My post-stroke existentialism
Salon founder David Talbot almost died — and found that what life meant to him after was completely transformed
How mathematics can save your life
In “The Math of Life and Death,” Kit Yates shows how mathematics is crucial to understanding everything we do
Facebook, Twitter & Trump’s lies
Should Facebook & Twitter stop Trump’s lies?
MLK Day: For justice, confront our past
Racist perceptions play out in prosecutors' offices and throughout the criminal justice system today
Cities push back against nuclear weapons
“We forget that all power is local. And by forgetting to act locally, we are giving away all the power.”
Trump and the "one-termers"
Donald Trump could become the 11th one-term president in American history. The list starts out well, but then ...
How to prevent ugly primary feuds
Our winner-takes-all system not only encourages this inane behavior in primaries, it almost necessitates it
Revisiting Citizens United
Kennedy is the author of one of the most controversial and scorned rulings in modern Court history: Citizens United
Why you need more Vitamin D in winter
Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin.
Live, Laugh, Love, Loathe
As an adult and a doctor, popular and glib affirmations like "Everything Happens For a Reason" fill me with scorn
Why my family eats salad for dessert
A simple homemade salad dressing goes a long way
Alex Gibney on Putin and the oligarchs
Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney on his dense, thriller-style documentary “Citizen K,” and the fate of Russia
Diamond District: A window into the past
New York’s Diamond District seems to withstand the forces of economic change.
How the punks beat Spotify
The streaming regime is a terrible way for artists to make a living. A punk co-op just fixed that
Why the Netherlands is sinking
Over the centuries, windmills built to drain peatland for agriculture have been causing the ground to steadily sink
Mainstream media still soft on Biden
Joe Biden gives addled, incoherent answers about his troubling record — and most in the media just let it slide
Is the U.S. prepared for war?
A series of accidents calls the military’s preparedness into question.
How to recycle unwanted books
640,000 tons of books end up in landfills — but your used books don't have to succumb to such a fate
Why climate activists can’t ignore labor
The labor movement and climate movement have often been painted as unlikely allies, locked in a natural conflict
Harvard students protest Exxon law firm
Climate activism in the Ivy League is heating up
Lev Parnas is the smoking gun
Parnas says Trump, Pence, Pompeo, Bolton and Giuliani all knew. He is why no witnesses will testify in the Senate
S.D. may ban trans care for minors
South Dakota has proposed 16 anti-trans measures in recent years. Now the GOP wants to imprison doctors
Specialty drugs: Flaws in the system
Speciality drug prices are so high priced that many patients skip or ration them
The international labor-rights abuser
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is facing an existential crisis.