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Rod Stewart performs onstage at the 2025 American Music Awards. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

Rod Stewart takes on Musk, Trump

Alex Galbraith
Published 2 days ago

Wake up, Musky, we think he's got something to say to you

A view of the death chamber from the witness room at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility shows an electric chair and gurney August 29, 2001 in Lucasville, Ohio. The state of Ohio is one of the few states that still uses the electric chair, and it gives death row inmates a choice between death by the electric chair or by lethal injection. John W. Byrd, who will be executed on September 12, 2001, has stated that he will choose the electric chair. (Photo by Mike Simons/Getty Images)

Due process? Apparently not in Texas

Austin Sarat
Published 2 days ago

Advocates say Robert Roberson was wrongfully convicted. Texas AG demands the death penalty anyway

Gun-control advocates hold a vigil outside of the National Rifle Association (NRA) headquarters following the recent mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 25, 2022 in Fairfax, Virginia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The long waiting after school shootings

Loren Kleinman
Published 2 days ago

Gun violence awareness isn't just about statistics and slogans

A view of the partially melting glaciers as a polar bears, one of the species most affected by climate change, walk in Svalbard and Jan Mayen, on July 15, 2023. (Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Republicans and climate change

William deBuys - TomDispatch.com
Published 2 days ago

They know better but they’d rather fight than switch

Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University, Oct. 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

Even now, education can be saved

Henry A. Giroux
Published 2 days ago

Higher education nurtures critical thinking and democratic action. That's why the right wants to destroy it

A collection of some of our staff picks. (Photo illustration by Salon / Courtesy of Netflix, Apple TV+, Darren Vargas, Penguin Random House)

The best of 2025 . . . so far

Kelly McClure, Natalie Moore, Coleman Spilde, Melanie McFarland, Hanh Nguyen, Erin Keane, Andi Zeisler, Amanda Marcotte, Bennett Taren, Alex Galbraith, Ashlie D. Stevens
Published 3 days ago

From shows about androids and morticians to psychosis-inducing albums, here's the best of what you may have missed

Floridians protest the construction of an immigration detention center in the Everglades, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" (GIORGIO VIERA / AFP via Getty Images)

Trouble already at "Alligator Alcatraz"

CK Smith
Published 3 days ago

Protesters, tribes and gators aren’t thrilled about Florida’s newest swamp detention site

A makeshift memorial for DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman is seen at the Minnesota State Capitol building on June 16, 2025 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Steven Garcia/Getty Images)

“Rooted in Love and Service,” says Walz

CK Smith
Published 3 days ago

Thousands gather to mourn former House Speaker, husband, and golden retriever

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez marry in extravagant Venetian glamour. Locals are less than thrilled to the cultural insensitivity to their city. (Stefano Mazzola / GC Images / Getty Images)

Bezos, Sánchez say “I do” in Italy

CK Smith
Published 3 days ago

Venetian glamour met local pushback as the couple wed in a weekend of celebration and scrutiny

Trump supporters stand on the U.S. Capitol Police armored vehicle as others take over the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, as the Congress works to certify the electoral college votes. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Capitol Case Shakeup at DOJ

CK Smith
Published 3 days ago

Three prosecutors dismissed in sudden move that may signal a new direction in Jan. 6 cases

This photograph taken on Independence Square in Kyiv on June 23, 2022 shows U.S. citizen Ryan Wesley Routh sticking up national flags of the countries helping Ukraine. (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

The man accused of trying to kill Trump

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Published 3 days ago

The case against Ryan Wesley Routh is being handled by one of the president's favorite jurists: Judge Aileen Cannon

New York State Assembly Member Zorhran Mamdani holds his first rally on May 4, 2025 in Brooklyn. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

How Zohran's win could ripple across US

Lincoln Mitchell - The Conversation
Published 3 days ago

"Mamdani’s win is clearly a rebuke of the more corporate wing of the Democratic Party"

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - NOVEMBER 14: University of Virginia President James Ryan speaks at a press conference related to an overnight shooting at the university on November 14, 2022 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump forces college president to resign

Blaise Malley
Published 4 days ago

James Ryan stepped down amid a DOJ investigation into diversity practices at the University of Viginia

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: (L-R) U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor and U.S. Associate Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson listen as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Birthright ruling may be "mortal wound"

Blaise Malley
Published 4 days ago

The Supreme Court's three liberal justices warned that the decision could undermine the rights of all Americans

Lee Jung-jae in "Squid Game" (No Ju-han/Netflix)

Squid Game may be right about democracy

Melanie McFarland
Published 4 days ago

"Squid Game" began as a critique of late-stage capitalism. It ends as a cautionary parable about tribalism

"Kpop Demon Hunters": Huntr/x members Mira, Rumi and Zoey slurp cup ramyeon (Netflix)

Kpop Demon Hunters food: Hold the kimchi

Hanh Nguyen
Published 4 days ago

"It's a cliched thing to talk about kimchi," says writer-director Maggie Kang, who included her favorite soup

Mariska Hargitay as seen in "My Mom Jayne" (Courtesy of HBO)

Unraveling a famous mother's legacy

Coleman Spilde
Published 4 days ago

In the HBO documentary "My Mom Jayne," Mariska Hargitay comes to terms with the mother she never knew

Palestinians carry the aid bags following the Israeli army attack on Palestinians who had gathered to receive aid in the Zakim area in Gaza City, Gaza on June 22, 2025. (Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images)

IDF troops describe Gaza "killing field"

Blaise Malley
Published 4 days ago

Israeli troops say commanders ordered them to use live fire on unarmed Palestinians, per a Haaretz investigation

Owen Wilson on "Hot Ones"

Owen Wilson on golf, grief and Da Bomb

Joy Saha
Published 4 days ago

The actor stars in “Stick,” a sports comedy television series that premiered on Apple TV+ on June 4

McDonald's logo (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The people's beef with McDonald’s

Joy Saha
Published 4 days ago

The boycott began on June 24 and is expected to continue until next Monday, June 30

US President Donald Trump during a a press conference in the East Room to the White House in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

The "Big Beautiful Bill" is in trouble

Heather Digby Parton
Published 4 days ago

Senate parliamentarian rules against the GOP on key provisions, and Republicans are furious

Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats (Troy Conrad/Netflix)

Joe Rogan beef shows MAGA male fragility

Amanda Marcotte
Published 4 days ago

The arrest and meltdown of the "Liver King" shows how far-right masculinity hurts its disciples

A protester stands outside of the White House the day after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. military strikes on nuclear sites in Iran. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

The resistance is still building muscle

Chauncey DeVega
Published 4 days ago

Four experts on what could be a hot summer of protest and how to get at Trump's Achilles' heel

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy after addressing a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Ex-SCOTUS justice: "Freedom is at risk"

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Published 4 days ago

Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy joined a panel of judges who warned the U.S. could go the way of Venezuela

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