How I became homeless
One mistake (not mine), and I'm inside a nightmare. Three kids, no house and too many nights on borrowed mattresses
The “Star Wars” holiday special George Lucas wants to smash every copy of with a sledgehammer
Once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away, CBS aired a holiday show about Chewie's family. Lucas still hates it VIDEO
Thursday, Dec 25, 2014 8:30 PM UTC 0All Salon Video, The Weeklings, Star Wars
Heat Miser and Snow Miser fiction: Salon’s two-sentence holiday stories, starring the brilliant Xmas special duo
Celebrate the season with new two-sentence holiday stories from Ann Hood, Thomas Beller, Ariel Schrag and many more
Thursday, Dec 25, 2014 7:00 PM UTC 0Entertainment Books, Fiction
My atheist Christmas: How I overcame my personal struggle with the holiday
The holiday and its religious trappings used to offend me deeply. Here's how I overcame my feelings of oppression
Thursday, Dec 25, 2014 5:00 PM UTC 0Politics Church, Religion, Catholic Church
Jack Miles’ return to religion: “There are questions that remain in the human mind even when science doesn’t address them”
Science is about learning, and religion about coping with life, says editor of new Norton Anthology of religion
Thursday, Dec 25, 2014 3:30 PM UTC 0Life Religion, Jack Miles, Atheism
Bill O’Reilly ruined Christmas: Why his nonsense undermines the holiday I love
With every predictable rant by the human outrage machines, the holiday loses a little magic for me. Here's why
Thursday, Dec 25, 2014 12:00 PM UTC 0Politics Christmas, War on Christmas
How to win Christmas arguments: Salon’s guide to defeating your crazy right-wing uncle
Your right-wing uncle is all excited to talk about politics this Christmas. Lucky you!
Thursday, Dec 25, 2014 11:59 AM UTC 0Politics Christmas, end of year
2014′s best of the literary Web: From “Mansplanation Nation” to “The Original ‘Gone Girl’”
A roundup of the most stylish writing and freshest ideas I read on the Internet in 2014
Thursday, Dec 25, 2014 11:00 PM UTC 0Entertainment Books, essays, Personal essays
When guys find out I’m a virgin
Dating is hard — especially when you're a 26-year-old woman who wants to save sex until marriage
Thursday, Dec 25, 2014 11:00 PM UTC 0Life 10 Best Personal Essays 2014
Help these kids today: America’s quiet homelessness nightmare is 1.3 million homeless students
This Christmas, homeless data is changing in shocking ways: Fewer people on streets, but a record for homeless kids
Thursday, Dec 25, 2014 1:30 PM UTC 0News Homelessness, hud
How to keep the peace with your conservative relatives this holiday: Complain together!
The family that kvetches together … makes it through dinner without any tears … together VIDEO
Thursday, Dec 25, 2014 1:30 PM UTC 0Politics Video, complaints, holiday, Family
World War I’s forgotten Christmas anniversary
Dec. 25 marks the 100th anniversary of the Christmas Truce. Why is it only a footnote in our history books?
Thursday, Dec 25, 2014 1:00 PM UTC 0Politics TomDispatch.com, Christmas
A frat boy’s “gay experience”
I always considered myself straight. What happened with Tom left me questioning everything about my sexuality
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 11:00 PM UTC 0Life 10 Best Personal Essays 2014
“The Nutcracker’s” disturbing origin story: Why this was once the world’s creepiest ballet
From pedophilic godfathers to gruesome seven-headed mice, the first versions of the classic ballet were — different
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 11:00 PM UTC 0Entertainment the nutcracker, ballet, Christmas
I got slimed by Rush: The real story of how Stephen Colbert schooled Limbaugh on U.S. history, patriotism
Rush attacked my Salon piece, dismissed me as "professorette" -- and got facts so wrong, he made my point stronger
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 10:04 PM UTC 0News Rush Limbaugh, Stephen Colbert
Terrifying gifts from the 22nd century: The hottest holiday presents for a post-apocalyptic tomorrow
The world will be way scarier by then, but there are still plenty of fun options for Christmas
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 10:00 PM UTC 0Innovation holiday, gift guide, 2100, future
Paging Keri Russell: Russia, Cuba and the truth about Putin the U.S. media doesn’t want you to know
We are making mayhem in Russia, and reality is almost the opposite of what is being described in the press
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 9:45 PM UTC 0News Vladimir Putin, Cuba
“Selma”: A riveting, timely civil-rights drama brings Martin Luther King’s struggle back to life
David Oyelowo's complex MLK portrayal anchors Ava DuVernay's thrilling and eerily relevant drama of Alabama in 1965
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 8:30 PM UTC 0Entertainment Movies, Our Picks
