A new threat to voting by mail
More than 50,000 workers have taken time off for virus-related reasons, slowing mail delivery
Honoring the Challenger's "Final Flight"
Salon talks to the makers of the new Netflix docuseries on the generation-defining tragedy, beyond the explosion
The inequality of "Underplayed" EDM DJs
Stacy Lee spoke to Salon about spotlighting female EDM DJs and what it takes to counter the sexism in the industry
Time to fight like hell—RBG always did
Ruth Bader Ginsburg made her life's work overcoming the odds to change the world—for real—and we can embrace that
Americans don't get the social contract
Other nations stopped opioid overdoses while the US struggled. Something similar is happening with COVID-19
Bill Barr goes full-in right-wing looney
"Sedition" arrests for BLM protesters? Prosecute Seattle’s mayor? Mask mandates and slavery? Is this guy for real?
Pessimism about America's future
Pessimists have been saying America is going to hell for more than 200 years
Consider Donald Trump's hair
Everything else about him — as a president, as a human being — is a total disaster. But the hair is amazing
Democrats mull eliminating filibuster
While lawmakers from both parties have used the tactic in the past, Democrats look to block GOP opposition in 2021
Firms tied to Cabinet members got PPP
Watchdog group raises questions over "sweetheart loans to companies with inside access to the administration"
Why Dems should focus on the USCIS
The voting rights of naturalized immigrants should be a focus for Democrats in Congress
Hume begs Trump to not push RBG
Hume asks Trump to not "put the country through this" by replacing RBG before the election
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
"Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature," Chief Justice John Roberts says. But what happens now?
Trump wants "patriotic education"
Howard Zinn often said that being "honest about the history of our country" is the best way to combat propaganda
Jared on states: "That's their problem"
"His people are going to suffer," Kushner said of New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, "and that's their problem"
Lessons from the gig economy
Services like cleaning are increasingly outsourced via online platforms
"PEN15": the great uncool
In season 2 of Hulu's weird cult hit, creators Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle aim for heartbreak
Is Halloween cancelled?
We all know the story of how Rudolph saved Christmas; can public health experts save Halloween?
Rainn Wilson on his #blessed life
The actor talks about the legacy of "The Office," Leo DiCaprio and how real life is mirroring "Utopia"
Did right-wing groups influence the CDC?
"The CDC 'considerations' are entirely inappropriate, and must be rewritten from top to bottom" the group wrote
Trump sued after sharing doctored video
The parents claim that Trump tried “to exploit the children’s images for his own purposes and gain”
Black ballots rejected at higher rate
Mail ballots cast by Black voters in North Carolina rejected 4 times more than white voters: report
US makes an admission in Assange case
Former Rep. Dana Rohrabacher offered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a pardon from Pres. Trump, prosecutors affirm
Treasury probing racism claims: report
The complaints include "a white Mint executive using the term ‘zoo keeper’ to refer to a Black colleague”