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Articles October 2014
Grimes Campaign ‘Exploring Legal Options’ Against McConnell
‘There was no food, no more water lilies’
French Freak-Out Over Creepy Clowns
SpaceShipTwo Flew on Untested Rocket
ISIS Fliers on a Marine Corps Base?
J.K. Rowling Pens the Greatest Horror Story Ever: Dolores Umbridge Was Real
Test Article
Gay Talese on Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range
Samantha Power Praises Cuba for Ebola Response
Video: We Went To NY's Scariest Haunted House
Alpacas Talk Income Inequality
Trustafarians Want to Tell You How to Live
Running Blind: Meet the Most Inspiring Marathoner
Military Hates White House ‘Micromanagement’ of ISIS War
Here’s Why Your Favorite Horror Movies Are So Left-Wing
Joseph Campbell on the Roots of Halloween
How The University of Wisconsin Badgers Are Bucking the Big Ten Ticket Flop
The Dems’ Midterm Performance Anxiety
The WHO’s Big Asterisk on Liberia’s Ebola Case Decrease
Relics from Saudi Arabia's First Millennium Heyday
Washington’s Wheeler-Dealer Patriotism
Brace Yourself for an October Surprise
Inside New York’s Most Powerful Diner
How ‘Titanic ’Helped This Brave Young Woman Escape North Korea’s Totalitarian State
As 30-Year Anniversary of Mass Killings in India Arrives, Sikhs Find Safety in USA
Women Voters Haunted by the GOP's Tricks
‘Point and Shoot’ Captures the Birth of a Warrior on Film
How Aidy Bryant Stealthily Became Your Favorite ‘Saturday Night Live’ Star
Killer Eric Frein Held in Murdered Cop’s Cuffs
When Saudi Arabia Ruled the World
Pro-Life Group Sends Over The Top Mailer
Are Russian Bombers Flying Nuclear Drills Near Europe—Or Just Testing NATO’s Defenses?
From Kate Hudson to Molly Sims, Celebs in Costume Take Over Instagram
Did Chris Christie's Heckler Do Any Good?
The GOP’s Great Gay Hope Hits Trouble
Tim Cook: Why ‘I’m Gay’ Isn’t Enough
Britain Admits Anti-Drug Laws Are Useless
Let’s Free Stacey Addison, The Oregon Woman Jailed at the Ends of the Earth
Yes, ‘Aspergery’ Is a Slur and It's Time to Stop Using It
New Harvard Study Finds the Door to Millennial Vote Is Open to GOP
What’s It Like for Men to Walk in NYC?
When West Point Football Turned Fatal
How Amelia's Plane Was Found
Time Is Running Out for Obama on Syria
50,000 Missing Georgia Voter-Registration Applications? Nothing to See Here
How Can Katie Holmes Escape Tom Cruise—and ‘Dawson’s Creek’?
This One Picture of Telly Savalas Refutes All Fears That Progress Has Ended
Couple Sues Over Russian ‘Bait-and-Switch’ Adoption of Disabled Kids
Meditation Tips for the Easily Distracted
Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif on Why She Removed the Veil
Would You Stay in Lizzie Borden’s Ax-Murder House?
Sexy Ebola Nurse & More of the Year’s Worst Halloween Costumes
Judges Behaving Badly: A Great American Tradition
Dan Malloy Is Progressives’ Dream Governor. So Why Isn’t He Winning?
Ladies’ Men Live Longer
Inside Marvel’s Phase 3: How ‘The Avengers’ Cross Paths with Black Panther and the New Superheroes
This Man Lost 35 Relatives to Ebola and His Community Wants Him Gone
‘Dear White People’: How An Ex-Publicist’s Twitter Became One of the Year’s Most Important Films
Who Says You Can’t Quantify Literature?
Democratic Africa Gets Its First White Leader
Pope Francis Gives Blessing to Exorcist Conference
In Defense of Slut-O-Ween
A Tom Cotton Ad on Grindr?
