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On May 26, 2025, President Trump honors Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery just hours after posting an all-caps rant on Truth Social. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Grief shouldn't be a campaign stop

CK Smith

Memorial Day deserves reverence, not all-caps rage tweets and personal grievance from the White House

Protesters and fans alike crowd in to greet King Charles III and Queen Camilla  during their official visit to Canada on May, 26, 2025, in Ottawa, Canada. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)

Keep calm and stay Canadian

CK Smith

Trump jokes about annexing Canada, so King Charles makes a visit. Canadians look for door #3: themselves

Families used to gather around the single tv set in the house to catch up on "Must See TV." Now, it's mostly just individuals streaming alone. Is that okay? (Richard T. Nowitz/Getty Images)

The death of the summer rerun

CK Smith

Streaming killed the rerun ritual, but we’re still bingeing old favorites. Just without the wait

Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes performs on July 1, 1994 in Memmingen, Germany (Fryderyk Gabowicz/picture alliance via Getty Images)

What's Up?: An anthem to our frustration

Annie Zaleski

From "Yellowjackets" to "Sense8," from Dolly Parton to Ninja Turtles, "What's Up?" is for shouting into the void

Students want to work, but seasonal summer jobs are scarce now. Instead, they turn to unpaid internships, influencing, and the gig economy. (Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Getty Images)

Where did summer jobs go?

CK Smith

Young adults used to flood the workforce every summer. Now the seasonal job is an endangered species

Lettuce (Getty Images/ Francesco Carta fotografo)

What does lettuce actually taste like?

Ashlie D. Stevens

Lettuce in panna cotta? Actually, yes

Bella Ramsey in "The Last of Us" (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

"The Last of Us" tests our empathy

Melanie McFarland

In a time when the right views empathy as weakness, HBO's apocalypse drama springs it on us in a finale cliffhanger

A graduate holds a Kermit the Frog doll as he addressed the graduates at University of Maryland on May 22, 2025. (The Washington Post / Contributor / Getty Images)

Kermit speaks. Are we listening?

CK Smith

Kermit the Frog reminds graduates, the country what we lose by defunding kindness, curiosity and community

Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Intimidating the free press gets pricey

Virginia Kase Solomón

Democracy dies when billionaires own and threaten media

Some families remember their fallen loved ones. Others are on the hunt for the best deals. (John Hudson Photography / Getty Images)

Memories for sale

CK Smith

Memorial Day was born from Civil War grief. Now it’s 40% off at your favorite big-box store

An engraved illustration of pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock, with one wearing a MAGA hat. (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / mikroman6)

Why America is nuts: Blame the Pilgrims

Paul Rosenberg

Those guys who landed at Plymouth Rock were a doomsday cult, says Jane Borden — and we've emulated them ever since

Man on the computer in a dark room (Getty Images/Shannon Fagan)

I'm already in a recession

Cara Michelle Smith

I’m cutting back on spending, skipping travel — and buying tons of freeze-dried beef

Young woman next to lighttrace face, wearing VR glasses, looking closely at the lightrace rendering. (Getty Images / Henrik Sorensen)

How virtual reality can alter the "self"

Elizabeth Hlavinka

Virtual reality is digging up age-old questions about who we are. That has profound implications for neuroscience

Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY (Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)

Paul: Trump bill "math doesn't add up"

Alex Galbraith

The senator from Kentucky says Trump's cost-cutting bill will actually supercharge the deficit

Spinning ceramics (Getty Images/ Kilito Chan)

My kitchen needed ceramics. So did I

Joy Saha

What started as a new hobby quickly turned into a lesson in patience and perseverance

Harvard University (Getty/Pgiam)

Trump rages at Harvard on Truth Social

Alex Galbraith

The Trump administration attempted to bar Harvard from enrolling international students earlier this week

An 'Apartments for Rent' sign hangs in front of a building on December 06, 2022 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The rent might not be too damn high

Jamela Adam

After years of steep increases, renters might catch a break — if Trump's economy cooperates

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with Donald Trump at the White House, May 21, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

White genocide, white guilt and Trump

Andrew O'Hehir

Trump's racist assault on South Africa's president was shockingly clumsy — because the truth doesn't even matter

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft took this image of Ceres’ south polar region on May 17, 2017. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA)

Dwarf planet could reveal origin of life

Elizabeth Howell

Hunting for the building blocks of life? Located in the asteroid belt, Ceres is likely a good bet, study finds

Donald Trump | Guard tower outside the fencing of Camp 5 at the US Military's Prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Land of unfreedom: Our "Trumpy" history

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com

I can't keep track of Trump's horrors either. But a look back at the War on Terror reminds us this is nothing new

TikTok logo on a smartphone. (Getty Images/Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Banned and branded: TikTok and tourism

CK Smith

Over 30 U.S. states banned TikTok on government devices. Then why are their tourism boards still using it?

Sharing a drink on vacation might not be as easy as you think. (Maria Korneeva/Getty Images)

Red state, blue laws: Summer booze rules

CK Smith

Tourists may be surprised that some U.S. states still have strict alcohol laws rooted in Prohibition-era morals

The sign many tourists will see as the begin their summer vacation in record-high temperatures. (iStock / Getty Images Plus)

Florida is hotter than your vacation

CK Smith

Record-breaking heat, rising seas, hurricane season — welcome to the Sunshine State, tourists

Tom Cruise on the set of "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" (Paramount Pictures/Skydance)

Tom Cruise’s real “Mission: Impossible”

Coleman Spilde

In what may be the franchise's final film, "Mission: Impossible" seeks cinematic salvation

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