My Olympics nightmare
I spent years training for gold, but came up short at the trials. Where does an obsession go when the dream dies
I hate Walter White
As the final season of "Breaking Bad" begins, how will things end for the menacing and manipulative evil genius?
Can Google save gay rights?
As the company's "Legalize Love" campaign makes headlines, a look at the very real challenges it faces
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Arts Wednesday, Jul 11, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
Litho-mania
Marketing with lithography, circa 1939
Topics:
Art, Books, Design, graphic design, Imprint
Life Wednesday, Jul 11, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
My failed Mormon resignation
I tried, repeatedly, to leave the Mormon Church. I'm still not sure if it has let me go
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Topics:
Church of Latter-day Saints, Mormon, Priest, Religion
Life Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 10:15 PM UTC
Inside the secret world of Dominican baseball
A gripping new movie explores the plantation-style system that trains budding Dominican baseball stars
Topics:
Baseball, Documentaries, Movies, Our Picks, Sports
Life Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 9:20 PM UTC
Pussy Riot denied bail
After rumors of their release swirled around the Kremlin, three members of the punk rock collective remain in jail
Topics:
Kremlin, Pussy Riot, Putin, Russia
Life Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 8:50 PM UTC
NY can’t scare smokers
Court rules that New York City can't use gruesome images to deter people from buying cigarettes
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From the Wires
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 8:48 PM UTC
The best case for Obama’s tax plan
Ignore complaints from Calif. and New York: President Obama is right to set his tax bar at a quarter of a million
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Topics:
Barack Obama, Taxes
Life Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 8:45 PM UTC
Who says Kate Upton is too fat?
A "Skinny" site mocks Kate Upton -- and reveals the sad world of thinspiration
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Topics:
Body Wars, Eating Disorders, Kate Upton
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 8:27 PM UTC
Facts about Obama’s tax proposal
(And the lies the regressives are telling about it)
Topics:
Taxes, U.S. Economy
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 6:40 PM UTC
No, America doesn’t need a national service
We're always told we need a "national service." But feel-good class-mixing gimmicks are no cure for inequality
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Topics:
American History
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 6:19 PM UTC
Whooping cough outbreaks another thing to thank vaccine conspiracy people for
Kids are getting (and dying of) preventable diseases. Thanks again, Jenny McCarthy!
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Topics:
Autism, conspiracy theories, Health, Jenny McCarthy, Politics
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 5:54 PM UTC
How the NYPD overstated its counterterrorism record
Has the NYPD really helped thwart 14 "full-blown terrorist attacks"?
Topics:
Law enforcement, National security, New York City, ProPublica, Terrorism
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 5:26 PM UTC
Rick Scott’s true TB blunder
The Florida governor's rejection of Medicaid funds could prove more dangerous than his closure of a TB hospital
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Topics:
Florida, Medicaid, public health, Rick Scott
Arts Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 5:15 PM UTC
“Bad” documentary
Spike Lee is working on a Michael Jackson documentary celebrating the album's 25th anniversary
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From the Wires
News Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 4:47 PM UTC
Congress’ new bank outrage
Libor-gate grows worse each day. Meanwhile, U.S. politicians are helping banks hide their ATM fees
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Topics:
Bank Reform
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 4:34 PM UTC
Sean Hannity’s Islamo-squeamishness
The Fox host attacks a Muslim congressman for using the word "madrassa"
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Topics:
Fox News, Islam, Sean Hannity
Arts Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 4:30 PM UTC
Sleep with the hot one!
Another "Bachelorette" seems to choose the safe guy over the sexy one, as if you can glean values on a reality show
Topics:
Reality TV, The Bachelor, TV
Life Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 4:10 PM UTC
Drinking ourselves to death
Late-night comedians might mock Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on super-sized drinks, but it makes a lot of sense
Life Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 3:22 PM UTC
I left Facebook
Why I ditched the giant social network
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Topics:
Art, Facebook, Hyperallergic, Social Media, technology
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 3:10 PM UTC
The untold story of Koch twins and Mitt Romney
David and Bill Koch haven't always loved each other. But they both share a big soft spot for Mitt Romney
Topics:
Campaign Finance, Koch Brothers, Mitt Romney
Life Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 3:01 PM UTC
Redefining addiction
The revision of the DSM—the shrinks' bible—has infuriated addiction specialists and advocates
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Topics:
addiction, Medicine, Psychiatry, Social Issues, therapy
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 2:52 PM UTC
Scandal hits Democrats’ Senate chances
News of an ethics investigation in a key race shrinks the party’s margin for error this fall
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 2:49 PM UTC
Obama nailed it on taxes
Except for one itty-bitty part...
