As an L.A. club kid, I hung out with Rodney Bingenheimer. Turns out, I'm even there in the documentary about him

The faithful expose themselves as heartless to the grief-stricken, heedless to the suffering and just mean-spirited

The Bush administration is clearing the way for single-sex schools. Why stop there?

Sean Spicer on "Dancing With the Stars" was the gateway, and look where we are now. Resist hiring Kayleigh McEnany

How can Muslims proclaim the al-Qaida leader's innocence while simultaneously lionizing him for his blows against the U.S.?

Author Paul Barrett deftly upends the stereotypes that Westerners harbor about Muslims -- and shows why militant Islamism is less likely to take root here than in other countries.

Conservatives objecting to raunch in "Cuties" conveniently also miss its critique of purity culture

The author of "To Be a European Muslim" discusses terrorism, the problem of Saudi Arabia and whether Islam can peacefully coexist with the West.

ISIS hopes to destroy the "gray zone" in which Muslims are accepted; anti-Muslim demagogues are helping them do it

"Girls & Sex" author Peggy Orenstein heard the heartbreaking story from boys who've been taught not to feel

Salon's culture gurus tip you off to their favorite things this week: A bawdy British sketch show, a book on the Bard's better half, the return of the Breeders.

Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt of "The Mighty Boosh" talk about bringing their fantastical cult hit to America

My evening in a roomful of impassioned Muslim men was full of surprises. They looked me directly in the eye, though I am a woman. And they spoke of America as their hell, but also their heaven.

A panel of "Uninvited" anti-Islam activists trashed Grover Norquist and former Bush staffer Suhail Khan

My best friend at 9 was white -- but interracial friendships later became a struggle. Here's why everything changed