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“Star Wars” almost didn’t get made
David Thomson
The studio had low expectations for the epic that changed movies forever
A World Series won’t save Detroit
Marck Macyk
But it could keep things rolling until something pulls Motown out of bankruptcy
Why I said no to strippers
Tracy Clark-Flory
When my fiancé's bachelor party arose, I surprised myself by forbidding lap dances. I used to be a strip club queen
The neuroscience of Facebook: It makes our brains happy
Matthew D. Lieberman
Our brains are wired to connect -- so it's no surprise we spend 56 billion minutes a month on the social network
10 remarkably stupid comments from the right on the shutdown and Obamacare
Janet Allon
Ladies and gentlemen, Rick Perry: "Implementing affordable healthcare is a criminal act"
Another war down the memory hole
Ann Jones
For most Americans Afghanistan is a barely remembered nightmare, for Afghanistan it never ends
Wall Street goes after public pensions
Lynn Stuart Parramore
Financiers are aiming to pull off another big public money grab
No one is listening to the world’s only superpower
Dilip Hiro
The greater Middle East has rebuffed Uncle Sam
Richard Dawkins: It’s insane that people still doubt Darwin
Richard Dawkins
In an excerpt from his new book, the famed atheist wonders what would have happened if Hitler's dad only sneezed
Stop calling alcohol “MommyJuice”: How liquor companies target women
Ann Dowsett Johnston
Booze has become pink, female-focused, fruity and sweet -- and it's creating a massive new health problem for women
Stand up and fight, Mr. President!
Patrick L. Smith
The moment requires courage, conviction -- and presidential leadership. How will President Obama respond?
America’s creeping police state
Fred Branfman
We're already under full-time surveillance. Can the executive branch's ever-growing authoritarianism be stopped?
Why we hate the new tech boom
Andrew Leonard
Our new masters aren't going away -- and neither is a two-tiered employment world which makes inequality worse
“Bible-based” discipline has led to child abuse
Valerie Tarico
Authoritarian parenting and abusive practices are all too common in some Evangelical households
Experimenting on Faith: Ryan McIlvain’s “Elders”
Lisa Locascio
Finally a Mormon novel of disaffection
Nevermind the price: Cobain’s childhood home is for sale
Gene Johnson
The family is also open to making it a museum
The Artist Murder Investigator: Cynthia von Buhler
Sponsored by Hendrick's Gin
Playwright and award-winning artist Cynthia von Buhler uses the power of performance to explore unsolved mysteries.
World’s largest solar thermal plant is operational
KEVIN BULLIS
The $2.2 billion Ivanpah plant can now generate electricity. But was it worth the money?
America’s toxic culture of testing
Luba Vangelova
Our country's testing obsession benefits corporations, not kids. And it's getting worse
Stewart’s streak is over, and the Colbert era has begun!
Daniel D'Addario
For a decade, Jon Stewart's show beat all Emmy competitors. That ended last night
The Emmys played it safe
Neil Drumming
Ostensible surprises aside, the show respected its elders and didn't break too many boundaries
“Nurse Jackie’s” Merritt Wever delivers the best acceptance speech ever
Prachi Gupta
It went like this: "Thanks so much! Thank you so much! Um, I gotta go, bye."
“Blue Is the Warmest Color” author: “I’m a feminist but it doesn’t make me an activist”
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Julie Maroh, who wrote the graphic novel "Blue Is the Warmest Color," on the now-famous sex scene and her politics
Ted Cruz’s bullying formula
Jonathan Bernstein
Here’s the real reason the right-wing nut from Texas is able to tell his party where to go
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