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Joy Bryant and Dax Shephard in "Parenthood" Television

TV's eerie race-less world

In an Obama age, shows like "Parenthood" flatter us into believing race no longer matters -- and avoid hard truth

Kartina Richardson 1
They might be giants Imprint

They Might Be Giants, design innovators

The indie band has a reputation for awesome graphics. We talk to their latest artistic collaborator

Debbie Millman 0
Paula Deen Food Network

Paula Deen cashes in on diabetes

The cooking queen waits three years -- and until she has an endorsement -- to tell fans she has a serious illness

Mary Elizabeth Williams 37
Andrew Jackson and Mitt Romney 2012 Elections

Why do the Republicans nominate blue bloods?

The potent combination of Jacksonian populism and old money oligarchy

Michael Lind 50
Robert De Niro in "Red Lights" Movies

Sundance 2012: Less glitz, more gravy

Movie stars modeling skiwear? Not so much. But Robert Redford's indie-film shindig has adjusted to hard times

Andrew O'Hehir 0
Joe Wilson 2012 Elections

South Carolina, the troublemaker

Republicans campaign for votes in a state that is proud, reactionary and a little crazy

Richard Rapaport 31

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Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 9:05 PM UTC2012-01-17T21:05:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street march for economic justice in New York January 16, 2012

The fight to save the American dream

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

It's not "class warfare." People have just realized how extreme inequality is wrecking our country

Topics:, , , 15Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 6:17 PM UTC2012-01-17T18:17:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Romney

Capitalism’s real “risk-takers”

By Robert Reich

Workers, not Romney's bailed-out Wall Street CEOs, are the ones actually putting their livelihoods on the line

Topics:, , 60Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 5:58 PM UTC2012-01-17T17:58:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Mitt Romney

Mitt’s ticking tax bomb

By Steve Kornacki

He all but admits that he pays a lower effective rate than Americans who earn a fraction of his income

Topics: 148Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 5:30 PM UTC2012-01-17T17:30:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Lana Del Rey

Was Lana Del Rey really that bad?

By Mary Elizabeth Williams

A disastrous "Saturday Night Live" turn derails pop music's latest girl

Topics:, 67Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 5:01 PM UTC2012-01-17T17:01:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Reuters/Guang Niu

The myth of an isolated Iran

By Pepe Escobar

D.C.'s aggressive sanctions are really about protecting the dollar and undermining China

Topics:, 8Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 4:36 PM UTC2012-01-17T16:36:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
brainscan

Should the government search your brain?

By David Sirota

The state may soon be able to force you to reveal your password. That's a huge threat to the Fifth Amendment

Topics: 66Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 3:51 PM UTC2012-01-17T15:51:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Andy Samberg as Rick Santorum

“Saturday Night Live” phones it in, again

By Kera Bolonik

In a campaign so crazy that the jokes should write themselves, "SNL's" political humor has been flat and uninspired

Topics:, 32Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 3:16 PM UTC2012-01-17T15:16:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
A screenshot from an ad put out by a pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC, Winning Our Future.

Tiny group of super-rich donors dominate primary

By Justin Elliott

Super PACs now spending more money than the official campaigns, and it's raised from millionaires and billionaires

Topics:, , 22Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 2:04 PM UTC2012-01-17T14:04:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Picture 12

Colbert super PAC wonders if Mitt Romney is a serial killer

By Peter Finocchiaro

But the comedian insists he had nothing to do with it, all right?

Topics:, , 12Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-01-17T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Juan Williams

GOP crowd uses Juan Williams as an Obama stand-in

By Joan Walsh

At Fox's MLK day debate, the black pundit was booed as Gingrich belittled him for asking tough questions on race

Topics:, , 360Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 4:59 AM UTC2012-01-17T04:59:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Republican presidential candidates Texas Governor Rick Perry (L) and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich

The way to South Carolina’s heart

By Steve Kornacki

With one inflammatory appeal to the lowest common denominator after another, Newt steals the show

Topics: 89Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-17T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
GL_Slide_01_8601

The genius behind “Genius Lunches”

By Matthew Harrigan, Imprint

One innovative strategy firm incorporates biweekly meetings that feature fascinating outsiders as speakers

Topics:, 1Comment

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-17T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
History of the western

TV’s greatest westerns

By Roger Catlin

Slide show: As "Justified" returns for Season 3, a look back at the classics that defined the genre

Topics:, , 54Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-17T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
J.D. Salinger

What was J.D. Salinger working on?

By Kenneth Slawenski

The reclusive author died two years ago. We've learned lots about his life since, but one big question remains

Topics:, , 27Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 9:40 PM UTC2012-01-16T21:40:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Rick Santorum

Evangelicals fight amongst themselves

By Joan Walsh

Gingrich backers claim Tony Perkins and friends rigged an endorsement for Santorum. Did these good Christians lie?

