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Fiona Apple Facing Up to 10 Years in Jail over Texas Marijuana Bust

By Stephen C. Webster / Raw Story

The singer may face serious jail time in Texas thanks to a state law that classifies possession of any amount of hashish, no matter how small, as a third-degree felony.
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The Weird Things Money Does to People

By Tom Jacobs / Pacific Standard

2 Fall TV Shows Cashing In on Social and Economic Instability

By Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

Bruce Springsteen and the Politics of Meaning in America

By Michael Bader / AlterNet

9 Movies With Evil Corporations That Want to Destroy Humanity

By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

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Is the Atlantic Magazine Making Its Readers More Stupid?

Are There Speed Freaks in the Major Leagues Trying to Gain an Edge, or Just a Lot of Legitimate ADHD Patients?

“The Master”: The Inside Story of L. Ron Hubbard and How He Started the Cult of Scientology

7 Steps to Smoke Pot and Never Get Caught

Why Do Americans Have to Crush Others to Get Ahead?

Frank Joyce / AlterNet

A Totally Different Way to Think About Economics — with Visionary Charles Eisenstein

Adam Parsons / Share the World's Resources

Why Major League Sports Are Freaking Out About a New Attempt to Legalize Betting on Their Games

Brian Tuohy / AlterNet

What if Men Challenged Women as the Fashionable Sex?

10 Great Movies Hollywood Wants to Bastardize Into Crappy Sequels

9 Great TV Shows That Subvert the Right-Wing Worldview

Can 'Genius' Really Be Detected in Infancy?

Why Weird Experiences Boost Creativity

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. / AlterNet

What the New TV Lineup Says About America's Beliefs on Money, Sex and More

Alison Pace / AlterNet

Christopher Hitchens, Niall Ferguson: Why Are Conservatives So in Love With British Intellectuals?

Russell Jacoby / Salon

It's Easy and Cheap to Buy Your Way into Online Fame

Center for Immigration Studies: Best Way to Deal With Latino Vote? Ignore It

6 Movies That Make You Never, Ever Want to Have Children

4 Surprising Ways the South's New Political Landscape Is Upending National Politics

Chris Kromm / Institute for Southern Studies  

The Psychology of Pick-Up Lines

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. / AlterNet

Impossible Choices? The Conservatism of "Breaking Bad"

Michael Corcoran / Truthout

The Melissa Harris-Perry Revolution Will Be Televised

Kirsten West Savali / AlterNet

Asian Woman Writes That She Refuses to Date Asian Men: Is She an Internet Troll or Agent Provocateur?

Step Aside Mommy Porn, Amish Women in Bonnets Make for Instant Best-Sellers

Role-Reversal: Some Cops Have Started Saving Lives From Overdose, Not Just Arresting Drug Users

The Online Nudie Pic: America's New Art Form?

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