Marijuana opponents’ new plan: Kill First Amendment
After failing to stop Colorado from legalizing it, pot foes now want to criminalize drug images and media content
Monday, May 20, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 26Politics marijuana, Colorado, Pot
Politics marijuana, Colorado, Pot
America’s greatest threat: Unsafe work conditions
The Texas fertilizer plant explosion reveals that lax regulations are far more dangerous than any form of terrorism
Friday, May 17, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 30Politics Patriotism, Texas, West
Stop holding Democrats to a different standard
The recent IRS flap shows an obvious double standard in Washington's reactions to Bush era and Obama era misconduct
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 100Politics Barack Obama, George W. Bush
Our outrageous Enron-style justice system
Jeffrey Skilling's reduced sentence exposes old and new double standards poisoning how America treats defendants
Monday, May 13, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 20Business Enron, Jeffrey Skilling
Return of the anti-Muslim bigots
As the GOP coalition gets frayed, Islamophobia is one of the few things that can unify the party
Friday, May 10, 2013 1:12 PM UTC 200Media Star Wars, Islam, Muslims
Was ending the draft a mistake?
Without conscription war has become an abstraction, enabling a new "era of persistent conflict"
Friday, May 10, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 148Politics Richard Nixon, U.S. Military
How drones deceive us
The advantage of technologized warfare is also its most worrying: The perception of decreased risk to the aggressor
Thursday, May 9, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 14Technology War, Drones, United Nations
How a big fracking setback got overlooked
A potential 2016 contender softens his pro-fracking stance, citing unsettled science. So why is it being ignored?
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 15Elections fracking, anti-fracking
Meet the “family values,” anti-environment hypocrites
If the right wing is so concerned with family, why can't it make slight sacrifices to avert disaster for our kids?
Monday, May 6, 2013 3:11 PM UTC 83Politics Environment, Environmentalism
Would we give up burgers to stop climate change?
A new report suggests that adjusting our diet can slow global warming. Now let's see if our politics will let us
Thursday, May 2, 2013 11:29 PM UTC 207Politics Climate Change, Global Warming
Rise of the conservative revolutionaries
Almost half of Republicans think an armed revolution may be needed soon. What does it mean for guns and democracy?
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 3:45 PM UTC 280Politics Republicans, Guns, Gun Control
Americans should expect acts of terror
Tom Brokaw was right: Our violent attacks abroad increase the chance of retributive attacks at home
Friday, Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 312Politics Boston Marathon, Boton Bombings
Good riddance, Senator Baucus
Retirement for one of the Democrats most responsible for the party's destructive shift to the economic right
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 3:43 PM UTC 25Business Montana, brian schweitzer
“How can the brain understand itself?”
The host of the new show "Brain Games" tells Salon the organ's biggest mystery, and how to make yours work better
Monday, Apr 22, 2013 7:00 PM UTCMedia Brain, Neuroscience, Television
Koch brothers’ real plan for media domination
The conservative brothers would make money off owning newspapers. Just not in the straightforward way they claim
Monday, Apr 22, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 24Media newspapers, Koch Brothers
The huge, unanswered questions post-Boston
Why did some seem giddy that suspects were Muslim? Will good police work change our treatment of public employees?
Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 284Technology Boston, Boston Explosions
How to honor the victims of a national tragedy
After catastrophes like Newtown and Boston, we can't let ourselves get swept up in the media circuses that follow
Friday, Apr 19, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 94All Salon Boston Marathon
Boston aftermath brings out America’s worst prejudices
Between a Saudi student's profiling and irresponsible CNN and NY Post reports, our nation's bigotry is on display
Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 4:53 PM UTC 164Media Race, Martin Luther King, Jr.
I still hope the bomber is a white American
The identity of the person behind the Boston bombings will strongly affect our response -- even O'Reilly agrees!
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 4:56 PM UTC 504Life Boston Marathon bombing
Let’s hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American
There is a double standard: White terrorists are dealt with as lone wolves, Islamists are existential threats
Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 11:24 PM UTC 1725News Racism, Xenophobia
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