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Children dressed in Halloween costumes (Getty Images/Ariel Skelley)

The origins of 25 fall traditions

Stacy Conradt - Mental Floss
Published 4 years ago

Many of our autumnal traditions — like asking strangers for sugar — are pretty bizarre

Mike Pence, Donald Trump, and the Trump supporters mobbing the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fox News scorches Pence for lying

David Edwards - Raw Story
Published 4 years ago

"Saying 'one day in January' is kind of like calling 9/11 one day in September," said Fox News' Howard Kurtz

Ivanka Trump and former President Donald Trump (Getty/Brendan Smialowski)

Trump tried to put Ivanka at World Bank

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story
Published 4 years ago

The former president reportedly had to be blocked from appointing his daughter to head up the World Bank

Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in "Dune" (Warner Bros./Legendary)

Is "Dune" a white savior movie?

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Published 4 years ago

The director of the latest adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic novel has thoughts about the problematic trope

Author Steven Pinker (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Steven Pinker on "Rationality"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Published 4 years ago

"No individual can be counted on to be particularly rational"

Saucy: Dips (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Calling garlic lovers! Try this sauce

Ashlie D. Stevens
Published 4 years ago

I like to get a little help from my blender. It all comes together in about 10 minutes

(Getty Images)

A brief history of Canadian Thanksgiving

Ellen Gray - Food52
Published 4 years ago

And what we can learn from our neighbors up north

Lee Yoo-mi as Ji-yeong and Jung Ho-yeon as Kang Sae-byeok in "Squid Game" (YOUNGKYU PARK/Netflix)

The women in "Squid Game" deserve better

Kylie Cheung
Published 4 years ago

In shortchanging its female characters, the Netflix series also falls short in its critique of a capitalist society

Close-Up of crab on rock at beach, San Diego, United States (Getty)

New species stayed years after heatwave

Erica Nielsen, Sam Walkes - The Conversation
Published 4 years ago

Warmer waters allowed species to move far past their usual northern boundaries

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Sun Country Airlines hangar in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Mental health experts: Beware Trump 2.0

Chauncey DeVega
Published 4 years ago

A panel of mental health experts on the likely effects of a Trump comeback: "Beyond our current worst nightmares"

Inner city Detroit, Michigan (Getty Images/iStock/peeterv)

Surprise! You own a home in Detroit now

Keith A. Spencer
Published 4 years ago

After winning a Detroit home, Anne Elizabeth Moore reckons with the definition of her new station in life

Mike DeWine (Getty Images)

GOP governor can be questioned

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet
Published 4 years ago

Members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission can be questioned under oath in lawsuit proceedings

Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham (photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Lindsey Graham: "I need my next meal"

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Published 4 years ago

"I'll let you determine if that's why I spend time with the president: because I need my next meal"

Food stylist: Anna Billingskog. Prop stylist: Brooke Deonarine. (Bobbi Lin / Food52)

How to make perfect mashed potatoes

Ella Quittner - Food52
Published 4 years ago

I spent 14 hours alone with only spuds — and I did it for you!

Calvados Sour (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster)

Savor fall flavors: Make a Calvados sour

Erin Keane
Published 4 years ago

Ask the Oracle Pour: What should I drink today? All signs point to a Calvados Sour — drink in autumn while it lasts

Kim Jung-hyun as Goo Seung-joon in "Crash Landing on You" (Lim Hyo-seon/Netflix)

K-dramas cure me of dismissing Asian men

Christine Ma-Kellams
Published 4 years ago

As an Asian woman who saw white men being romantic on TV, that informed how I approached dating and relationships

Bunny the talking Dog (Instagram/@what_about_bunny)

Do dogs miss us when we leave?

Nicole Karlis
Published 4 years ago

A labradoodle named Bunny, who communicates with a series of buttons, is very curious where her friends are off to

An empty classroom (Getty/ martinedoucet)

Classrooms face an overheating crisis

Paul Chinowsky - The Conversation
Published 4 years ago

More than 26,000 schools in the US will need to upgrade or install air conditioning by 2025

Reese Witherspoon and Julianna Margulies in "The Morning Show" (Apple TV+)

Morning Show's sexual identity politics

Kylie Cheung
Published 4 years ago

Bradley has just discovered something new about herself — now she weighs what it means for her politics and career

U.S. President Donald Trump, beneath a portrait of populist President Andrew Jackson, speaks before the swearing-in of Rex Tillerson as 69th secretary of state in the Oval Office of the White House on February 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump and Andrew Jackson: A love story

Matthew Rozsa
Published 4 years ago

Jackson created a cult of personality and pandered to racists — but compared to Trump, he was a visionary

A doctor prepares syringes that contain the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 at a mobile vaccination center in the Markkleeberg suburb town hall on May 10, 2021 in Leipzig, Germany. Germany has succeeded in accelerating its nationwide vaccinations in recent weeks. Approximately one third of the population has received a first dose. (Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)

Behind anti-vax Instagram workarounds

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Published 4 years ago

Many anti-vaxxers continue to falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines are more dangerous than COVID-19 itself

The US Coast Guard is investigating a broken pipeline to this oil platform, named Elly, that has spewed tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the sea off California. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

CA town signs disastrous pipeline deal

Aaron Cantú - Capital & Main
Published 4 years ago

A renewed agreement with Amplify Energy could keep a pipeline responsible for a spill in operation through 2040

Prescription medication is strewn about, with pill bottles in the deep background. (Getty Images)

Why drugs work differently for everyone

C. Michael White - The Conversation
Published 4 years ago

Individual physical differences, drug interactions and inflammation can all affect how your body reacts

Man holding sheets of paper and a cassette recorder (Getty Images/Medioimages/Photodisc)

On vision loss and hiding in plain sight

James Tate Hill
Published 4 years ago

I had tried all year to fade into the background. All attention had become unwanted attention. Then I wrote a story

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