ISIS Probably Surprised By U.S. "Lone Wolves"
Perdue Demonstrates 'Clear Difference' in GA Senate Race
Obamacare Covers Foreign Diplomats
Obama’s Love-Hate Relationship With Israel Explodes
Jian Ghomeshi’s Very Canadian Sex Scandal
Was Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Too Right-Wing for CBS?
Charles Barkley Is Right on ‘Acting White’
What Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff Can Teach Hillary Clinton
Amy Poehler and George R.R. Martin Play Game of ‘Game of Thrones’
What's Up With U.S. Maternity Leave?
Street Harassment Shouldn’t Be a Crime
Gone Guy: The Return of Haley Joel Osment
Mystery Man Buys Kentucky for the GOP
Mexico’s First Lady of Murder Is on the Lam
Amy Poehler Preaches ‘Lean Out’
Gay Activist David Mixner: I Mercy Killed 8 People
‘To Russia With Love’: Can Johnny Weir Save Russia’s Gays?
The Secret Wonders of ‘Unseen London’ (Photos)
Meet the Liberian Girls Beating Ebola
Steve King: GOP Congress Should Keep Repealing Obamacare
The Real Reason Iran Killed This Woman for Defending Herself
If GOP Loses Next Week, Cue the Crack Up
Karen Armstrong’s New Rule: Religion Isn’t Responsible for Violence
Middle East Goes Monty Python on ISIS
How Can Dems Be Losing to These Idiots?
NRA Ducks Gun Fight Out West
Your Sex Confession Is Her Screenplay
Is ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Immune to GamerGate Misogyny?
Marvel and DC Plan 20 Movies for the Next Six Years: Will the Comic Book Movie Bubble Burst?
Sex, Murder, and Adoption: The Wild Trial of the Polo King
Republicans Win Recruiting Battle in Senate Races
Tri-State Quarantines "An Insane Overreach"
Ernst Stronger in Iowa Than Braley
Aleppo Will Be Scene of Major Fight Against ISIS
Europeans Recall Fireball Whiskey Over a Sweetener Also Used in Antifreeze
Barnacle Gosling's Death-Defying Cliff Dive
Even the Pope Isn’t a Hard-Core Creationist
How to Do Breakfast Right
Adrian Grenier Talks the Economy, the ‘Entourage’ Movie, and the HBO Series’ Alleged ‘Misogyny’
Quarantine Turns Ebola Heroes Into Pariahs
Escaping Assad’s Rape Prisons: A Survivor Tells Her Story
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero
128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty
Eliza Coupe Finds Her ‘Happy Ending’ With ‘Benched’
‘Jane the Virgin’ Is The CW’s Best Show Ever
The 8 Most Competitive Congressional Races of 2014
Are Mandatory Ebola Quarantines Legal?
Hooray for Liberal Fear-Mongering!
Does Tom Cotton Still Want to Jail Journalists?
The Secret GOP Swing State Election Romp
High Rents Are Killing the Restaurant Capital
Happy Howl-O-Ween: Spooky Animals That Will Make You Smile
Ron Perlman's Secret Suicide Attempt
Dems Desperately Seeking the Gender Gap
Spills and Thrills: Models Wiping Out on the Runway (PHOTOS)
Cookie Monster Stars in Harry Potter Parody
New York Is Taylor Swift’s New Boyfriend
The Ghosts of Gaza: Israel’s Soldier Suicides
Charging Up
Activists: Moscow Sea Park Is ‘Torturing’ Its Orca Whales
An ISIS Hostage on the Dark Side
John Avlon Gets 'Real' with Bill Maher
The Good Wife’s Secret Weapon: Matt Czuchry on Cary Agos’s Terrible, Horrible Year
Christie Blinks in Ebola Fight
The 2014 Election Is Yet Another Scrum in the Culture Wars
Viral Video Pioneers: How Pomplamoose is Turning YouTube Stardom Into a Sustainable Profession
LeVar Burton Reads “Go the F*** to Sleep” (NSFW)
The Secret Life of an ISIS Warlord
FinnaRage Wants You to Rage at Its Parties. So What if It Ends Up a Riot?
