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"The Bear" shows what's humanly possible

Melanie McFarland

"The Bear" shows what's humanly possible

Melanie McFarland

The FX hit's final season shows that trust, love and sheer will can be the brightest fires in an end-of-days storm

Dino-shaped nuggets (bhofack2/ Getty Images)

Dino nuggets, made better

Dino nuggets, made better

Because we all should be feeding our inner child — even into adulthood

Haley Joel Osment in "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Spielberg’s "A.I." foretold our solitude

Spielberg's divisive 2001 film looks far more prescient 25 years on, tackling the ChatGPT era with alarming urgency

According to a new poll, 53% of Americans are in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP via Getty Images)

Impeachment is the way to stop Trump

Heather Digby Parton

Democrats should not be timid in holding the president accountable if they take back Congress

FEATURED

Visitors to the US are discovering things that make up everyday America, like Waffle House, ranch dressing and Bu-cee's. (Wirestock / Getty Images)

World Cup fans love ranch, Bu-cee's, BBQ

As fans tour US, viral reactions and appreciation for US staples like Buc-ee's, BBQ, the "bigger is better" culture

President trump reacts during an Oval Office press conference with faith leaders and allies including Dr. Ben Carson and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Trump: new book is of course "Fake News"

After leaked excerpts, interviews and revelations, Trump unloads on Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's new book

Bill Maher visits The Megyn Kelly Show at the SiriusXM Studios on May 20, 2024 in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

Maher: I'd vote GOP over DSA

The "Real Time" host told the VP he's had it with hardline stances against Israel, prisons

Donald Trump | US Supreme Court (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

SCOTUS is done with immigrant rights

Chauncey DeVega

The Supreme Court's latest rulings signal that compassionate conservatism is officially dead

"Blue Film" is the gay indie that won't let you look away

"Blue Film" won't let you look away

The controversial film is much more than its shocking premise, probing sexuality with complete candor

Why MAGA buys Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool hoax

Why MAGA buys the Reflecting Pool hoax

Amanda Marcotte

The GOP base would love to arrest people who laugh at them

How long can this "Weekend at Bernie's" presidency go on?

The "Weekend at Bernie's" presidency

Trump fever is finally breaking on Capitol Hill, this time for real. What in God’s name happens now?

Tulsi Gabbard was in more than one cult

Tulsi Gabbard was in more than one cult

Heather Digby Parton

The former director of national intelligence — and MAGA member — allegedly took orders on politics from her guru

Beyond banana bread: What to do with your overripe bananas

Do more with your overripe bananas

Banana bread is great, but it’s not the only fix for when you’re trying to use up all your forgotten bunches

Trump's MAGA brand is fading — and that makes it dangerous

Trump's MAGA brand is fading

Chauncey DeVega

As the president's favorability sinks, the danger to democracy rises — not the other way around

NEWS & POLITICS

Farmworkers picking corn in field (Getty Images/Hill Street Studios)

Idaho breaks with Trump on farm labor

Lisa Meierotto, Matthew May, Rebecca Som Castellano - The Conversation

86% of farmworkers in the U.S. are foreign born, and 45% are undocumented

Right-wing media turns to SCOTUS

Conservatives turn to birthright citizenship case after sweeping democratic socialist wins

VilÃ¨s Dorsainvil, the executive director of the Haitian Community Support Center in Springfield, Ohio, speaks at a community vigil on June 25, 2026. (Tatyana Tandanpolie for Salon)

Haitians meet fear with unity

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Despite the devastation of the SCOTUS ruling, Haitian immigrants and their allies aren't giving up just yet

President Trump, at this year's Faith & Freedom conference, spoke to a crowd of evangelicals warning them about the "greatest threat" to America â the "godless communist" democrats. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Trump calls Dems "godless communists"

President pivots from joking about communism to warning evangelical voters about "godless communists" Democrats

Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Democrats run against "Epstein class"

Grace Panetta - The 19th

Democrats run against "Epstein class"

Grace Panetta - The 19th

Candidates are casting their messaging around Epstein’s associates and the unaccountable elite

Students have always been able to express their faith at school, but new laws in Texas now mandate Christian faith readings and curriculum for all public schools. (plherrera / Getty Images)

Texas to mandate school Bible readings

Education board decision fuels debate over where teaching about religion ends and religious instruction begins

The "Weekend at Bernie's" presidency

Trump fever is finally breaking on Capitol Hill, this time for real. What in God’s name happens now?