The Year in Uber scandals: A surge-priced cruise through the company’s biggest controversies
2014 was the year investor Peter Thiel called Uber the “most ethically-challenged company in Silicon Valley"
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 7:00 PM UTC 0Innovation uber, driving, scandals, Cars, taxis
America’s fear of black rage: Why tragic NYPD shootings are so misunderstood
I'm deeply pained by the murder of those officers -- but the dishonest rhetoric that followed must be called out
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 5:15 PM UTC 0Politics black lives matter
Nicholas Carr’s dire warning: How technology is “making the world less interesting”
Carr released one of 2014's most buzzworthy tech books, "The Glass Cage," which looks at the effects of automation
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 5:00 PM UTC 0Innovation Nicholas Carr, technology, Jobs
Evil torturers catch a break: How America got distracted from a national travesty
How the Sony story and Cuba reset eclipsed the torture report's horrors -- causing a dangerouus lack of outrage
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 5:00 PM UTC 0Politics Sony, Torture, North Korea, America
Brave, patriotic members of Congress insist on watching a movie
Sen. David Vitter and other lawmakers understand that their highest calling as leaders is to watch "The Interview"
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 3:55 PM UTC 0Politics
“It was a deliberate choice … and a sin”: How GOP really became the party of the South
Today's GOP is very different from the one at its founding, historian Heather Cox Richardson tells Salon
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 3:00 PM UTC 0News heather cox richardson
Protests erupt as suburban Missouri police officer shoots, kills black teen
Just a few miles from Ferguson, another black teen is shot dead by police
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 2:37 PM UTC 0News Ferguson, michael brown
“I am personally fed up”: How military culture induces military suicide
Nearly 2 dozen veterans take their own lives each day. Here's how promising brain science may unlock vital answers
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 1:29 PM UTC 0Politics Military, Mental health, Brain
White supremacy is American policy: The torture report and our long, dark history of civil rights abuse
The Senate's findings should come as no surprise. At home and abroad, we view people of color as less than human
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 11:45 AM UTC 0Politics Torture, White Supremacy
The 13 best standup specials on Netflix
Looking to escape your family this holiday season? Pull up a chair with Rob Delaney and Chelsea Peretti VIDEO
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 9:30 AM UTC 0Entertainment Video, the daily dot
“The Gambler”: Mark Wahlberg’s existential quest for manhood
The raffish star bets it all in a cheerful '70s remake with throwback sexual politics and a dash of existentialism
Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014 12:00 AM UTC 0Entertainment Movies, Mark Wahlberg
Confessions of a secret Muslim
For 12 years, I hid my true identity from friends. I escaped discrimination – but I began to hate myself
Tuesday, Dec 23, 2014 11:59 PM UTC 0Life 10 Best Personal Essays 2014
Marion Cotillard: “Our society makes people feel useless”
The French actress on shooting "Two Days, One Night" and playing a character who is addicted to Xanax
Tuesday, Dec 23, 2014 11:58 PM UTC 0Entertainment Marion Cotillard
Sean Hannity has epic Twitter meltdown after his colleagues name him ‘Worst of Fox’
"I WAS HAVING FUN. CAPS EASIER READ#prayforcops"
Tuesday, Dec 23, 2014 10:11 PM UTC 0Media Sean Hannity, worst of, Fox News
Why doesn’t Twitter think these rape and death threats are harassment?
Twitter's policies explicitly ban violent harassment. But it ignores vile rape and death threats. What gives?
Tuesday, Dec 23, 2014 9:35 PM UTC 0Politics Twitter, rape threats
Issa’s final flop: Failing to link the IRS scandal to the White House
Darrell Issa ends his tenure as House Oversight chair in typical fashion: by failing to live up to his own hype
Tuesday, Dec 23, 2014 8:28 PM UTC 0Politics Darrell Issa
FDA will allow gay men to donate blood — if they haven’t had sex for a year
Agency scraps 31-year-old ban, with a big caveat
Tuesday, Dec 23, 2014 8:08 PM UTC 0News Food and Drug Administration
Christmas is ruined: The first “Entourage” movie trailer is here
It is everything you'd expect, and more VIDEO
Tuesday, Dec 23, 2014 8:00 PM UTC 0Entertainment Video, Entourage, hbo series, movie
“It may out-Ferguson Ferguson”: Why Milwaukee’s police violence will horrify you
The sad lesson of Milwaukee is that what happened to Mike Brown is no exception. Here's the terrifying reality
Tuesday, Dec 23, 2014 7:58 PM UTC 0Politics Milwaukee, Police, police abuse
