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Donald Trump (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

GOP support for impeachment up 20 points

Shira Tarlo

In a shift, some of Trump's base support the Democratic-led inquiry — and even the president's removal from office

"Horror Stories" by Liz Phair (Photos provided by publicist)

Liz Phair is not here to soothe you

Amanda Marcotte

In her new memoir, the legendary indie rocker shares tales of the shame, fear, and violence of ordinary life

(Getty Images/iStock)

Feeling naked and exposed on Yom Kippur

Lisa Tognola

I'd long considered wearing no makeup on Yom Kippur, but never followed through. Fear and vanity held me back

Mark Zuckerberg (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Facebook antitrust probe gains steam

Matthew Rozsa

The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission are also conducting antitrust investigations into the company

Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren. Warren holds her newborn daughter, Amelia, in 1971. (Elizabeth Warren Official Website)

Attacks on Warren debunked — by biology

Amanda Marcotte

Warren skeptics say she lied about pregnancy discrimination. The timeline, and human biology, say otherwise

Alex Trebek poses in the press room at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center on Sunday, May 5, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Alex Trebek: "Why should I be afraid?"

Mary Elizabeth Williams

The "Jeopardy!" host goes public to own the narrative to his cancer story

Former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Lindsey Graham (AP Photos/Getty Images/Salon)

Graham invites Giuliani to testify

Shira Tarlo

Kamala Harris, a Democratic presidential candidate and former prosecutor, applauded the move: "I have questions"

President Donald Trump; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (Getty/Salon)

McConnell criticizes Trump on Syria

Matthew Rozsa

"A precipitous withdrawal" will "increase the risk that ISIS and other terrorist groups regroup," McConnell warns

Gordon Sondland, the United States Ambassador to the European Union, adresses the media during a press conference at the US Embassy to Romania in Bucharest September 5, 2019. (DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)

House Democrats subpoena EU ambassador

Shira Tarlo

The move came hours after the State Department blocked Sondland‘s testimony Tuesday morning

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the opening ceremony at the 2018 NATO Summit at NATO headquarters on July 11, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. Leaders from NATO member and partner states are meeting for a two-day summit, which is being overshadowed by strong demands by U.S. President Trump for most NATO member countries to spend more on defense. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

What deal did Trump make with Erdogan?

Bob Cesca

Trump's abandonment of the Syrian Kurds makes no sense — unless he cut a deal with Turkey's autocratic president

Election Workers count early vote ballots at The Broward County Supervisor Of Elections Office during the Florida Recount on November 13, 2018 in Lauderhill, Florida (mpi04/MediaPunch /IPX)

Why new voting machines are suspicious

Steven Rosenfeld - Independent Media Institute

The divide over ballot-marking devices is not merely philosophical

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and US President Donald Trump (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

Mitch's new role: Impeachment-killer

Sophia Tesfaye

Mitch McConnell has already agreed to whitewash Trump. But can he find a way to avoid a Senate trial completely?

AfD (Alternative for Germany) chairwomen and party's faction leader in the German state parliament of Saxony, Frauke Petry, right, and the faction's media policy spokeswomen, Kirsten Muster, left, address the media during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 18, 2017. ((AP Photo/Michael Sohn))

Trump shines for Europe's New Right

Sylvia Taschka - The Conversation

For many groups on the far-right of Europe’s political spectrum, Donald Trump has become a heroic figure.

Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Conservatives: Impeachment? Too icky

Matthew Rozsa

Tucker Carlson, Neil Patel and Jonah Goldberg won't defend Trump, but claim impeachment would be terrible

A cosplayer dressed as The Joker attends the New York Comic Con at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 03, 2019 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for ReedPOP)

The politics of the Joker, explained

Matthew Rozsa

Few characters are as fraught with political meaning as those who have appeared in America’s recent Batman films

People are detained while participating in a direct action with a group protest organization called Extinction Rebellion on April 17, 2019 in New York City. The activists are demanding governments declare a climate emergency to combat pollution. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

Extinction Rebellion: Weeks of action

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams

Global XR movement launches two weeks of direct action in 60 cities, demanding response to climate crisis

FILE - In this March 21, 2016 file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. The Trump administration would slash programs aimed at slowing climate change and improving water safety and air quality, while eliminating thousands of jobs, according to a draft of the Environmental Protection Agency budget proposal obtained by the Associated Press.  (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) (AP)

Trump country begs for clean water

Sarah Okeson - DCReport

FEMA disaster relief money held up so a flood-ravaged county resorts to GoFundMe to rebuild its water system

(AP)

GE workers "paying the ultimate price"

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams

"GE hired a new CEO last year with a pay package worth up to $300 million."

Smoke billows in the town of Douma, the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta. (Getty/Salon)

Turkey’s coming invasion of Syria

Vijay Prashad, E. Ahmet Tonak - Independent Media Institute

The Syrian Democratic Forces is now vulnerable to the full might of the Turkish army

Saturday Night Live skits (Will Heath/NBC)

How can "SNL" parody political farce?

Melanie McFarland

“The Question Is Moot,” a mock game show just might be the answer

"The Last Effort and Fall of Tippoo Sultaun," by Henry Singleton, c.1800 (Wiki Commons)

When a corporation colonizes a country

Keith A. Spencer

William Dalrymple talks to Salon about his new book on the brutal, imperial history of the East India Company

October Book Highlights (Grove Press, Black Cat/Counterpoint/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Algonquin Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

October's new, must-read books

Ashlie D. Stevens, Erin Keane

New books to cosy up to as the weather starts to cool down

US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry delivers a statement after signing an agreement with Estonian, Lithuanian and Latvian counterparts on strengthening energy cooperation between the US and the Baltic States during a meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, on October 6, 2019. - The United States and Baltic states on October 6, 2019 agreed to beef up cooperation to protect the Baltic energy grid from cyber attacks as they disconnect from the Russian electricity grid. (PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Rick Perry: I'm not resigning

Shira Tarlo

Perry said he asked Trump "multiple times" to call the Ukrainian president but to discuss energy — not the Bidens

Rick appreciating the little things in season 4 of Rick and Morty. New season premieres in November. (Warner Media Group/Adult Swim)

"Rick and Morty" Season 4 trailer

Ashlie D. Stevens

The Emmy-winning Adult Swim comedy won't return with very many episodes though.

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