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The first rule of blackface: It’s not hard to understand, everyone
Brittney Cooper
...is don't wear blackface. The end. Now why is that so hard for some people to remember?
The deceptive legacy of Lou Reed
Andrew O'Hehir
Avatar of avant-garde cool and punk godfather, Lou Reed was a crafty chameleon whose sensibility shaped our age
Jelly Belly executive is funding an effort to repeal California’s transgender students’ rights law
Katie McDonough
Herman Rowland Sr. holds some not-so-sweet views about transgender young people
Would a bike path make the Keystone pipeline less terrible?
Lindsay Abrams
“Seriously, this can’t be for real," say environmentalists
“Impartial” science group funded by Big Oil, soda and tobacco
Lindsay Abrams
Leaked documents reveal the financial stakeholders behind the American Council on Science and Health's research
Mitch McConnell to GOP donors: No more shutdowns
Elias Isquith
The Senate Minority Leader promises to fight back in the GOP's ongoing civil war
Harry Reid: Senate to vote on ENDA before Thanksgiving
Elias Isquith
The Senate Majority Leader sets a due date for a vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Actually, everyone is telling college women not to drink
Katie McDonough
Contrary to what Caitlin Flanagan and others argue, many universities are already warning women about alcohol
The 12 hardest-to-avoid chemicals that mess with our hormones
Lindsay Abrams
A new report from the Environmental Working Group highlights everyday exposure to endocrine disrupters
Drone victim family will be first to testify before Congress
Natasha Lennard
School teacher Rafiq ur Rehman saw his mother killed and children injured by a U.S. drone; he wants answers
Scandal may cause South Korea to abandon nuclear power
Lindsay Abrams
The shift would mean huge increases in energy costs
Ex-GOP senator unloads: A “total disconnect … between reality and Republican Party”
Josh Eidelson
Former Republican senator and independent Gov. Lowell Weicker has harsh words for his party -- and his replacement
Urban Shield: The gun nuts weaponizing your city
Anna Feigenbaum
Urban Shield aims to improve "regional disaster response capabilities" -- and criminalize public assembly
A Christopher Hitchens dream: Atheism on the rise in Egypt
Khaled Diab
Atheists in Egypt are on the rise — and assertively pushing their way into the country's political debates
The dangerous transphobia of Roald Dahl’s “Matilda”
Eliot Glenn
The beloved book punishes Miss Trunchbull for acting like a man, and rewards the traditionally feminine Miss Honey
Why readers love big biographies
Scott Porch
It's aspirational. Says one publisher, we hope "there’s something about genius [...] that can rub off"
12 other governments that spy on their citizens
Baindu Kallon
The U.S. government spies quite a bit on their own citizens. But these days, who doesn't?
Science for stoners: What is marijuana “abuse?”
K.M. Cholewa
As the country fitfully moves toward tolerance, what constitutes a wrong way to smoke pot?
Dark money groups linked to Koch brothers pay $1 million in fines
Kim Barker
They allegedly spent a combined $15 million on conservative ballot proposals without proper disclosure
GOP civil war! Poll shows Tea Party disdains religious right
Kerry Eleveld
A new poll adds more heat to the GOP civil war — the Tea Party's lack of interest in the religious right's agenda
Where is the weed on “Boardwalk Empire”?
Valerie Vande Panne
The show portrays a lot of heroin and cocaine — but those aren't the drugs its characters would've been using
Why we love cat memes
Damaris Colhoun
Grumpy Cat's ancestors hail from ancient Egypt and mid-20th century France, and show why cat art fascinates us
Prison overcrowding: A boon for the for-profit industry
Natasha Lennard
New deals with private prison firms in California show who really benefits from mass incarceration
Why cleaning up Fukushima is the worst job ever
Lindsay Abrams
Exposure to radiation is only the beginning of abuses leveled at the nuclear plant's workers
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