Rodney Scott: "No one is better at BBQ"
The James Beard winner knows what it feels like to think you don't have much of a future. Now, he's making history
The GOP Rep. getting rich on legal weed
“It brings into question her credibility as a lawmaker,” one Congressional ethics expert told Salon
5 essential Memorial Day cookout recipes
Reach for a few simple, secret ingredients to make cookout staples, like grilled chicken and cocktails, even better
Oh, that's what key lime pie was missing
One important ingredient—and second-generation pie baker Petra Paredez’s very forgiving recipe
Roger Stone predicts Trump indictment
Stone says it's another "witch hunt" — though many disagree with that assessment
The onscreen horror of sexist disbelief
Two recent thrillers offer devastating commentary on gender, youth, trauma and assigning credibility
Most popular baby names of 2021, so far
Retro names are a theme on the list of the top five boys' names in the U.S.
A virologist unpacks the lab leak theory
Salon spoke with a virologist about the notion, which Biden is investigating, that SARS-CoV-2 emerged from a lab
Donna Brazile quietly leaves Fox News
Brazile plans to join ABC News as a contributor
Sex scenes: fantasy to messy reality
Today’s sex scenes are, first and foremost, fun
The real history of "defund the police"
Historian Julilly Kohler-Hausmann on the destruction wrought by "common sense" crackdowns on crime and welfare
Bill Maher on GOP "false flags"
"Whenever they do some f**ked up sh*t, it's always us dressed up as them"
Cher, the "Betty White of Rock 'n' Roll"
Talented, confident and versatile, Cher has become a beacon of resiliency, and we're lucky to have her
Muslim women push for gender equality
Muslim women in India protesting against the use of Sharia as a tool for oppression
Labor horrified at end of mask mandate
Unions that rep frontline workers say they'll pay the price for a policy that forces them to play "vaccine police"
Why the Pentagon budget never goes down
Joe Biden's first 100 days were a Pentagon prize
Rudy and me: A fable of the '80s
I cut a deal with Rudy Giuliani in 1987 — and it illustrated exactly what a petty, small-minded person he is
Dark sides of neighborhood watch apps
Billed as public safety platforms, these apps are poised to funnel collective anxiety into something more nefarious
Dear Trolls: Please f**k all the way off
Journalists need to stop being defensive about "appearances" and push back against bad-faith attacks. Here's how
NH audit: No evidence of voter fraud
Yet another blow for Trump supporters looking for confirmation of their voter fraud conspiracies
Trump lashes out at Paul Ryan
"Paul Ryan has been a curse to the Republican Party," Trump wrote in a statement
"Hacks" is a generational sucker punch
Whether you're a "geriatric" Millennial realizing youth is in the rearview or a Vegas has-been – "Hacks" gets you
Dark matter's "tethers" between galaxies
A new astronomical map shows direction and flow of dark matter as well as its distribution
Republicans make Joe Manchin sad
At least Manchin was there — fellow filibuster fan Kyrsten Sinema didn't even bother to show up for 1/6 vote