Culture

We Have Less Maternity Leave Than Pakistan? 5 Things That Would Make Your Job Humane

By Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

Everyone's talking about work-life balance, but here are some concrete ways we might actually achieve it.

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Mooney: Are Conservatives Happier Than Liberals?

By Chris Mooney / Salon

The Shocking Truth About Joe Paterno, Penn State and Governor Tom Corbett

By Dave Zirin / The Nation

Combatting Anti-Gay Bullying Through Young Adult Fiction

By Eleanor J. Bader / AlterNet

A Closer Look at Louis CK's Shocking Rape Scene

By Claire Lobenfeld / AlterNet

No Thanks for Thanksgiving

AlterNet Comics: Jen Sorensen on America's 'Diverse Coalition of White Men'

Five Reasons Why Petraeus (and Allen and the Shirtless Agent) Are the Ones to Blame

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What's Up With America's Apocalypse Obsession?

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

Why Do We Pressure Sexy Women to Lose Weight? 8 Beautiful Stars Who Still Get Called Fat

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

Hope Is For The Lazy: The Challenge Of Our Dead World

Robert Jensen / AlterNet

Life Is Cheaper -- And Richer -- In Co-Housing

Sven Eberlein / YES! Magazine

Why Don't Americans See Climate Change As A Moral Imperative?

KC Golden / Getting A Grip On Climate Solutions

How Millennials Are Driving the Great Migration of the 21st Century

Nathan Norris / Placeshakers and Newsmakers

How Frank Ocean's Same-Sex Love Revelation Liberates Us All

Kevin Powell / kevinpowell.net

Sisters of the American Revolution: Why We Should Embrace the Opening Doors of a Once Whites-Only Club

Debra J. Dickerson / AlterNet

What About the Men? Why Our Gender System Sucks for Men, Too

Noah Brand, Ozy Frantz / The Good Men Project

The Power of Being Single

Thomas Rogers / Salon

Why Are Kids Obsessed With Beyblades?

Jeff Yang / AlterNet

“Savages”: Oliver Stone, Back on Drugs at Last

Andrew O'Hehir / Salon

Why You Should Watch the Disturbing, Beautiful "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Rebecca Carroll / Ebony

3 Cases of Crass Sexual Exploitation by Misogynist Internet Manipulators

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

The Day After The Fourth of July

Mike Lux / Daily Kos

How Do We Get More Women Into The Sciences?

Michael Keller / Txchnologist

Red, White, and Blue No Longer: Religion and A Non-White American Future

Peter Laarman / Religion Dispatches

Why Our Founding Fathers Would Disapprove of the Tea Party

Sam Pizzigati / Other Words

The Revolution Will Be Handheld

Trey Ellis / AlterNet

We Have Happy Pills, Anxiety Drugs, and Therapists Galore: So Why Are We More Stressed and Depressed Than Ever?

Andrew Weil / Psychotherapy Networker

Google Gets Dystopian: "Google Glasses" and the Surveillance State

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

The Secret Benefits of Procrastination

Frank Partnoy / Salon

Are Mega-Corporations and Wall Street Killing Electronic Dance Music?

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

Forget Politics, Here Are 10 Things That Really Divide Americans

David Sirota / Salon

Nora Ephron: Not So Great

Eileen Jones / eXiled Online

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