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Enjoy your beard now, hipsters. Paul Ryan has grown one, so it’s definitely no longer cool
Amanda Marcotte
Beards have been hipster chic for years, but Paul Ryan's has grown one, which sounds the death knell for the trend
True crime, Netflix-style: Because you watched “The Jinx,” here’s “Making a Murderer”
Sonia Saraiya
A provocative look at our justice system through the story of a man wrongly convicted of rape [UPDATED]
The year in guilty-pleasure movies: The most delightful flops and worst trainwrecks of the year
Gary M. Kramer
From silly thrillers to a ridiculous romp through EDM DJ culture, here are the best of the worst for 2015
“Well, I enjoyed that more than I thought I would”: For all its faults, “The Big Bang Theory” gets Sheldon and Amy’s big night right
Sonia Saraiya
The CBS show hits a landmark in its 9th season, as Sh-Amy finally gets laid
A willful misreading of racism today: Fisher v. University of Texas is part of a general attack on minority rights
David Palumbo-Liu
Voting rights, as well as affirmative action, are under attack, as if racism were a thing of the distant past
Inflicting more pain on Baltimore: Mistrial in Freddie Gray case yet another example of system failing us
D. Watkins
Allowing William Porter to walk in Freddie Gray case sheds even more light on a horribly broken justice system
Don’t call it “prayer shaming”: How San Bernardino exposed our moral failure
Willie Dwayne Francois
People of faith have a sacramental duty to hold lawmakers accountable for protecting the sacredness of human life
Dear “Star Wars” fans: I’m super sorry I ruined the whole thing for everybody
Andrew O'Hehir
Having been urged to die and singled out on social media as an Enemy of the People, I come to beg forgiveness
Trans women in love, on-screen: This is the lifesaving next step in LGBT visibility
Nico Lang
Carmen Carrera's wedding, Maura Pfefferman's "Transparent" love interest—we need more stories like this
An unbelievable story of rape
T. Christian Miller, Ken Armstrong
First she was assaulted, then she was arrested and shamed. A must-read from ProPublica and The Marshall Project
Sheldon and Amy will finally get it on: How this “Big Bang Theory” storyline breaks new TV ground
Nico Lang
Our cultural hangups around virginity make this meeting of two equals a rare and unexpected delight
Steve Miller is joining the Rock Hall of Fame: Can we put this moribund “honor” out of its misery yet?
Scott Timberg
N.W.A. and Cheap Trick are the saving graces of this year's vote, which saw Deep Purple beat The Smiths
David Letterman shares all (even about the beard): “I don’t think I care that much about television anymore. I feel foolish for having been misguided by my own ego”
Salon Staff
Dave gives a wide-ranging post-retirement interview yet to a small Montana literary journal. Here are highlights
How “Star Wars” changed the world: “It feels real in a way the stuff on ‘Star Trek’ probably doesn’t”
Scott Timberg
Science fiction scholar Gerry Canavan on how "Star Wars" shaped the movies, sci-fi and how we imagine the future
White guys are killing us: Toxic, cowardly masculinity, our unhealable national illness
Chauncey DeVega
Race, guns and gender -- the common denominator at the heart of so many problems -- are what we need to talk about
Donald Trump, FDR and Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson problem: Here’s how we stop defending historical racism and move forward
Silpa Kovvali
There's a way to correct our celebration of great men who were also racists without erasing our history
6 classic movies in which cocaine is the driving force
Phillip Smith
Cocaine has a long history in American culture -- it plays a starring role in these 6 films
Donald Trump supporter wants to burn a black man alive: “Light the motherf**ker on fire”
Chauncey DeVega
The horror at a Trump rally in Las Vegas last night has been nurtured by Fox News for years
Republicans, where the hell is your outrage?! Despite horrific rally video, GOP leaders won’t stand up against hate and behavior of Donald Trump’s supporters
Amanda Marcotte
Republicans used to stand up to the worst elements of their party, but now they are helpless to do anything
We’ve given up on saving our kids: This is our Sandy Hook anniversary shame
Hayley DeSantis
Three years after Sandy Hook, a young teacher laments that we're barely trying to keep students safe
“Whites against Trump”: Kamau Bell tells white people — yes, even you good liberals — to “come get your boy”
W. Kamau Bell, Adam Mansbach
"I don't care if you had no plans to vote for Trump. If you are white, he is your problem above all else"
“Star Trek Beyond” looks like a corny, frantic mess: This is supposed to distract us from “Star Wars” mania?
Scott Timberg
With J.J. Abrams handing directing duties to Justin Lin, it's hard to be too confident about this new trailer
This is how you get Fox News fired up about the war on Christmas and “personal freedoms”: A Brooklyn principal’s diversity push goes awry
Mary Elizabeth Williams
When schools bungle new, well-meaning policies, conservatives can have a field day with the results
Pizza Hut desperately wants you to believe their hipster Instagram is real life
Nico Lang
Pizza Hut is the brand of 3 a.m. drunken pig-outs and Super Bowl parties—but you wouldn't know it by its Instagram
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