Puerto Rico could be Katrina-like
Here are six factors that contribute to making the current disaster in Puerto Rico especially dire
Trump wants "equal time"
Mocked and derided on late-night TV, Trump now wants enforcement of the fairness doctrine on comedians
Conscience of a (lonely) conservative
Talk-show host Charlie Sykes stood up to Trump — and the entire conservative movement. What took him so long?
Is today’s NRA the “price of freedom”?
Someday, people will read about this moment in history books and wonder how we got to this level of insanity
Anti-Semitism in the alt-right age
Salon talks to the Midwest Director of the Anti-Defamation League about the emboldening of hate by the right
The U.S. is faced with a choice on Yemen
Violence and cholera have left Yemen's people desperate for help — Congress can start to change that with one vote
There is no campus free speech war
Turns out the outrage over college students supposedly not supporting free speech is not supported by data
Did Vegas have enough trauma centers?
It's not just how many centers there are, but how "well integrated" the care is
Hannity "politicizes" mass shootings too
The Fox host says liberals are politicizing the Las Vegas massacre, but he's used other shootings for his agenda
Lisa Ling on finding common ground
How does the journalist find empathy and understanding with groups whose beliefs she doesn't support?
FDA: don't list "love" as ingredient
The agency is demanding a granola manufacturer remove the word from its ingredients list
Crystal and Maher on guns and DeVos
Crystal takes down the education secretary in a sit down with Maher
Trump doesn't understand the presidency
Trump wallows in a vat of perks as his broken promises pile up
Maher on Trump's Puerto Rico response
Maher joked that once Trump visited the island the Puerto Ricans were asking for the hurricane to come back
Trump vs. workers' rights
In a recent labor lawsuit, Trump’s Department of Justice clearly sided with employers. That's probably a harbinger
Las Vegas, racism and white people
What does a white man shooting into a largely white crowd have to do with racism? Welcome to America
Trump's conflicts of interest
There have been more charter jet controversies and Russia connections, as well as the ongoing Kushner email scandal
Wake-up call for John Kasich
Supposed Republican "moderates" (who are conservatives) are beginning to grasp that it's now a reactionary party
Privatization: a disaster for democracy
"In a totally free market health care system, you must be willing to let some patients die"
DeVos' vision goes beyond privatizing ed
Critics wrote DeVos off as a nitwit. But she's playing a long game, and winning
Calling foul on Donald Trump
The president's attacks on athletes and the mayor of San Juan are a toxic mixture of resentments and racial hate
How companies turn kids into marketers
From check-ins to treasure hunts, today's promotional campaigns rely on kids' influence to go viral
Chewing gum could detect disease
Forget wearables — the next hot tech may be "chewables"
How to respond to Keaton in blackface?
In the classic, made 90 years ago this month, Keaton's character appears in blackface