America’s 60 Year-Old Nuclear Bomber Might Finally Get a New Engine
‘Archer’ Season 6 Preview: Cast and Crew on Rebranding and Dropping ISIS
Diane von Furstenberg: How I Learned to Love My Wrap Dress
Hiring People With Disabilities Isn’t Just the Right Thing to Do—It’s Good for Business
2014 NBA Preview: Skinny LeBron and the Racist Ghost of Donald Sterling
Remembering Reagan’s Defining Speech
Frank Gehry Is Architecture’s Mad Genius
Republicans Want You Scared of Ebola
‘Force Majeure’ and the Swedish Family Vacation From Hell
This Week’s Hot Reads: October 27, 2014
In Chile, Poetry Outlives the Dictators
George W. Bush’s Puzzling WMD Coverup
Behind the Wheel of the Bespoke Bentley
What Al Franken’s Normcore Senate Race Can Teach Other Democrats
The Great Wall of Ukraine
The University of Texas’s Machiavellian War on Its Regent
Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton Building Opens (Photos)
A History of Bespoke Bentley Luxury (Photos)
"If You Don't Vote, None of It Means a Damn."
Liberian Pastors Blame Ebola on Gays, The Right Blames Obama
Stay in the Magical ‘Harry Potter’ Hotel: London’s Georgian House Offers ‘Wizard’s Chambers’
New York & New Jersey’s Ebola Quarantines Are an Insane Overreaction
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: October 26
The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson (And Tolstoy and Dickens)
Congressional Gridlock Is Not What Founding Fathers Had in Mind
The Tycoons Who Lost It All
When Eva Braun Met Anna Nicole Smith
Does Ebola Need An Organization Man?
What’s the Catholic Church’s Problem With Couples Without Children?
Carol Shields’s Tale Of Secondhand Life
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Oct 20-26, 2014
There’s a Reason Your Waiter Hates You
Week in Photos: October 25, 2014
Luxembourg and China Team Up on Private Mission to the Moon
Can Ferguson Swing the Election?
The Sexy Dream of the 747
Cameras That Don't Look Like Cameras
How Rock and Roll Killed Jim Crow
Surprise! Leading ‘Birther’ Thinks Earth is 6,000 years old
Blood Is Ebola’s Weapon and Weakness
‘Housewife Tycoon’ Took On ‘Mad Men’ NYC Real Estate Market and Won
The Bolshevik Who Thinks ‘The Nation’ Is Too Left Wing
Ukraine’s Elections: The Battle of the Billionaires
Porn Stars Are People Too, Dammit: Lisa Ann’s Notre Dame Date and the Trolling of David Gregory
'Real Time' Panel Confronts Maher on Islam
Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Becomes an Obsession
The Fear About Things That Won't Kill Us Is Killing Us
Up to a Point: In Defense of Lobbyists
From Ebola Country to NYC’s Subways
Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’: Country’s Prodigal Daughter Creates the Best Pop Album of the Year
The Stacks: Edward Hopper’s X-Ray Vision
How Much Do You Tip A Robot Bartender?
Donald E. Westlake, The Man With The Getaway Face
I Want My Damn Hoverboard! 12 Movie Inventions That Should Exist
Marcel the Shell Returns, Potty-Mouthed Princesses, and More Viral Videos
Coming Out Kinky to Your Doctor, in Black and Blue
OMG, I Want This House: Mallorca (Photos)
In Hands of Hungarian Artist, Jewish Home Movies of the ’30s a Warning of Coming Holocaust
Donald E. Westlake Defends the Semicolon
Untruth and Consequences in Ferguson
The Real Enemy of Marital Bliss Are Those Most Opposed to Marriage Equality
Ukraine Rebels Love Russia, Hate Gays, Threaten Executions
7 Must-Read Stories about Mexican Cartels, Kansas City and Picasso: The Best of The Beast
Did Joni Ernst’s Des Moines Register Diss Just Destroy Her ‘Iowa-Nice’?
