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why the majority of white women voted for trump

The ways women believe that motivated them to vote for a misogynist candidate.The following is an...

trump is on his way to corrupting american...

It turns out,most despots are not only twisted, but also incompetent.The following is an adapted...

bill moyers: renowned psychiatrist warns that...

"We hold a duty to warn if someone may be dangerous to others."There will not be a book published...

the history of healing trauma with hypnosis

Freud and Ben Franklin were among the pioneers of bilateral therapy.Editor's Note: The...

how the gig economy has created permanent low wage...

Journalist Jessica Bruder documents the lives of "workampers" who are houseless,but not homeless....

important lessons from george orwell and winston...

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how online propaganda became mainstream

Snyder's current book asserts that we forget the past at our own peril (and that the robots are...

mining history museum preserves the labor history...

There's a palpable tension between King Coal and those tasked with preserving its history.The...

why are we ocd about our phones?

When we are not online,when we are not connected, we enact not exist.The following is an excerpt...

why we are ocd about our phones?

Whether it's out of fear of lost out or a fear of being alone with our thoughts for any amount...

going to the heart of the matter: peter gabel...

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here are 10 things i learned about the world from...

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could walking be the solution to your health...

Walking is a simple way to improve your physical health and encourage creativity. Editor's...

passing for working class is manipulative—and a...

Trump pretends to be whatever his voters want him to be.The following is an excerpt from the essay...

democracy betrayed: the voting barriers that must...

A unusual book by AlterNet politics writer Steven Rosenfeld exposes the hidden anti-democratic...

how can you talk to kids about factory farming?...

Two children’s books approximately animals who escape the brutal world of factory farms to live...

heres how muslims became the enemy in the age of...

Donald Trump and the congressional Republicans contain wielded Islamophobia domestically the way the...

a timeline of racism in charlottesville: from 1607...

University of Virginia faculty examine the history and legacy of white supremacy on and around...

heres why white nationalists love tucker carlson...

Pulitzer Prize-winner Eli Saslow’s unusual book “Rising Out of Hatred” follows the crown...

the next great american novel will be a video game

Welcome to the raptureI feel a pang of pain to confess that the next Great American Novel will...

science may be able to bring back the wooly...

De-extinction projects may succeed in bringing back vanished forms of biodiversity.The following...

how to abolish war

At the turn of the twentieth century,main figures in the Progressive movement nurtured an idealistic...

how americas economic ideology is making people...

An interview with Johann Hari,author of Lost Connections: Uncovering the genuine Causes of...

is organic food really better for you?

The flip side of the “organic” and "grass fed" trends.The following is an excerpt from the...

former white supremacist leader—heres how to...

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a battle for the heart and soul of public...

Dueling memoirs offer contrasting visions of public schools,childhood and the importance of...

mainstream media airing climate denial claims is...

Corporate media is doing a disservice to viewers—and the planet.The following excerpt is...

former white supremacist leader heres how to...

Christian Picciolini on his fresh book,"White American Youth: My Descent into America’s Most...

why study the history of the kkk? we are currently...

In historian Linda Gordon’s “The Second Coming of the KKK,” we hear echoes of an American past...

where did we get the idea that human beings are...

The ancient Greeks get a great deal of credit.The following excerpt is from The Dogs of Avalon: The...

the brutal origins of gun rights

We will never know for certain who was the first person shot dead in the Americas. Visitors to...

walking your blues away is a simple, effective...

Every person I’ve shared this technique with,and who did it correctly, got resolution of his or...

an education through earthsea

The most beguiling promise of fantasy fiction is that of self-knowledge. At some point the...

chemicals in america are woefully unregulated

The federal government has not been exercising adequate oversight to protect Americans'...

theres a shocking lack of rigorous testing and...

The EPA,FDA and USDA contain not been exercising adequate oversight to protect Americans'...

my grandfather was a nazi collaborator

A deathbed promise led to me discovering his complicity in the Holocaust — and what it means...

what a german diary from the nazi era can teach us...

