Saturday, October 25, 2014

Salon.com: Jim Crow persists: How Ferguson case leaks revive a shameful tradition

October 25th, 2014
Unidentified Ku Klux Klan members are among those picketing a restaurant, July 11, 1964, Atlanta, Ga.; supporters of Darren Wilson hold placards in St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 23, 2014.

Jim Crow persists: How Ferguson case leaks revive a shameful tradition

A string of leaks to the media protecting Darren Wilson are part of a very big problem. Here's the sordid history

Rick Scott, Karl Rove, Rick Perry

The Republican Party's electoral philosophy: Cheating wins

The explosion and enforcement of restrictive voter ID laws make this one thing very clear

Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham's "race problem" is not really her problem at all

Why does Lena Dunham inspire so many young women to wax poetic about our own creative potential?

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7 facts that show the American dream is dead

A living wage, retirement security and a life free of debt are now only accessible to the country's wealthiest

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Naomi Grossman of "American Horror Story": "I've never been told I was so pretty until played the ugliest person on TV"

Naomi Grossman tells Salon about comedy, "Saturday Night Live," and her radical "AHS" physical transformation

Vashti Bunyan

Vashti Bunyan: It's hard to imagine making another album

Bunyan on "Heartleap," the democratization of music, and why she writes songs about her family

Mitch McConnell

McConnell's "bipartisan" flop: Bizarrely taking ownership of a GOP political disaster

Mitch McConnell says his efforts to privatize Social Security show he's a bipartisan consensus builder. Wait, what?

Staff of the emergency medical services in France (SAMU) wear Ebola virus protection outfits, Paris, October 24, 2014.

How to survive an apocalypse: What pop culture taught me about living through the end of the world

Everything I've gleaned from such wellsprings of post-apocalyptic wisdom as "World War Z" and "The Walking Dead"

Louie Gohmert

Louie Gohmert worries that gay soldiers "getting massages all day" leave us "vulnerable to terrorism"

A discussion of the U.S. military's campaign against Ebola takes a very strange turn VIDEO

David Koch, Mitt Romney, Donald Trump

One Percent's politics of nothing: Why inequality is absent in these midterms

For all the money spent and all the attention paid, this year's midterms feel incredibly small. Here's why

Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles

Midterm campaigns' silver lining: Simpson-Bowles gets toxic!

Democrats are learning the hard way not to support plans with Social Security cuts. But at least they're learning VIDEO

Les Claypool

Les Claypool: I've been exploding Americana for 30 years

The Primus lead singer on the band's new biography, Bee Gees covers and his Willy Wonka tribute VIDEO

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"Hot goods'" hot mess: Minimum wage crackdown sparks backlash

Unrest in the Pacific Northwest threatens a provision of federal wage law protecting American farm workers

Stephen Hawking

"Be curious, I know I will forever be": Stephen Hawking joins Facebook and instantly inspires fans

The brilliant cosmologist has already garnered over 900,000 likes

Heart

For the first time ever, Australian surgeons transplant "dead" hearts into patients

This procedure could save 30 percent more lives

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Porn star Lisa Ann on her relationship with Notre Dame wide receiver Justin Brent: "YOLO"

"I am very entertained by the incredible amount of commentary about my date," the 42-year-old adult actress tweeted

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A tiny town in Michigan will sell you a police badge and gun permit

For only a few thousand bucks, you can be Johnny law too

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Update: Report: Shooting at high school north of Seattle

According to local television stations two people were airlifted to a hospital

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Before and after photos show the shocking extent of Sao Paulo's water crisis

Southeastern Brazil is in the middle of its worst drought in eight decades

Barbie, Aaron Paul

Back off Barbie, Aaron Paul

The "Breaking Bad" star throws shade in the wrong direction







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