The Battle for Aleppo: A Decisive Fight for ISIS, Assad, and the USA
The Homecoming Prince Who Tweeted His Killing Spree
Lone Star Leaders
Doc With Ebola Has Not Put NYC at Risk
What Iran Can Learn From Gwyneth Paltrow
The Shocking Rise and Fall of ‘Honey Boo Boo’
Dark Money Will Decide Which Party Controls the Senate
Lone Wolves, Terrorist Runts, and the Stray Dogs of ISIS
Jenny McCarthy: I Am Not Anti-Vaccine
New Zealand’s Hobbit-Filled Air Safety Video
Queen Tweets For First Time
Life After ‘Winter’s Bone’: Debra Granik on Finding J. Law and the Plight of the Female Director
Foley Family to White House: You Saved Bergdahl. Why Not Our Son?
The Only Way for Democrats to Win
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History
Bayonetta Is Nintendo’s Graphic, Ass-Kicking Barbie
Inside the Political Fun House: How ‘Alpha House’ Became Amazon’s First Big Hit
America’s First Post-Gay Governor
Will the GOP Get the Message in Kansas?
Look Who’s Wearing The Pants: Haute Butch’s Gender-Blending Style
Elizabeth Peña and the Truth About Alcoholic Women
The Harlem Hat Shop You Have to Visit
Why Humanitarians Talk to ISIS
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else
Ukraine’s Wild and Wooly Elections
How This Election Could Go to January
Wanted: More Devious Politicians
‘Whip it!’ Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s Cabinet Of Horrors
Immigrant Women Facing Domestic Abuse Need Stronger Protections
Why New York’s Ebola Case Will Hurt Infected Patients Everywhere
Daniel Radcliffe: I’m Richer Than One Direction
The GOP Has a New Darling, But He Lives in Canada
Reconsidering Renée Zellweger: Forever a Hollywood-Pretty Character Actress
Was Canada Shooter a 'Lone Wolf?'
Men Squeeze Into Sexy Halloween Costumes
If Clinton Runs for President, Cuomo’s on Board
What’s Worse Than Ebola in West Africa? Almost Everything
Ex-NFL Linebacker: We Talk Around Race, Not About It
Trump Travels to Iowa, Bashes New York
Brad Pitt and Louis C.K. Go ‘Between Two Ferns’
The Revival of Kieran Culkin: A Reluctant Star Seizes the Spotlight
Rand Paul Channels Malala to Bash Obama
‘Her Survival Was a Miracle’: The 6-Year-Old Who Beat Ebola
Beer Makes You More Virile, but Veggies Don’t? Busting the Biggest Myths About Sperm Count
The Childish Genius of Pee-wee’s Playhouse
Channing Tatum Is the Real Star of ‘Foxcatcher'
Did Picasso Try to Steal the Mona Lisa?
Comedians in Bras Getting Feminism
Small Town Keeps Cops Secret From...ISIS
Those Alison Lundergan Grimes Obituaries Were Premature—She’s Hanging On
How Brooklyn Invaded Paris—Next Stop, the World
Why D.C. Wants an Election About Nothing
Chinese Tourists Are Taking Hong Kong Protest Selfies
Ukraine’s Home Front Grows War Weary
Portrait of an Epidemic: The Front Lines of Ebola
Refusing to Marry Same-Sex Couples Isn’t Religious Freedom, It’s Just Discrimination
Brooklyn’s Gangster Graveyard
Cornel West’s Disappointing Decline
How Big Is The Canadian Terror Network?
Live from San Antonio: Women in the World Texas!
‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’s’ Kickass Trailer Leaks, Features Iron Man’s Hulkbuster Armor and Ultron
NBC’s Soup-Loving Dr. Nancy Keeps Her Job
Republicans Fear-Mongering Over ISIS and Mexico Silent on Canadian Border
How ISIS’s Colorado Girls Were Caught
The Bizarre Tale of Ben Bradlee, JFK, a Mistress’s Murder, and the Master Spy
Photos from the Women in the World Texas Forum
Terrorist Ends Canada’s Innocence
Gunman Attacks Canada Parliament (Photos)
The Hoverboard is (Finally Almost) Real
The Path of a Serial Killer (PHOTOS)
Gary, Indiana Is a Serial Killer’s Playground
Has ISIS Peaked as a Military Power?
