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July 24, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Right-Wingers' Solution to Movie Theater Shootings: More Guns
July 7, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
Rihanna Is No Pam Grier
"BBHMM" puts a materialistic spin on a social-justice blaxploitation classic
June 21, 2015
Jeet Heer
Mental Illness Doesn't Negate Political Motive
Dylann Roof and the intersection of psychology and extremist ideology
October 4, 2014
John Gray
Should Religion Be Blamed for the World's Bloodiest Wars?
August 6, 2014
Alice Robb
Tipper Gore Was Right, Violent Video Games Are Bad For You
Especially those ones that play with your sense of self ...
August 6, 2014
Becca Rothfeld
The Japanese Literature Trend That's Half Cupcake, Half Decapitation
August 5, 2014
Adam Kirsch
Finally, a TV Show That Truly Takes Religion Seriously
July 14, 2014
Saul Elbein
Guatemalans Aren't Just Fleeing Gangs
The media narrative misses what life there is really like
July 10, 2014
Rebecca Leber
The Immigration Case Backlog Just Hit an All-Time High
June 7, 2014
Phil Hartup
Why Is it So Appealing to Play as a Terrorist in Video Games?
May 27, 2014
Laurie Penny
Let's Call the Isla Vista Killings What They Were: Misogynist Extremism
May 9, 2014
Jason Walsh
Northern Ireland's Troubles Are Over. But That Doesn't Mean I Am at Peace.
Gerry Adams's arrest awakens a journalist's awful childhood memories
April 16, 2014
Stuart Taylor Jr.
The Many Ways in Which The New Book About the Duke Lacrosse Case is Wrong
April 8, 2014
Alice Robb
Playing Video Games Can Improve Your Dreams
January 24, 2014
Graeme Wood
Ethnic Cleansing Just Went From Bad to Worse in Burma
January 13, 2014
Esther Breger
Downton Abbey's Cheap Embrace of Rape as a Plot Device
Depictions of violence against women are all over highbrow TV. This was the worst example yet.
July 23, 2013
Richard Mosse
Heartbreaking, Stunning Infrared Photography from The Congo
April 1, 2013
Michael Brick
Jolie's Gun
A story about what this year's gun control proposals won't fix
February 5, 2013
Liel Leibovitz
China Is Not the Gaming Industry's Next Great Frontier
The People's Republic may lift its ban on consoles. It wouldn't be the boon that many expect.
May 13, 1931
Padraic Colum
This Is What It Was Like to Go to James Joyce’s Birthday Party
And have him chat with you about his favorite novels.

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