For a decade the Weimar Constitution held sway over Communist paramilitary groups and Nazi...

the fascinating politics of vermont

Salon talks to Bill Mares approximately the Green Mountain State in the age of Trump.One of the...

hbo s fahrenheit 451: bradbury s dystopian...

Is it a great adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s masterpiece? No. But Michael B. Jordan gives a stunning...

how a tiny village became the first place in the...

The Italian village of Mals has set an international precedent—and a model for other communities...

4 energy cooperatives leading the way to a...

Consumers across the U.S. are organizing to create a multiclass,multirace clean energy system that...

hippies, radicals, pranksters: jerry rubin has a...

In “Did iT!,” the biographer captures Rubin’s legend with fairness — affirmative and...

bullsh*t jobs is the one book every millennial and...

Chances are,at some point in your life, you might end up in what’s known in anthropology as a...

how to deprogram truth denying trump voters

Trump didn't invent the term "fake news," but his campaign did exhaust it enough to manipulate...

the disturbing story of an activist who worked...

It wasn't just the turkeys facing abuse; it was the workers,too.The following excerpt is from...

buildings made out of shipping containers? welcome...

By reusing and remixing mass manufactured objects,our built environment can be economical,...

heres what the luddites were right about

whether we continue on our current path environmental Armageddon isn’t just possible but...

the kkk s attempt to define america

Scholarsand journalists who study the right walk a tightrope. Ignore the existenceof white supremacy...

george rr martin wild cards series in the works...

Exciting news for “Game of Thrones” fans: Another alternate world devised by author George R.R....

honoring harriet tubman and other historic women

Harriet Tubman will be honored on the front of the $20 bill,as announced by the Treasury...

how to heal trauma by the simple act of walking

There are five steps for a successful walking therapy session.Editor's Note: The following is...

20 common chemicals and pollutants that can...

Many cancer-causing substances are lurking all around us.The following excerpt is from Children and...

zac posen hits the kitchen

Zac Posen is known for work as a fashion designer and "Project Runway" judge,but in his new...

police reform means nothing without equality and...

#BlackLivesMatter names the dead in the name of the living.The following is an adapted excerpt from...

fossil fuel advocates claim subsidies help the...

Only 8% of the money spent reaches the poorest 20% of the population.The following excerpt is...

silicon valley won t save books

The Kindle might be the most important publishing thing since the printing press,but its ten year...

how to write a book: dos and donts plus tips...

Credits Daniel Roland/AFP/Getty Images Alt Text effect you have a best-seller in you? Learn...

what is elf on the shelf? best ideas, names and...

Description An Elf on the Shelf balloon at the 91st Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in...

vermont has developed americas most comprehensive...

The Green Mountain State has long been a national leader in sustainable agriculture and local...

primitive, sacred brews were drunk not for their...

Today's obsession with crafting the perfect wine and beer often takes the medicinal and sacred...

the opportunistic rise of europe s far right

In the 1990s,many in Western European countries believed that the post-socialist nations to their...

true sustainability must include social justice...

Marginalized communities hold firsthand experience of what it means to build sustainability in the...

new book unmasks hidden history of how u.s....

Corporations acquire fought a long battle to win rights once granted only to individuals.American...

too many women think they suffer personal issues...

Personal problems won’t get solved unless we're courageous enough to choose positive...

mark bittman on how to cook vegetarian

Chef,cookbook author and New York Times food columnist brand Bittman discusses his latest cookbook...

whats the best time of day to eat carbs if you...

Eating large amounts of carbs over time can limit your body's ability to metabolize...

segrenomics: cashing in on our unequal education...

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segronomics: cashing in on our unequal education...

Today's 'edupreneurs' and Silicon Valley hustlers are just the latest in a long...

mad magazines clout may have faded but its...

The magazine taught its readers to never swallow what they’re served.Mad Magazine is still hanging...

why the soda industry is the big tobacco of our...

Soft drinks are a multibillion-dollar industry with a health-harming playbook straight from the...

the novels that opened their minds

⇒You possess until December 18th to appoint your library to win a $20000 prize in the NYC...

democrats struggle over masculinity in an...

