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Absurd Planet (Netflix)

We're all living on "Absurd Planet" now

Ashlie D. Stevens

Observing the inherent ridiculousness of the world around us is especially reassuring during stay-at-home orders

US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos (Getty/Mandel Ngan)

Betsy DeVos bans aid to DACA recipients

Igor Derysh

The National Education Association slammed the move for its "astounding" level of "cruelty"

Donald Trump (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

It's obvious: Trump doesn't want testing

Amanda Marcotte

His whole life, Trump has lied about the numbers: From the beginning, he's tried to deflate the coronavirus count

U.S. President Donald Trump and  Russian President Vladimir Putin (Ricardo Ceppi/Getty Images/ AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

GOP: Yes, Russia meddled to help Trump

Roger Sollenberger

The bipartisan report undercuts years of claims from Trump and GOP allies that the Russia probe was a partisan hoax

President Donald Trump speaks during a FOX News Channel virtual town hall with members of the coronavirus task force, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump and Fox drop hydroxychloroquine

Igor Derysh

The president and the network suddenly stopped hyping the drug treatment after mentioning it hundreds of times

William Barr and Donald Trump (AP Photo/Alex Brandon/Salon)

Trump whisperer: Bill Barr's new plan

Heather Digby Parton

Who told Trump he had "total authority" and could force governors to reopen their states? The answer is obvious

American VS Canadian Hospitals (Getty Images/Salon)

FDA seizes cheaper drugs from Canada

Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News

The latest FDA crackdown is distressing many older customers whose goal is to stay home during the pandemic

Donald Trump and Tim Wise (AP Photo/Alex Brandon/City Lights Publishers/Salon)

Tim Wise: The virus of white privilege

Chauncey DeVega

Anti-racist author and educator: Trump is "willing to kill tens of thousands of white people" to win re-election

The Apprentice (NBC)

This is what Trump is doing to us

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport

It's enough to drive us crazy

Three miners push a load of coal through the tunnel (Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Earth Day after coal: A turning point

Jeff Biggers

Launched as a call for resistance against the primacy of corporate profits, Earth Day turns a historic corner

Large corporations getting big bailouts, while small businesses get bupkiss (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

Public firms got $300M in small biz aid

Igor Derysh

Multiple class-action lawsuits allege big banks "prioritized corporate greed" by putting big firms first in line

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Trump is in dire straits

Alex Henderson - Alternet

A political scientist explains how the media is making a big mistake about Trump’s chances in 2020

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles as he participates in a roundtable discussion on national security in his offices in Trump Tower in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (AP)

Millions blocked by Trump for relief

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams

American citizens who file taxes jointly with a spouse who lacks a Social Security number denied COVID-19 relief

(AP/Getty/Salon)

Trump-backed business wins $7 million

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

The company pushed by President Trump is currently under investigation by the Defense Department inspector general

Donald Trump | Chloroquine Phosphate (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

Study undercuts hydroxychloroquine hype

Igor Derysh

Trump backs away from the drug he touted as "game-changer" as largest study yet finds no benefits but higher deaths

Ainsley Earhardt of Fox & Friends (Fox News)

"Fox & Friends" question immigration ban

Roger Sollenberger

“I go to work at three o’clock in the morning, so I need her . . . in my house," Earhart says of her au pair

A health worker conducts COVID-19 tests at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site (AP Photo/John Raoux)

The virus test supply chain is broken

Nicole Karlis

Experts say the lack of supplies like nasal swabs isn't "normal," and makes it impossible for labs to meet demand

President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the North Korean side of the border at the village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Is Kim Jong Un in "grave danger"?

Roger Sollenberger

The U.S. is monitoring intelligence which indicates that the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has faltered

Coronavirus | Large group of people (Getty Images/Salon)

Can COVID-19 death count be trusted?

Bob Hennelly - InsiderNJ

We're fixated on the official data, which is bad enough. But we may be missing a bigger and more lethal picture

Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler, Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill in "Better Call Saul" (Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

"Better Call Saul": Point of no return

Melanie McFarland

In the penultimate season of the series we see the true cost of choices and how they collide with fate

Letter sent to Madeleine L'Engle from editor James Henle in regards to her story, "Summer Camp" | The Moment of Tenderness by Madeleine L'Engle (Grand Central Publishing/Crosswicks)

Read this early Madeleine L'Engle story

Madeleine L'Engle

An early story brought L'Engle to the attention of the editor who then published her first novel "The Small Rain"

Chris Hemsworth and Rudhraksh Jaiswal in "Extraction" (Netflix)

Inside Netflix's intense "Extraction"

Gary M. Kramer

MCU Stuntman-turned-director Sam Hargrave spoke to Salon about making the viewer go on an extraction in real time

White House adviser Jared Kushner speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

States smuggle PPE as House probes Jared

Igor Derysh

Health officials go to dramatic lengths to hide shipments of critical supplies from the federal government

Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson (AP Photo/Richard Drew/Jeff Roberson)

More Hannity fans die from virus: study

Igor Derysh

Viewers of Hannity, who initially downplayed the threat of COVID-19, had a higher death rate than those of Carlson

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