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April 28, 2014
Richard D. Kahlenberg
Affirmative Action Fail: The Achievement Gap by Income Is Twice the Gap by Race
April 28, 2014
John McWhorter
We've Been Told that Different Languages Create Different Worldviews. They Don't.
April 27, 2014
Eric Sasson
Why Are Americans More Accepting of Gays and Lesbians Than Bisexuals and Cross-Dressers?
April 27, 2014
Marc Tracy
The NBA Will Ditch Racist Owner Donald Sterling
It’s the players’ league. The owners just own it.
April 27, 2014
Erica Wagner
Hillary Mantel: This Is What It's Like to Be on the Receiving End of a Hate Campaign
April 27, 2014
Emily Wilson
Slut-Shaming Helen of Troy
If we blame her for the Trojan War, what does it say about us?
April 25, 2014
Jemima Khan
Mr. Knowledge Speaks
Wikipedia's founder on Turkey's Twitter ban, the NSA, and why net neutrality might not be such a big deal
April 25, 2014
Helen Croydon
It's Time to Ditch Monogamy
Swans and beavers mate for life. Humans not so much.
April 25, 2014
Alice Robb
How Two Inoffensive Words Became the Most Inflammatory Phrase in English
The affirmative action story
April 25, 2014
Brian Beutler
Republicans Asked for an Immigration Debate. Now They're Running From It.
April 25, 2014
Esther Breger
TV Needs to Stop Treating Mental Illness as a Superpower
April 25, 2014
Brian Beutler
Racist Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy Reveals the Depths of Conservative White Supremacism Denial
April 24, 2014
Marc Tracy
Michael Pineda’s Foul Ball
Why was the Yankees pitcher suspended for breaking a rule that everyone breaks?
April 24, 2014
David Thomson
'Locke' is the Best New Film of the Year
April 24, 2014
Brian Beutler
Conservatives Hold the Line, Offer Weak Defense of Racist Rancher As Martyr for Liberty
April 24, 2014
Marc Tracy
Piketty's 'Capital': A Hit That Was, Wasn't, Then Was Again
How the French tome has rocked the tiny Harvard University Press
April 23, 2014
David Thomson
These Newsreels Tell the History of the 20th Century
April 23, 2014
Maia Booker
The Haunting Beauty of Farm Technology
Flyover country has never looked this good
April 23, 2014
Sarah Sloat
A Rock Star's Brother Made A Documentary. What It Says About Sibling Rivalry.
April 23, 2014
Alice Robb
Multilinguals Have Multiple Personalities

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