Topics:, , 85Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 9:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T21:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
alex and jen revised

Escape to the red states

By Alex Gallo-Brown

We were tired of Portland's yuppie brunch culture. Volunteer farming could challenge our thinking, and way of life

Topics:, 132Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 6:39 PM UTC2012-01-16T18:39:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
John F. Cook

From abolitionism to OccupyDC

By Jefferson Morley

The forgotten civil rights leader who started the movement in McPherson Square

Topics:, , , 5Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Robert Redford in "The Candidate" (recommended by Gwen Ifill).

Your election entertainment playlist

By Emma Mustich

Journalists and commentators, including Gwen Ifill and Pat Buchanan, nominate their favorite campaign-related fare

Topics:, , 8Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Ask The Pilot

You wouldn’t believe how long my flight was!

By Patrick Smith

No, I wouldn't. And you probably didn't climb at 45 degrees or drop hundreds of feet either. We love to exaggerate

Topics: 48Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Eugene Ivanov via Shutterstock

Get used to living with Mom and Dad

By Alice Karekezi

The era of empty nests may be over unless we change our work culture and our economy. An expert explains

Topics:, , 103Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
mlk1

The music of the King holiday

By Gil Scott-Heron

The pioneering musician recalls his Tennessee childhood and role in Stevie Wonder's push to honor MLK

Topics:, 3Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 1:47 PM UTC2012-01-16T13:47:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Character gaining

Reviled no more

By Gary Kamiya

The end of Tebow! The resurrection of Alex Smith! And more amazing-yet-true tales from the NFL division playoffs

Topics: 26Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Jon Huntsman

Jon Huntsman is no martyr

By Steve Kornacki

The media’s favorite Republican was a more conservative candidate with a more cynical strategy than most realized

Topics: 39Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 12:29 PM UTC2012-01-16T12:29:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Barack Obama, Malia Obama, Harry Johnson, Sasha obama, Michelle Obama, Martin Luther King, III

Who are the victims of civil liberties assaults and Endless War?

By Glenn Greenwald

Policies aimed at marginalized, easily demonizable minorities are much easier to shield from political challenge

Topics: 730Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-16T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
lee design

The new artistic force behind Brooklyn Brewery

By Aaron Kenedi, Imprint

An up-and-coming designer talks about collaborating with two graphic legends and the importance of pro-bono work

Topics:, 1Comment

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-16T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Mother with baby

Attachment parenting dropout

By JJ Keith

I was eager to be a crunchy mom who swaddled her baby and breastfed. But even I couldn't take this much sanctimony

Topics:, , , 118Comments

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 9:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T21:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Adam Johnson

“The Orphan Master’s Son”: Love in the kingdom of lies

By Laura Miller

A kidnapper, spy and impostor seeks dangerous truths in this epic novel set in totalitarian North Korea

Topics:, , , 6Comments

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 8:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T20:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
whale1

Swallowed by a whale — a true tale?

By Ben Shattuck

Everyone knows the story of Jonah. But my quest was to find evidence that man, gulped whole, had really survived

Topics:, , 34Comments

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 8:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T20:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
shonen_jump_final

When the Internet ate my son’s manga magazine

By Andrew Leonard

Even the digital generation can sing the disappearing print publication blues

Topics: 10Comments

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 7:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T19:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Ben Marcus

Ben Marcus: Human beings are making a comeback

By Ross Simonini

The acclaimed writer tells Salon conquering a fear of sentimentality was key to his new novel, "The Flame Alphabet"

Topics:, 2Comments

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
baby_cooperation

The science of getting along

By Richard Sennett

Research shows that our first years of life shape our ability to play well with others. Here's how

Topics:, 5Comments

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-15T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Agoodman_AF

A devastating account of the Old West

By Katherine A. Powers, Barnes & Noble Review

The brilliant conclusion of a trilogy reimagines the aftermath of Custer's Last Stand

Topics:, 9Comments

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-15T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
tear

Slut-shaming 2.0

By Tracy Clark-Flory

TheDirty.com publicly names and sexually shames women. Is this the future of sex scandals?

Topics: 90Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 9:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T21:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
DengXiaopingBiopic-3

Playing Margaret Thatcher in China

By Melissa Rayworth

I hoped my acting gig would be a history lesson for the Chinese. But it was a lesson for me in government control

Topics:, , 25Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Tom Harrell.

Quick Hits: Jazz trumpeter Tom Harrell

By Salon Staff

For this remarkable musician, even severe paranoid schizophrenia has not stood in the way of success

Topics:, 2Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Detail of snake walking stick. Unknown Maker, Massasauga. Minnesota, mid-19th century.

