Unemployment system "designed to fail"
"Designed to fail": Many states designed their UI systems to limit payouts, experts say
How to incentivize candidates to listen
When winning takes less votes, it requires less engagement with voters. That's a problem
Top 5 moments: Steve King Hall of Shame
On June 2, far-right Rep. Steve King lost a GOP primary battle to Iowa State Sen. Randy Feenstra
It can’t happen here — and then it did
There have already been at least 100 instances of journalists being assaulted or harassed while covering protests
The downfall of a president
We've reached a turning point in the Trump era. The 2020 campaign is in the streets and he's losing
Graduation speech for an age of collapse
You’re graduating not into a world but into a conundrum.
This movement deserves better media
Journalists have access to the powerful. They must take the protesters' message to those who can do something
GOP pushes new Soros conspiracy theory
In racist Facebook posts, GOP officials accused George Soros of paying protesters to "destroy" the country
Trump's eternal presidential campaign
How Trump has regulated the American public’s right to free speech: Every “Presidential” speech is a campaign event
Fox poll spells doom for GOP in Arizona
The further into the poll you go, the worse it looks — for McSally, as well as for Trump and the Republican Party
Curbing congenital syphilis falter
Rates of infection and death from congenital syphilis have been on the rise for years.
Electric utilities slow to make switch
Many electric utilities are continuing to plan for and invest billions in power generation from natural gas.
The humanities could help solve COVID-19
Scholars of society, language, and culture will be integral to addressing the broader issues raised by the pandemic
Shover cops suspended, whole squad quits
The viral video shows two cops shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground. Blood could be seen coming out of his ear
Henry Rollins slams pandemic masculinity
The hardcore punk legend spoke to Salon about life under lockdown and his amoral role in the creepy "Dreamland"
Silicon Valley CEOs go mask off
Recent crises are exposing these powerful men for who they really are — and what they believe
"American apartheid is coming to a head"
DiFranco & Zoe Boekbinder spoke to Salon about collaborating with prisoners who tell their stories on a new album
Trump's premature economic celebration
Economists say the slight drop in unemployment rate may be temporary and not indicative of deeper trends
Hannah Gadsby, autism comedy pioneer
The self-proclaimed Tasmanian lesbian comic is back to explain her full comedy set, sexism, and Louis C.K.
Susan Collins won't join Trump in Maine
Trump threatened to back any challenger with a "pulse" who takes on Murkowski after she publicly criticized him
Trump: "It's a great day" for Floyd!
"Black unemployment went up," one reporter told Trump. "How is that a victory?"
Protesters aren't pandemic hypocrites
Just because Trump claims the left wants "forever quarantine" doesn't make it true — and the protests prove it
How foreign papers are covering protests
A glimpse at international coverage hints at how America is being perceived abroad
Latinas hardest hit by COVID-19 slowdown
The gap between the jobless rates of Latinas and white men was the largest: 8.3 percentage points