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Topic: 2013

Ani DiFranco performs during Gulf Aid benefit concert at Mardi Gras World in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 16, 2010. (Reuters)

Ani DiFranco's faux-pology

Brittney Cooper
Clockwise, from left: "Sunlight Jr.," "It's a Disaster," "Touchy Feely"

Gary M. Kramer
Phil Robertson of "Duck Dynasty" (A&E/Karolina Wojtasik/Salon)

2013: The year in whiteness

Joan Walsh
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Natasha Lennard
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Tracy Clark-Flory
Clockwise, from top left: Alec Baldwin, Donald Trump, The Onion, Richard Dawkins (AP/Seth Wenig/Reuters/Joshua Roberts/Chris Keane)

The worst tweets of 2013

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(AP/John Minchillo/Salon)

The year in labor

Josh Eidelson

Salon's ultimate book guide

Michele Filgate
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Salon's 2014 predictions

Annemarie Dooling
Elan Gale (twitter/theyearofelan)

Fernando Alfonso III
Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton (AP/Ron Edmonds/Reuters/Joshua Roberts/AP/Stephan Savoia/Photo collage by Salon)

America 2013: Poverty nation

Joan Walsh
(ABC/Danny Feld)

JESSICA HULLINGER - Fast Company
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Good riddance, plutocrats!

David Sirota
(Reuters)

Can Weiner actually... win?!?

Blake Zeff

Rebecca Solnit - TomDispatch.com
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