Showing results for: group (page 1072)
What David Foster Wallace got wrong about irony: Our culture doesn’t have nearly enough of it
Peter Finocchiaro
In a classic essay, David Foster Wallace wrote that irony was no longer necessary—but we need it now more than ever
President Obama calls Donald Sterling’s comments “incredibly offensive racist statements”
Antonio Gonzalez
The NBA is investigating the Los Angeles Clippers owner after an extremely racist recording of him surfaced
Fighting sex trafficking with Jesus: How the religious right’s “healing” hurts
Melissa Gira Grant
New campaigns claim to fight sex trafficking with "love and the power of Christ." And their influence is growing
Hipsters, they’re just like us! “Normcore,” Sarah Palin, and the GOP’s big red state lie
Thomas Frank
Finally, the death of cool! A new trend makes fools of taste makers, and unmasks GOP's phony NASCAR populism ploy
The lost art of memorizing poetry
Nina Kang
In the age of search engines, perfect recall is no longer prized -- and we're taught to skim rather than remember
Why don’t women know what men find attractive?
Tracy Clark-Flory
We spend a lot of time trying to be what the opposite sex wants, but we're bad at actually predicting what that is
My protesting isn’t terrorism: How Big Ag teamed with lawmakers to criminalize speech
Lauren Gazzola
Activists are being prosecuted for challenging the interests of business. I should know — I spent 40 months in jail
Our godless brains: Emerging science reveals mind-blowing alternatives to a higher power
W.R. Klemm
Science has yet to uncover many mysteries of the mind. But there are more reasons than ever why God isn't necessary
The world’s newest mineral is unlike anything we’ve ever seen before
Sarah Wolfe
Putnisite is completely unique and "unrelated to anything," scientists say
“I’m gonna need you to come in on Saturday”: How “Office Space” got the modern workplace just right
Nikil Saval
Cubicles, layoffs, TPS report, flair -- "Office Space" bombed at the box office, but endures because it was right
Coal industry lobby won’t admit to role in climate change
Lee Fang
American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity CEO refuses to answer burning questions at Colorado mining conference
The New Gilded Age: A bigger con job than the first one
Andrew O'Hehir
Inequality has reached 19th-century levels – but that era had a dynamism and optimism that ours can only fake
Meet the doctor who gave $1 million of his own money to keep his gun violence research going
Lois Beckett
After House Republicans eviscerated public funding, Dr. Garen Wintemute decided to pony up to "keep the lights on"
The rise and fall of America’s climate deniers: How politics hijacked the fight against global warming
Lindsay Abrams
Partisan rhetoric has stymied real action on climate change, but there's still hope, says philosopher Dale Jamieson
Cliven Bundy and racial concern trolling: Why the rancher’s bigoted rant means more doom for the GOP
Elias Isquith
Conservatives know their days of winning via white resentment are numbered. Here's why their backup plan is doomed
The 1 percent’s midterms scam: Why it’s not about which party wins in ’14
Michael Lind
With a rich Congress, White House and federal courts, here's why one constituency is going to win – no matter what
Jamaican, gay and Ayn Rand made it OK: My amazing “Atlas Shrugged” love story
Jason Hill
I was young, atheist and gay in a very homophobic country. I had no intellectual armor, until I discovered Ayn Rand
Douglas Coupland: “Everything they’ve been saying about Generation X they’re now saying about millennials. Like, everything”
Courtney Smith
The novelist who named Gen X on Nirvana, interviewing Morrissey, a "Law & Order" obsession and his wild new novel
Say goodbye to TV’s golden age: Why Comcast’s rise and net neutrality’s downfall will change everything
Andrew Leonard
The economic model that sustains quality TV is under assault. Does the future have room for any more Walter Whites?
Fox News flip-flop: Sean Hannity backs away from Cliven Bundy the racist rancher
Sarah Gray
After promoting Cliven Bundy as the poster child for states' rights, Fox News and Sean Hannity are backing away
Here’s the latest news on the ridiculous Cliven Bundy
Elias Isquith
The racist renegade rancher waxes enthusiastic about "the Spanish people" and rails against "minorities"
We’re No. 2! America’s middle class no longer the richest in the world
Lynn Stuart Parramore
Sobering new research reveals just how far behind the 99 percent are falling
Neil DeGrasse Tyson reveals age of Earth, creationists’ heads collectively explode
Dan Arel
Ken Ham's Answers in Genesis group is handling the latest episode of "Cosmos" about as well as you might expect
The U.S. is completely unprepared for the inevitable Arctic oil spill
Lindsay Abrams
If we don't get our act together, a new report warns, the next disaster will put Deepwater Horizon to shame
Page: 1072