What has Giuliani been up to overseas?
It isn’t at all clear what the volatile former mayor has been doing for Trump … but he’s been doing it a lot
Why Thunberg infuriates conservatives
Thunberg has upended climate politics & posed the key question of who are the real radicals in current discussions
3 questions about vodka, answered
A food historian debunks myths and highlights unknown facts about one of America's favorite liquors
Trump launches attack on Medicare
The administration and its congressional allies are playing a game of bait and switch
My biggest and best fear: Fatherhood
I survived the crack-infested semi-automatic era, and I can safely say that having a child is even scarier
Making "comfort cake" this Yom Kippur
As the holiest day of the year looms, one writer prepares with a sweet honey cake to break the fast.
When Salon loved all the wrong men
In hindsight, we made some bad calls in our past crush lists
On brown bread, castles and Ireland
It provides the perfect amount of crunch for avocado toast — all you need to do is add a poached egg on top
Make cookies inspired by "Ghostbusters"
Put on your protective glasses and break the chocolate into small pieces
The altered reality of One America News
OAN's calm misinformation campaign sells Trump as a rich, brave hero under siege to viewers aspiring to be like him
AI machines struggle with common sense
For all of the recent advances in artificial intelligence, machines still struggle with common sense
The bird that can tell humans apart
A new experiment finds these little crows send warning calls about scary humans
Bugs, mold and unwashed hands
Across the country, 230 foodborne outbreaks were reported from 1998 to 2017 in long-term care settings
A gift from an innocent man on death row
The desire to make something beautiful, to express our humanity, doesn't end with a prison sentence
Food system needs whistleblowers, too
The USDA implemented a new rule that will to do away with some of the most important whistleblowers in the system
Which state has the worst drug laws?
A new report finds that "South Dakota jails more people per capita than any other state."
Trumping the future
Which would mean no future for my three kids
Donald Trump and the dog whistle
Ian Haney López on how a "race-class narrative" that includes white people can transform democracy in America
Lessons from Latin America
The current political crisis in the United States shares similarities with political issues in Latin America
Why "Angel" had more soul than "Buffy"
The vampire spinoff, which premiered two decades ago, is a classic workplace drama
The unspoken word at the climate summit
“Offsets.”
IRS: Easier & cheaper to audit the poor
IRS acknowledges that it doesn’t have enough money and people to audit the wealthy properly. So it’s not going to.
The hypersonic race to hell
Why arms races never end
Donald Trump's world of rabbit holes
Bill Barr and Mike Pompeo went to Rome looking for conspiracy fodder. They might have dug up more than they wanted