The sexy '70s, re-imagined now: The empowering seduction of "The Diary of a Teenage Girl," a coming-of-age fantasy that couldn't be set today

Sex trafficking "happens in everybody's backyard": A survivor busts the biggest myths and offers advice on how to keep kids safe

My guilty-liberal response to a hate crime

From poster mom to pariah

"For far too long, people of color have been at the bottom of the pile": Why black churches are embracing the clean energy revolution

Joe Lieberman's new betrayal: The transparent cynicism in his Iran warmongering

Hatred is weaponizing Jesus: How violent evangelicals, faith-based con artists & serial abusers are using religion for the purpose of evil

Black America owes no forgiveness: How Christianity hinders racial justice

"Something happened to me in Selma": 50 years ago, a young white seminary student risked everything for the call of civil rights

"It's not just a party, it's our life": Jazz musicians led the way back to the city after Katrina -- but what is this "new" New Orleans?

David Simon: Hyper-segregation is our national dynamic

The 12 most ludicrous ideas about women's health from the GOP field

Meet the Tea Party's evangelical quack: David Barton is Glenn Beck's favorite "historian"

"I'm not leaving until we solve this mystery": Meet the world's foremost Loch Ness Monster hunter

Robots are coming for your job: We must fix income inequality, volatile job markets now -- or face sustained turmoil