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Danny Griffin as Jolyon Forsyte in "The Forsytes" (PBS)

Hot men and the money they love

Melanie McFarland

Hot men and the money they love

Melanie McFarland

PBS' new "Masterpiece" limited series puts a twist on a seductive classic

Raita and a variety of dips. (mtreasure / Getty Images )

Give savory yogurts a chance

Give savory yogurts a chance

A recipe for cumin, Garam Masala-infused raita makes the case for spiced yogurt supremacy

Activists protest the presence of ICE officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport and other airports throughout the country (Angelina Katsanis / AFP via Getty Images)

What activists can learn from France now

The left should look to France’s Yellow Vest movement to see the dangers of violent escalation

President Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Doral Miami, March 9, 2026. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

History's monster, not its hero

Is Donald Trump the kind of world-historical figure imagined by Hegel? In an upside-down way, yes

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President Trump's signature has become ubiquitous with his many executive orders, but now it will be featured on legal U.S. currency, a first in over 100 years for a sitting president. (Samuel Corum / Getty Images)

Trump is putting his name on everything

Trump’s signature on legal U.S. currency blur the line between the presidency and his personal branding

Demonstrators protest the Trump administration during the "No Kings" national rally in Denver, Colorado on October 18, 2025. (JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images)

No Kings protesters running for office

Amanda Becker - The 19th

“Oftentimes, you’re the person you’re looking for,” said Leila Staton, an Iowa state House candidate

TSA security lines at Houston's largest airport extended out the doors and snaked around baggage claims. Travelers waited long hours to make it to their waiting flights. All because Congress cannot agree how to or whether to fund DHS. (Antranik Tavitian / Getty Images)

House: 'No deal!' Long TSA lines persist

Trump stepped in to demand TSA paychecks due to conflicting Congressional plans; travelers still face long lines

Meg Stalter at the 32rd annual Actor Awards (Emma McIntyre/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Smoking will never not look cool

Yes, smoking will kill you. But don’t expect young Hollywood to resist the iconic allure of lighting up

ICE at airports: Trump's troll move backfires

ICE at airports: Trump troll backfires

Amanda Marcotte

The deployment isn't triggering the liberals. But it may anger some voters Republicans need in November

How Iran emasculated JD Vance

How Iran emasculated JD Vance

Amanda Marcotte

The vice president’s alignment with Trump risks harming the persona he’s built with manosphere voters ahead of 2028

I watched "Inside the Manosphere" with my son

"Inside the Manosphere" with my son

Louis Theroux’s documentary seems to be shocking a lot of people, but we agreed it could have gone much harder

"Project Hail Mary" is movie medicine

"Project Hail Mary" is movie medicine

The Ryan Gosling-led adaptation of Andy Weir's bestseller is a moving, must-see roadmap through our future

People really love to see feminists fail

People really love to see feminists fail

The reaction to Lindy West’s new memoir is a reminder of how quickly we discredit women

Trump's Cabinet retreats behind military gates

A Cabinet behind military gates

Chauncey DeVega

Housing officials on military bases has little precedent in U.S. history. It has plenty in authoritarian regimes

NEWS & POLITICS

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin should acknowledge the view of the party's base on Israel ((Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Democrats must face reality on Israel

At its April meeting, the Democratic National Committee must have an open debate on its support of Israel

President Donald Trump (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump’s Iran war has no clear endgame

Republicans and a former Pentagon official raise concerns over the war's conduct and what victory means

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents are seen working as passengers wait in long lines outside of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on March 23, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

House rejects Senate plan to fund TSA

UPDATED: House offered a different plan to address airport chaos from the DHS shutdown, rejecting the Senate's bill

Kash Patel testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Kash Patel hacked by Iran-backed group

Hackers posted pictures and documents from Patel’s email

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SCOTUS litigates late mail-in ballots

SCOTUS litigates late mail-in ballots

Over a dozen states currently accept late mail-in ballots postmarked on election day. That could change

Oil futures trading soared on March 23 just before President Donald Trump announced "productive" peace talks with Iran (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The trades before Trump’s reversal

Heather Digby Parton

Unusually timed trades around Trump’s Iran announcement have raised questions about who knew what and when

Minnesota fights to hold ICE accountable

Andy Mannix - ProPublica

The dispute with the Trump admin is a game of constitutional chicken over states’ rights versus federal immunity

ICE at the airport is just the beginning

Chauncey DeVega

The expansion of enforcement inside U.S. travel hubs is less about immigration than about normalizing surveillance

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Sofia Coppola and Marc Jacobs (A24)

Sofia Coppola finds Marc Jacobs' whimsy

Sofia Coppola finds Marc Jacobs' whimsy

"Marc by Sofia" is a punk rock documentary foray into exciting territories old and new

Lisa Kudrow in "The Comeback" (Erin Simkin/HBO)

On The Comeback, AI gets the last laugh

Melanie McFarland

As Lisa Kudrow’s Valerie Cherish takes the pulse of AI’s Hollywood takeover, so does a new film hitting theaters

Can Sarah Michelle Gellar catch a break?

