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March 6, 2015
David Marcus
Men in Space
The novelist of disenchantment finds meaning.
March 6, 2015
David Hajdu
Tearing Up the Pop Charts
If popular music is escapist fun, why are the songs so sad?
March 5, 2015
Josipa Roksa, Richard Arum
American College Students Spend Less Time on Academic Pursuits Than All But One European Country
March 5, 2015
Shulem Deen
How Purim, Judaism’s Boozy Rejoinder to Halloween, Shook My Faith
On Purim, the Talmud says, “one is obligated to get so drunk that he doesn’t know the difference between Haman and Mordechai.”
March 5, 2015
Emily Matchar
The Martha Stewart of Silicon Valley Thinks Women Are Tech Illiterate
March 5, 2015
Jennifer Sky
Models of the World, Unite!
The fashion industry pays them in dresses. It's time they unionize.
March 5, 2015
Theodore R. Johnson
Not Too Black to Fail
Historically black colleges and universities that struggle can't be sacrosanct
March 5, 2015
Ben Crair
The Exhibitionist
Daryl Richardson built a jungle in the heart of Dallas and filled it with exotic creatures. No one asked any questions—until he set his sights on the world’s rarest sloth.
March 5, 2015
Thomas Rogers
Authoritarian Outfitters
German neo-Nazis’ favorite clothing brand is expanding throughout Europe
March 4, 2015
Jamil Smith
You, Too, Can Prevent Police Brutality
The DOJ's Ferguson probe shows why we need to get proactive
March 4, 2015
Aaron Bady
'House of Cards' Should Stop Trying to Be 'The West Wing'
March 4, 2015
William Giraldi
Immortal Beloved
Why writers want fans who last forever
March 4, 2015
Solmaz Sharif
PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT
An abridged list of operations
March 3, 2015
Sarah Kollmorgen
Study: Traffic Pollution Is Bad for Kids' Brains
March 3, 2015
Jeff Hardwick
The Mall Is Dead. Americans Shop at "Lifestyle Centers" Now.
March 3, 2015
Julia Holmes
Workers of the Word Unite
On language and class at the copy desk
March 3, 2015
Rae Armantrout
Speech Acts
March 3, 2015
Christopher Beam
Phantom of the Orchestra
Mamoru Samuragochi’s story hit all the right notes: a deaf genius whose music inspired a nation. But the “Japanese Beethoven” wasn’t who he seemed.
March 3, 2015
Kyle Chayka
Let’s Really Be Friends
A defense of online intimacy
March 3, 2015
Joe Keohane
In Praise of Meaningless Work
Mindfulness mantras are the latest tool of corporate control

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