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September 25, 2014
Anna Hiatt
If Obama Agrees the U.S. Is Causing Global Climate Change, Then Why Is He Letting Other Countries Foot the Bill?
September 25, 2014
Alice Robb
Not Every Gender Gap Needs to Be Closed
Yes, men ride bikes and smoke pot more than women. No, that's not really a problem.
September 25, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
The Supreme Court Has Two Ways to Legalize Gay Marriage. This One Is Better.
September 25, 2014
Naomi Shavin
The Story of Two Senators, Picked to Live on a Desert Island, Work Together and Have Their Lives Taped
September 24, 2014
Eric Thurm
What the Sex in 'Masters of Sex' Really Means
This is a show that has more of a lust for questions than for answers
September 24, 2014
Geoff Dyer
Can You Tell From This Photo If Oscar Pistorius Is Guilty?
September 24, 2014
Molly Mirhashem
Study Discovers that Movies Sexualize 13-Year-Old Girls as Much as Women in Their 30s
September 24, 2014
Malcolm Cowley
F. Scott Fitzgerald Thought This Book Would Be the Best American Novel Of His Time
September 24, 2014
Becca Rothfeld
The New Fairy Tale Is Trying to Escape Its Past
September 23, 2014
Alice Robb
A Person's Accent Can Change Your Perception of What He Is Saying
And it could affect people’s judgments of what’s socially appropriate
September 23, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
An Obama Economist Explains How to Help Working Moms
A Q-and-A with White House adviser Betsey Stevenson
September 23, 2014
Elizabeth Winkler
Peter Thiel Is a Closet Humanist
September 22, 2014
Claire Groden
Republicans Think This Sexist New Ad Will Appeal to Female Voters
September 22, 2014
Molly Mirhashem
Stressed Out? Your Smartphone Could Know Even Before You Do
September 22, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
The NFL's Failure in the Ray Rice Scandal Went Way Beyond the Commissioner
September 22, 2014
Christopher Beam
Virgos Need Not Apply
China's surprising—and sometimes scary—love of astrology
September 22, 2014
Jordan Michael Smith
Want to Be Happy? Stop Being So Cheap!
An interview with the authors of an enormous new study of generosity
September 21, 2014
Dan Jurafsky
Why Drugs Are a Metaphor for Some Foods, and Sex Is a Metaphor for Others
Exploring the language of Yelp reviews
September 21, 2014
Cass R. Sunstein
What If Counterfactuals Never Existed?
Studying history with hypotheticals
September 20, 2014
David Thomson
The Timeless Charm of Lauren Bacall

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