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Little Richard, photographed in 1972 (Getty/Tim Graham)

Rock founding father Little Richard dies

David Browne - Rolling Stone

Pianist-singer behind “Tutti Frutti,” “Good Golly Miss Molly” and “Long Tall Sally” set a template for generations

Patients at the US Public Health Service Hospital in Carville, Louisiana, enjoying a musical evening. The hospital is for leprosy sufferers and is run by nuns, one of whom is playing the piano whilst patients play drums and accordion. (Three Lions/Getty Images)

The disease and the stigma

Wendy Chin-Tanner

In today's news, I hear echoes of my father's story as a Hansen's Disease patient under federal quarantine

Sheltering in Place with Classic Albums (Getty Images/Salon)

Lose yourself in the Who's "Tommy"

Kenneth Womack

The rock opera marked a turning point in the history of one of popular music’s most influential groups

Using a hydraulic hammer, miners mine roof slate in an underground pit (Thomas Frey/picture alliance via Getty Images)

COVID disrupting global mining industry

John Steen - The Conversation

Other economic collapses have affected the mining industry, but the one spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic is unusual

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

McEnany calls mass testing "nonsensical"

Cody Fenwick - Alternet

"The notion that everyone needs to be tested is just simply nonsensical," McEnany said during a press briefing

White House senior advisor Jared Kushner (L) attends a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump several CEOs of major Banks discussing the coronavirus covid-19 response during a meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House, on March 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

"Kushner's modus operandi"

Brad Reed - Raw Story

"This is basically Kushner's modus operandi, and it's painfully familiar to me because he was my boss."

Donald Trump (AP Photo/Salon)

Trump is a cornered rat

Lucian K. Truscott IV

Trump was convinced COVID-19 was nothing — and now it's in the White House. He's a desperate, dangerous man

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) (Getty/Cliff Hawkins)

Dems propose $2,000 monthly payments

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

The proposed bill would send $2,000 in direct payments to adults who earn less than $120,000 a year.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and First Lady Yumi Hogan welcome a Korean Air passenger plane carrying a load of COVID-19 test kits on Saturday, April 18. (Office of the Governor)

Larry Hogan's fake #resistance

Pete Tucker - FAIR

Maryland's anti-Trump GOP governor seized a moment in the spotlight: But was his "heroism" just a media scam?

A sign in the widow of The Framing Gallery shows they are closed due to the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, in Grosse Pointe, Mich., Thursday, May 7, 2020. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)

Veteran unemployment up to nearly 12%

Leo Shane III - Military Times

More than 1 million veterans filed for jobless benefits last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics

US Attorney General William Barr speaks at the Securities and Exchange Commission's Criminal Coordination Conference in Washington, DC, on October 3, 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Barr drops Flynn case, sends shockwaves

Alex Henderson - Alternet

"A pardon (from Trump) would have been a lot more honest," a former federal prosecutor says.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

VP's staffer tests positive for COVID-19

Roger Sollenberger

Miller tested positive just before departing on Air Force Two along with Pence, a Cabinet member and two senators

Donald Trump, Laura Ingraham, and Didier Raoult (AP Photo/Salon)

Ingraham begs Trump to overturn FDA

Roger Sollenberger

The Fox host's plea came hours before the largest study published to date found the drug failed to help patients

(annick vanderschelden photography/Getty Images)

COVID-19 reignites debate over bats

Katherine J. Wu - Undark

Bats’ relationship with viruses has attracted both awe from scientists and hatred from those who fear disease

Judy Mikovits, pictured in a 26-minute preview of the documentary "Plandemic." ("Plandemic" (Fair Use))

The “Plandemic” conspiracy, explained

Nicole Karlis

In a viral clip, a scientist falsely states that hospitals are being paid to put "COVID-19" as cause of death

(L-R) Vietnam War veteran C. Patrick McCourt and retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Sidney Wade salute as they participate in a wreath laying ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe at the National World War II Memorial on May 8, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

V-E Day plus 75

Andrew Bacevich - TomDispatch.com

To unpack US history during the decades when Baby Boomers sashayed across the world stage, you must begin with WWII

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden (Getty Images/iStock/Saul Loeb/AFP/Salon)

For Biden, naming cabinet is a risk

Christopher Devine, Kyle C. Kopko - The Conversation

Who’s on his list? And would it matter?

The Eddy (Netflix)

Le sigh! "The Eddy" mixes jazz & misery

Melanie McFarland

The headliner talent on Netflix's musical drama cannot compensate for its joylessness. But le jazz, it slaps!

Donald Trump and Kellyanne Conway (AP Photo/Salon)

Conway bashes husband's anti-Trump group

Matthew Rozsa

Trump's ex-campaign manager says the members of the Lincoln Project are nothing like her because "they all failed"

Tucker Carlson Tonight (Fox News)

Fox's Carlson: Ilhan Omar is "repulsive"

Matthew Rozsa

"Can a single human actually be as loathsome?" the Fox News host asked of the congresswoman of color

Jimmy O. Yang: Good Deal (Amazon)

"I'd play the s**t out of Washington"

D. Watkins

The "Silicon Valley" actor returned to "Salon Talks" to discuss stereotypes, soap, and filming "Space Force"

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (Getty/Win McNamee)

Chuck Schumer teases "Rooseveltian" aid

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams

"Let's see what they propose. Not holding hope too high, though"

Ahmaud Arbery (I RUN WITH MAUD/Facebook)

Suspects arrested in Arbery shooting

Igor Derysh

A former police officer and his son were arrested. Now, authorities eye a neighbor who filmed video of the incident

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2014 file photo, Philip Seymour Hoffman poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah. (Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

Philip Seymour Hoffman's best advice

Zack Sharf - Indiewire

Hoffman and Hawke starred opposite one another in Sidney Lumet's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead."

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