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President Donald Trump arrives at the NATO Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague, on June 25, 2025. (NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)

Nobody puts "Daddy" in a corner

Brian Karem

Nobody puts "Daddy" in a corner

Brian Karem

But even at NATO, Trump still can't get no respect
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A copy of "The Onion," a satirical newspaper, is seen on a lamppost in downtown Washington, DC on November 14, 2024. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

When fake news is dead serious

Andi Zeisler

Satirical news sites like The Onion are doing the work that legitimate publications won't by taking an actual stand
Donald Trump | US Supreme Court building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Supreme Court bends again to Trump

Heather Digby Parton

Shadow docket ruling on "third country" deportations further erodes our democracy
American Chef Anthony Bourdain (Photo by Salon)

Bourdain in his own words (and ours)

Ashlie D. Stevens

From early Salon essays to intimate tributes, a collection of writing by and about the chef who changed how we eat
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Evangelicals push Trump on Iran

Amanda Marcotte

Forget Joe Rogan — the Christian right remains Trump's most important constituency

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With strikes on Iran, Trump has chosen a path of insanity

Trump has chosen a path of insanity

Bill Curry

It's time to ask: Is a mental condition driving his foreign policy?

Why Karoline Leavitt is so annoying

Why Karoline Leavitt is so annoying

Amanda Marcotte

From trolling the media to gaslighting the public, it's clear why Trump hired her as press secretary

As his support drops, Trump will "lash out in dangerous, unimaginable ways"

Trump's dangerous rage after "No Kings"

Chauncey DeVega

After two weeks of chaos and violence, four experts consider what's next

We've become a failed nation-state in 150 days

A failed nation-state in 150 days

Brian Karem

From chaos and political violence to Israel and Iran, Trump's latest actions have sealed our fate

Musk’s meltdown era is here

Musk’s meltdown era is here

CK Smith

Exploding rockets, billion-dollar losses, and a Trump cold shoulder: Elon Musk’s empire is running on fumes

This ad hits a nerve because it's true

This ad hits a nerve because it's true

CK Smith

A dramatic ICE detention ad goes viral, echoing real cases of American citizens wrongfully held

NEWS & POLITICS

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo waits to speak at the West Side Institutional Synagogue on April 1, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Cuomo considers independent mayor run

Alex Galbraith

After conceding the Democratic primary to socialist Zohran Mamdani, the former governor is weighing options
U.S. President Donald Trump gives his inaugural address after being sworn in at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump: Fire CNN reporter over Iran story

Cheyenne McNeill

In an exclusive report, CNN reported the U.S. strikes on Iran didn’t actually destroy nuclear sites
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks at the end of the U.S Army parade on June 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"Babyface Vance" deportation stirs alarm

Cheyenne McNeill

A Norwegian tourist's ordeal at an American airport has foreigners wondering if the U.S. is still a free country

Senior Trump Adviser Kari Lake just axed 85% of media workers to fulfill a recent executive order. This included the historic radio outlet Voice of America. (Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images)

Lake grilled by House over VOA cuts

Garrett Owen

Kari Lake was dressed down by representatives from both parties on her handling of government-funded media
US President Donald Trump (L) reacts as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (R) speaks flanked by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) at a press conference during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump fumes over leaked Iran report

Garrett Owen

Trump fumes over leaked Iran report

Garrett Owen

Trump said a leaked intelligence report was "very inconclusive," while arguing it also supports his assessment
Protesters march during a nationwide "No Kings" rally in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on June 14, 2025, on the same day as President Donald Trump's military parade in Washington, DC. Thousands of people rallied across the United States on June 14 as a so-called "No Kings" has sprung up against the policies of US President Donald Trump, ahead of a rare military parade on his 79th birthday. (LEANDRO LOZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

Redemptive revolution is now possible

Joel Edward Goza

The white consensus is shattering. New coalitions for racial justice could follow

"Further escalation" by Trump is likely

Chauncey DeVega

Four experts on how Trump is using crises to expand his power

Iran strikes may have been ineffective

Alex Galbraith

The Trump administration was left scrambling following a report from CNN and a statement from Iranian officials
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CULTURE

Noah Wyle and Patrick Ball in "The Pitt" (Warrick Page/Max)

"The Pitt" knows what's ailing America

Melanie McFarland

"The Pitt" knows what's ailing America

Melanie McFarland

One of the best series of 2025 so far, "The Pitt" ponders healing the cracks in America’s healthcare system

Bruce Springsteen (Al Pereira/WireImage/Getty Images)

Springsteen’s "Tracks II" unearths gold

Kenneth Womack

83 previously unreleased songs recorded between 1983 and 2018 offer a glimpse into the Boss’ creative process

Alison Bechdel faces her sellout fears

Andi Zeisler

There’s no ethical consumption under capitalism, but there is a farmers market

Who wants to love a billionaire?

