August 03, 2016 Archive August 2016

The geography of inequality: Segregation is normalized but must be put to an end

The Salon author questionnaire: "The word 'nice' makes me break out in hives"

Why you should care about the Olympics, even if you don't care about the Olympics

Calling all "chicks with picks": How I climbed my way out of fear, one icy step at a time

Meet the Donald Trump of the 1840s: Lewis Charles Levin rode the wave of righteous anger

Trump won't quit: 3 most absurd arguments Trump minions made about attacks on the Khan family

DNC's real problem: The committee is little more than a giant machine designed to suck up big money

Saving lives with the minimum wage: A different way to think about an old policy fight

Think the election will end on Nov. 8? You're so wrong — Trump and his backers will certainly contest the "rigged" results

Destroying the party to save the party: Donald Trump is the existential crisis the GOP needs

If you lease it, they will come: Cash-strapped, tech-savvy Millennials are ditching car ownership, but not cars

"Suicide Squad" fans throw online temper tantrum, demand Rotten Tomatoes be shut down for "unjust" freshness rating

Clinton, Gen. Allen and alarmist declarations: The media must call out leaders for their dangerous fictions

"30 Rock" fans rejoice! There's finally a candidate who shares your values

Maine congressman, fiscal hawk, was often late with taxes

Colbert on why Trump's fork-and-knife KFC pic beefs up his military cred: "Clearly he does have a good relationship with the colonel"

"You dodged the draft!": Khizr Khan and combat veterans slam Trump for jokes about receiving a Purple Heart

The trust gap: Obama's DNC speech touted a booming economy and a willingness to compromise, but both are pure fantasy

A gaslighting, codependent circus: The Trump train wreck is America’s dysfunctional family

It’s not a video game: Donald Trump is an avatar for the GOP's worst impulses, but the consequences will be real

Anatomy of an oppressive image: Why the sky is always falling on "Mr. Robot”

A Trump "intervention": With his campaign on the brink of implosion, GOP officials reportedly plot alternative options

NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton: "Mr. Trump scares me — scares the hell out of me"

"This is fine": Artist KC Green updates classic webcomic, starts Kickstarter campaign for plush version of its iconic star

Katrina Pierson's greatest hits: An abridged timeline of the Trump spokeswoman's crazed commentary

Jill Stein's anti-vax game: How and why the Green Party candidate is pandering to the anti-vaccination crowd

America's blue dawn: How "Blue Lives Matter" bills might only raise tensions with police

WATCH: The New York Times reveals the "unfiltered" voices inside Donald Trump's rallies

As era of autonomous trucking arrives, Michigan researchers prove how easy it is to hack trucks

Instagram's new Snapchat-esque story feature is a win for fans of the long-distance like

Disputing Bratton's record: Mass stop-and-frisk is over but "broken windows" endures in NYC

Breaking down Trump's infrastructure policy: It's a good idea nestled in a ruinous economic agenda

"The Funny Girl" brings the fury: Barbra Streisand bashes Trump, backs Clinton at L.A. concert

Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City to close after Labor Day weekend, reports say