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D. B. Weiss and David Benioff (Getty Images/HBO/Disney/Lucasfilms/Salon)

GoT creators pull out of "Star Wars"

Matthew Rozsa

David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, the creators of the smash hit HBO series “Game of Thrones,” have quit “Star Wars"

Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, US President Donald Trump, and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (AP Photo/Seth Wenig/Evan Vucci/Getty Images/Alex Wong)

Trump's extortion and national security

Dan Froomkin

Media scrambles to cover Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman's testimony on Ukraine call, but misses some crucial context

Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham, Nancy Pelosi, Jim Jordan, Doug Collins, and Mark Meadows (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

Impeachment: Pelosi announces House vote

Shira Tarlo

The president and Republicans are up in arms, even though they've spent weeks calling for a vote in the House

Dana Loesch (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

NRA says NRATV "distasteful and racist"

Igor Derysh

The NRA blames ex-PR firm for "racist" channel, but Ackerman McQueen says Wayne LaPierre oversaw the entire network

Donald Trump (AP Photo/Salon)

How Trump is driving domestic terror

Amanda Marcotte

Trump made a big show of Baghdadi killing, but his policies and rhetoric are fueling a spike in domestic terrorism

Devin Nunes on Tucker Carlson Tonight (Fox News)

Nunes compares journalists to assassins

Matthew Rozsa

Nunes brags to Tucker Carlson that he refuses to talk to reporters about "conspiracy theories” as he spouts his own

Donald Trump and Joe Scarborough (Getty Images/Salon)

What respect has Trump earned? None

Bob Cesca

Cable-news talking heads still treat Trump's utterances seriously, and behave as if he merits respect. Oh, please!

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

WH official twice reported Ukraine call

Shira Tarlo

Alexander Vindman will tell lawmakers he was concerned that Trump's actions could "undermine" national security

Katie Hill (Katie Hill/Youtube)

GOP op has 700 more images of Katie Hill

Igor Derysh

Hill says she was the victim of a “coordinated campaign” carried out by “Republican opponents" in new video message

(Getty/HAZEMMKAMAL)

The vaping crisis is real

Phillip Smith - Independent Media Institute

Panic-driven e-cigarette bans conflate two separate concerns — youth vaping and the vaping illness outbreak

President Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is Trump close to a psychotic break?

Chauncey DeVega

Former Harvard professor on Donald Trump's downward spiral, and how his paranoia may persuade him to leave office

Millennials overwhelmingly support socialism (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images/Salon)

Millennials ready to go socialist

Igor Derysh

Younger voters, saddled with record-high debt, are far more likely to have a negative opinion of capitalism

FILE - In this May 11, 2003, file photo, Microbiologist Ruth Bryan works with BG nerve agent simulant in Class III Glove Box in the Life Sciences Test Facility at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. The specialized airtight enclosure is also used for hands-on work with anthrax and other deadly agents. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is investigating what the Pentagon called an inadvertent shipment of live anthrax spores to government and commercial laboratories in as many as nine states, as well as one overseas, that expected to receive dead spores. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File) (AP)

Kate Yoder

People hold signs as they protest the election in the rotunda of the state capitol building Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in Atlanta (AP/John Bazemore)

The market for voting machines is broken

Jessica Huseman - ProPublica

In the glare of the hotly contested 2018 elections, things did not go ideally for ES&S

FILE - This Saturday, July 5, 2014 file image made from video posted on a militant website which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. In an audio speech released in July, the group’s leader, al-Baghdadi, listed instances of alleged oppression of Muslims around the world, describing the “Islamic State” as one that “will return your dignity, might, rights and leadership.” With its transnational agenda, the group has become a magnet for disenfranchised young Muslims from all over the world. (AP Photo/Militant video, File) (AP)

U.S. helped make Baghdadi the terrorist

Jon Queally - Common Dreams

The death of the infamous leader should be a cautionary tale against U.S. meddling in Middle East affairs

Intense flames driven by extreme drought conditions, wind and hot weather sweep over a remote section of the San Bernardino National Forest during the Blue Cut Fire on August 18, 2016 near Wrightwood, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Why everyone should care about wildfires

Nicole Karlis

One byproduct of California’s wildfires is far more damaging than greenhouse gases

Floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew surround homes and an ambulance on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C.  Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday the number of power outages was down to about 55,000, from a high of nearly 900,000 when the storm hit. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco) (AP)

If facts won't work, what will?

Kate Yoder - Grist

Bringing up climate change in discussions about preventing disasters might backfire with some people

(AP/Domenico Stinellis)

Bannon reveals anti-impeachment plan

Matthew Rozsa

Elsewhere on the president's favorite morning show, a student complains about losing friends over anti-LGBTQ views

Donald Trump attends Game Five of the 2019 World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on October 27, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Why Trump got booed at the World Series

Ashlie D. Stevens

Many presidents have been booed before, but Trump’s reception turned his usual rally behavior against him

Kamala Harris on Axios (Axios/HBO)

Harris discusses "elephant in the room"

Shira Tarlo

If elected, Harris would not only become the first female president but also the first black woman president

Dolly Parton attends a press conference before a performance celebrating her 50-year anniversary with the Grand Ole Opry at The Grand Ole Opry on October 12, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

Everything's coming up Dolly now

Mary Elizabeth Williams

With a new podcast, "Dolly Parton's America," and the upcoming Netflix series "Heartstrings," Dolly is everywhere

FOX NEWS LIVESTREAM: President Trump travels to Chicago for his first visit to the city since taking office. The president delivers remarks at the International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference. (Fox News)

Trump taunts Obama after ISIS kill

Shira Tarlo

"They'd been looking for him for a long time," Trump said while speaking to a law enforcement conference in Chicago

Meghan McCain of The View (ABC/The View)

McCain slams Trump for thanking Russia

Igor Derysh

“I wear the American flag bandannas and toast to freedom," McCain said as she rebuked Trump. "I am that person"

President Donald Trump at the White House, Oct. 24, 2019. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How to cover this insane election

Dan Froomkin

Welcome to Press Watch, where we ask the really big question: Can political journalism in 2020 be less terrible?

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