George Will, Fox News, and the Beginning of an Ebola Conspiracy
Can the Navy's $12 Billion Stealth Destroyer Stay Afloat?
‘No Stairway, Denied!’ Led Zeppelin Lawsuit Winds on Down the Road
Nigel Lythgoe on How to Save Reality TV, ‘On the Town,’ and ‘Brokeback Ballroom’
Thank God! To the Church, This Transgender Woman Is Just a Skank
U.S. and Russia Can’t Agree on Whether They Agreed to Coordinate on ISIS
Dark Money and Our Looming Oligarchy
Proud to Be a Coal Miner Fraudster
America’s Most Important (and Wackiest) Referendums This November
A City Hall Affair to Remember
Magical Gardens for the Blind, Deaf, and Disabled
The GOP’s Really Big Problem in Georgia
Women Describe How Top D.C. Rabbi Allegedly Spied on Them in the Nude
Why Voters Are So Totally Checked Out
Lincoln Was the Founders’ Heir Apparent
Wind Catches Kate's Skirts Again
Renee Zellweger’s Fine, But We Need Some Work: The Toxic Pursuit of ‘Effortless’ Beauty
Ben Bradlee Was the Last of the Newspaper Giants
Ben Bradlee Dead at 93: His Life in Photos
Should Obama Take North Korea’s Bait?
How Oscar de la Renta Created First Lady Fashion
New York Nurses Are the Calm in Ebola’s Storm
A Crazy Alabama GOP Corruption Scandal
Renee Zellweger's Face Gets More Medical Scrutiny Than Ebola
Hannibal Buress Says Bill Cosby Is a Rapist: A History of Sexual Assault Allegations
Corruption Eats Away at Ukraine Military
What Does a Pop-Star Nun Sing? Madonna’s ‘Like A Virgin,’ Of Course
ISIS Video: America’s Air Dropped Weapons Now in Our Hands
Dirtbike Flips over Stunt Plane
Ebola Fear is the Real Epidemic
The $100 Million Midterms
In All-Girls Schools, a Formula for Success
Oscar Pistorius Is Expected to Spend Less Than Two Years in Jail
Morning Sickness Stricken Kate Middleton Rides In a 200 Year Old Carriage
The University Of New Orleans’ Cigarette Ban Is Total BS
Harry Shearer on Being Nixon, ‘The Simpsons Movie’ Sequel, and Why Obama Should Return His Nobel
Doctors Without Borders Hits Ebola Breaking Point
Barbie Is Out, Monster High Is In
Indiana Serial Killer’s Confession Was Just the Start
She Tweeted Against the Mexican Cartels, They Tweeted Her Murder
How LBJ and Reagan Wrecked Our Faith in Government
Why George Carlin Deserves His Own Street
U.S. Fighter Jocks Pray The ‘ISIS Air Force’ Rumors Are True
Compliments Are Nice, but Enough With the Cormac McCarthy Comparisons
The Best-Dressed Way to Say Goodbye
Where There’s Trouble, You’ll Usually Find Joe Biden
Ariana Grande, This Is How to Be a Diva
John Kasich’s Unforgivable Truth About Obamacare
Annie Lennox Doesn’t Give a Damn What You Think
Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta, American Great, Dead at 82
Pew Study: Americans Are Self-Segregating Amid Proliferating Partisan Media
Oscar de la Renta Dead at 82: His Life in Photos
Large Crowd Protests NYC Terrorism Opera
Yes to LGB, No to T: The Pentagon Still Has a Transgender Ban
Rudy Giuliani: Why I Protested ‘The Death of Klinghoffer’
How Carrie Preston Became The Good Wife’s Favorite Scene Stealer
Pope Francis Wins a Battle to Welcome Gays in the Church
In the Battle for Kobani, ISIS Falls Back. But for How Long?