It is a story with lasting implications for the Democratic Party.Donald Trump sells himself as a...

mary poppins can t return fast enough: an adult in...

Wanted: A nanny for one dysfunctional country trapped in a cycle of toxic masculinityBased on the...

donald trump is a test of americas character, and...

A Harvard professor assesses the dangers of having an authoritarian in the White House.Donald Trump...

grit isnt enough to help students overcome...

The myth that grit can conquer poverty lets a rigged economy and social order off the hookThe...

conservative max boot on the fine art of...

"My ideology has come into contact with reality. And reality is winning."Max Boot begins “The...

what to do when white nationalism lives too close...

Even the liberal Bay Area is not immune to a newly empowered wave of extremism. Now is the time for...

change the world, not yourself or how hannah...

The political theorist Hannah Arendt wrote an essay on ‘Civil Disobedience’,published in The...

thomas paine s truth to power message in 1776

Paine’s writing was as uncompromising as a modern blog with the edgy wit and precision of a...

what is erotic ecology and can it help save the...

For philosopher Albert Camus,it's approximately moderation—and awareness of one's own...

composite creatures author caroline hardaker built...

It is difficult to describe the book Composite Creatures without ruining it. Written by Caroline...

the injustice of algorithms

The difficulty withtalking about the technology industry is that it’s increasingly tough to...

will bernie run in 2020? former campaign manager...

Former Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver on his modern book,what went incorrect in 2016 — and a...

before you can be with others, first learn to be...

If we lose our capacity for solitude,our ability to be alone with ourselves, then we lose our very...

youre probably consuming this probable carcinogen...

Glyphosate,the main ingredient in Monsanto's popular RoundUp pesticide, is now present at all...

how death anxiety is sparking the shift in...

Confronting the possible conclude of our species may be necessary to provoke climate action.The...

why baby elephants are the innocent victims of...

Wrenched from their mothers in Myanmar,elephant babies are regularly smuggled across the border into...

lgbt star wars characters: a brief history

A lot has changed in the final few years when it comes to LGBT “Star Wars” characters.For the...

trumps new book doesnt say much, but neither do...

whether you've paid attention to Donald Trump's speeches,you probably don't have to...

baker jim lahey shares his secrets

The Sullivan Street Bakery was founded in 1994,and has since become known for its bread and...

drunk on genocide: how the nazis celebrated...

The role of alcohol in the Nazi genocide of European Jews deserves greater attention. It was midday...

jimmy carter fears americas transformation from...

The former president sounds off on the NRA,the Mueller investigation and more.At 93, former...

why the threat of species extinction isnt the...

The decline of many non-extinct wild animals may be a greater threat to the environment than the...

opposition to galileo was scientific — not just...

Science’s history things. In 1614,when the telescope was new technology, a young man in Germany...

we are entering an enlightened age that sees all...

Mammals aren't the only species with unique personalities.The following excerpt is from Mousy...

which murders matter in mainstream media? a news...

It's all approximately the give-the-viewers-what-they-want mentality: race,celebrity, wealth,...

our staggering class divide starts with...

Wealthy parents are grooming their children for a life of work in a hyper-competitive world,and...

conflating school choice with democracy and parent...

Deborah Meier was once a strong proponent of school choice. nowadays she fears for the future of...

how democracies die: one small change to normalcy...

Evenspeaks badly of me (don’t watch anymore). Then how near low I.Q. Crazy Mika,along with Psycho...

heres what we dont get from yet another book...

enact we really need to hear more approximately Donald Trump’s behavior?whether anyone is...

donald trump is taking america back to 1798 —...

“His Highness” John Adams attacked the press,tried to deport his enemies and colluded with a...

noam chomsky explains exactly what went wrong in...

"The Sanders campaign,the most remarkable feature of the '16 election by far, broke with the...

does cell phone radiation cause cancer?

The issue of whether cell phone radiation is putting us in danger has generated much press,some...

$100 trillion will change hands in the next 20...

We need a responsible financial plan for achieving a world that is secure and fair for all.The...

stephen hawking s final book suggests time travel...

