SantaCon by day
Participants in the legendary holiday boozefest begin their long crawl through New York City's bars
Jingle Bell noise
The solo-guitar record "The New Possibility" combines familiar and age-old tunes with wild-ass playing
What "Rogue One" gets right
Will a stand-alone spin-off of "Star Wars" change our universe for women and people of color? No, but it's a start
Governor mugged by legislators
During a secret session, North Carolina's Republican supermajority moves to strip the new governor of his powers
Putin and Trump: What we know
It's a shocking real-life spy story, but what really happened — and what it means — may not be clear for decades
The president-elect's slogan should be: Make America Smoggy Again
Meteorological group publishes report that asserts some weather events in 2015 were caused by climate change
Habeas corpus under Trump
A venerable legal principle — the government can't lock you up without explaining why — is doubly crucial now
Trump, tech and the H-1B visa
Trump has softened his stance on guest worker visas. The tech and IT services industries want to know by how much
How fake news makes money
Banning fake-news sites doesn't address the real problem: Social-media companies make big money off lies and hate
BULLSH**TER OF THE WEEK
The Trump apologist understands everything about conflicts of interest except conflicts. And interests
Gov. Cuomo, the MTA, and the New-York Historical Society will team up to save Matthew Levee Chavez's subway project
Stop the wishful thinking
Born of compromise, the Electoral College became a mechanism of party politics — and that's not likely to change
Ash Coulee creek
A pipeline just hours from the protests at Standing Rock leaked oil into Ash Coulee creek
Hail to the new Kakistocracy!
Donald Trump's government will be "for the benefit of knaves at the cost of fools"
GOP should scrap the CFPB
Elizabeth Warren's brainchild ended up hurting the people it was supposed to help
trump's conflicts of interest
Donald Trump wants to govern. He also wants to run his business
Is democracy dying? Maybe not
The election of Donald Trump was made possible by a collective loss of faith in democracy. But it's not too late
This bizarre sleep disorder is more common than I ever imagined
There are only so many hours in a day for someone as important as the president-elect
Giving is better
Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams sits down with Charlie Pellett to discuss how to participate in philanthropy
Abbott said that rich, white areas are desired because "there's law enforcement presence"
maybe you'll think twice
Salon's Amanda Marcotte and D. Watkins sit down with Debjani Roy to discuss shifting the culture around cat calling
Andrei Barysevich of the threat intelligence firm Recorded Future discusses the hack