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Nate Silver got you down? Why his forecast is more nuanced than you think
Simon Maloy
To halt their coming doom, Democrats have a very specific -- and politically helpful -- provision they should tout
Rikers Island horror story: Mentally ill veteran “basically baked to death” in NYC prison
Jake Pearson
A homeless man arrested last month for trespassing on a frigid night was later found dead in his jail cell
5 reasons to consider a no-strings-attached, basic income for all Americans
Lynn Stuart Parramore
Half of all Canadians want it. The Swiss have had a referendum on it. The idea's not as far-fetched as it sounds
10 shameful ways the United States is failing to preserve basic human rights
Jodie Gummow
A new Human Rights Watch reports reveals the US fares very poorly in safeguarding the rights of its own population
The lost promise of nostalgia: What modern pop culture gets wrong
Amy Kenyon
The history of nostalgia reveals so much more than what we see on "Mad Men." Why does Hollywood get it so wrong?
Sex’s feel-good evolution: Charles Darwin’s erotic shocker
David A. Rosenbaum
Charles Darwin got more than science right. Evolution also explains why we get it on
“Girls” recap: “I didn’t mean to make your life ridiculous and all about sex”
Neil Drumming
This week, we discuss characters who talk like the show's critics, and Dunham's take on mortality
Losing my son to drugs
Diannee Carden Glenn
The death of my child brought a pain like no other, and made me question every parenting decision I've made
Reparations flow the wrong way: What the right doesn’t understand about slavery
Greg Grandin
Hundreds of years of slave labor shaped western society, and it's still claiming new victims
Great literary husbands: The men who supported genius
Laura Miller
It's time we acknowledged those rare men who helped, rather than hindered, brilliant female writers
GOP wrong about Obamacare again: How the law’s changed life with epilepsy
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig
I'll never love having epilepsy. But here's the story of how those who do can get treated -- thanks to the new law
6 states that want poor people to pee into cups to prove they aren’t on drugs
Tana Ganeva
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is leading a multi-state push to mandate humiliating drug tests for welfare recipients
The terrible human price of Obama’s drone war
Fatima Bhojani
Drone strikes have crashed weddings, schools, funerals and rescuers. When will it end?
My year of anxiety: How my worries took control, and how I’m taking it back
Jenni Miller
I've been anxious since childhood, but 2013 was the year it boiled over. Here's how I'm healing in 2014
5 shady ways the drug industry is influencing your doctor
Martha Rosenberg
Big Pharma can entice medical practitioners to prescribe expensive patent drugs -- even when they're dangerous
Watching “Girls” with girls: Marnie goes viral
Neil Drumming
Up this week: discussing YouTube, family, and tooth necklaces with a member of the "Girls" demographic
Cops called to help schizophrenic teen tase and shoot him dead
Natasha Lennard
Once again a 911 call to seek help for a mentally ill individual leads to a police shooting
This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief
D.F. Swaab
From Pope Francis to Phil Robertson: Why are some people of faith generous — while others are nuts?
“It’s Kind of a Funny Story” writer Ned Vizzini dead at 32
Prachi Gupta
The young adult novelist reportedly committed suicide
10 worst right-wing moments of the week — white Santa edition
Janet Allon
Megyn Kelly feels VERY strongly about Santa's ethnicity, while Donald Trump loses it, again, over birtherism
2013 was the Internet’s worst year ever
Daniel D'Addario
Everyone was dug into their own respective internets this year; any mass event was just an opportunity for trolls
White supremacy’s long shadow: Why the myth of “race” still haunts America
Jacqueline Jones
Decades removed from the lows of segregation, black America still struggles against its twisted logic
Your boss wants to be Nate Silver
Andrew Leonard
Employers are developing powerful new statistical tools to judge the value of workers. Here's why you should worry
Depressed? Climate change could be to blame
Geoff Dembicki
A new study on Canada's Inuit reveals our psyches remain deeply vulnerable to environmental change
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