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May 30, 2015

America’s never-ending war on poor people: Why “The Briefcase” is just the latest assault

As a new study from the CDC and a new show from CBS expose, America's attacks on the impoverished are relentless






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Published on May 30, 2015 03:34

May 29, 2015

Why Bill Nye really pissed off the Ted Cruz right: It’s no longer possible to avoid talking about climate change

Not talking about how climate change plays into Texas' floods is tantamount to denial






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Published on May 29, 2015 17:30

Amber Tamblyn on Hollywood’s corrosive sexism: “I don’t feel it, I know it”

The "Two and a Half Men" star and writer talks to Salon about her new book, written in the voices of dead actresses






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Published on May 29, 2015 16:12

“My body was in a net that was being tightened”: Director Rodney Ascher on the frightening phenomenon of sleep paralysis

Ascher's new documentary "The Nightmare" follows 8 individuals who have been haunted by midnight spectres






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Published on May 29, 2015 16:12

In “Orient,” the North Fork of Long Island gets the Agatha Christie treatment

Christopher Bollen on building a whodunit, interviewing Mailer & Didion, the "horror" of spotty cellphone service






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Published on May 29, 2015 16:12

May 28, 2015

“Results”: Cobie Smulders and Guy Pearce will pump you up in this buff and delightful rom-com

Indie auteur Andrew Bujalski gets in shape for this unlikely Texas fable of fitness, weed, money and love






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Published on May 28, 2015 16:12

“Most musicians have nothing to say. They’re not very interesting, and they’re not very smart”: Refused’s raw, radical politics return for the Bernie Sanders generation

Salon talks with Dennis Lyxzén about working with Shellback, the band's radical politics, and new album "Freedom"






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Published on May 28, 2015 16:12

Big banks run everything: Austerity, the IMF and the real story about world economy that the media won’t tell you

If you want to understand what's really happening in Greece and Ukraine, just follow the money






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Published on May 28, 2015 16:12

Melissa McCarthy blasts malls for segregating plus-size clothing for women

McCarthy speaks candidly with MORE Magazine: "[My] store is upstairs hidden by the tire section"






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Published on May 28, 2015 13:53

Exxon CEO ridicules green energy: “We choose not to lose money on purpose”

Big Oil is not interested in being part of the solution






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Published on May 28, 2015 13:37