For national security, the U.S. needs to look at the environment
How do we teach kids to care more when the world feels full of disagreement, conflict and aggression?
Food criticism's bleak future
As the last dining critic in my city, I was a voice for the people who couldn't afford to waste money on a bad meal
trump's expectation game
The run-up to the debates is Donald Trump's latest exercise in intimidating the press
What happened to Netflix?
The streaming giant is banking on originals like "The Ridiculous 6" while cutting down on licensed films
Fear the closet racists!
As a black man, I like my racism to be slam-dunked in my face -- the closet Trump fans and racism-deniers are worse
Our trainwrecks, ourselves
Sady Doyle’s anatomy of the "trainwreck" phenomenon points to the larger cultural forces behind celebrity gossip
Th real insane clown posse?
Salon talks to Nathan Rabin about the politics of Juggalos, the craziness of the RNC and Trump's "desiccated soul"
The white man's burden
Donald Trump is a deadly drug for white folks, promising an endless, self-destructive high. There is a better way
"They just don't want to pay"
Heartbreaking stories from the academic underclass
A new campus war on speech
Attacks on pro-Palestinian activists have grown increasingly vicious, but free-speech supporters are fighting back
He's a Trumpist — not populist
The central political truth about Donald Trump is that he's foremost a Trumpist — of, by and for himself
London's liberal Muslim mayor
In the wake of the New York bombings, Khan came to America with a mantra: "Build bridges rather than walls"
The right-wing Israeli prime minister espoused aggressive "security" policies in a talk on technology in Africa
Race, Class and Trump's Rise
The media loves to promote the lie that the white working class supports Trump and the GOP for economic reasons
The "Real Time" host said police academies should "train our police to not be that guy who just empties the clip"
The GOP's not-so-secret plan
While Trump dominates the headlines, House Republicans slash Social Security and drive the system toward disaster
"Narcos" isn't "Breaking Bad"
To Colombians, Escobar was no Walter White — and the new episodes position him irresponsibly as a protagonist
TV can't not be political
Fallon cozying up to Donald Trump on "The Tonight Show" is a political act — not to mention selfish and cruel
Disabling the male gaze
I was a teen when first asked—on TV—if my dwarfism kept me from having a boyfriend. It's still the wrong question
Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey, a near billionaire, is backing a pro-Trump group that creates offensive content
Is Jawbone disappearing?
Business Insider reports the company hasn't paid its customer service partner and is "sold out" of all products
"Don't shoot him!"
Rakeyia Scott recorded the moments leading up to her husband's death at the hands of a Charlotte police officer
Trump's loud dog whistle
White provincial resentment, as embodied by Trump and Sarah Palin, has destroyed the conservative movement