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Merrick Garland and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is Merrick Garland coming for Trump?

Chauncey DeVega

Author of "Overcoming Trumpery" says "methodical" Garland is still building a case against Trump and his regime

New Politics Convention, Chicago by Franklin McMahon (Franklin McMahon/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Why we mimic accents without meaning to

Lacey Wade - The Conversation

"Linguistic convergence” is something you’ve likely done at some point

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (Lynda M. Gonzalez-Pool/Getty Images)

How the right seized the gun narrative

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune

The “God-given right” to self-defense has become a rallying cry in Texas politics

(Getty/Ted Aljibe)

"Gun control" at the Pentagon? Forget it

Norman Solomon

Believe it or not, the U.S. military kills about as many civilians every year as die from gun violence at home

Russian President Vladimir Putin (MIKHAIL TERESHCHENKO/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

The shadowy world of Russian mercenaries

Joaquin Sapien, Joshua Kaplan - ProPublica

Putin has been using an unaccountable army with a history of human rights violations to pursue Russia's agenda

Governor Greg Abbott (Erich Schlegel/Getty Images)

Gov. Abbott booed in Uvalde

David Edwards - Raw Story

Abbott, who arrived to meet with Biden, faced jeers and heckling from the crowd

Actor Bonnie Piesse attends Ulloo 42 Launch Party on January 11, 2018 in Los Angeles, California (Lucianna Faraone Coccia/Getty Images)

Bonnie Piesse on "Obi-Wan Kenobi"

Sabrina Reed - Hidden Remote

The actor and musician spoke to Hidden Remote about reprising her role as "Aunt" Beru Whitesun Lars 22 years later

John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson and George Clooney emerge from a forest in a scene from the 2000 film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (Universal/Getty Images)

22 best movie soundtracks of the 2000s

Todd Gilchrist - Mental Floss

Narrowing down to the absolute best requires a judicious ear and a willingness to sacrifice personal favorites

Rear view of woman with yellow jacket gazing at mountains and northern branch of Lake Como at dawn. Peglio, Como province, Lombardy region, Italy. (Getty/Francesco Vaninetti Photo)

Is noise bad for us?

Mary Elizabeth Williams

On the unique power of quiet, and why silence shouldn't be a luxury

Variation of tropical fruits (Tamarillo,Carambola, passion fruit, cherimoya,passiflora singularis/grenadilla, mara) on the rose- turquoise background (Getty Images/Yulia Reznikov)

You deserve a better fruit salad

Ashlie D. Stevens

Treating fruit like their vegetable counterparts (i.e. seasoning and dressing them) leads to a better salad

Prosecco jellies (Brett Stevens/Getty Images)

A story about Elvis and a boozy dessert

Bibi Hutchings

Cool, refreshing and perfectly sweet, this boozy dessert deserves the popularity it enjoyed in the 1890's

Former president Donald J Trump holds a Save America rally in Perry, GA, United States on September 25, 2021. (Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Ga. prosecutor investigating Trump

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance says Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis is looking into fraud charges for Trump

"The G Word with Adam Conover" (Netflix)

Adam ruins government & criticizes Obama

Melanie McFarland

Netflix's "The G Word" host tells Salon government is "astonishing" when it works and how to stop doomscrolling

View of redwood trees from the forest floor (Getty Images/James Yu)

Tree planting helps the elderly

Julia Kane - Grist

Increasing urban greenery could save lives of tens of thousands of older adults, researchers found

Velociraptor dinosaur in lush green jungle (Getty Images/Chris Clor)

The warm-blooded dino debate — solved

Matthew Rozsa

"We think we have a consensus" that most dinosaurs were warm-blooded, scientists say

(Rocky Luten / Food52)

The best time to water your plants

Nadia Hassani - Food52

Yep, there's a best time to water them

View of demonstrators, many with signs, as they participate in the March For Our Lives rally against gun violence, near Columbus Circle, New York, New York, March 24, 2018. Among the visible signs are ones that read 'Who Would Have to Die from Gun Violence Before You Would Support Gun Control?' and 'No More Silence End Gun Violence.' (Barbara Alper/Getty Images)

Why gun laws don't pass Congress

Monika L. McDermott, David R. Jones - The Conversation

Since Sandy Hook, legislation introduced in response to mass killings has consistently failed to pass the Senate

White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Harsh reviews for new Conway memoir

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

Former Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway defends the former president in her new book, "Here's The Deal"

Dozens of people attend a vigil remembering the 58 people killed in Sunday's shooting in Las Vegas and calling for action against guns on October 4, 2017 in Newtown, Connecticut. The vigil, organized by the Newtown Action Alliance, was held outside the National Shooting Sport Foundation and looked to draw attention to gun violence in America. Twenty school children were killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown on December 14, 2012. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The truth about guns and capitalism

Jim Sleeper

It isn't just the Second Amendment: If we can't control social media and "corporate speech," we'll never end this

Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson in "Stranger Things" (Netflix)

"Stranger Things" and real Satanic panic

Alison Stine

After the death of a teen in the 1970s, the role-playing game beloved by the Hawkins kids was blamed

Woman struggling to sleep at night (Getty Images/Motortion)

Warming temps are eroding our sleep

Zoya Teirstein - Grist

Climate change is keeping us up at night in more ways than one

Chip (voiced by John Mulaney) and Dale (voiced by Andy Samberg) in "Chip N' Dale: Rescue Rangers" (Disney)

The smartest thing "Chip 'n Dale" does

Kaitlin Thomas

The Emmy campaign for the goofy film that elevates the lowbrow to high art begins here

American labor leader, US Presidential candidate, and prominent socialist Eugene V. Debs (1855 - 1926) waves to supporters following his release from prison on Christmas Day, December 25, 1921. (PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

Snowflakes, meet a real free speech hero

Matthew Rozsa

Socialist Eugene Debs stood up for freedom of speech and went to prison — and then ran for president from his cell

Former President Donald speaks to a crowd during a rally in Texas on Jan. 29, 2022. (Sergio Flores/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Trump does weird dance at NRA convention

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams

Trump and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas were among those pushing a "good guys with guns" theory

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