Women in the World Texas Sneak Peek
Nepal’s Deadliest Avalanche Was Totally Avoidable
The West Made Lots of Promises to Afghan Girls, Now It’s Breaking Them
On U.VA Campus, Grief Mixes With Relief After Discovery of Body
The Dishonor of Honor Killings
She Gives the Gift of Language
Ohio State Marching Band Rocks Out (With Their Tubas Out)
The Making of Kiesza: From Navy Sharpshooter to Beauty Queen to Pop Diva
Ebola's Roots Are 50 Times Older Than Mankind. And That Could Be the Key to Stopping It.
‘Fury’: A Ludicrous WWII Movie More Violent Than ‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Citizenfour’ Is Mesmerizing (If You Don’t Mind the Omissions)
And Now Mitch McConnell Is the ‘Pro-Woman’ Candidate!
Ferguson’s Only Unsolved Murder
The West’s Female-Genital Mutilation Wake-Up Call
In Tarheel State, Democratic Senate Incumbent Bucks National GOP Trend
The Secrets of Britain’s Wildest Aristocrats
Rich People Want You to Work for Free
Will There Ever Be a ‘Good Wife’ Effect on Politics?
How One Lawsuit Shows What’s Wrong With America
Morgan Fairchild: Badass Foreign Policy Wonk
Wife of Jailed Saudi Blogger: My Husband Is a Victim of the Thought Police
Chinese Getting Hooked on the Middle East's Favorite Drug
The Ugly Truth About Cory Booker, New Jersey’s Golden Boy
The Worst Question for Abuse Victims
Royal Baby Due In April
The X Factor of Sex Invades Britain: Rebecca More’s ‘Sex Tour’ Enrages U.K. Politicians
The Walking Dead’s Most Gruesome Scene Yet: ‘A Man’s Gotta Eat’
U.S. Humanitarian Aid Going to ISIS
ICYMI: India-Pakistan Head for Nuke War
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: October 19
Was Putin’s Midnight Visit to Berlusconi About Bunga Bunga?
Frats Clash With Riot Police at Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Festival
Breakdancing Brad Pitt, Chainsaw Massacre Prank, and More Viral Videos
Victor Mooney’s Epic Adventure for His Dead Brother
How the Media Failed to Nail the NFL
Disease History Vs. Disease Hysteria
Saturn’s Death Star Look-Alike
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story
The Coming Civil War: Iron Man Vs. Captain America 3
Is the Christian Music Industry Softening on Gays?
Finally, Home Care Workers Start Fighting Back
Cliven Bundy’s Brokeback Mountain Moment
The World's Most Beautiful Boat—Yours for Half a Billion Dollars
The High Society Bank Robber of the 1800s
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Oct 13-19, 2014
National Geographic The Covers: Iconic Photographs, Unforgettable Stories
The Myth of the Central Park Five
The Chicago Bulls’ Joakim Noah Sounds Off on Weed, the Weather, and Winning
The CIA’s Wrong: Arming Rebels Works
Trading Dime Bags for Salvador Dali
All Aboard the USS Persecution Complex
Paranoia Crept into American Political Life a Long Time Ago
Harvard Liberals Hate New Campus Sex Laws
Hurricane Gonzalo Bearing Down On Bermuda (PHOTOS)
The Secrets of ‘Pulp Fiction’: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie on Its 20th Anniversary
They May Sound Like a Good Idea, But Travel Bans for Ebola Won’t Work
Ferguson on Knife Edge of More Violence After Grand Jury Evidence Leak Showing Struggle
Ebola and America’s Childish Narcissism
9 Must-Read Stories of Syria’s Tokyo Rose, Missing WMDs and #GamerGate: The Best of The Beast
Is Brooklyn Becoming Unsafe for Gays? It Depends On Which Ones
Acid Attacks on Women Spread Terror in Iran
Week in Photos: October 18, 2014
A Racist’s Crazy Ski Resort Smackdown
There’s Only One Way to Beat ISIS: Work With Assad and Iran
Nightmares in Face Paint: Why We’ll Always Be Afraid of Clowns
How To Strike Viking Gold
OMG, I Want This House: Porto Cervo, Italy
The Violent Side of Friday Night Lights
Nationalism on Four Wheels
When ISIS Is An Excuse For A Police State
Why Aristotle Deserves A Posthumous Nobel
10-Year-Old Murder Defendant Shows Failure of U.S. Juvenile Justice System
Egypt’s LGBTs Fight Grindr Crackdown
The Stacks: John Coltrane's Mighty Musical Quest
‘The Fappening’ Is Dead: From A-List Hacking Victims to D-Listers Accused of Leaking Nudes For PR
Welcome to Oculus XXX: In-Your-Face 3D is the Future of Porn
Amid Unrest, Afghan Women Push For Role in Peace Process
From Britney to Bynes, Why Do We Love Watching Mentally Ill Celebs?
