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Dear White America: Your toxic masculinity is killing you
Chauncey DeVega
Toxic white masculinity, and the right-wing politics which nurture and protect it, are hurting millions every year
The evil behind Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski: Can we overcome our long, painful history of rape and power?
Andrew O'Hehir
No one can ignore the truth about Bill Cosby now -- and it might help us face the moral darkness of our past
America’s white masculinity complex and the myth of the “senseless” mass shooting
Nico Lang
The media pegs men like John Russell Houser as "killers without a cause." The truth is more unnerving
Rick Perry reacts to Lafayette shooting: Let’s bring more guns into movie theaters
Sophia Tesfaye
Perry encourages Americans to carry the guns they are "legally obliged to carry" into gun-free zones
The religious have gone insane: The separation of church and state — and Scalia from his mind
Jeffrey Tayler
A "strong and passionate" belief in God does real harm -- look no further than the GOP or the Supreme Court
Pseudo-science and Bible-thumping, the worst of both worlds: The problem with rehab, AA and calling addiction a disease
Wesley Yiin
Marc Lewis tells Salon that addiction is about habit — and calling it a disease hinders addicts from recovery
“He was opposed to women having a say in anything”: The ugly views of America’s latest mass shooter
Sophia Tesfaye
Associates say John Russell Houser was an anti-feminist who supported fascist political movements
Stop executing the mentally ill: The real story of the death penalty and our broken criminal justice system
Martha Elliott
We're killing people who do not even know they are on death row. Basic humanity and morality demands a new approach
Federal charges including hate crimes for accused shooter
Eric Tucker, Meg Kinnard
Ben Shapiro tries — and spectacularly fails — to humiliate trans woman Zoey Tur: “What are your genetics, sir?”
Scott Eric Kaufman
"You should cut that out now," an unshaken Tur replied, "or you'll go home in an ambulance"
America’s drone program is a travesty — and a mystery even to its executors
Pratap Chatterjee
So many U.S. officials are involved it's become impossible to measure its impact or assign blame for its failures
9 horrible things the Christian right does because “God” said it was OK
Valerie Tarico
Hobby Lobby isn't alone. Evangelicals routinely manipulate the Bible's teachings to serve their political agenda
Why women are more prone to migraines
Jean Kim
Women are 3x times more likely to suffer debilitating headaches. A psychiatrist offers a few possible explanations
Addiction is not a disease: How AA and 12-step programs erect barriers while attempting to relieve suffering
Marc Lewis
Defining addiction as a disease is marketing for the rehab industry — and an excuse when treatment doesn't work
Don’t believe the “Orange is the New Black” hype: How the Netflix series misrepresents life behind bars
Keri Blakinger
A former inmate shatters the damaging illusions that "Orange is the New Black" promotes about life in prison
“Conditions were ‘bluntly Dickensian'”: The disgrace of New York’s homeless shelters
Tana Ganeva
New York has its highest homeless rate since the Great Depression -- Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo need to do more
Stop the unnecessary killing of the mentally ill: A quarter of those killed by police this year were in a mental health crisis
Terrell Jermaine Starr
Training will help reduce the number of police killings -- but accountability is crucial too
Soso and Chang, prison bunkmates by default: Why won’t “Orange Is the New Black” expand its Asian cast?
Wesley Yiin
The show depicts an equal number of white, black and Latina characters—and still only these two Asian women
Dennis Rodman’s North Korea diplomacy trainwreck: His “Big Bang in Pyongyang” goes out with a whimper
Sonia Saraiya
Between the ballplayer's grandiosity and meltdowns, few fascinating glimpses of life under Kim Jong-un emerge
Writing to genre stinks: Two debut novelists on the hard line between fantasy and realism — and why it doesn’t make sense
Rene Denfeld, Stephanie Feldman
Two authors on using fairy-tale elements to explore trauma & memory, and why "Is this real" is a loaded question
I couldn’t be their “happy girl”: Pixar’s “Inside Out,” childhood depression and the emotional stranglehold of “Minnesota nice”
Libby Hill
When appearing pleasant at any cost is a defining cultural value, admitting you're unhappy is the biggest struggle
Jury finds that anti-LGBTQ “ex-gay therapy” is a total fraud
Jenny Kutner
In a huge legal victory for LGBTQ activists, jurors say a "conversion therapy" program is guilty of consumer fraud
The GOP’s delusional Charleston outrage shows just how desperate it has become
Heather Digby
From "n-word" handwringing to ludicrous complaints about "politicizing" a tragedy, Republicans have totally lost it
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