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Topics:
Barack Obama, Inequality, Taxes, The top one percent, U.S. Economy
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 2:38 PM UTC
Birther fears Obama re-election
‘We will be hunted down like dogs' if Obama is re-elected, says birther Joseph Farah
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 2:28 PM UTC
In Afghanistan, U.S. borrows strategy from Iraq
As it did in Iraq, U.S. relies on local militias to tame the enemy. But this time, it might only make matters worse
Topics:
GlobalPost
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 2:22 PM UTC
Google to pay FTC $22.5 mil
Looks like Google might get smacked with the Federal Trade Commission's biggest fine ever
Topics:
Apple, GlobalPost, Google, Government, Privacy
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 2:15 PM UTC
We need progressive religion
Often, religion offers much that progressives need to build movements for change
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Topics:
AlterNet, Inequality, Justice, Religion
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 2:05 PM UTC
An apology to Mexico
The drug trade and GNP (gross national pain)
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Topics:
California, Children, Drugs, Mexican Drug War, Mexico
Arts Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 2:03 PM UTC
My Chuck Close problem
What do you do when one of the world’s richest living artists orders you to stop making art?
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Topics:
Art, graphic design, Hyperallergic, Painting
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
Capitalism’s great heist
Elites say inequality encourages the rich to invest and the creative to invent. This works out well for 1% dogs
Topics:
AlterNet, Animals, Capitalism, dogs, Occupy Wall Street
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 1:59 PM UTC
“Spies Against Armageddon” book says Israel’s Mossad killed Iranian nuclear scientists
“Spies Against Armageddon" details secret assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists
Topics:
GlobalPost, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Nuclear Weapons
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 12:31 PM UTC
Dems take on dark money
Dems file complaint against Crossroads GPS; heat records broken; Romney rakes it in; and other top Tuesday stories
Topics:
Campaign Finance, Election 2012, Mitt Romney
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 11:45 AM UTC
Brett Kimberlin versus right-wing bloggers
Why are right-wing blogs obsessed with a convicted felon famous for once claiming he sold Dan Quayle drugs?
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 11:39 AM UTC
Democrats need to come together on taxes
Obama's fight to end the Bush rates for the rich pits him against more than two decades of GOP anti-tax absolutism
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Topics:
Democratic Party, Opening Shot, Politics, Republican Party, Taxes
Politics Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 10:15 AM UTC
In Iowa, Obama to make pitch on tax cuts
In the campaign trail, the president is pushing to extend tax cuts for low- and middle-income earners
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From the Wires
Arts Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 6:15 AM UTC
Cruise and Holmes avoid court
The couple's settlement highlights privacy wishes
Topics:
From the Wires
Life Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
Secrets of the Muslim bathroom
The lota has torn apart relationships and embarrassed first-generation kids like me. So what is it? Let me explain
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Topics:
Islam, Life stories, Religion
Arts Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
Stan Mack’s Occupy-the-Fourth-of-July funnies
The graphic artist takes a sly look at patriotism, the Tea Party and our nation's founding
Topics:
Arts, Entertainment, graphic design, Imprint, Tea Party
Arts Monday, Jul 9, 2012 8:10 PM UTC
Amy Winehouse’s lessons in loss
Grief doesn't ever have a time limit, as the singer's mother learns when she hears "Back to Black" everywhere
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Topics:
Amy Winehouse, Joe Biden
Life Monday, Jul 9, 2012 8:00 PM UTC
A gift from Buchenwald
My parents survived the concentration camps. In the US, they carried with them a reminder of their grief
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Topics:
Buchenwald, Concentration Camps, Holocaust, Immigration, Nazi Germany
Arts Monday, Jul 9, 2012 7:35 PM UTC
Love “Gone Girl”? Read these crime novels next
If Gillian Flynn's best-seller gave you a taste for smart crime fiction, here's your new summer reading list
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Topics:
Books, Crime, Editor's Picks, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
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