Our inability to access the “now” of someone far absent is at the heart of Albert Einstein’s...

democracy is not a choice

When power moves into the hands of a few,decent people commit unspeakable acts.As we enter 2018, one...

why school choice is the last thing america needs...

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no more leaning in - the neoliberal myth of the...

Stop telling women they can have it all if they just work tough enough.We’ve read the stories and...

climate change is threatening food security and...

Several countries are finding resilient solutions to ensure food security amidst a changing...

capitalism and privilege cant thwart romantic...

Book Review: Capitalism and Privilege Can't Thwart Romantic Desire in Maged Zaher's The...

getting climate change right: in light of the...

Adambeen asking the improper question. That's the problem.When it comes to facing global...

heres how visionary food writer patience gray...

Gray wrote about what we now call the behind Food movement—from foraging to eating...

the nazi history of hans asperger proves we need a...

A new book on the Nazi past of the man known for discovering Asperger’s Syndrome reveals we should...

heres what al capones biographers think of donald...

While interpreting presidential pronouncements can be difficult work these days,we—as Capone’s...

rania abouzeids journey into the hell of syrias...

"No Turning Back" tells the stories of ordinary people caught in a cataclysm.The Syrian civil...

the relationship between the modern western diet...

Alzheimer's may ultimately be the result of metabolic disturbances similar to those seen in...

the overlooked irony of sarah sanders red hen...

The Red Hen is across the street from the house of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson,which is...

our food system is racist: heres how to fix it

From labor abuses to diet-related diseases,people of color suffer disproportionately in our...

you may not have noticed, but pigeons are...

The same pigeons in our neighborhood parks have a long and noble history—and unrivaled...

what a new study of british spies reveals about...

The tables turned in the early 1960s. Historians know a distinguished deal approximately CIA...

how do trump s attacks on the media stack up...

In comparing Trump with Nixon and their attacks on the free press,one must consider their major...

kissinger is at it again

At McCain’s funeral,he presented himself as a foreign policy sage. He wasn’t one. Henry...

how an ecological approach to architecture can...

By weaving together infrastructure,urbanism and ecology, architecture is a perfect medium to...

heres why breeding dogs amounts to animal cruelty

When humans get involved with other species,things often get messed up.The following essay, by...

our appetite for meat isnt just destroying the...

The majority of the world's arable land is dedicated to livestock and their feed.The following...

shadow and bone: what you need to know about the...

Shadow and Bone is set to premiere on Netflix in just a few short weeks on April 23,and, if the...

you may never eat octopus again after reading this

Intelligence so like our own may seem surprising in a creature so unlike us.The following essay is...

saturday is independent bookstore day

There’s no party like a bookstore party. Saturday,April 30, marks the moment annual...

sherman alexie: how storytelling can create social...

Click on the audio player above to hear the full interview.Long before author Ta-Nehisi Coates...

5 best selling female writers you may not have...

A handful of approved female writers of 19th century America — such as Louisa May Alcott and...

meet the fearless cook who secretly fed — and...

In December 1955,after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., and bus to a...

billy lynn s long halftime walk by ben fountain -...

As Beyoncé prepares to join Coldplay at Super Bowl 50,read an exclusive extract approximately a...

the rise of yeast: how civilization was shaped by...

An imagined conversation between two yeast cells appears in Kurt Vonnegut's 1973 novel...

no small thing: rethinking overdue library fines

The growing popularity of electronic borrowing has had an enormous impact on how much revenue is...

making a murderer da ken kratz is writing a tell...

“Making a assassin” lawyer Ken Kratz is writing a tell-all book about his involvement in the...

a cia coup set the stage for the conflict with...

An interview with activist Medea Benjamin. Before the theocratic government of nowadays's...

chuck klosterman hasnt seen the future, but hes...

The Sex,Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs author on the disappearance of everything. by Megan Burbank Chuck...

baby formula may increase a childs risk of obesity...

In one study,two of three formula samples contained mercury in concentrations over 120 times above...

artists and criminals: on the cutting edge of tech

Like a lot of science fiction fans,I read William Gibson's visionary novel Neuromancer not long...

sorry bearded hipsters — the original brewers...

