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Ronan Farrow in HBO's "Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes" (HBO)

Media use of "sexual assault" vs "rape"

Kylie Cheung
Published 4 years ago

"Catch and Kill" explores how legal definitions & media can police survivors' experiences

U.S. House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) (2nd L) speaks as (L-R) House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), and House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) listen during a news conference in front of the U.S. Capitol July 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. Leader McCarthy held a news conference to discuss the Jan 6th Committee. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

“Sick and cynical”: Stefanik goes low

Igor Derysh
Published 4 years ago

GOP tries to smear Pelosi as officers recount vicious attack by Trump supporters egged on by the former president

US Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell, DC Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone, DC Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daniel Hodges and US Capitol Police Private First Class Harry Dunn, are sworn in before members of the Select Committee, as they investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, during their first hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2021. - The committee will hear testimony from members of the US Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department who tried to protect the Capitol against insurrectionists on January 6, 2021. (JIM BOURG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Capitol cops come under attack again

Jon Skolnik
Published 4 years ago

Right-wing media pundits spent much of Tuesday attacking the cops who fought off a violent mob on January 6

Maga Hat & Vaccine (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Masks are the wrong mandate for MAGAland

Amanda Marcotte
Published 4 years ago

Coddling and cajoling the Trumpers isn't working: Mandates give them a chance to save face while avoiding COVID

Tesla Founder Elon Musk (Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images)

Corporate PACs funding Sedition Caucus

Igor Derysh
Published 4 years ago

Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Koch Industries and Elon Musk's Space X lead corporate donors to GOP Big Lie apologists

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump (Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage via Getty Images)

Ask Ivanka: Will Dems subpoena Trump?

Jon Skolnik
Published 4 years ago

Congress' January 6 select committee began Tuesday. Will Democrats call on Ivanka Trump or Jared Kushner to testify

A contractor working for Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate transports ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 1, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Maricopa County ballot recount comes after two election audits found no evidence of widespread fraud in Arizona. (Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images)

Arizona audit: liaison threatens to quit

Steven Rosenfeld - Raw Story
Published 4 years ago

Arizona audit liaison, Ken Bennet, threatens to resign from post during talk show citing Cyber Ninja ethics concern

Robot sitting on stairs using laptop (Getty Images)

Avoiding the robot apocalypse

John Feffer - TomDispatch.com
Published 4 years ago

We’d better control machines before they control us

(Getty/sudok1)

Mental illness informs brain science

Elizabeth Landau - Undark
Published 4 years ago

Two new books about neuroscience explore the biology of the brain and the mysteries of mental illness

US President-elect Donald Trump along with his son Donald, Jr., arrive for a press conference at Trump Tower in New York, as Allen Weisselberg (C), chief financial officer of The Trump, looks on January 11, 2017. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump Org. witness is under a gag order

Travis Gettys - Raw Story
Published 4 years ago

"What we have here is a concerted effort to keep my client quiet"

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

Can Democrats seize the moment?

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Published 4 years ago

The House select committee on the Jan. 6 insurrection is a potent political weapon. Democrats better not waste it

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. The event marked the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Biden's relapse into bipartisan fantasy

Norman Solomon
Published 4 years ago

Biden still claims that Republicans "know better." But as one critic says, the time for magical thinking is over

President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump addresses supporters at a rally on October 29, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. (John Moore/Getty Images)

What does Eric Trump's silence mean?

Sarah K Burris - Raw Story
Published 4 years ago

Trump biographer Michael D'Antonio believes that the truth is that Ivanka is also in legal "peril"

Astronaut in outer space (Getty Images)

Bezos shade? FAA redefines "astronaut"

Nicole Karlis
Published 4 years ago

An astronaut's mission must be "essential to public safety, or contributed to human space flight safety"

Former U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally on July 3, 2021 in Sarasota, Florida. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images)

How Trump suckers people into his cult

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story
Published 4 years ago

"Trump grew a cult following by casting himself as an outsider"

Elliot Page and Oprah Winfrey in "The Oprah Conversation" (Apple TV+)

The double-edged sword of Elliot Page

Kylie Cheung
Published 4 years ago

The actor's popularity helps spotlight underrepresented issues, but his celebrity can also be a shortcoming

Tuna Sandwich (Getty Images)

Beyond Subway: Fish fraud is rampant

Matthew Rozsa
Published 4 years ago

A viral investigation into the content of Subway's "tuna" is a portent of a much larger fish regulatory problem

A butcher wears a mask and gloves as he works to deconstruct a lamb while at Marin Sun Farms Butcher Shop in Oakland, Calif. Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Why the meat myth is harmful

Jennifer Barckley - Independent Media Institute
Published 4 years ago

Americans eat more meat per capita than any other country, even though meat consumption is linked to health issues

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying 60 Starlink satellites on November 11, 2019 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Starlink constellation will eventually consist of thousands of satellites designed to provide world wide high-speed internet service. (Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A new space treaty for the 21st century

Ramin Skibba - Undark
Published 4 years ago

With satellite traffic increasing and space tourism set to take off, the laws governing space need an overhaul

(Rocky Luten / Food52)

How to carve a turkey like a pro

Ella Quittner - Food52
Published 4 years ago

Say goodbye to shredded meat and detached skin pieces

Ina Garten (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

All the plants in Ina Garten's garden

Camryn Rabideau - Food52
Published 4 years ago

Can she just invite us all over already?

Fencer Alen Hadzic of the U.S. looks on at the Peter Bakonyi Men's Epee World Cup at the Richmond Olympic Oval in 2020. (Devin Manky/Getty Images)

Fencer accused of assault controversy

Kylie Cheung
Published 4 years ago

Alen Hadzic is under investigation for multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, but was still named to Team USA

Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOPers want to punish Kinzinger, Cheney

Igor Derysh
Published 4 years ago

“Pelosi Republicans”: GOPers want McCarthy to punish Kinzinger, Cheney for joining January 6 probe

Former U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to speak at the Rally To Protect Our Elections conference on July 24, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump rallies his forces — but for what?

Chauncey DeVega
Published 4 years ago

A former Republican calls this "the most dangerous moment in this nation's history." We can't afford to look away

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