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“Every neighborhood had a Rodney King. Every single one”: Author Ryan Gattis on researching the ’92 L.A. riots for “All Involved”

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The language of grief: Four books that will change how you read about loss

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My very un-American Halloween

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When I couldn’t feed my family

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Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs) and Sheriff Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) from "The Walking Dead" (AMC/Frank Ockenfels)

“Walking Dead”: Still a white patriarchy

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Raylan Givens “Justified” my love

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I’m one of the NRA’s “bad guys”

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I won’t shop on Thanksgiving

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Chandler Riggs and Sarah Wayne Callies in "The Walking Dead"

“The Walking Dead” has become a white patriarchy

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Caitlin Moran: Women have won nothing

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My slide back to painkillers

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Dear female students: Stop writing about men

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The ashes I wasn’t meant to find

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How getting divorced revived my sex life

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No, female professors aren’t ruining college

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Our first date was the last day of his life

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Being a teacher-therapist in the wake of suicides

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FILE - In this May 4, 2006, file photo, Ken Mehlman, then-chairman of the Republican National Committee, addresses the RNC state chairmen's meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo. Mehlman says in a magazine interview that he is gay. Mehlman, who was campaign manager for President George W. Bush in 2004, told The Atlantic that he came to the conclusion he is gay recently and wanted to talk about it publicly because he wants to become an advocate for gay marriage. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File) (AP)

Does Mehlman deserve our understanding?

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