Before broad Beer and microbreweries,beer-making was the domain of goddesses and alewives.InBrew...

lies my teacher told me about christopher...

Schools continue to perpetrate myths approximately Columbus. The following is an excerpt from James...

stormy daniels and the presidents penis: why do we...

Stormy Daniels has made us laugh by insulting Trump’s genitals. But hasn’t she made our Trump...

ousted fox news boss roger ailes to write a memoir

What enact you enact when you get ousted from your cable news network over sexual harassment...

grief is the thing with feathers finds a language...

Max Porter's Grief Is the Thing with Feathers Finds a Language for Grief in the Craw of a Crow ...

book reviews roundup: olivia laing s the lonely...

What the critics thought of The Lonely City by Olivia Laing,Moranifesto by Caitlin Moran, How to...

book reviews roundup: the noise of time; the...

What the critics though of The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes,The Vanishing Man by Laura Cumming and...

book reviews roundup: eligible; everyone brave is...

What the critics thought of Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld,Everyone Brave Is Forgiven by Chris Cleave...

book reviews roundup: and the weak suffer what...

What the critics thought of And the Weak Suffer What They Must? by Yanis Varoufakis,What Belongs to...

book reviews roundup: you could do something...

What the critics thought of You Could carry out Something unbelievable with Your Life [You Are Raoul...

joanna biggs: work is where we make friends, exert...

In All Day Long: A Portrait of Britain at Work,Biggs interviewed everyone from footballers to...

based on a true story : the fine line between fact...

From Kapuscinski to Knausgaard,from Mantel to Macfarlane, more and more writers are challenging the...

book reviews roundup: this is london; the high...

What the critics thought of This Is London: Life and Death in the World City by Ben Judah,The High...

better not say too much: eduardo halfon on...

Guatemalan author Eduardo Halfon recalls how he learned to write as whether his life depended on...

alexei sayle: why i ve decided to join the labour...

If Jeremy Corbyn is going to reform the party in his own kindly image,my next act is going to have...

book reviews roundup: the cauliflower; all that...

What the critics thought of The Cauliflower by Nicola Barker,All That Man Is by David Szalay and...

practice makes perfect, but it doesnt make new

Adam Grant,professor of management and psychology at the Wharton School of the University of...

past and future

Don,son of people no longer living, husband of Alice, and father of Drew and Aleesha,is very, very...

book reviews roundup: list of the lost, 1606:...

What the critics thought of: Morrissey’s List of the Lost,James Shapiro’s 1606 and Margaret...

beloved children s author beverly cleary, creator...

Beverly Cleary,the author of the much-adored Ralph S. Mouse, Ramona Quimby, and Henry Huggins...

middlemarch: jennifer egan on how george eliot s...

Eliot found fulfilment in a relationship that society shunned – no wonder her study of marriage...

declarations of love in literature: who said what?...

Whether sardonic or smoochy,sacred or profane, the language of love blazes through books. Light your...

infrastructure investments, chess champions,...

Coming up on nowadays's reveal:Infrastructure was one of the main promises Donald Trump made on...

book reviews roundup: slade house; living on...

What the critics thought of David Mitchell’s Slade House; Living on Paper: Letters by Iris Murdoch...

working on it—notes on a case of melancholia,...

Nicholas Gurewitch’s Notes on a Case of Melancholia,Or: A Little Death is a darkly illustrated and...

book reviews roundup: first bite; avenue of...

What the critics thought of Bee Wilson’s First Bite: How We Learn to Eat,Avenue of Mysteries by...

book reviews roundup: number 11; pour me; the...

What the critics thought of Jonathan Coe’s Number 11; AA Gill’s Pour Me and The Penguin Book of...

historian manisha sinha got death threats after...

The article had been published on Friday at 6:37 in the morning. At 10:17 went out the tweet...

naya rivera says lea michele didn t like sharing...

Naya Rivera says she didn’t feud with her “Glee” co-star Lea Michele — but don’t expect...

book reviews roundup: coalition; stars, cars and...