Tucker Carlson is not leaving the GOP

Amanda Marcotte

The podcast host envisions a more radical Republican Party

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Milly Alcock and Matthias Schoenaerts in "Supergirl" (Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Why the DCU won't let "Supergirl" win

Why the DCU won't let "Supergirl" win

Milly Alcock brings a fresh energy to Superman's cousin that's snuffed out by a risk-averse studio culture

(Illustration by Salon/Fantagraphics/Andrews McMeel Publishing/Gallery Books )

Best graphic memoirs of 2026 (so far)

These 5 memoirs call on their authors' inner resources and the wisdom of the world around them

Larry David's all-American reality check

Melanie McFarland

In HBO's "Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness," the comedian makes pettiness all-American

New books revisit Beatles' milestones

Samira Ahmed's "A Hard Day's Night" and Amelia Davis' "The Beatles by Jim Marshall" bookend their touring years

Amy Griffin (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Amy Griffin)

"The Tell" never told the whole story

The legal drama around Amy Griffin’s memoir reveals the role of power and wealth in building a bestseller

Ella Bruccoleri as Mary Bennet in "The Other Bennet Sister" (BBC/Bad Wolf/James Pardon)

There's something about Mary Bennet

The star and writer of BritBox's "The Other Bennet Sister" on why the "Pride & Prejudice" wallflower resonates

A '90s-style feral summer (Lisa5201/Getty Images)

Side-eyeing the '90s summer trend

Wistful overtures to an easier decade are willfully ignoring financial realities

"House of the Dragon." (Courtesy of HBO)

Without dragons, TV fantasy wouldn't fly

Melanie McFarland

A lot of shows and movies crashed so Targaryens could soar

New Yorkers gathered outside the LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, New York City, U.S., on May 7, 2026, to demand a rent freeze on rent-stabilized apartments. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

How “freeze the rent” really works

Even with Mamdani in the mayor's office, tenants aren’t taking a rent freeze for granted

Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, speaks via video before the ringing of opening bell at the launch of the company's initial public offering on June 12, 2026 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Elon Musk's big payday from SpaceX IPO

Brad Badertscher - The Conversation

Investors who bought the shares are unlikely to see the explosive growth that past IPOs had

Gas prices are just one of the rising travel costs for summer vacationers, despite a lower-than-average hurricane prediction. Americans are still planning their summer holidays. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

Summer's mixed forecasts, rising costs

Memorial Day travel demand remains strong as NOAA predicts below-normal hurricane season and rising vacation costs

The conflict in the Middle East has hit the global fuel and fertilizer markets that, in turn, have increased farmers' costs right as planting season begins. (Mark Mirko/Connecticut Public via Getty Images)

Farm aid can't outrun Trump's war

With rising costs of fuel and fertilizer, and tariffs still in place, the outlook for 2026 is bleak

Pistachios (Getty Images/Laura Rosina)

The pistachio trend has some history

The pistachio trend has some history

Benefiting off viral trends, like Dubai chocolate, has been actually decades in the making

Minnesota takes on Polymarket, Kalshi

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is suing multiple states for trying to rein in Polymarket and Kalshi

The Trump phone is here. It's junk

Tech experts and reviewers say the long-delayed $500 phone has high costs, middling specs and murky origins

The American workforce is a matriarchy

As moms are driving the growth in America's labor market, it's time for major investments in early childcare

SCIENCE & HEALTH

Trump: Cognitive tests prove he's smart

Doctors say MoCA is screening tool for cognitive impairment, not intelligence test, despite Trump’s intellect claim

Trump cuts to global health hit home

Politicized public health agencies also make it harder to hold officials accountable

PCOS becomes PMOS

This change to this common reproductive health issue could lead to better and earlier treatment for 15% of women.

