Protests against austerity & endless war
The sustained protests are part of a larger trend against austerity and endless war.
Why MLK detested moderates
MLK was "gravely disappointed" with white moderates, whom he believed were responsible for impeding civil rights
What to do with overripe bananas
Sticky banana-cocoa bars will change your life
Getting jiggly with it
"Show Me Your Aspics" is one of many groups that appreciate jello-like foods that range from bizarre to beautiful
Set sail on HBO's lawless space cruise
Armando Iannucci speaks to Salon about his love of sci-fi and the metaphorical promise offered by space
Here's why people don't vote
People have different reasons for not showing up on Election Day.
Impeachment and historical memory
Impeachment is an important historical moment — but we must look past it to create the possibility of real change
DoorDash is paying workers $1.45 an hour
Worse, about a third of DoorDash jobs paid less than $0 after accounting for basic expenses
My post-stroke existentialism
Salon founder David Talbot almost died — and found that what life meant to him after was completely transformed
How mathematics can save your life
In “The Math of Life and Death,” Kit Yates shows how mathematics is crucial to understanding everything we do
Facebook, Twitter & Trump’s lies
Should Facebook & Twitter stop Trump’s lies?
MLK Day: For justice, confront our past
Racist perceptions play out in prosecutors' offices and throughout the criminal justice system today
Cities push back against nuclear weapons
“We forget that all power is local. And by forgetting to act locally, we are giving away all the power.”
Trump and the "one-termers"
Donald Trump could become the 11th one-term president in American history. The list starts out well, but then ...
How to prevent ugly primary feuds
Our winner-takes-all system not only encourages this inane behavior in primaries, it almost necessitates it
Revisiting Citizens United
Kennedy is the author of one of the most controversial and scorned rulings in modern Court history: Citizens United
Why you need more Vitamin D in winter
Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin.
Live, Laugh, Love, Loathe
As an adult and a doctor, popular and glib affirmations like "Everything Happens For a Reason" fill me with scorn
Why my family eats salad for dessert
A simple homemade salad dressing goes a long way
Alex Gibney on Putin and the oligarchs
Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney on his dense, thriller-style documentary “Citizen K,” and the fate of Russia
Diamond District: A window into the past
New York’s Diamond District seems to withstand the forces of economic change.
How the punks beat Spotify
The streaming regime is a terrible way for artists to make a living. A punk co-op just fixed that
Why the Netherlands is sinking
Over the centuries, windmills built to drain peatland for agriculture have been causing the ground to steadily sink
Mainstream media still soft on Biden
Joe Biden gives addled, incoherent answers about his troubling record — and most in the media just let it slide