From MLK to Trump: how and why
The painful convergence of Dr. King and President Trump should remind us that the long arc of history bends slowly
Diversity
Sheena Howard and Naseed Gifted join Salon's Amanda Marcotte to discuss black representation in comic movies
Democracy can't survive when media have a sole commitment to profit with little consideration for the public good
Alt-right scammer unveiled
Bad day for the Fourth Reich: Founder of popular alt-right blog The Right Stuff resigns after foes expose him
Stressing out
Dawn Lorentz, Founder of Self Reboot teaches a business' employees the tools to relieve and manage stress
A spirit shares my bed
"He isn't dead, he's right beside me" doesn't go over well, but this isn't grief-induced delirium, it's a full life
A children's classic rings true today and offers an answer to authoritarian rule
Be careful what you wish for
Expecting a different Trump after this Friday? Think again, say experts
Donald Trump, wrestling "heel"
Trump resembles Ravishing Rick Rude more than an actual president — maybe that's why so many Americans love him
Mexico border tunnels dug by drug smugglers remain open and insecure
2017's music milestones
There's something for every kind of music fan to wax nostalgic about this year, from "Thriller" to "Sgt. Pepper's"
King's message demanded that individuals tell their oppressors what they were doing was wrong
A hideous history of hijinks
Donald Trump, like a giant orange snail, has left a vast, compromised trail of slime
Do bad times make great art?
The claim that good art comes from hard times is the height of delusionally entitled thinking
"If you don’t believe in truth, if you’re a secularist, then how do we operate this government?"
The art of learning
Want a more educated, less narrow-minded citizenry that can tell fake news from real? Make them take this class
A rule that could get overtime pay for 4 million workers is in limbo — Trump will help decide whether it survives
How the Democrats helped Trump
Democrats played into Trump's hands, Lakoff says — and they won't win until they learn how to frame the debate
Everything from a shortened workday to paid vacation to getting rid of job titles
"Kompromat," ethics & the law
Suppose a Donald Trump scandal video actually exists and a media outlet obtains it. What happens if they publish?
Send out the clowns
With revenues at an all time low and out of options, Ringling Brothers decides to shut its Big Top down in May
The city big oil built
Across the bay from San Francisco is Richmond, a working-class company town where Chevron looms large
The small Bay Area city of Richmond, California, has stood out for its boldness
Ted Cruz plots comeback
Widely despised Texas senator and GOP also-ran tries new strategy: kiss up to foes, kill Trump with kindness