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Drake performs live on stage during day one of Wireless Festival 2025 at Finsbury Park on July 11, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Simone Joyner/Getty Images)

Drake wins, whether we like it or not

Alex Galbraith

Drake wins, whether we like it or not

Alex Galbraith

Drake's overlong, petty trilogy is the perfect soundtrack to the “no one asked for this” era

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Deepak Chopra has an Epstein problem

Nicole Karlis

New Age guru exchanged hundreds of messages with Epstein, including some he’d probably like to take back
Ella Bruccoleri as Mary Bennet, Ruth Jones as Mrs Bennet, Richard E. Grant as Mr Bennet, Poppy Gilbert as Lizzie Bennet, Molly Wright as Kitty Bennet, Grace Hogg-Robinson as Lydia Bennet and Maddie Close as Jane Bennet in "The Other Bennet Sister." Credit: BBC/Bad Wolf/James Pardon (BBC/Bad Wolf/James Pardon)

Perks of being Jane Austen’s wallflower

Melanie McFarland

"The Other Bennet Sister" proves it’s the quiet ones we need to be watching
A health worker, wearing single-use protective clothing and a surgical cap, stands at a checkpoint where she oversees hand washing and temperature screening for all visitors and patients entering Kyeshero Hospital, as part of Ebola prevention measures in Goma on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty Images)

Ebola outbreak is a US failure

Troy Farah

America didn't cause these diseases. But Trump’s cuts to public health have put the world at risk
Conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro speaks during Turning Point's annual AmericaFest conference in remembrance of late right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk (Photo by Olivier Touron / AFP)

Ben Shapiro's Rosa Parks revisionism

Sophia Tesfaye

The Daily Wire’s latest documentary seeks to discredit Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott

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Those weak losers who care about "law"

Obama aide: Legality is for weak leaders

Glenn Greenwald

A top Obama campaign aide uses the language of Bush/Rove/Palin to suggest law is proof of weakness

The real reason RFK Jr. is coming for your antidepressants

The real reason RFK Jr. hates SSRIs

Amanda Marcotte

The HHS Secretary's attacks on psychiatric medication follow a pattern of putting politics over public health

TPUSA's "Make Heaven Crowded" revival tour is a disaster

TPUSA's revival tour is a disaster

Amanda Marcotte

Charlie Kirk’s death did not inspire the national spiritual awakening that was promised

Green energy will have the last laugh — because of Trump

Donald Trump: Green energy's savior?

Sabrina Haake

The president has unintentionally set off an international scramble for renewable energy due to his war in Iran

The Christian right hijacks America's 250th

Christian right hijacks America's 250th

Amanda Marcotte

Trump's Rededicate 250 event erases the U.S.'s secular history

Deepak Chopra, Jeffrey Epstein and those "cute girls" emails

Deepak Chopra has an Epstein problem

Nicole Karlis

New Age guru exchanged hundreds of messages with Epstein, including some he’d probably like to take back

NEWS & POLITICS

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters next to the site of his proposed White House ballroom (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

White House ballroom symbolizes failure

Amanda Marcotte

The president’s only legacy will be greed and corruption
Voters fill out their ballots at a polling station in New York City on Election Day, November 5, 2024. (LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Election security is moving backward

Scott Shackelford - The Conversation

Despite GOP talk of election integrity, the midterms could be less secure than 2024
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (L) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Chitose Suzuki / The Dallas Morning News)

The Texas runoff stakes aren’t so high

Russell Payne

Both potential GOP candidates have torn each other down, and are now equally competitive in the general election

President Donald Trump (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

DOJ gifts Trump with slush fund

Heather Digby Parton

A new $1.776 billion fund could be used to compensate Jan. 6 rioters — and undermine the rule of law
Supporters of Republican presidential candidate, former U.S President Donald Trump wait for the start of a campaign rally at Butler Farm Show Inc. on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

MAGA voters have regrets

Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, Jesse Rhodes - The Conversation

MAGA voters have regrets

Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, Jesse Rhodes - The Conversation

Donald Trump's supporters are starting to wonder if they made a mistake
CBS "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS)

You can't cancel satire

Sophia A. McClennen

While the late-night host's departure is a real loss, his brand of political commentary will survive

MAGA's return to reality TV is bad sign

Sophia Tesfaye

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt are chasing cameras to bypass scrutiny

We can still restore democracy — maybe

Mike Lofgren

Joe Biden tried to "turn the page" on Trumpism, and it failed. We need deep structural change
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CULTURE

Kara Young (left) and Mallori Johnson in "Is God Is." (Patti Perret/Amazon Content Services LLC)

