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4chan and the Oregon shooter: What the suspicious thread says about a horrifying subculture of young male rage
Mary Elizabeth Williams
A thread that may have foretold Thursday's massacre was met with celebrations from trolls after the news broke
Charles Pierce nailed it: The Vatican confirms Pope Francis was “ratf*cked” into meeting Kim Davis
Scott Eric Kaufman
Esquire's Charles Pierce speculated that Pope Francis had been railroaded by Evangelicals. Turns out he was right
Amy Schumer and Lena Dunham: A tale of two multi-million dollar feminist book deals that were met with wildly different judgments
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Schumer's lauded for leaning in "like a boss" while Dunham was pilloried for thinking she was worth millions — why?
Enough about your “thoughts and prayers”: Gun violence isn’t about God — it’s about our shameful refusal to act
Sean Illing
Of course we should sympathize with victims and families -- but for too long, we've pretended that's all we can do
Porn and sex addictions: Real or bullsh*t?
Carrie Weisman
There's no doubt porn and sex "addictions" can cause distress, but not necessarily in the way you'd think
“Every ounce of homophobia I ever experienced was firmly rooted in sexism”
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Imagining Steubenville, a gutsy young-adult novelist considers coming of age around sexual violence
“If I win, they’re going back”: Why Donald Trump’s threat to refugees is the key to his campaign
Elias Isquith
Now that "the Donald" has turned his sights from immigrants to refugees, we can see his warped vision of America
John Roberts’ right-wing crucifixion: How conservatives turned their back on Ronald Reagan’s truest heir
Heather Digby Parton
The Supreme Court is poised to stake huge wins for conservatives in the upcoming term. So why do they hate Roberts?
“I don’t think Chris Christie learned anything”: Phony education “reform,” Facebook cash, and the real casualty — public school students
Jennifer Berkshire
Author Dale Russakoff on Zuckerberg, Christie and Booker's plan to remake Newark schools. Something got in the way
3 desperate ways the U.S. clings to the myth of American exceptionalism
Tom Engelhardt
The American empire has been reduced to dust. All that remains is the stale jingoism of our Republican candidates
I hated not being white: The lies I told just to fit in haunt me still
Tom Phan
I wanted to get away from the burdens and preconceptions of being Asian. But I didn't even know myself
Lessons from “The Beast Side”: “Imagine how the cops would have reacted if a hate-spewing, black extremist had shot up a white church”
Scott Eric Kaufman
D. Watkins' new book takes an unflinching look at living (and dying) while black in America
Secrets of “Saturday Night Live’s” writers room: “The pressure was intense, but it was incredible”
Kera Bolonik
The brilliant, funny Christine Zander shares stories of "SNL's" funniest sketches -- and seven years at 30 Rock
“We’re not living in a golden age of music”: Joe Jackson on why the ’90s were better than the ’80s and the “musical doldrums” we’re in right now
Annie Zaleski
Salon talks to the new wave pop legend about his long career and his new album "Fast Forward," out Friday
The 10 most egregious U.S. abuses of psychology and psychiatry
Bruce E. Levine
From Project MKUltra to the CIA's torture program, mental health professionals in the US have some explaining to do
Trevor Noah’s first “Daily Show” was definitely strange — but it could be exactly what we need
Jack Mirkinson
Response to Noah's debut has been mixed. Here's why viewers should be patient, and approach it with an open mind
Priyanka Chopra’s “Quantico”: Cool, charismatic, complex Alex Parrish — the Indian-American heroine I’ve been waiting for
Sonia Saraiya
The new ABC show—pitched as "Homeland meets Grey's Anatomy"—breaks new ground for Indians on American TV
Trevor Noah is changing “The Daily Show”: Here are the biggest adjustments fans will have to make
Anna Silman
The show finally premieres tonight on Comedy Central
America is for a-holes: Inside the secret to Donald Trump’s success
Edwin Lyngar
The rich and powerful have always followed a different set of rules. Now Donald Trump is taking it to the extreme
“Hollywood, I mean, the GOP establishment”: Did Steve Doocy just reveal the depth of Fox News’ antipathy for moderate Republicans?
Scott Eric Kaufman
Was the "Fox & Friends" co-host's remark a Freudian slip or just an inexplicable but honest mistake?
Inside the Religious Right’s hive mind: Why Trump was booed and Carson cheered at the Values Voter Summit
Heather Digby Parton
Over the past several days, GOP hopefuls looked to curry favor with hardcore culture warriors. Here's what happened
The casual racism of our most popular dating apps
Carrie Weisman
Sites like Tinder and Grindr are littered with racial preferences and worse. Why are we so ready to let them slide?
Mary Karr on the “loser, outsider weirdos” of memoir and skipping the David Foster Wallace movie: “The whole St. David thing … it’s a little hard to take”
Scott Timberg
Mary Karr talks to Salon about David Foster Wallace's "Eddie Haskell" side and her new book "The Art of Memoir"
Corporate mindfulness is bullsh*t: Zen or no Zen, you’re working harder and being paid less
Ronald Purser, Edwin Ng
Mindfulness matters, but make no mistake: Corporations are co-opting the idea to disguise the ways they kill us
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