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Our Neanderthal heritage
Laura Miller
The scientist who sequenced the Neanderthal genome describes his quest to find what makes us human
American literature’s holy grail: Franzen, DFW and the hunt for the Great American Novel
Lawrence Buell
Critics said the Great American Novel was dead. Then David Foster Wallace and Jonathan Franzen burst onto the scene
Michael Dunn’s sick license to kill: The hot-blooded murder of Jordan Davis and Florida’s perverted justice
Paul Campos
Dunn created the confrontation, then made it deadly. Under Florida's insane laws, the prosecution was still limited
San Francisco’s rightward turn: Why it may no longer be America’s iconic liberal city
George McIntire
With an influx of rich people and exodus of poor and middle class, a less liberal San Francisco could soon emerge
You’re making your depression worse: Self-help is bringing us down
Jonathan Rottenberg
We've never had so much advice about how to feel better. But all the self-help books only make our moods worse
Outdoor learning: Education’s next revolution?
Laura Smith
A growing body of research suggests that exposing students to nature could yield extraordinary results
The battle for mass transit’s soul: How will tomorrow’s greatest cities travel?
Henry Grabar
Urban planners are in the throes of an ideological struggle that could fundamentally change the way cities look
Indian Peoples Action vs. the Montana tar sands
Nick Engelfried
Lost in the media coverage of the blockade was the prominent role Native Americans played in organizing the protest
West Coast apocalypse: How “earthquake storms” could devastate California
John Dvorak
A major earthquake wouldn't just be disastrous in its own right — it could trigger an even deadlier chain reaction
“Winter’s Tale” and America’s tortured quest for the divine
Andrew O'Hehir
Colin Farrell rides a flying horse and outwits Satan in the goofball New Age religious fable "Winter's Tale"
Robert Reich: Inequality has warped the minds of America’s rich
Robert Reich
The former labor secretary on why our country's wealthy won't pay anything close to the tax rate of 40 years ago
Turns out, European zoos kill thousands of animals every year
Lindsay Abrams
Old, sick and "surplus" animals are regularly euthanized, zoo officials say
Climate disaster: Big Oil is winning the war for the future
Michael Klare
New technologies are making carbon-heavy fuels more plentiful than ever. Can our planet survive?
White supremacists protest Black History Month event in Arkansas
Don Terry
Klan members including Thomas Robb, a leader of the Knights Party, crashed a presentation at a library in Harrison
Can the conservative plot to destroy Social Security be stopped?
Steven Rosenfeld
Once the "third rail" of American politics, the popular program now finds itself in right-wingers' crosshairs
Tea Party senator levels bizarre extortion threat in auto fight
Josh Eidelson
After Volkswagen agrees not to intimidate workers, Sen. Corker decides to do it for them. Here's the awful story
US government could drive grey wolf to extinction
Michelle Nijhuis
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is relying on shaky science to remove the animal from the endangered species list
GOP leaders get their just deserts: How the debt limit fight blew up in their faces
Brian Beutler
Republicans praised Mitch McConnell for taking one for the team -- but he brought this on himself
Sad fake “millennial” anti-debt group completely broke and confused
Alex Pareene
The Can Kicks Back is confronting both funding and identity crises
The dangerous myth of “The Triple Package”: What Amy Chua gets wrong about Asian-American communities
Khin Mai Aung
By claiming some groups are naturally predisposed to succeed, Chua ignores the inequalities within them
GOP civil war: Influential Tea Party group releases hysterical attack on Mitch McConnell
Elias Isquith
A totally unhinged hit against the Senate minority leader accuses him of being a liberal and a bully
Rand Paul’s sloppy Tea Party showboating: Another plagiarism mess?
Joan Walsh
Teaming up with Ken Cuccinelli to sue the NSA, he’s accused of stealing the lawsuit from another lawyer
Consumer protection laws may be next frontier in fight against “gay conversion” therapy
Katie McDonough
Attacking the discredited therapy as false advertising could be a powerful tactic against it
Pete Peterson-aligned anti-debt group The Can Kicks Back is going broke
Elias Isquith
A group intended to rally millennials around raising taxes and cutting Social Security may need a bailout
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