Lincoln, Biden and the politics of touch
Abraham Lincoln's handshake helped engage and guide the nation
Erin Lee Carr on her moment of reckoning
"Am I going to be as honest with myself as I need for my subjects to be?" the filmmaker and memoirist tells Salon
NSFW: The pool man to the stars
My salary was modest; tips for the extra services were not
Daughter amend father's wrong conviction
A college student learned that her dad, now a judge, had prosecuted a man who was later found innocent.
Here’s what to make after Passover
Mufleta is best eaten hot. Serve it with lots of butter and honey.
Workplace wellness programs don't work
A new study finds workplace wellness programs don’t cut costs for employers or improve workers’ health
Smart Watch: The blessing of "Ramy"
Ramy Youssef's Hulu series is the first of its kind, as worth your time as "Gentleman Jack," another singular show
Few onboard with self-driving cars
A full third of the Americans polled said they believe self-driving cars are a bad idea.
Factory farming is worse than I feared
I lectured about the public health dangers of industrial farming. But what I saw went beyond my fears
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Product equality for female astronauts
When female astronauts work together as a team, a glitch in the product ecosystem ruined a landmark achievement
How to engage with the "trash" discourse
I get it — the garbage kind of men exist. But I reject the demand that I condemn myself by association
AMA's feeble response to health care
Rather than support Medicare for All and put patients before profits, AMA entered a new “conspiracy of inaction"
Biden expected to make 2020 announcement
The decision would end months of suspense looming large over a growing Democratic primary field
The right's Ilhan Omar outrage machine
Vile Islamophobia wasn't always central to Republican politics. This vicious bigotry took a lot of work to create
Netanyahu's gutless opposition
The generals did not capitalize on their credentials by offering alternatives to the government’s security policies
Columbine, then and now
A look back at how Salon covered the mass shooting in 1999, and what we've learned since
Local cash culture foils global commerce
Money, wealth & even work is specific to each culture, understanding other folk's rules is key in a global economy
Hard to remove mentally ill presidents
“Constitutions cannot protect you against madmen. The people on the scene at the time have to do that"
Too broke for bankruptcy?
A new report by the primary bankruptcy professional organization offered a range of fixes for the bankruptcy system
Bill Barr takes a Sharpie to history
Redactions can't conceal that Russians offered to help Trump win the election. He accepted. That's collusion
Journalism’s Assange problem
These days, anybody with an internet connection can be a publisher. That doesn't make everybody a journalist.
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