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Kick, scream, poke his eyes out: Do whatever it takes
Tracy Clark-Flory
Despite Kenya's soaring rape rates, some locals are skeptical of self-defense classes.
Killing time
David Matthews
As murder rates climb alongside the mercury, I'm downright nostalgic for the inner-city homicides of my youth.
Streets of ire
Sarah Karnasiewicz
This summer, cities across the U.S. have reported frightening surges in youth violence. After a decade-long reprieve, what's gone wrong?
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Nobody needs to actually destroy a jetliner these days to ignite a debilitating plague of panic and foolishness. Case in point: America's airports in August 2006.
How can I be a friend to a man in an abusive relationship?
Cary Tennis
Should I try to intervene or just keep my mouth shut?
Dancing on land mines
Tamim Ansary
After 9/11, I told America it couldn't bomb Afghanistan back to the Stone Age -- it was already there. Since then, the story of my country has been one step up, two steps back.
“Beerfest”
Andrew O'Hehir
This crude comedy about a secret Fight Club-style drinking competition aims to become the ultimate frat-boy cult flick.
Pluto’s retreat
Lamar Clarkson
Sure, Pluto's demotion to non-planet status has startling implications for the astronomy lab. But what about predicting our romantic and financial futures?
Laughter and forgetting
Heather Havrilesky
Alec Baldwin becomes an arrogant boss, Ted Danson embodies a dysfunctional loser of a therapist. But which of these comedies will we remember by springtime?
My dream TV show
Salon Staff
We asked some of the most creative minds we could think of to imagine their fantasy program. The result? Boxing bloopers! Funny straight men! Zombies! And much, much more.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Gritty Social Realism week brings two of the year's best movies: The much celebrated "Half Nelson" and a passionate, Oscar-worthy German film.
Cityscape of fear
Farhad Manjoo
American architecture is still reeling from the 9/11 attacks. Critics and architects say that security now trumps design, as barricades and mall-like plazas are sucking the soul out of urban life.
One man’s prison
Colleen Kinder
Cuba's leading dissident plans for life after Castro, and a Salon reporter gets hands-on experience with smuggling and the secret police.
“Brief Encounters With Che Guevara”
Tony D'Souza
This superb debut story collection travels to Colombia, Sierra Leone and the U.S., examining the damage capitalism has wreaked on the world.
What else we’re reading
Tracy Clark-Flory
America, land of pedophiles. Also, punishing "honor killers" and their enablers.
Woman stabs male admirer with steak knife
Tracy Clark-Flory
Woman stabs man with a steak knife after he shows interest in her female companion. Both sides call it a hate crime.
Son of a preacher man
Priya Jain
Kevin Jennings grew up gay in a strict Baptist household, taunted for being a "faggot" at his own father's funeral. So why does he still believe Christianity and gay rights can coexist?
Destination: Chile
Ariel Dorfman
The crazy character of this wondrous land shines in the poems of Pablo Neruda, while its strife under Pinochet is captured best by Jos
Sloppy on spying?
Tim Grieve
The Washington Post complains that a federal judge's decision is insufficiently thoughtful. What about the criticism of it?
Whatever’s best for Holy Joe
Joe Conason
Lieberman's racially inflammatory strategy may backfire when people remember his history of pandering to Louis Farrakhan.
And keep a close eye on those Macacans, too
Tim Grieve
The Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee endorses racial profiling at airport security checkpoints.
Rent-a-coup
Laura Miller
In 2004, a mix of rich white men and mercenaries attempted to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea. Why? Greed -- and boredom.
Iraqi speaker derails Bush’s dreams
Juan Cole
The sunny scenario of Sunni Arab political integration gets dimmer as speaker al-Mashhadani takes a hard line against Shiites -- and the U.S.
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