Why China is Trump's top Asia stop
An expert in Chinese studies explains the two-pronged China strategy President Trump is pushing in Asia
What the far-right wanted Texas to be
As America lurches from one crisis to another, the far right wants violence to be the new normal
Papa John's denounces the "alt-right"
The Daily Stormer declared Papa John's the "alt-right's" official pizza, but the CEO wants nothing to do with them
Carter's bonkers, troubling testimony
The former Trump adviser got caught more than a few times on inconsistencies in his testimony
Why the GOP's tax plan is likely to fail
The Republican tax bill will likely blow up the deficit, and that's a big practical problem
Trump causes confusion in Saudi Arabia
The president tweets support to the crown prince's sweeping arrests, even though the State Department is ambivalent
Trump's ignorance on global display
We have 13,000 gun murders a year; Japan has almost none. Trump's answer is more guns "in the opposite direction"
Trump stalls after gun control questions
The president suggests it is too soon to be talking about gun control after the mass shooting at a Texas church
Far right concocts fake shooting news
The antifa revolution the far right predicted never happened, so it's trying to make up wilder conspiracies
The Kremlin in Silicon Valley
The story that the Kremlin was secretly investing in American tech companies is about cronyism, not Russiagate
Billionaires’ tax loophole lives on
The Republican tax reform plan would retain a big benefit for private-equity and hedge-fund titans
Russian propaganda has forever changed
The genie is out of the bottle
Mass shooters largely share one motive
The Sutherland Springs shooting looks like another example of men acting out violent rage against women
Ivanka can't sell ill-fated tax plan
Not even a charm offensive from the eldest Trump daughter can save the Republican tax bill from likely doom
Last-ditch Trumpism in N.J. and Virginia
In a last-ditch gambit, GOP candidates in New Jersey and Virginia reach for ugly, Trumpian lies about immigrants
Trump's Trojan Horse tax cut
The rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer — it's a classic tale with a greek twist
5 ways hard-right is fighting a fake war
It's not even Thanksgiving yet
How taxpayers subsidize hush money
Secret settlements that leave the reputations of alleged sexual abuse perpetrators intact are also tax-deductible
More lies from the gun cultists
The trauma we all feel after Sunday's massacre in Texas is familiar. So are the cynical responses of conservatives
The far right's immigration obsession
A journalist studies how right wingers in Europe embrace xenophobia and brand it as spreading liberal values
"Mr. Robot" takes the three point shot
Salon talks to "Mr. Robot" creator Sam Esmail about its upcoming single-take episode
What parents need to know about opioids
Teens can become addicted to opioids, too. Here's what you should look out for and how to get your teen help
J.K. Rowling gets wistful over Obama
With Trump in office on the 5-year anniversary of Obama's re-election, the author caught a case of the feels
Larry David just doesn't get it
Using Jewish humor the right way, talking about #MeToo, reading the room — David failed in many ways