What the critics thought of Coalition by David Laws,Stars, Cars and Crystal Meth by John Sutherland...

affirming: letters 1975 1997 by isaiah berlin...

This fourth volume of the late philosophers collected correspondence,edited by Henry Hardy and Mark...

time for change: anne enright on irelands abortion...

In the coming weeks,voters in Ireland will maintain the chance to repeal the eighth amendment, which...

ahad haam: between the sacred and the profane

When I was a young man and my family suddenly could no longer afford the life we had been living or...

worst case scenarios

Shotwell and I watch the console. Shotwell and I live underground and watch the console. whether...

book reviews roundup: the mare; the allegations;...

What the critics thought of The Mare by Mary Gaitskill,The Allegations by tag Lawson and White Sands...

book reviews roundup: west of eden; dark matter...

What the critics thought of West of Eden: An American spot by Jean Stein,Dark Matter and the...

2015 in books news: tragedies and triumphs

Harper Lee returned,Marlon James took the Booker and Terry Pratchett made his final bow. The year...

salman rushdie: a lot of what trump unleashed was...

Beginning with the inauguration of Obama and ending with the election of Trump,Rushdie’s latest...

book reviews roundup: evicted; the bricks that...

What the critics thought of Evicted by Matthew Desmond,The Bricks That Built the Houses by Kate...

herman wouk just isnt that neurotic

Looking back on it,the triumph of American Jewish literature in the 20th century seems like...

girls behaving badly - the thrilling rise of the...

They’ve been too nice for too long,but now mean, monstrous and even murderous girls are...

twisted history in the lone star state

Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.Consider this quote: “The Atlantic Slave...

critic turned author james wood: sometimes i...

As a reviewer at the New Yorker,James Wood earned a fearsome reputation. With his own novel Upstate...

what is the point of critics?

In an extract from his current book,current York Times film critic AO Scott defends his craft,...

translation tuesday: extract from bret easton...

Read an extract of the debut novel in English by Swedish writer Lina Wolff,an offbeat tale of...

all day podcasts and brick sized books. or, why...

Digital-age culture was meant to be bite-sized. But novels are getting longer,and I have learned to...

catalogues and critical scholarship: the fate of...

Archives tend to set people to sleep. They seem approximately as exciting as footnotes. Yet the...

triumph trumps tragedy in the life of jean...

The Pulitzer-prize winning author’s acerbic,lugubrious (mournful, dismal) tone makes for a...

banned books: a tool for prison control

Coming up on today's explain:On Monday,the Trump Administration reversed more than decade of...

book reviews roundup: the games: a global history...

What the critics thought of The Games: A Global History of the Olympics by David Goldblatt; Heroes...

e.j. dionnes take on conservative mistakes

"It all started with Goldwater..." That's how E.J. Dionne starts to elaborate the rise of...

book reviews roundup: cockfosters; spqr; 1966

What the critics thought of Helen Simpson’s Cockfosters,Mary Beard’s SPQR and 1966 by John...

flash fiction: hurry up, please

Fill up your glass and join us at the counter for a shot of short fiction in the latest of our...

the lord of the rings will be published with...

J.R.R. Tolkien is well known as a scholar,a language expert, and of course as one of the...

emma watson meets wonderful new hermione from ...

Emma Watson found magic in the air when she visited Noma Dumezweni,the actress who will play...

figuring it out

I was there to listen,to associate with Johanna, and I tried my best. But after a while I stopped...

books reviews roundup: arcadia, weatherland, brief...

What the critics thought of Iain Pears’s Arcadia,Alexandra Harris’s Weatherland, Richard...

the guardian view on alice in wonderland: a...

Lewis Carroll’s story,published 150 years ago, is a joyful paean to idle reverie and the...

kidnap, rape, escape… then a family: the tale of...

In an extract from her book A Moonless,Starless Sky, Alexis Okeowo tells the sage of a child soldier...

kit de waal: make room for working class writers

When Kit de Waal was growing up in 1970s Birmingham,no one like her – destitute, black and Irish...

the crisis in modern masculinity

Luridly retro ideas of what it means to be a man enjoy caused a dangerous rush of testosterone...

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