Not the first time US abandoned Kurds
This is hardly the first time the United States has goaded Kurds to fight and then abandoned them to slaughter
When Republicans were republican
The Republican Party first emerged as a defender of democracy in its darkest hour. Can that spirit be renewed?
Looking for corruption? Start here
His rogues gallery of a cabinet is as corrupt as it gets
Handing down your phone? Check this out
Get your old device into tip-top and safe shape before handing it off to its new owner
Why having a kid means moving away
Am I still "D. Watkins from East Baltimore" if my daughter won't play in the same streets I used to run?
Skip single-use gadgets in your kitchen
"I have railed against uni-taskers for 20 years,” Brown opined back in 2015
Meet the baby cousin of the Spinach pie
Combine it with a Greek dip—melitzanosalata, tirokafteri, tzatziki or skordalia—for a colorful rainbow of delight
Should I eat red meat?
Nutritional science is complicated
Kim Gordon on music's urgent relevancy
Salon talks to the former Sonic Youth bassist about the darkness lurking under our consumerist society's sunshine
The forgotten trauma of a forgotten war
As the world looks away, death stalks the Democratic Republic of Congo
Is Bruce Springsteen my new dad?
Bruce Springsteen told memoirist Sarfraz Manzoor that he loved his book. And life just got better from there
Warren climate plan uses wildfire wisdom
Warren aims to rein in the rampant wildfires burning in the American West
John Lennon's self-imposed exile
When the former Beatle celebrated his penultimate birthday 40 years ago, he was on the cusp of starting over
Voices not heard
Many cases of sex discrimination in the workplace languish or are prevented from getting their day in court
Republicans must lie to survive
From Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, the path to Republican political success is rooted in profound deception
The year of Rembrandt
The Dutch master has intrigued art-lovers for four centuries
Is "Raising Dion" the new "Fast Color"?
Netflix's show about a boy with superpowers isn't from Marvel or DC, and may be why you didn't hear about it earlie
How much will climate change cost us?
The wisdom of a carbon tax is all backwards, it appears
Trump tariffs are create jobs—for Canada
A tariff loophole lets companies ship small boxes across the border duty free.
Parroting the party line
Voters are primarily partisans, and they respond to party signals — even when they claim otherwise.
We're impeaching his sorry ass
America is in debt to one whistleblower and a pair of foreign service officers, Bill Taylor and Marie Yovanovitch
Back to 1710
The last time a U.S. impeachment and a U.K. prorogation were simultaneously in the news was 1710
Did Deutsche Bank shred Trump's returns?
Banking giant that lent Trump hundreds of millions "apparently got rid of" its copies of his tax returns
Attack on Kurds endangers democracy
In a surprise Oct. 6 statement, President Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw its troops from northern Syria