Rand Paul wants Biden to "burn his mask"
He was slammed for the comment, which ignored the unlikely possibility that vaccinated people can still be infected
MTG to debate AOC over Green New Deal?
"After I finish reading all 14 pages, like we agreed, I'll schedule time for our debate"
Hannity buys $5M home near Mar-a-Lago
It's got three bedrooms and five bathrooms but — perhaps most importantly — it's less than three miles from Trump
Yang angers LGBTQ group at campaign stop
“It either tells me Andrew Yang is in over his head or is not listening to his staff”
Biden's "bullsh*t" climate plan
Experts agree that if climate change goes unchecked, future generations will face apocalyptic conditions
Being trans in "Walmart nation"
Arkansans weigh in on the state's recent passing of anti-trans legislation compared to its cultivated image
Sotomayor cites Kavanaugh — against him
Sonia Sotomayor says Brett Kavanaugh's majority opinion distorts court precedent "beyond recognition”
Enjoy the crunchiest salad of all time
Salon Food talks to Molly Baz about cooking with confidence, rotisserie chicken and how to elevate our salad game
Cardi B snaps after Republican attacks
“This is why people gotta vote, elect better people cause you got these dum a**es representing states”
Whitewashed history – but make it comedy
The creatives behind "The Good Place," "Parks and Rec" & "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" bring this sweet yet sharp new series
Philip Roth biographer accused of rape
Three of Bailey's former students described sexual encounters with him, with one accusing him of rape
Life lessons we can learn from whales
Photographer Brian Skerry dropped by "Salon Talks" to discuss his new Disney+ series about the mysterious mammals
Only vote against anti-hate bill? Hawley
The Senate passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, 94-1. Missouri's Josh Hawley was the lone "No" vote
Fox host: Protesters can't call 911
"Let's just hope, in your life, you never need a police officer," Fox News' Brian Kilmeade said to protesters
Experts react to Chauvin guilty verdict
Scholars of policing, law and race explain the landmark guilty verdicts handed down in Chauvin's trial
The desperation driving Tucker Carlson
No one denies that immigration brings change, Tucker — just that it's racist to be angry about it
Olympics athletes to be muzzled in Tokyo
Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will be barred from "demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda"
DeSantis & YouTube spar over roundtable
YouTube takes down a video featuring DeSantis for containing false statements about masks. Then things got messy
When can kids under 12 get vaccinated?
In this week's Pandemic Problems column, a reader asks: Will I be stuck in "pandemic purgatory" this summer?
Stacey Abrams schools GOP senator
Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana: "OK, I get the idea! I get the idea."
Is Chauvin verdict "justice"? Not really
Our expectations are so low that conviction for a blatant, obvious murder feels like redemption. That's not enough
J.D. Vance's GOP hypocrisy on "Big Tech"
Josh Mandel and "Hillbilly Elegy" author J.D. Vance pose as anti-Big Tech populists — until you follow the money
Pompeo, Trump party with Laura Loomer
"President Trump and I just had a great conversation," posts failed GOP candidate and anti-Islam activist
Toilet-flushing is spreading COVID-19
Noroviruses, microorganisms, and even the novel coronavirus can all spread through aerosols released in flushing