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U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to speak about voting rights at the National Constitution Center on July 13, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Biden and Congressional Democrats are set to make another push for sweeping voting rights legislation as Republican state legislatures across the country continue to pass controversial voting access laws. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden caught in abortion politics debate

Julie Rovner - KFF Health News

Abortion-rights advocates are frustrated by the slow pace of change from a president they strongly supported

Bears stand by a wall at a bear farm of Guizhentang Pharmaceutical Co Ltd on February 24, 2012 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province of China. The Guizhentang Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, which makes medicine using bile extracted from live bears, opened one of its bear farms to the media on Wednesday, to quell growing criticism. (Photo by Getty Images (Stringer/Getty Images)

Medicinal animals in modern China

Rachel Love Nuwer - Undark

In “Mao’s Bestiary,” Liz P.Y. Chee explores the contentious use of wild animals in traditional Chinese medicine

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Mark A. Milley (R) listens while US President Donald Trump speaks before a meeting with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on October 7, 2019. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's military coup almost happened

Chauncey DeVega

The military's top general thought he might have to save the country from Trump. Nothing about that is good news

Former White House Director of Political Affairs Matt Schlapp greets the crowd before former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas on July 11, 2021. (ANDY JACOBSOHN/AFP via Getty Images)

CPAC goes nutzoid in Texas

Zachary Petrizzo

All shapes and sizes of conspiracy fans and Jan. 6 supporters showed up in Dallas — organizers didn't care

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The Bernie-Joe bromance: Good or bad?

Norman Solomon

Sanders has unexpected clout in the White House, and has successfully pushed Biden to the left — but only so far

Members of the Missouri National Guard work to administer the Covid-19 vaccine during a vaccination event on February 11, 2021 at the Jeff Vander Lou Senior living facility in St Louis, Missouri. (Michael Thomas/Getty Images)

Why COVID cases are rising in Missouri

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Just 46% of adults in Missouri have been vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the lowest rates in the country

Donald Trump (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump says ex-aides "made of garbage"

John Wright - Raw Story

"Many say I am the greatest star-maker of all time. But some of the stars I produced are actually made of garbage"

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Fox Corp. PAC donates to Joe Manchin

Brett Bachman

The Murdoch-backed donation comes as Manchin is under increasing siege by a variety of right-wing groups

A young woman receives her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (Alberto Ortega/Europa Press via Getty Images)

The J&J vaccine's side effects explained

Matthew Rozsa

American comprehension of immunology is piecemeal, as evinced by the attitude towards the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Gaetz campaign paid Stone, Epstein atty.

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

Among Marc Fernich's "notable clients": Jeffrey Epstein, Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Loera and mob boss John Gotti

President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise (John Moore/Getty Images)

DoD: US trained Colombians in Haiti plot

Igor Derysh

Some of the arrested former Colombian soldiers "participated in past U.S. military training and education programs"

Ramona Young, Lee Rodriguez and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in "Never Have I Ever" (Isabella B. Vosmikova/Netflix)

"Never Have I Ever" is smarter than ever

Melanie McFarland

Mindy Kaling's Netflix comedy expands its universe to dig deeper into the psychology of its horny characters

(Linda Xiao / Food52)

The best substitutes for cardamom

Kelly Vaughan - Food52

When you’re in a pinch, grab a pinch of these spices

(Rocky Luten / Food52)

Why make pasta chips when pasta exists?

Valerio Farris - Food52

A snack is not worth a trip to the dentist

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (Focus Features)

Bourdain's "flaws were his superpowers"

Alli Joseph

Oscar winner Morgan Neville appeared on "Salon Talks" to discuss the painful challenge of capturing the chef's life

A contractor working for Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate transports ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 1, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Maricopa County ballot recount comes after two election audits found no evidence of widespread fraud in Arizona. (Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images)

House Dems open probe into Trump's audit

Zachary Petrizzo

"Cyber Ninja" Arizona "audit" company under probe by House Oversight Committee over "mismanagement"

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"If I was going to do a coup ..."

Jon Skolnik

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley reportedly feared Trump would try to pull off a post-election coup

Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. (Jim Lo Scalzo - Pool/Getty Images)

Former Pence aide slams Texas voter bill

Alex Henderson - Alternet

"The second layer of the grift emanates from the governor's mansion"

Lauren Boebert, Rand Paul and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP's pro-virus campaign is a success

Amanda Marcotte

Before deliberately spreading COVID-19, Republicans boosted sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Putin picked "mentally unstable" Trump

Jon Skolnik

The Guardian reported Russian President Vladimir Putin personally signed off on a program to elect Donald Trump

Building of the company Johnson and Johnson | Vaccine (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

J&J has muscle against Delta variant

Victoria Knight - KFF Health News

Experts say the delta variant, first identified in India, is 40% to 60% more transmissible than other variants

Great White Shark cruises through the ocean displaying its power and grace that many people fear. (Getty Images/Cat Gennaro)

Coexisting with sharks in Cape Cod

Sarah Sax - Undark

Great whites have returned to Cape Cod. Can new tools help beachgoers predict whether a shark is nearby?

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to speak about voting rights at the National Constitution Center on July 13, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Biden and Congressional Democrats are set to make another push for sweeping voting rights legislation as Republican state legislatures across the country continue to pass controversial voting access laws. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden's great speech isn't enough

Chauncey DeVega

Joe Biden brought fire and gravity, for the first time in his presidency. Is he really ready to fight fascism?

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Michigan GOP's "shocking" voting scheme

Igor Derysh

Whitmer won't sign Republican voter-suppression bills, but GOP has found one weird trick to enact them anyway

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