They arrested me for playing basketball
Our 2020 retrospective continues with this personal argument in favor of defunding the police
12 Trump attacks on the environment
In its final days, the administration is rushing to cement its destructive legacy
My year of obsessive, indifferent baking
I've never needed my kitchen, and needed to get away from it, more
My love affair with tortilla española
The former chef at Boqueria and Tertulia in New York City explores the most emblematic dish from Spain
How to make juicy shredded chicken
Learn time-tested techniques for making a mountain of tender shredded chicken
"The Mandalorian" loses its religion
The removal of the helmet doesn't just allow Din to breathe and expand ... but the Star Wars galaxy as well
How chess holds up a mirror to life
In "The Queen’s Gambit," chess doubles as a game of life for protagonist Beth Harmon
Joe Biden's stutter is a gift to America
A president who thinks before he talks? Bring it on
Sugar substitutes to keep in the kitchen
Because asking a neighbor for a cup of sugar isn’t always possible
Emily Dickinson: unlikely hero of 2020
190 years after her birth, Dickinson's life reminds us of how to confront the depths of loss with courage and hope
Inside the effort to vaccinate America
The nation’s mass coronavirus vaccination effort has just begun. This is how it's going down
Arrogant "centrism" may destroy us
From Bill Clinton through Barack Obama and now Joe Biden, the centrist consensus has failed — and learned nothing
COVID vaccine conflicts in nursing homes
Conflicts are likely to arise as COVID vaccines are rolled out to long-term care facilities across the country
Netflix's new take on ballet & bulimia
The soapy teen ballet series is high on melodrama, but its eating disorder plot rings true to life
Why vaccine hesitancy is deadly
Salon reached out to experts on what we should expect after the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are distributed
Netherlands' changing blackface custom
An annual tradition or a national embarrassment?
Many health experts underestimated COVID
Many leading infectious disease specialists underestimated the fast-moving outbreak in its first weeks and months
President Lysol's dumbest moments
Donald Trump is a dull, nasty and childish man — but his legacy of amazing idiocy will be long remembered
Can less-than-perfect donors save lives?
Demand for healthy kidneys has long outstripped supply. Better testing and treatment is expanding the donor pool
Latino voters are turning Georgia blue
Georgia and Arizona are very different states — but grassroots organizing has turned the tide in both of them
What this election told us
Despite backlash, voters gave Biden and Congress a mandate for bold, progressive change. Now they must deliver
An end to all-war-all-the-time?
It’s probably hard for people born since 9/11 to imagine how much — and how little — things changed after that day
Will Trump pardon Edward Snowden?
The NSA whistleblower has used his platform to pressure the president to pardon someone other than himself: Assange
"Low class" Donald Trump and the Wasps
Our 2020 retrospective continues with this familial reckoning with vulgarity, snobbery and the presidency