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The Psychological Secret Behind Viral YouTube Videos

An 'Iranian Vampire Movie' Is One of the Best Films of the Year

A Poem and A Logo: What Walt Whitman Gave The New Republic

Why I Helped Search for Missing UVA Student Hannah Graham

How to Fix America's Foreign Policy

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What Would Make a Woman Want to Marry a Serial Killer?

My Book Is Not About Vampires or Childhood Trauma. I'm Doomed.

Haunting Photos of Japan's Tsunami Survivors Posing Atop Their Flattened Homes

'State of Affairs' Won't Save Katherine Heigl's Free-Falling Career

Why Look to Victoria's Secret for Progressive Body Politics?

The Science of Suffering

How a 26-Year-Old Bob Dylan Made the Most Famous Bootleg of All Time