Inside the Cruise Ship Quarantined Over Ebola Fear
Why Are Swastikas Hot In West Ukraine?
Ron Klain Will Be the Best Ebola Czar Yet
Amphipolis Tomb Yields Amazing Finds But Mysteries Linger
From Didion to Dunham, Female Essayists Seize the Day
Finding the Thread of Peace
Will Universal Treatment Protocol Help with Ebola Containment?
This is ‘Your Brain on MDMA’
Time for U.S. to Support Abortion for Rape Victims in Other Countries
Kate Middleton Pictured Leaving Clinic: New Privacy Row
Ebola Nurses Are As Brave As Soldiers
The Social Conservative Royal Rumble Is Brewing in Iowa
Apocalypse Now: Preppers Are Gearing Up for Ebola
Wash ‘Pulp Fiction’ Down With a Tasty Beverage
The Secret Money Buying Wisconsin’s Laws
Gay Weddings Come to Las Vegas’s Elvis Chapel
Sam Lutfi Is Young Hollywood’s Most Infamous Svengali
Dallas: A Journal of the Plague City
‘Dear White People’ Is the Race Movie America Didn’t Know It Needed
The Supreme Court Is Weighing Corporate Power Yet Again
Mississippi: Last In Everything, First In Vaccinations
The Sky Is Not Falling, and Ebola Is Not Out of Control
Don’t Be Fooled by Apple and Facebook, Egg Freezing Isn’t Cool
Taylor Swift’s Secret Music Man: Max Martin, Elusive Hitmaker
The Tracker That Might Actually Help You Sleep Better
Stevie Nicks Was the ’70s Selfie Queen
The Kardashian Look-Alike Trolling for Assad
Putin T-Shirt Shop (Photos)
Jason Schwartzman Is the Nicest Jerk You’ll Ever Meet in ‘Listen Up Philip’
The Casual Genius of Jenny Slate: ‘Marcel the Shell,’ ‘Obvious Child,’ and the Ghost of ‘SNL’
Dinner With James Deen During Porn’s Latest HIV Scare
How Old People Will Decide Your Future
Rand Paul, Chris Christie Laid Out Plans for Black Voters at Penthouse Forum
Are Over Half the Works on the Art Market Really Fakes?
L.A.’s Cool-Kids Backyard Concert Series—Kensington Presents
Hipster Putin Propaganda
Should Girl Scouts Go Back to Basics?
Oh Yes, He’s The Great Connector: Jason Hirschhorn’s Expertly Curated World
U.S. Soldiers Get Just Four Hours of Ebola Training
Albert Camus, Our Existential Epidemiologist
Red Sweep? Maybe, but One Tea Party Incumbent Is in Trouble
Navy Grounds Top Guns
Colombian Beauty Queen Arrested for Running Child Prostitution Ring
Catholic Church Says It’s OK to be Gay, Sort Of
Growth Stocks
Insiders Blame Rove for Covering Up Iraq’s Real WMD
Use Your Vote to Take Stand Against Domestic Violence
U.S. Extends Protection To Honduran Immigrants
Watch a Republican Try to Duck the Abortion Ban He Cosponsored
Rick Perry Avoided Ebola Like the Plague
Florida Man Freaks Out Over Fan
Top Senate Dem Calls for Buffer Zone and No-fly Zone in Syria
Does a Perv Know Maddie McCann’s Fate?