With the "Buffy" revival scrapped and "Ready or Not 2" downplaying her charm, it's time for Gellar's true next act

BTS doc: Snapshot of a troubled comeback

"The only way that they can carry the weight of the crown is through all seven of them"

Lindy West attends the Hulu "Shrill" FYC screening at the Television Academy (Erik Voake/Getty Images for Hulu/Getty Images)

People really love to see feminists fail

The reaction to Lindy West’s new memoir is a reminder of how quickly we discredit women

Melissa Auf der Maur (Jessica Chappe)

The beauty and brutality of '90s rock

"Even the Good Girls Will Cry" recounts the era's mythmaking and how the former Hole bassist managed to survive it

A woman grieving her parents (Justin Paget/Getty Images)

My parents died and left me 34 fish

"My Parents Are Dead: What Now?" is a darkly funny guide to navigating grief and the paperwork that follows

Michelle Pfeiffer as Stacy Clyburn in "The Madison" (Emerson Miller/Paramount+)

A woman's place is in an isolated cabin

Melanie McFarland

Taylor Sheridan's new show calls for abandoning scary city life for a rustic outhouse of one's own

Writer at their typewriter, making money (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Mastering the business of creativity

Paulette Perhach

If you want something, you have to do more than give. You have to go out and get

Businesswoman live-streamed e-commerce clothing sale at home (Getty Images/MTStock Studio)

Social media has changed how we spend

Melanie Lockert

It's a marketer's world and we're all just living in it

Typing at a laptop, hacking (Getty Images/Narumon Bowonkitwanchai)

Protect your data after massive breach

Nina Jagannathan

"People are usually their own worst enemy in security," one expert warns

Couple arguing about money (Getty Images/Filmstax)

The cost of keeping money secrets

Sheryl Nance-Nash

Two in five adults in committed relationships have kept financial secrets from their partners, a survey says

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

My parents died. It's a whole second job

My parents died. It's a whole second job

Millennial kids of Boomers have started to join the dead parents club, where mourning is just the beginning

Financial documents and files, focussing on Bank Accounts (Getty Images/Peter Dazeley)

How many financial accounts do you need?

A financial adviser weighs in on six common accounts used to organize money

Pros, cons of using a tax prep chain

Companies like H&R Block, Jackson Hewitt and Liberty Tax may or may not work for your situation this season

Say goodbye to these retirement rules

Sheryl Nance-Nash

Pension plans and Social Security checks are iffier than ever. Here's what to know about planning for the future

SCIENCE & HEALTH

Trump is weaponizing climate change

The Iran war shows how fossil fuels, conflict and planetary crisis are now inseparable

Misinfo at Trump’s women’s health summit

Amanda Seitz - KFF Health News

The administration-sponsored event elevated perspectives outside conventional standards of medical care

RFK Jr.’s vaccine adviser under scrutiny

Public health experts criticize Retsef Levi’s studies ahead of a key vaccine advisory meeting

Trump's pro-birth agenda failing moms

As the Trump admin urges folks to have more kids, new data shows early pregnancy care moving in the wrong direction

RFK Jr's risky attacks on HPV vaccines

The HPV vaccine has significantly reduced rates of cervical cancer across the world, yet the CDC insists on review

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Is ChatGPT Health the new WebMD?

Is ChatGPT Health the new WebMD?

OpenAI’s new chatbot aims to bolster users' health decisions — but risks fueling confusion and anxiety

Small siblings covering their ears while refusing to listen their parents arguing in dining room (Getty Images/skynesher)

Going childfree to stop the abuse cycle

Christina Wyman

I'd never had a stable model for how to raise emotionally healthy kids. I realized I had to break the cycle

Social and political issue of healthcare and medicine changes and reform in USA politics and policies, symbolized by a close-up of a stethoscope resting on a the cloth fabric of the United States flag.

Reinventing public health under Trump

California, New York and others are forming health alliances, marking an uncharted chapter in public health

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Lentil soup (Natalia Gdovskaia / Getty Images )

How I cook without relying on dairy

Ashlie D. Stevens

How I cook without relying on dairy

Ashlie D. Stevens

A shift in my health changed how I cook — and led me to deeper flavor, new habits and a different kind of comfort

The dirtiest produce on any grocery list

The year's most contaminated fruits and vegetables may be in your refrigerator, alongside the "Clean Fifteen"

A sheet pan dinner that actually works

Ashlie D. Stevens

Render the fat, blister the tomatoes, soften the feta — and let the pan do the rest

Stop underdressing your eggs

A feta-spiked omelet makes the case for going all in — vegetables, spice and cheese included

A sweet Irish potato impostor

Francesca Giangiulio

This candy looks like a potato, tastes like coconut and rarely travels far from Philadelphia

Stop settling for sad parfaits

Ashlie D. Stevens

Roast the fruit. Brighten the yogurt. Salt the granola. A few small moves, a better parfait

Roast suckling pig at Botin in Madrid (Howie Southworth)

"The Sun Also Rises" is still delicious

Howie Southworth

A modern traveler retraces Hemingway’s footsteps through Spain, one glass of vermút and Basque pintxo at a time

Potluck (Nicole Kandi)

How to become a potluck person

Ashlie D. Stevens

A guide to hosting — or showing up to — the modern potluck without the awkwardness

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I secretly lived in my office

Unable to pay rent in L.A., I slept behind my desk. But what began as a quick financial fix soon became a lifestyle

Broken Cigarette (Getty Images/Javier Zayas Photography)

Secrets of a serial addict

First, I quit alcohol, drugs and cigarettes. But other things kept taking their place

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

Gordon Ramsay on "MasterChef" (FOX/Greg Gayne)

I am a "MasterChef" survivor

Have you ever wondered what kind of person auditions for reality TV? Here's my story, and what I saw

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