Fantastic folk art walking sticks

By Emma Mustich

An exhibition at Ohio's Columbus Museum of Art spotlights a striking chapter in the history of American crafts

Topics:, 0Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Shooting puppies is a guaranteed way to get people riled up

The secret lives of feral dogs

By Will Doig

A Pennsylvania city instructs police to shoot strays, opening a sad window on animal care in the age of austerity

Topics:, 112Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 4:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T16:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Jan's grandparents, Opal and Paul, with her father, Jerry

The recipe for security

By Felisa Rogers

A friend tells me about a doughnut tradition that's held her family together through tough times for generations

Topics:, 6Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
personal_debt

The evolution of American debt

By Hannah Tepper

Over the last century, over-borrowing has gone from shameful to commonly accepted. An expert explains what changed

Topics:, , , 18Comments

Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-14T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
pledge_AF

Surviving the dystopian future

By Amy Benfer, Barnes & Noble Review

In a new young adult novel, the protagonist's unique ability threatens to destabilize a new class-driven America

Topics: 13Comments

Politics
Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 9:05 PM UTC2012-01-17T21:05:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street march for economic justice in New York January 16, 2012

The fight to save the American dream

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

It's not "class warfare." People have just realized how extreme inequality is wrecking our country

Topics:, , , 15Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 6:17 PM UTC2012-01-17T18:17:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Romney

Capitalism’s real “risk-takers”

By Robert Reich

Workers, not Romney's bailed-out Wall Street CEOs, are the ones actually putting their livelihoods on the line

Topics:, , 60Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 5:58 PM UTC2012-01-17T17:58:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Mitt Romney

Mitt’s ticking tax bomb

By Steve Kornacki

He all but admits that he pays a lower effective rate than Americans who earn a fraction of his income

Topics: 148Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 5:01 PM UTC2012-01-17T17:01:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Reuters/Guang Niu

The myth of an isolated Iran

By Pepe Escobar

D.C.'s aggressive sanctions are really about protecting the dollar and undermining China

Topics:, 8Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 4:36 PM UTC2012-01-17T16:36:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
brainscan

Should the government search your brain?

By David Sirota

The state may soon be able to force you to reveal your password. That's a huge threat to the Fifth Amendment

Topics: 66Comments

News
Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 9:05 PM UTC2012-01-17T21:05:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street march for economic justice in New York January 16, 2012

The fight to save the American dream

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

It's not "class warfare." People have just realized how extreme inequality is wrecking our country

Topics:, , , 15Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 6:17 PM UTC2012-01-17T18:17:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Romney

Capitalism’s real “risk-takers”

By Robert Reich

Workers, not Romney's bailed-out Wall Street CEOs, are the ones actually putting their livelihoods on the line

Topics:, , 60Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 5:01 PM UTC2012-01-17T17:01:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Reuters/Guang Niu

The myth of an isolated Iran

By Pepe Escobar

D.C.'s aggressive sanctions are really about protecting the dollar and undermining China

Topics:, 8Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 4:36 PM UTC2012-01-17T16:36:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
brainscan

Should the government search your brain?

By David Sirota

The state may soon be able to force you to reveal your password. That's a huge threat to the Fifth Amendment

Topics: 66Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 3:16 PM UTC2012-01-17T15:16:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
A screenshot from an ad put out by a pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC, Winning Our Future.

Tiny group of super-rich donors dominate primary

By Justin Elliott

Super PACs now spending more money than the official campaigns, and it's raised from millionaires and billionaires

Topics:, , 22Comments

Entertainment
Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 5:30 PM UTC2012-01-17T17:30:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Lana Del Rey

Was Lana Del Rey really that bad?

By Mary Elizabeth Williams

A disastrous "Saturday Night Live" turn derails pop music's latest girl

Topics:, 67Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 3:51 PM UTC2012-01-17T15:51:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Andy Samberg as Rick Santorum

“Saturday Night Live” phones it in, again

By Kera Bolonik

In a campaign so crazy that the jokes should write themselves, "SNL's" political humor has been flat and uninspired

Topics:, 32Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-17T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
History of the western

TV’s greatest westerns

By Roger Catlin

Slide show: As "Justified" returns for Season 3, a look back at the classics that defined the genre

Topics:, , 54Comments

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-17T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
J.D. Salinger

What was J.D. Salinger working on?

By Kenneth Slawenski

The reclusive author died two years ago. We've learned lots about his life since, but one big question remains

Topics:, , 27Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Robert Redford in "The Candidate" (recommended by Gwen Ifill).

Your election entertainment playlist

By Emma Mustich

Journalists and commentators, including Gwen Ifill and Pat Buchanan, nominate their favorite campaign-related fare

Topics:, , 8Comments

Life
Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-01-17T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
GL_Slide_01_8601

The genius behind “Genius Lunches”

By Matthew Harrigan, Imprint

One innovative strategy firm incorporates biweekly meetings that feature fascinating outsiders as speakers

Topics:, 1Comment

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 9:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T21:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
alex and jen revised

Escape to the red states

By Alex Gallo-Brown

We were tired of Portland's yuppie brunch culture. Volunteer farming could challenge our thinking, and way of life

Topics:, 132Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Ask The Pilot

You wouldn’t believe how long my flight was!

By Patrick Smith

No, I wouldn't. And you probably didn't climb at 45 degrees or drop hundreds of feet either. We love to exaggerate

Topics: 48Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Eugene Ivanov via Shutterstock

Get used to living with Mom and Dad

By Alice Karekezi

The era of empty nests may be over unless we change our work culture and our economy. An expert explains

Topics:, , 103Comments

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-01-16T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
mlk1

The music of the King holiday

By Gil Scott-Heron

The pioneering musician recalls his Tennessee childhood and role in Stevie Wonder's push to honor MLK

Topics:, 3Comments

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