America at 250 doesn’t need a new story — it needs many
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Trump’s revenge tour leaves MAGA collateral damage
The president's veto of a bipartisan Colorado clean water project is hurting his own voters
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Do women love “Heated Rivalry” too much?
The female fans who led the charge in making the gay hockey romance a hit are also the ones policing its subjects
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Buckle up: Trump is not putting on the brakes
Even as he falters, 2026 will be a make-or-break year for the president — and the country
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Marjorie Taylor Greene bets the Republican troll era is over
It's not like she has anything else to offer
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Dance changed how I eat — for the better this time
This year, I chased sweat with sandwiches and discovered joy in hunger again
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Trump’s cultural coup is doomed to fail
Artists are protesting Trump's Kennedy Center takeover — and creating art in defiance of his repression
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The double-edged sword of AI data centers
The data center buildout is papering over the economy most Americans are living with
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Can this guy really save Europe from Elon Musk?
Well, of course not. But Germany's accidental chancellor has a crucial role to play in history, like it or not
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FX’s fearless “Snowfall” comes to a close: A perfect ending to an American horror story
Here's what you should have learned after six years of "Snowfall," John Singleton's drama of the '80s crack era
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Netflix’s “Bullsh*t: The Game Show” is the trivial pursuit that fits an era dominated by lies
In the age of misinformation and The Big Lie, of course a trivia game rewarding persuasive deceit would be a hit
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HBO’s “Watchmen” trolls history and heroic whiteness in the most extraordinary episode yet
Damon Lindelof's take on history meets up with that of the comic books' to tell a true American hero origin story
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Exclusive: Burning Man calls itself a safe space. Assault survivors say it’s got a sex crime problem
The Playa is a "lions' den" where security responds to sex crime scenes by trying to sniff out "consent accidents"
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Ripley burns it all down: On “Aliens” and the dangers of dismissing women’s rage
Women's warnings have always been ignored, our trauma dismissed. Ellen Ripley proves men do so to their own peril
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The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli on keeping it “fun” after death of a beloved bandmate
After the loss of guitarist Dave Rosser, the beloved '90s band drops a new album and soldiers on
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Sally Hemings’ slave quarters discovered at Monticello
Thomas Jefferson's most famous slave is believed by many to have given birth to six of his children
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Punk pioneer Lenny Kaye reflects back on “the original sin of rock ‘n’ roll”
Salon talks to Patti Smith's original guitarist about the reissue of his New York punk pioneering compilation
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The 7 smartest, classiest porn sites
Smut doesn't have to be so boring and conventional. Sites like Hysterical Literature prove it can even be artistic
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The orgy prude: How I finally admitted I don’t like meaningless, porn-star sex
When I was drinking, I made myself so sexually available. Now I can finally admit I want something different
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Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli: “Writing songs is the greatest gift I could give myself”
Exclusive: Afghan Whigs singer on connecting with his '90s songs, loving R&B, how the band decided to record again
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Anthony Minghella, 1954-2008
Oscar-winning director of "English Patient" and other high-class literary adaptations dies suddenly in London.
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Say it, sister: “I had an abortion”
A Ms. petition for a new clampdown on women's rights.
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“The History of Fellatio”
Annie Auguste talks to author Thierry Leguay and finds out that humans may be the only animals that give blow jobs.
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