Culture

Killer Mike, Venerable Rapper/Activist, Talks New Album, Drug War, and Maybe Running for Office

By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

The OutKast affiliate and longtime Atlanta figurehead speaks on the eve of his new album, "R.A.P. Music," aka "Rebellious African Peoples' Music."

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The Awesome Politics of "the Avengers"

By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

"It's Not You. It's Jesus." How TV Reflects Our Odd Attitude Towards Chastity

By Willa Paskin / Salon

The Horror of HBO's "Girls"

By Eileen Jones / eXiled Online

Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello on May Day 'Guitarmy' and the Occupy Spring

By Adele M. Stan / 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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Is Your Stuff Falling Apart? Thank Wal-Mart

Stacy Mitchell / Grist.org

TV's Overwhelming Whiteness Changes How We Think

Jeremy Adam Smith / Salon

Fascist America: Have We Finally Turned The Corner?

Sara Robinson / AlterNet

An Open Letter to the Tribeca Film Festival Regarding Occupy Wall Street

Tribeca 2012 Film Coalition / Tribeca2012.com

How Equality In Sports is Undermined by Compulsory Heterosexuality

Leanne Norman / Feministe

How ‘The Wire’ Influenced ‘Parks and Recreation’

Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress

Occupy The Progressive Movement: Why Occupy Should Embrace "Co-Optation"

Jonathan Matthew Smucker / Beyond The Choir

Activist Rockers "Outernational" Talk About Their New Political Album "We Are All Illegals"

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

$5,000 For a Pair of Sandals: The Rich Are Different, Right Down to Their Shoes

Sara Robinson / AlterNet

Porn Lit: Why the S&M "50 Shades of Grey" Is Freaking Everyone Out

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

The Soul of the Christian South: Fundamentalist and Progressive Churches Square Off in Gay Marriage Debate

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Act Like a Lady? 7 Romantic Comedies Stuck in the 1950s

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

The Hunger Games' Subtly Racist Cliché

Bijan C. Bayne / AlterNet

10 Interesting Things the World Learned This Week

Liz Langley / AlterNet

Is Understanding Climate Change An Economic Luxury?

Emily Badger / Miller-McCune Magazine

6 People You Need to Start a Revolution

Sara Robinson / AlterNet

Why I'm Deeply Skeptical of HBO's Super-Hyped Show 'Girls'

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

Heroes and Villains: How To Tell The Progressive Economic Story

Richard Kirsch / New Deal 2.0

Where We're Headed, We Don't Need Roads

David Sirota / Creators Syndicate

Matt Damon to Film "Anti-Fracking Blockbuster"

Agence France Presse

Heroine With a Thousand Faces: The Rise of the Female Savior

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

7 Most Absurdly Schmaltzy Historical Movies

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

Conservative 'Culture of Bullying' Keeps LGBTQ Youth From Feeling Safe

Jin Zhao / AlterNet

'Bully' Documentary Exposes the Criminal Negligence Threatening Kids' Lives

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

What If We Stopped Freaking Out About Climate Change?

Sven Eberlein / AlterNet

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