Lower drug prices won't fix cancer care

Kenneth E. Thorpe

As breakthrough drugs offer critical hope to patients, lawmakers should focus on shoring up the social safety net

Ebola outbreak is a US failure

America didn't cause these diseases. But Trump’s cuts to public health have put the world at risk

A woman walks by campaign signs at an early voting site at the West Oaks Branch Library in Ocoee, Florida, United States on October 27, 2024. (Paul Hennesy/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The toll of Florida's abortion ban

The toll of Florida's abortion ban

The number of Florida residents who traveled out of state nearly tripled between 2023 and 2024

The first passengers from the MV Hondius depart for Tenerife Airport aboard a Spanish Military Emergency Unit bus, escorted by a member of SpainÃ¢s External Health Service, after disembarking at Granadilla Port in Tenerife, Canary Islands, on May 10, 2026. (Photo by Andres Gutierrez/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Hantavirus is a warning. We must listen

The Dutch cruise ship incident probably isn’t the next pandemic. That doesn’t mean we’re risk-free from outbreaks

President Donald Trump calls on a reporter to ask a question during an event on maternal healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House on May 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration recently launched Moms.gov, a website to help provide resources to expecting women and their families. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Moms.gov is not what moms really need

The Trump admin says moms.gov is a critical resource. Advocates say it's ideology over substance — and even harmful

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Historic neighborhood in Madrid with vivid nightlife and various restaurants (Sami Auvinen / Getty Images)

Hemingway's Madrid, one bite at a time

Howie Southworth

Hemingway's Madrid, one bite at a time

Howie Southworth

The city's literary quarter still serves up churros, sherry and oxtail — and just enough ghosts for lunch

An unnecessary amount of bread

Ashlie D. Stevens

Or: How to make a budget meal feel abundant

How to throw a dinner party on a budget

Eating out is expensive, but hosting your friends doesn't have to be

Do more with your overripe bananas

Banana bread is great, but it’s not the only fix for when you’re trying to use up all your forgotten bunches

Your picnic is missing biscuits

Ashlie D. Stevens

Forget the sandwiches. This summer, pack brunch instead

The secret to better summer beans

Ashlie D. Stevens

Pantry staples have seasons, too

Waffle House in Durham, North Carolina on February 6, 2020 (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

World Cup fans fall for Waffle House

Francesca Giangiulio

Global visitors have spent the tournament exploring Waffle House, Buc-ee's, Taco Bell and other American standards

Cake with sprinkles (the_baxters/ Getty Images)

Boxed cake isn't a cheat. It's a gift

The dot cake trend reminds us of the whimsy and nostalgia behind a longstanding baking shortcut

An illustration of a solo traveler in front of a cruise ship with images of older passengers (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Lisa-Blue / Horsche / SOPA Images / RgStudio)

My awkward adventure on a seniors cruise

On my solo research trip I ended up isolated, injured and curious about the men paid to charm older women at sea

Woman holding a bisexual pride flag (Getty Images/Wirestock)

What I wish I'd known about bisexuality

I'm not straight, but I appear that way to the world. Visibility and belonging can be a struggle

The Wizard of Oz | Tornado (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Silver Screen Collection)

My lifelong fascination with tornadoes

Gabriella Ferrigine

Am I a bad person for being so enamored with these destructive windstorms? It's complicated

Author hiking the Camino de Santiago (Photo provided by Ginny Bartolone)

My (unexpectedly) feminist pilgrimage

Ginny Bartolone

I hadn't planned on walking 500 miles in Spain just to escape sexist assumptions, but it turned out to be a bonus

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