive, but has no plan for battling GOP obstruction
Eliza Webb
Clinton's running as a pragmatic progressive. But the GOP will stonewall her too. Unlike Bernie, she has no plan
We must relearn to eat: Here’s how we teach our kids — and ourselves — to find pleasure in what’s good for us
Bee Wilson
We sneak veggies into kids' meals. We choose from chocolatey and salty variations. But taste is a matter of choice
What can we learn from translations of the Bible?
Leah Barber
An interview with Aviya Kushner, author of "The Grammar of God: A Journey Into the Words and Worlds of the Bible"
The 10 dumbest celebrity quotes ever: “Gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman”
Nico Lang
Lately, it seems like actors can't stop saying dumb things to the press—it's all part of a long Hollywood tradition
A solosexual’s guide to “me-time”: “A masturbation session should ideally last a minimum of 3 hours or I won’t even bother”
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Salon talks to memoirist Jason Armstrong about solosexuality identity and why "a quick wank in the shower won’t do"
Stop buying old Bob Dylan albums: “Every time somebody buys a reissue, they’re just taking money away from new musicians”
Stephen Deusner
Salon talks to music critic Jim Fusilli about his mission to expose older fans to music made in the 21st century
Save yourself! Leave Los Angeles now: TV’s prestige comedies say living in the City of Angels will destroy you
Sonia Saraiya
Hip comedies like "Togetherness" and "Love" paint a startlingly bleak picture of life in Los Angeles
Now this is an “outsider candidate”: Zoltan Istvan, a Transhumanist running for president, wants to make you immortal
Antoaneta Roussi
Zoltan Istvan wants to enliven America’s technological advancement by combining humans with machines
Hillary Clinton’s cynical race appeals: The revenge of neoliberal identity politics
Daniel Denvir
Clinton has adopted notably more progressive language on identity politics this campaign. But to what end?
Paul Krugman is wrong: Why his case against Bernie Sanders misses the point
Elias Isquith
The New York Times columnist's defenses of wonkery are well-intentioned. But politics and policy are not the same
LAPD rape case reveals a disturbing truth: Cops get away with sexual assault for too long
Amanda Marcotte
Two LAPD officers are arrested after years of allegedly raping women, showing that the system moves too slowly
In defense of grave dancing: It’s true that Scalia was a human being, but I still refuse to mourn a-holes like him politely
Katie Halper
When a public figure we loathe dies, we're expected to observe a certain level of decorum. Here's why that's wrong
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