Urban revolution is coming
Occupy may mark the beginning of a new era of city-based uprisings. An expert explains why -- and how
Tyranny of cloth diapers
I gave birth at home and breastfed. My mom was drugged up and never lactated. Which one of us got the better deal?
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Healthcare's foreign invasion
Obama risked a trade war with China about manufacturing -- so why isn't he outraged about medical jobs?
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Arts Sunday, Apr 29, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
“When women were birds”: Reading blank journals
A writer makes sense of the rows of empty cloth-bound diaries her mother left her
Life Saturday, Apr 28, 2012 4:00 PM UTC
Science fiction no more: The perfect city is under construction
Cities as technologically precise as a Formula One race car are being built now. Do we really want to live in them?
Politics Saturday, Apr 28, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
A holy war over gay marriage
In North Carolina, two churches face off over an upcoming vote on whether to constitutionally ban same sex marriage
Politics Saturday, Apr 28, 2012 1:00 PM UTC
Europe’s far right marches on
From France to Norway, the far right is at its greatest strength since World War II
Arts Saturday, Apr 28, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
“The Cove”: A mysterious skull
A new novel begins with a shocking discovery that takes us back to love and life in the South during World War I
Arts Saturday, Apr 28, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
“Kingdom Come”: Terror in the London suburbs
A new novel traces an advertising executive's search for his father's murderer in a menacingly bland town
Arts Saturday, Apr 28, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
“Sound of My Voice”: A tense sci-fi puzzler
"Sound of My Voice" is the latest film to take a brain-twisting narrative -- and actually make it work
Life Friday, Apr 27, 2012 11:00 PM UTC
The “Daily Show” guide to my enemies
As a producer, I met people whose political views I detested. The hardest part was admitting they weren't so bad
Arts Friday, Apr 27, 2012 9:00 PM UTC
TV’s best villain
"Game of Thrones'" teen ruler Joffrey Baratheon is the rare bad guy who can make you viscerally, physically angry
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 8:57 PM UTC
Two stupid lies the right spread this week
No, there's no new pro-necrophilia law in Egypt, and the EPA isn't "crucifying" all oil companies
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 8:11 PM UTC
VAWA’s next hurdle
After overcoming GOP opposition in the Senate, the Violence Against Women Act faces a tough fight in the House
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 8:01 PM UTC
Escaping the Chinese government
Chen Guangcheng slipped his captors Sunday. Will the Chinese government retaliate against his family?
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 7:38 PM UTC
Scott Brown’s class identity problem
Freshly released tax returns could complicate the regular-guy-with-a-truck act
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 6:17 PM UTC
Selective bin Laden leaking
The WH tells a court the bin Laden raid is top secret, as it keeps leaking snippets to glorify the President
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 6:06 PM UTC
Leslie Knope vs. the 1 percent
In Thursday night's "Parks and Recreation," Leslie Knope sounded more like an Occupy supporter than a politician
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 6:05 PM UTC
FCC takes on super PACs
The commission voted to require stations to post political ad data online -- but it won't be searchable
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 6:04 PM UTC
Mormons who fear Mitt
Young people are leaving the church -- and some think a Romney presidency will only make things worse
Arts Friday, Apr 27, 2012 5:45 PM UTC
Draw Something, decoded
The newest mobile app sensation isn't just a game -- it's an intimate new form of nonverbal communication
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 5:21 PM UTC
Obama’s GI Bill fight
Can the White House fix a screwed-up system that leaves veterans at the mercy of for-profit college scams?
Arts Friday, Apr 27, 2012 4:30 PM UTC
Punk’s cultural revolution
Pussy Riot's masked women have become icons of Russia's anti-Putin movement -- and turned the genre on its head
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 4:21 PM UTC
Mitt Romney, amnesty-seeker
He’s telegraphing a move to the middle on immigration. Why isn’t the nativist right screaming yet?
Arts Friday, Apr 27, 2012 3:30 PM UTC
Motherhood is not a job
P&G;'s Olympic spot trots out an old stereotype -- and manages to insult scores of women VIDEO
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 3:00 PM UTC
Dems desert the left
Why aren't Democratic candidates for Senate promoting liberal causes on their websites?
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 2:20 PM UTC
John Boehner’s blues
He says the president picked a "false fight" on student loans. Is he trying to throw the youth vote to the Dems? VIDEO
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 1:21 PM UTC
Demographic suicide
Why Republicans can't stop alienating Hispanics, women and young people
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Horrors we hide
From slaughterhouses to sweatshops, modern society is constructed to let us ignore atrocities
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Mitt: The real European
Romney bashes Obama for "making us like Europe." But he's the one pushing failed European austerity measures
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Victims of the prosecution
Hundreds of cases of prosecutorial misconduct have been found in recent studies. But few lawyers are disciplined
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Minimum-wage misconceptions
Contrary to right-wing propaganda, decent pay for workers helps the economy and boosts job creation
Politics Friday, Apr 27, 2012 11:38 AM UTC
Self-awareness, Republican-style
There are hints that Republicans may be learning to temper their most destructive political impulses – for now
Arts Friday, Apr 27, 2012 8:42 AM UTC
“Whores’ Glory”: A riveting, humane prostitution documentary
Pick of the week: The astonishing documentary "Whores' Glory" explores the lives of sex workers around the world
Arts Friday, Apr 27, 2012 3:13 AM UTC
“Season of the Witch”: Nicolas Cage’s ludicrous medieval mashup
"Season of the Witch" remakes Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" with inept action and weird CGI
Arts Friday, Apr 27, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
Comic collages in context
"Fantastic Four" cartoonist Jack Kirby's work traces its roots to ancient Japan and early cubism
Arts Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 10:00 PM UTC
Jason Segel talks about love
We speak to "Five-Year Engagement's" Jason Segel about commitment, chemistry and his friendship with Emily Blunt
Politics Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 9:57 PM UTC
Now apparently it’s a “slam” to say Paul Ryan likes Ayn Rand
The right's favorite congressman declares backsies on admiration for notorious author
Politics Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 8:31 PM UTC
McCain: What war on women?
The Arizona senator doesn't think the assault on reproductive rights is a "real issue that really matters"
Arts Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 8:00 PM UTC
Long live the boy band!
One Direction is the latest group to create carefully manufactured hysteria among young girls
Arts Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 7:11 PM UTC
Love and death on the Springsteen tour
From the pit at his "Wrecking Ball" show, even his joyous body surfing ritual feels funereal -- and healing
Politics Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 6:44 PM UTC
The original culture warrior
Chuck Colson did more than just start a prison ministry; he forged key alliances on the religious right
Politics Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 6:35 PM UTC
The amnesia factor
Obama's second-term hopes could depend on the man Republicans have made themselves forget
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