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Music Videos: “Listen Up!” the Gossip; “She’s Madonna,” Robbie Williams
Salon Staff
Two artists offer different takes on gender politics.
The losers’ circle
Julia Wallace
From munching parties to Slim-Fast to Atkins, we've spent centuries trying to lose weight -- despite all the evidence that diets don't work.
A cause they’ve long ago forgotten
Camille Paglia
The war goes on and on. The Democrats disappoint in their first '08 debate. Plus: Where are the black soap-opera superstars?
How little we know about Cho
Joan Walsh
Newt Gingrich blames liberalism, the Sunday Times of London blames "a feminised society." So many opinions, so little enlightenment about the Virginia Tech tragedy.
Deadly prose
Sarah Elizabeth Richards
How should creative writing teachers handle students who turn in gruesome stories?
American tragedy
Salon Staff
Members of Salon's community, Table Talk, share their thoughts on the Virginia Tech massacre.
Killer reflection
Jeff Yang
Cho and other Asian shooters were portrayed as "smart but quiet" and "fundamentally foreign." What do these stereotypes reveal, and what do they obscure?
The Fix
Scott Lamb
China gets its first gay TV show. The Wal-Mart spy story. Plus: McGraw tops the charts, J.Lo in at No. 10.
The Fix
Scott Lamb
Spelling gives birth. Jeni's family says it was suicide. Plus: March Madness takes a toll on the office.
Did David Broder “prop up” the Bush presidency?
Glenn Greenwald
Broder's claim that he has been a consistent Bush critic does not withstand scrutiny of his punditry record.
The significance of the Edwards story
Salon Staff
The conclusion of the Edwards "controversy" reveals several encouraging developments.
“Factory Girl”
Stephanie Zacharek
Sienna Miller plays Warhol muse Edie Sedgwick in this impressionistic biopic.
Welcome to celebrehab
Scott Lamb
Our clip 'n' save guide to the latest in star makeovers, where the first step is to admit you have a problem and the second step is to get back to partying.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
The Spirit Award nominations are in -- and they're indier than ever. Plus: Anthony LaPaglia and Isabella Rossellini, Lucy Liu and Chlo
That’s how the light gets in
Gary Kamiya
To truly give thanks this week is to celebrate the world. But for all of our obsession with success and self-fulfillment, Americans don't celebrate very well.
My mom is mentally ill and it’s tearing the family apart
Cary Tennis
How am I going to cope with this?
Cry for Katrina’s kids
Tracy Clark-Flory
As hurricane season returns, experts see a rising tide of mental health problems among the Gulf Coast's neglected youth.
More troubling news about “crisis” pregnancy centers
Lori Leibvich
Investigators who called federally funded pregnancy resource centers were given false information about the health risks of abortion.
I’m lost and wasting time
Cary Tennis
I'm nearly 30, but I hate my job and don't know who I'm supposed to be.
I’m an artist terrified of the vast, blank canvas
Cary Tennis
I know I have talent but I'm afraid to paint.
How to humanize a killer
Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Defense teams in capital cases research their clients' childhood -- and conduct often-harrowing interviews with the clients' families -- to evoke sympathy from juries. Critics call mitigation evidence the "abuse excuse."
My kids are wrecks
Cary Tennis
I brought them up well, but I couldn't erase my family's legacy of alcoholism, depression and bipolar disorder.
The children they gave away
Sarah Karnasiewicz
In the decades between World War II and Roe v. Wade, 1.5 million young women were secretly sent to homes for unwed mothers and coerced into giving their babies up for adoption. Now their stories are finally being told.
The madness of it all
Fred Redekop
At the mental health home where I work, patients are pushed to be as independent as possible. But it's just as vital for them to feel connected.
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