The Catholic conservative who insists he cares about the poor says Pope Francis doesn’t understand capitalism
The year's most offensive jokes show that America still has a way to go in understanding diversity
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 138Fights, meltdowns and Donald Trump -- our picks for the best of the worst
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 3:30 PM UTC 25Will it be Donna Tartt or Rachel Kushner? We've polled the best reviewers and compiled the definitive year in books
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 12:45 PM UTCMovies and TV relentlessly use the red-tailed hawk's cry, even to voice bald eagles. We owe the bird royalties!
Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 12:00 AM UTCThe New Orleans bounce artist who set the world record for most people twerking together is just getting started
Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 12:00 AM UTCReiner talked to Salon about "Wolf of Wall Street," his directing career and the film he loves best
Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 12:00 AM UTCWhether outright offensive or just plain dumb, these songs featured truly regrettable word choice
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 54Have the Dutch created the perfect water bottle?
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 34In 2013, we learned the terrifying scope of modern surveillance. Now it's time to fight back
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 12:44 PM UTC 68Got gift certificates to spend? James McBride, Elizabeth Gilbert, Junot Diaz and many more have suggestions
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 12:45 PM UTCAstronomers say they may have found an oddball system floating free in the galaxy rather than orbiting a star
Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 8:00 PM UTCNew studies suggest the longer city-dwellers spend in their urban environment, the less likely they are to leave
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 27Recently freed Nadezhda Tolokonnikova said the release was a propaganda stunt in advance of the games
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 4:31 PM UTCThe outgoing police commissioner gives an unapologetic interview
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 4:02 PM UTC 24Certainly not the most controversial fist-pound of the Obama White House
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 3:45 PM UTC 10From the environment to income inequality, these companies don't seem to have a clue -- and it's hurting Americans
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 33The president called defense bill a "welcome step" toward closing Gitmo, but civil liberties issues abound
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 12:38 PM UTC 13Journalist told Kristen Welker he defends Snowden "like people on MSNBC defend President Obama... 24 hours a day" VIDEO
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 11:02 AM UTC 214The "Girls" creator talks to Salon about Season 3, Twitter and letting guys sleep in her bed
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 58Remembering the characters we lost this year, from "Breaking Bad" to "Family Guy"
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 18Lauren Groff, Elliott Holt, Maggie Shipstead, Peter Orner and three dozen great writers offer new holiday originals
Wednesday, Dec 25, 2013 11:41 PM UTC 17Fox thinks Christianity is under attack, thanks to non-white Santas, freedom of speech and the word "holiday" VIDEO
Tuesday, Dec 24, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 376Drug warriors insist we still don't know enough about its possible therapeutic properties. It's simply not true
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 11:00 PM UTC 120While questions linger about health benefits, the e-cig industry has touched off a major struggle with Big Tobacco
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 12It's easy to despair over the state of things, but this year showed hints of a brighter future — if we fight for it
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 9:00 PM UTC 92The military-backed government now has greater powers in fierce crackdowns against Islamists
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 6:18 PM UTC 24It was another banner year for Rupert Murdoch's propaganda shop. Here are the most cringeworthy moments VIDEO
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 399Christmas eve last year saw U.S. drone fire over Yemen. This year, a strike on Pakistan
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 5:52 PM UTC 17In an ad hoc response to al-Qaida insurgency, U.S. sends military aid at P.M. al-Maliki's request
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 5:21 PM UTC 34Advice on McResource essentially urges workers against eating the fast food chain's popular options
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 5:01 PM UTC 68Visas issued, criminal charges dropped 30 Arctic oil rig activists
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 4:54 PM UTC"Big" thighs, Blurred Lines and post-baby bodies galore -- behold the moments the year forgot feminism
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 80This was a hard year for women's rights, but people are fighting back and giving us plenty of reasons for optimism VIDEO
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 732013 was a year of unexpected vulnerability and vitality — and the year fast food and Wal-Mart campaigns diverged
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 130In televised Christmas Day address, the whistleblower said our surveillance state is worse than Orwellian
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 9:51 AM UTC 93After storms killed 27, power companies scramble to restore power to half a million homes
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 9:38 AM UTC 10Haunting stories, powerful poems and a reissued classic that all deserve way more readers
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 12:00 AM UTCKanye's "Bound 2" video and Miley's exploits on the wrecking ball were the things that impacted us most in 2013 VIDEO
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 12Farmer and author Kurt Timmermeister on growing a feast with the help of small-scale farming
Wednesday, Dec 25, 2013 10:00 PM UTCSome say modernity killed the rom-com, but movies like "Enough Said" prove the genre's alive and well in 2013
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