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Chicago police’s stunning dashcam scandal: How police brass allow cops to evade accountability
Daniel Denvir
The Windy City's police remain under fierce scrutiny after the killing of unarmed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald
Abolish the Oscars — or just let them fade away? Danny Glover and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tackle a fading institution
Andrew O'Hehir
Glover says "we should do away" with the Oscars; Abdul-Jabbar says they must adapt or die slowly
The popularity of Bernie Sanders speaks volumes about Americans’ rejection of organized religion
Amanda Marcotte
Bernie Sanders' lack of religious faith is more normal in America than many pundits and politicians seem to think
Amazon is killing our cities: We’re bingeing “Transparent” while a long-term disaster builds
Scott Timberg
Amazon is investing in exciting TV and film projects, great! And a new study shows the real cost of doing business
This is how Ben Carson blew it: How the onetime GOP favorite fast became a 2016 afterthought
Lou Dubose
"All they have to do now is decide who will write the eulogy. Dr Carson is out of the race and everyone...knows it"
Paul LePage’s guillotine dream: A warped, bloodthirsty fantasy of justice resurrected for the YouTube age
Paula Young Lee
The Maine governor knows his French history, so he says, but has he forgotten the real lessons of the Terror?
Casting a white guy to play Michael Jackson, really?: In an industry rigged against minority actors, this is just the latest low
Mary Elizabeth Williams
In the midst of industry attention to long-standing diversity issues, Joseph Fiennes signs on to play a Black icon
Miley Cyrus, kiss of death: Woody Allen’s transformation from auteur to troll is now complete
Mary Elizabeth Williams
You can take the girl off the Disney Channel, but you can't make her stop shouting her way through a scene
The GOP and the dumbing down of the U.S.: Conservatives need to accept that Trump, Palin and anti-intellectualism are their fault
Sean Illing
The National Review scoffs at Trump and the nation's growing illiteracy while missing how the right inspired both
Who is Bill Maher kidding? Blaming “racist Asians” for the all-white acting Oscars might be the most disingenuous response yet
Paula Young Lee
Maher's "I'm just honest!" shtick allows him to toss absurdities about Hollywood and race disguised as truth-bombs
It’s “Dear Fat People” for TV: New “Fit to Fat to Fit” show oozes contempt, disguised as empathy
Rachel Kramer Bussel
A&E’s new reality show makes a mockery of fat people’s lives with its unhealthy stunt weight gain
“It’s like Keystone XL times 100”: The creator of the award-winning doc “Gasland” on what it will take to build a climate change movement that’s up to the challenge
Reynard Loki
Josh Fox talks fracking, the impact of COP21, and the stories of hope he uncovered in his new film
I love my Fox News enemies: What I learned from the most hateful emailers in the world
Steve Almond
I've protested Condoleezza Rice and the NFL, been called a pussy and wished dead. I know where they're coming from
“Star Wars” fans, unite: The only way to fight #WheresRey trends is to stop buying the toys
Matthew Rozsa
Don't buy it if Disney's merchandising teams can't pledge to stop the "Star Wars" and Marvel gendered-toy insanity
British film industry fails on race, too: Tone-deaf remarks from Charlotte Rampling and Michael Caine are symptoms of deeper problems
Nico Lang
If the Oscars' record on recognizing minority talent is bad, the BAFTAs are worse [UPDATED]
Bill Maher smears “racist” Asians, Kimmel promotes “The Big Shawty”: The whiter the late-night stage, the flatter the #OscarsSoWhite jokes fall
Sonia Saraiya
Comedy Central wins this round—even "SNL"'s otherwise-solid sketch showed minority cast members stretched thin
With help of corporate law firm, small pro-Israel group derails historic UAW union vote endorsing boycott
Ben Norton
California UAW 2865 rank-&-file members say the landslide vote endorsing BDS was undermined by "undemocratic" means
Sex for “mere pleasure”? Shame on you! — 15 sexual hang-ups we can blame on the Catholic Church
Valerie Tarico
The Catholic Church is obsessed with sex. Even if you're secular you're not immune from its noxious ideas
The National Review’s priceless Donald Trump freakout is a testament to right-wing hypocrisy
Gary Legum
The National Review wants conservatives to know that Trump is bad news. Too bad they helped create him
Don’t be a Ted Cruz birther: Liberals should reject the xenophobia behind “natural born” citizenship
Silpa Kovvali
The left's giddy schadenfreude over Cruz's eligibility only legitimizes Donald Trump's brand of knee-jerk hate
“11,000 smart, committed teachers can change the world”: A group of working Philadelphia teachers is looking to upset the status quo of the teachers union
Emma Eisenberg
Up for a vote: "Social justice unionism," in which every teachers union member participates in educational change
The genie grown monstrous: How Donald Trump, the all-American Frankenstein, devoured the GOP
Steve Fraser
Republicans used "family values" issues to align the working class with the rich. It's not working any longer
My ironic sorority disaster
Shayna Goodman
Straight, confused and longing for acceptance, I tried to start a sorority at Sarah Lawrence. What could go wrong?
“In Cold Blood” turns 50: Capote’s spellbinding true crime novel gave us “The Jinx,” “Serial” and “Making a Murderer”
Philip Eil
Published in January 1966, the book launched half a century—and counting—of American obsession with real murders
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