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Michael B. Jordan in "Creed," Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Revenant" (Warner Bros. Entertainment/Twentieth Century Fox)

The unbearable whiteness of Hollywood: The Academy should be ashamed—but the problem is bigger than the Oscars

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(AP/Chuck Burton)

Fox’s miserable debate night: How Trump & Cruz ran wild while the network looked out of its depth

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President Barack Obama waves at the conclusion of his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. (AP/Evan Vucci, Pool)

The depressing lesson of Obama’s final State of the Union address: Everything is still broken

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(AP/Jordan Strauss/Reuters/Henry Romero)

Sean Penn’s repellent ode to El Chapo: Why his Rolling Stone interview was even worse than you’ve heard

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(AP/Reuters/Rick Wilking/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Nati Harnik/Photo montage by Salon)

The Obama era is coming to a close: Why this week marks the beginning of a new stage of American politics

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(Reuters/Jim Young)

Rahm Emanuel is a national disgrace: Why he represents every worst instinct of the Democratic Party

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(AP/Reuters)

We live in the golden age of awful news: Why every year seems so horrible in retrospect

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(AP)

Here’s what you need to know about last night’s Democratic debate

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Sheldon Adelson (AP/Wong Maye-e)

Sheldon Adelson, dark lord of journalism: Why the casino magnate’s family just bought a newspaper — and why we should be very afraid

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(AP/Mark J. Terrill)

CNN falls asleep on the job: The GOP’s blood-soaked war rhetoric & unrepentant Islamophobia went unchallenged (again)

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Rahm Emanuel’s catastrophic downfall: Why it should be a much bigger deal for Hillary Clinton

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Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton

Cut it out, Democrats! Why Trump vs. Hillary isn’t the miracle you seem to think it is

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The blinding irrelevance of Time magazine: Why Angela Merkel as “Person of the Year” just proves its love affair with power

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(AP/Richard Drew/Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

The media’s smug Trump outrage: Why “Morning Joe” can’t take credit for calling out Donald

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CNN & MSNBC have apparently lost their souls: Cable news vultures descend on home of San Bernardino suspects

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The New York Post has no shame: The ugly truth about its outrageous “Muslim Killers” cover

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(Reuters/Colorado Springs Police Department)

Calling the Planned Parenthood shooter a “terrorist” won’t solve anything

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(Wikimedia)

Our Thanksgiving hatred is getting out of hand: How to survive a holiday that has become a war zone

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Donald Trump (Reuters/Rick Wilking)

Donald Trump might actually be invincible: His hateful message has taken a fascist turn—and the press is letting him get away with it

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Elise Labott (CNN)

CNN sinks to a stunning new low: Network suspends reporter for calling out congressional xenophobia

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(Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Why we should be concerned about Hillary’s ISIS plan

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(Reuters/Yves Herman)

The media has gotten strangely defensive about its coverage of terrorism in Paris & Beirut

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Donald Trump (Reuters/Rick Wilking)

America’s latest round of anti-immigrant racism has some disturbing historical parallels

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This CNN segment is everything wretched about our response to the Paris attacks

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