"Is God Is" makes revenge a religion

Coleman Spilde

"Is God Is" makes revenge a religion

Coleman Spilde

Aleshea Harris' debut is a tale of gods and monsters, for a moment when they're hard to tell apart
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It’s not just a crush. It’s limerence

Andi Zeisler

The clinical term for an addiction to longing is going viral — and, in the process, losing its meaning

An urgent message in sheep's clothing

Melanie McFarland

Underneath its feel-good fleece, this film sounds quiet alarms about forgetting painful history

Jost, Che swap offensive jokes on "SNL"

Alex Galbraith

The "Weekend Update" tradition forces the writers to read jokes sight unseen
Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway attend "The Devil Wears Prada 2" premiere in South Korea (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Christian imagery and Devils Wears Prada

Lynn S. Neal - The Conversation

Christian imagery has come to shape the industry in profound ways
James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live." (Photo via NBC)

Epstein's ghost visits Trump on "SNL"

Alex Galbraith

Will Ferrell took on the role of the late sex trafficker for the "Saturday Night Live" season finale
Will Sharpe in "Amadeus." (Starz)

Why every great artist needs a nemesis

Melanie McFarland

Out of all the legendary musical beefs, the fable rivalry between Mozart and Antonio Salieri is our greatest hit
Teddy Thompson's "Never Be the Same" is easily one of the year's best albums (Photos by Ethan Covey/Royal Potato Family)

Teddy Thompson, music's best-kept secret

Jason Kyle Howard

A longtime critical darling, the singer-songwriter’s latest album “Never Be the Same” deserves to be widely heard
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MONEY

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

Garrett Owen

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

Jelinda Montes

Benefiting off viral trends, like Dubai chocolate, has been actually decades in the making
The bag drop and customer service counters at the departures terminal for Spirit airlines sit empty as operations ceased for the company at Logan Airport in Boston. Low-cost US carrier Spirit Airlines said on Saturday that all of its flights have been cancelled as it started an "orderly wind-down of operations," citing spiking fuel prices in recent weeks as a key factor. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / Getty Images)

Spirit collapses after failed bailout

CK Smith

The shutdown of Spirit marks end of a major low-cost carrier and raises questions about budget air travel in future
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Private prisons cash in on ICE crackdown

Nicholas Liu

Over 90 percent of detained immigrants languish in prisons that aren't actually run by the government
Data suggests that women are charging ahead in part thanks to childcare support that became more readily available during the Covid-19 pandemic — that has now expired (Getty Images)

The American workforce is a matriarchy

Sara Estep

The American workforce is a matriarchy

Sara Estep

As moms are driving the growth in America's labor market, it's time for major investments in early childcare
President Donald Trump takes the stage during a rally with U.S. Army troops on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump wants $1.5 trillion for military

Garrett Owen

Massive cuts to domestic programs, with higher state taxes, would bolster the spending increase

A no-spend week, starting in the kitchen

Ashlie D. Stevens

How planning meals, stretching ingredients and baking something sweet can make a no-spend week feel generous

Colleges had no backup for cyber attack

CK Smith

The nationwide cybersecurity incident exposed how fragile our increasingly digital campuses are during finals week
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SCIENCE & HEALTH

Donald Trump: Green energy's savior?

Sabrina Haake

The president has unintentionally set off an international scramble for renewable energy due to his war in Iran

PCOS becomes PMOS

CK Smith

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

SCOTUS overrides abortion pill mail ban

Nicole Karlis

The ruling came after weeks of uncertainty over mail order mifepristone's legal status

The toll of Florida's abortion ban

Nicole Karlis

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

Lentil skillet ingredients (Ashlie Stevens)

The smoky, cheesy lentils I keep making

Ashlie D. Stevens

The smoky, cheesy lentils I keep making

Ashlie D. Stevens

And other cozy skillet dinners for expensive times
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LIFE STORIES

The author and his daughter (Photo courtesy of author)

Fatherhood, fear and our family gifts

Kuang Lee

"You turned out fine, right?" my mother said when I wanted to confront my own father. But had I?
Lozano Car Wash (Photo courtesy of Natalie Jabbar)

Magic half-hours at Lozano Car Wash

Natalie Jabbar

Under the distinctive green arches of this Bay Area landmark, before he left us, my father once doted on me
Desk with a medical stethoscope, a book and a cup of coffee (iStock/Getty Images)

My father, the disapproving doctor

Susan Shapiro

My father said my confessional writing humiliated him. We got along best when I had an ailment he could fix
Dear Father... (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"Dear Father" letters and DNA tests

Brittany Penner

Fathers have always been prickly territory for me, a Métis child of the Sixties Scoop adopted by Mennonites
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