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August 1, 2015

“It couldn’t be sillier, it couldn’t be more insane”: “Transparent” creator Jill Soloway on Season 2 in the era of “I Am Cait”

What to expect from "Transparent" in a world where trans awareness is suddenly part of the national conversation








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Published on August 01, 2015 12:36

6 endangered animals poachers are hunting into extinction

The problem goes deeper than Cecil the lion








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Published on August 01, 2015 12:36

Critics and musicians take on 50 years of Dylan, album by album

For the contributors to Jon Bream's "Dylan: Disc by Disc," even the Christmas album is worth debating. Here's why








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Published on August 01, 2015 11:03

The evil behind Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski: Can we overcome our long, painful history of rape and power?

No one can ignore the truth about Bill Cosby now -- and it might help us face the moral darkness of our past








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Published on August 01, 2015 09:00

The 15 social media trends that defined a generation

Remember the Cinnamon Challenge? What about Batmanning?








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Published on August 01, 2015 08:44

“I had no idea what I was getting into”: Glenn Greenwald’s security guru on Edward Snowden’s secrets, Obama’s surveillance state

Micah Lee remembers first emails he received from Snowden and explains why Internet privacy is everyone's business








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Published on August 01, 2015 07:58

Scott Walker destroyed his state: Wisconsin’s economic cautionary tale

Taxing the poor to subsidize massive corporations is calamitous in the long term. Who would've guessed?








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Published on August 01, 2015 07:11

We all got addicted to Jon Stewart: How the “Daily Show’s” brilliance made us codependent with the crazies

He needed dysfunction for laughs. We needed laughs to feel better about the dysfunction. It's time we stop laughing








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Published on August 01, 2015 06:40

Lifting “the burden of race”: What an Obama-led commission could learn from Clinton’s failed One America Initiative on Race

A national effort toward racial reconciliation needs grass-roots support. Look at what's happening in Mississippi








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Published on August 01, 2015 06:40

5 most absurd conspiracy theories peddled by anti-choice Christians

Why is the anti-choice movement even taken seriously as a political movement by the media?








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Published on August 01, 2015 06:09