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January 9, 2015
Phil Hartup
I Was Once a Racist, Sexist Jerk. Thank God I Didn't Have Twitter.
January 9, 2015
Chuck Thompson
This Year's College Football Playoff Is a Sham. Blame ESPN.
No, this game won't finally determine a "true" champion
January 8, 2015
Elaine Teng
The Controversy Over 'Selma' Shows Why You Shouldn't Fact-Check Movies
January 8, 2015
PodcastNaomi Shavin
Reddit's First Foray Into Podcasting is Basically Just a Poor Attempt At Copying Serial's Success
January 8, 2015
Alice Robb
There Is No 'Charlie Hebdo' In America
January 8, 2015
Maia Booker
India's Trucks Look Like a Fantastic Acid Trip
January 7, 2015
James McAuley
The Attack on Charlie Hebdo Plays Right Into Marine Le Pen's Hands
January 7, 2015
Elaine Teng
The Most Recent Target of Charlie Hebdo's Satire Wasn't Islam. It Was Islamophobia.
The French paper skewered all forms of dogmatic thinking
January 7, 2015
Elaine Teng
The Last Time 'Charlie Hebdo' Was Attacked by Terrorists, Its Response Was Perfect
January 6, 2015
Sarah Kollmorgen
How to Curb Binge Drinking: Raise Taxes on Booze
January 6, 2015
David Dayen
ESPN Is Finally Killing Cable. But Don't Celebrate Yet
January 6, 2015
Rachel Hills
The Best Way to Combat Anti-Vaxxers Is to Understand Them
A new study underlines the similarity between “neo-liberal” thinking and the anti-vaccination movement
January 5, 2015
Alice Robb
What It Says About You If You Enjoy Horror Movies
January 5, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Undersharing on Facebook Has Become a Bigger Crime Than Oversharing
January 2, 2015
Melissa Dahl
Personality Matters More Than Intelligence at School
January 2, 2015
Jesse McCarthy
'Selma' Ignores the Radical Grassroots Politics of the Civil Rights Movement
Hollywood loves the great man narrative, but the civil rights movement was never about top-down leadership
January 2, 2015
Xan Rice
Ten Years After the Tsunami, an Indonesian Couple Says They Found Their Missing Kids. Is It Too Good to Be True?
January 2, 2015
Ian Stewart
The Solar System Is Slowly Re-Arranging Itself
How math is changing everything we thought we knew about space
January 1, 2015
The New Republic
The Most Overrated and Underrated News Stories of 2014
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Chloe Schama
The Best Fiction of 2014

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