A plan to kill wild horses
Trump's Interior Secretary has some ugly plans for America's wild animals
What Trump-Hitler comparisons get wrong
Facile comparisons do more to confuse than clarify the urgent issues at stake
Drought leaves West out to dry
A dry winter will lead to a parched summer for the West
Dems should run against Ryan, not Trump
Nancy Pelosi is widely disliked, as rookie candidate Conor Lamb figured out. But Paul Ryan is even more unpopular.
Trump's NRA-friendly judges
The NRA usually can't shoot down gun reforms in court. But with the help of Trump's judges, that may change
After Conor Lamb: Winning red districts
Is Conor Lamb a Republican in Demo-drag? No, and candidates like him could turn the blue wave into a tsunami
Finally, there are plastic ban bills
Plastic trash kills sea animals, contaminates the environment — and it's gross
George W. Bush tried steel tariffs
Bush revoked his steel tariffs less than two years after imposing them in 2002
Neanderthal healthcare for all
A study of Neanderthals suggests that "organized, knowledgeable and caring healthcare is not unique to our species"
Meet working class hip hop hero Zion I
Meet the underground hip hop artist known as "Zion I," now streaming on Salon Premium
My white-privilege wakeup call
It's not enough for white women to be feminists: “It's not an immunization against other bigotries"
Zinke: wind turbines kill birds
Zinke says "wind chops up birds," yet it was his department that overturned a federal law protecting bird killing
Congress: Pet safety > Child safety
Politicians are taking quick and decisive action on subjects in the news — but not gun violence!
The microplastics in your bottled water
Out of 259 bottles surveyed in a new study, 93 percent showed some sign of contamination
Taxpayer money flows into Mar-a-Lago
The payments are the latest indication that taxpayer money flows to Trump's company
Mueller goes after Trump Organization
House Democrats said the Trump Organization was "actively negotiating" with a sanctioned Russian bank
I don't want to grow up
The end of an era for toy store lovers
W.H. plotted to purge State Dept. staff
Emails reportedly show that the conservative crusade against the "deep state" has gone off the deep end
Charleston shooter's sister arrested
Morgan Roof is the younger sister of mass murderer Dylann Roof, who killed nine churchgoers in Charleston in 2015
Space can change your DNA
Astronaut Scott Kelly found that while 93 percent of his DNA returned to normal after coming home, 7 percent didn't
Jared Kushner's dealings raise questions
Kushner's family real estate company is tied to a deal with a company owned primarily by Japan's government
Obama unveils his March Madness picks
The former president correctly predicted the men's champion last year
Trump sactions Russia — finally
The new sanctions are being implemented more than a month after congressional deadlines for doing so had passed
Keep your lips to yourself, Katy Perry
It's a good time to remind ourselves that #MeToo also means men, too