It’s 2017. Can we finally have a real conversation about race?

The genius of Louis CK can fit in your pocket now

The great garbage fire debate: Should we be burning our trash into energy?

Do not go gentle into 2017: How to pay meaningful tribute to the idols you lost in 2016

Salon's author questionnaire: 5 books to start your new year off right

WATCH: "Sexuality is not negative" — Sex education advocate stresses importance of being open to information about sexuality

A millennial Democratic Socialist buys a house, reluctantly

Collateral damage on the Homefront: We must hold George W. Bush accountable for his crimes as Trump takes power

WATCH: John Mellencamp's drummer on bands he'd love to tour with

Cars are getting smarter: Here's why Volkswagen bought PayByPhone, a mobile payment company

Musical chair economy: How to get ready for the economic recession coming in 2017

Donald Trump and the Russian election hack: Why is he resisting all the evidence?

Donald Trump may not fully understand North Korea's nuclear program

The GOP's first act of governing: House Republicans vote to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics

How'd we get here? The unholy crusade against political correctness was all the cover Trump needed

WATCH: Positive black representation is "radical"

WATCH: Personal narratives are crucial to our cultural survival

Robert Reich: My New Year's wish for President-elect Donald Trump

Donald Trump's tweets on North Korea's nukes have established his foreign policy priorities

Donald Trump spends New Year's Eve with convicted felon, Dubai billionaire: "The taxes are coming down"

Elizabeth Warren blasts GOP for gutting the Office of Congressional Ethics: "Who thinks we have too many rules requiring government to act ethically?"

Donald Trump's Twitter crosshairs: These are the companies the president-elect has singled out

General Motors is the latest target of Donald Trump's Twitter tirades over Mexico

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the subject of a corruption probe

Trump's national security adviser says he's gaslighting Russian hack: He's "an expert at this sort of weaving around"

Kellyanne Conway downplays Republicans gutting the Office of Congressional Ethics: "I don't want people to think that ethics is gone"

Ford cancels plan to build new Mexican plant, deciding instead to add jobs in the U.S.

Donald Trump's incoming labor secretary could put hourly workers "at peril": Wage and hours chief

Republicans withdraw Goodlatte amendment gutting Office of Congressional Ethics after intense backlash

Van Jones urges Democrats to snap out of centrist trance: "The Clinton days are over"

Now you scratch mine: Ford says it'll keep 700 jobs in Michigan, but wants Donald Trump to deliver on tax cuts and deregulation

Megyn Kelly signs multi-year with NBC News, leaving her home at Fox News