Exclusive: Turkey OK’s American Drones to Fight ISIS
When the War Comes Home
Marine Gets Shot in the Head, Walks Away
Ebola, Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation Panels Added to WITW Texas
Book Bag: Reading Your Way Out Of Grief
Bill Maher: Yes, I Can Generalize About Muslims
Of Gamers, Gates, and Disco Demolition: The Roots of Reactionary Rage
The Swedish Queen of Soulful Pop: Mapei Won’t Wait for You to Listen
Ted Cruz Quits Screwing With the GOP
Apple and Facebook Are Right to Offer Egg-Freezing
Wait, We Actually LIKE Spoilers!?
Relishing Rembrandt’s Blockbuster London Show
Martin Luther King’s Nobel Speech Is an Often Ignored Masterpiece
Pope Francis Pushes the Church Another Step Further on Gays
The Best Regulator? That’s Easy. It’s the Market.
How Presidents Handle Pandemics
Tavis Smiley Humanely Chronicles MLK’s Sad Last Year
The Misogynistic Companies Jumping On The Breast Cancer Bandwagon
The Right-Wing Crusade Against KStew: How Fear Factories Like Breitbart and Fox Distort News
Electricity Superhighway
Accusations Pile Up on Top D.C. Rabbi Barry Freundel
Can Amal Clooney Save Greece’s Antiquities?
Police Brutality Inflames Hong Kong
Ebola Racism Reaches a New Low in Texas
Bono Apologizes For Giving You Free Music: ‘We Got Carried Away with Ourselves’
Oscars Host Neil Patrick Harris on His Best and Worst Emcee Moments (VIDEO)
Diane von Furstenberg: Becoming the Woman She Wanted to Be
Who Dat, Who Dat? It’s Snoop Dogg Saying Misogynistic Things to I-G-G-Y
Europe’s Hidden Ebola Cases
ISIS and BS
Nurse Nasty Suspected of Killing 38 People in Italy
‘I’m Flipping Out’: Dallas Residents’ Worst Ebola Fears
Basketball Bounces Through Classic Movies
Republicans Are Pressing the ISIS Fear Button Hard for Midterm Votes
Parents’ Ebola Panic Is Taking Over My Clinic
At This Creepy Libertarian Charter School, Kids Must Swear ‘to Be Obedient to Those in Authority’
ISIS Has a Bigger Coalition Than We Do
David Oyelowo on Playing Martin Luther King Jr., Ebola Fears, and Race in Hollywood
Stop Hating on ‘Modern Family’ (But Also Stop Giving It Emmys)
The Perils of Glitzy Celebrity Feminism Having a Moment
It’s Time to Nail the Iran Nuke Deal
These Candidates Are Courting the Muslim Vote
F-111: Death-Dealing, Pop-Art Masterpiece
Don’t Diss the Beauty of Brunch: Defending Our Favorite Meal
The Disappearance of Kate Middleton
The Amazingly Two-Faced Mitch McConnell
South Dakota's Bizarre Four-Way (Senate Election, That Is)
Remember the $182 Billion AIG Bailout? It Just Wasn’t Generous Enough
Bulgaria’s Vampire Graveyards
Whose Side Is Turkey On?
Barbara Hulanicki, Queen of Fast Fashion
We All Have a Rosebud in Our Pasts
The Outrage Over Beyonce’s Bettie Page Bangs: Why the Media Must Stop Objectifying Women
The Crazy Oregon Governor Race Just Got Crazier
Nobel Prize Winner Modiano’s Magical Musical Prose About Paris
How Does Zuckerberg’s Ebola Pledge Measure Up To Other Bigwig Donations?
Mother Knows Best
Why I Named My Quidditch Film Mudbloods
Denmark's Bestiality Problem: It's Legal
Rand Paul's Bill Maher Problem
Speed Read: James Risen Indicts The War On Terror’s Costly Follies
How Real Is Vatican's Shift on Homosexuality?
Syrians Not Included in ISIS Coalition Meetings
NYPD Heckles Comedian During Arrest (NSFW)
Miles Teller’s Movie Star Moment: From the Brink of Death to ‘Whiplash’
It Was All a Dream: Drama, Bullshit, and the Rebirth of The Source Magazine
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