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After “Mad Men,” what’s next for Jon Hamm?
Anna Silman
From the nightly news to the Coen brothers, the versatile star has more options than most
Over-testing kids is not the answer: Here’s how we really spark curiosity
Susan Engel
Too often we squelch curiosity in favor of tests, compliance and discipline. Education doesn't have to be that way
Chris Hemsworth comes out of his shell: How “SNL” humanized our dullest superhero
Anna Silman
The "Thor" star was a surprisingly charming and funny host
Meet America’s first drug dealer: Arnold Rothstein’s wild, real-life 1920s “Sopranos” story
Johann Hari
The modern drug war started with Arnold Rothstein, a criminal master so feared he managed to rig the World Series
My lonely phone-sex years: I learned to ask for what I wanted, 35 cents a minute
Philip Connors
"It was all there for the ear, an aural smorgasbord of titillation and perversion"
Teach for America’s truth problem: TFA advocates aren’t being honest about education reform, their own agenda
Jeff Bryant
Communities don't want underprepared teachers who aren't committed to the community. It's time to look at facts
America’s new golden age of black ops: Inside our secret global war abroad
Nick Turse
The U.S. has already launched missions in 105 countries in 2015 -- approximately 80 percent of 2014's total
“They killed Kenny!”: “South Park,” “Lost,” “Batman” and our modern sense of heaven
Greg Garrett
Is heaven a place on earth? A bar that plays your favorite song? How pop culture shapes our sense of the afterlife
The secret madness of Adolf Hitler
Peter Caddick-Adams
What a mysterious ailment during World War I reveals about the motivations of history's greatest monster
“The nuts hated him”: How the Bush dynasty — and its evolution — explains America
Jeff Smith
Going back to the days of Prescott Bush, one thing unites all Bush politicians. Will it haunt Jeb in 2016?
Richard Pryor created Chris Rock and Louis C.K.
David Henry
With his rawness and honesty Richard Pryor changed the rules and erased the foul lines for everyone who came after
One nation under Galt: How Ayn Rand’s toxic philosophy permanently transformed America
Bruce E. Levine
The "Atlas Shrugged" author helped make the United States one of the most uncaring nations in the industrial world
From “A Royal Christmas” to “Merry Inkmas”: Your guide to the hellscape of Christmas-themed programming
Sonia Saraiya
“Holiday special” is a phrase in the English language that covers all manner of sins
Grant Morrison’s “multiversity”: His new comics universe doesn’t include a single straight white male
Scott Thill
The king of DC comics on his latest series, the lack of diversity in superheroes, and the new "Wonder Woman"
Jerry Lee Lewis on touring with Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins: “They knew, even then, they were seeing the greatest thing”
Rick Bragg
Cash, Perkins, Jackson -- they were all legends, they were all young, and the early tours were unforgettably cool
GOP’s absurd comic book scheme: How they’re trying to “retcon” Obamacare
Simon Maloy
Did Congress intend to withhold Obamacare subsidies? They sure did! Also: Superman didn't *really* die
The spandex-clad undead: Why comics love ridiculous resurrections
Mark Peters
In the superhero world, just because your body was ripped in half doesn't mean you can't make a comeback
“You sat in the splash zone”: The messy truth about breast-feeding
Kathleen Founds
I loved breast-feeding, but let's not romanticize it. For me, it involved comedy, a new immodesty -- and attachment
The ballad of Marine Todd, apocryphal right-wing hero
David Roth
The legend of a fed-up marine who knocks out his atheist professor is more than a meme. It's folk literature
8 superfoods that aren’t all that super
Larry Schwartz
Dark chocolate probably won't save you from heart disease, and pomegranate juice isn't curing your impotence
Comic book characters who fought cancer
Mark Peters
From "Superman" to "Captain Marvel," comics have offered some surprisingly artful, sensitive takes on the disease
The bible of the modern American city: Why “The Power Broker” is still one of our most important books
Henry Grabar
After 40 years, this magisterial biography of Robert Moses remains an essential primer on American power
“Gotham” is the Batman retelling we didn’t need
Daniel D'Addario
An origin story for all Batman's villains arrives just two years after the last movie sequel
Would you elect someone named “The Smiler”? The scariest comic book presidents
Mark Peters
From vapid blowhards to supervillains, a few of the characters to ascend to the highest political office in comics
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