Melanie McFarland

We should know better by now than to embrace George and Bertha Russell as heroes
Jake Gyllenhaal as Jack Twist and Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain" (Kimberly French/Focus Features)

"Brokeback" hurts more on the big screen

Coleman Spilde

20 years ago, Ang Lee's "gay cowboy film" devastated theater goers — now a new generation can share the experience

Dolly Parton attends Dolly Parton's Rockstar VIP Album Release Party with American Greetings on November 16, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for American Greetings)

Dolly Parton announces Vegas residency

Cheyenne McNeill

The Sin City engagement is Parton's first run of shows in nearly 10 years
US actor Johnny Depp arrives at the start of the day during the 50 million US dollar Depp vs Heard defamation trial at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia, on April 28, 2022. (MICHAEL REYNOLDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Depp trashes reality TV stars

Alex Galbraith

The former A-lister said that there's been a loss of "moral, ethical standards" in modern-day entertainment
Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his son Spike (Alfie Williams) in "28 Years Later" (Miya Mizuno/Sony Pictures)

We all have a rage virus now

Coleman Spilde

In Danny Boyle's highly anticipated "28 Years Later," the zombie apocalypse is no scarier than watching the news
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MONEY

1950s smiling housewife at stove giving happy husband a taste of her cooking (Getty Images/Debrocke/ClassicStock)

Gen Z tradwife bros need to go

Katie Gatti Tassin

Younger men want to return to older times — but we shouldn't forget why we left those behind
Young business woman with fake eyes painted on adhesive note sleeping at workplace in office (Getty Images/thianchai sitthikongsak)

Ghostworking isn't as scary as it seems

Keith R. Spencer

If companies want to reduce ghostworking, they need to start listening
Man Holding Empty Pockets (Getty Images/RUNSTUDIO)

Wake me up when we're not in a recession

Mark G. Sheppard

Most of us concluded long ago that wages are too low, bills are too high and good jobs are too hard to find
Emma Grede at the 2024 Fifteen Percent Pledge Benefit Gala held at Paramount Studios on Feb. 3, 2024 in Los Angeles. (Getty Images/Variety)

Work-life balance isn't a perk

Haley Woznyj

SKIMS co-founder Emma Grede is wrong — wanting a life outside work is not a red flag
Recruiters for the City of Pompano Beach speak to job seekers during the JobNewsUSA.com South Florida Job Fair held at the Amerant Bank Arena on June 26, 2024, in Sunrise, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Finding online support after a job loss

Daria Solovieva

Finding online support after a job loss

Daria Solovieva

The unemployed are bracing for the toughest job market in years

Yvie Oddly, Jinkx Monsoon, The Vivienne, and Jaida Essence Hall in the "Total Ru-quest Live" episode of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" (World of Wonder/Paramount+)

What's dragging queens down

Zina Kumok

Between makeup, hair and costumes, it’s not uncommon for performers to barely break even

FOMO is putting Gen Zers in debt

Cara Michelle Smith

The pressure to document the most interesting parts of their lives comes with a price tag

Bond investments look better than ever

Jamela Adam

They're less risky than stocks, can offer steady income and deserve a spot in your portfolio
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SCIENCE & HEALTH

Dehorning rhinos — to save them

Elizabeth Hlavinka

Sawing off rhinos' horns is keeping these magnificent creatures alive. Is selling those horns the next step?

Who's the real invasive species?

Carlyn Zwarenstein

Our cities and suburbs have spiders, rats, raccoons, lizards — and people. Which of us is really the invader?

Nimbus variant could start summer surge

Elizabeth Hlavinka

As COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1 spreads around the world, concerns about vaccine accessibility are rising

A culture war is brewing over AI

Conor Purcell - Undark

As AI systems increasingly display emotion, genuine or not, public opinion will split around calls for their rights

Helping pap smears be less painful

Zoe Cunniffe

Unrecognized pain conditions have long made pap smears excruciating for some — that’s slowly changing
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FOOD

Frozen yogurt (Getty Images / EyeEm Mobile GmbH)

Obama-era froyo returns, thanks to Gen Z

Francesca Giangiulio

Obama-era froyo returns, thanks to Gen Z

Francesca Giangiulio

Froyo shops are packed again. Nostalgia and probiotics might be to blame.

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LIFE STORIES

An urn, some receipts and invoice letters (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

My parents died. It's a whole second job

Becky Robison

Millennial kids of Boomers have started to join the dead parents club, where mourning is just the beginning
Miles, the author's cat, makes himself at home in a hotel room. (Photo courtesy of author)

My cat is my favorite traveling partner

Kyoko Mori

Miles is happier with me than with anyone else, so when I have to leave town, he comes along
My Mother Was A Communist (Photo illustration by Salon/Photos courtesy of author/Getty Images/Clever Pictures)

My mother, the debutante Communist

Andrew O'Hehir

Her life was like a slowly unfolding, densely plotted thriller whose unfinished story we’re all still inside
Jim Berg (author) in front of the Supreme Court on the weekend of the March, 1987 (Photo courtesy of the author)

Geraldo outed me on national television

Jim Berg

Coming out to my family was only the beginning of the process of dismantling the closet I had spent years building
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