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Elle Fanning as Thia and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi as Dek in "Predator: Badlands" (20th Century Studios)

Diversity is Badlands’ secret weapon

Melanie McFarland

The latest in the "Predator" franchise is a rallying cry for the underestimated to find strength in each other

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on  Aug. 22, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

MAGA rages over Trump's visa comments

Blaise Malley

The president argued Americans "don’t have certain talents" while defending the H-1B worker visa program

Cacio e pepe rolls (Ashlie Stevens )

Cheesy, oven-fresh cacio e pepe rolls

Ashlie D. Stevens

Soft, buttery dough swirled with Parmesan and black pepper

(Getty Images)

Trump's enemies list keeps growing

Heather Digby Parton

Retribution on behalf of the president is now the Justice Department's primary focus

President Donald Trump prepares to speak after watching the 250th birthday parade of the U.S. Army, which also coincides with his own birthday, on June 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

MAGA will strike back harder than ever

Chauncey DeVega

Far from being a lame duck, Trump and MAGA will only escalate their attacks on democracy

Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium on February 27, 2025 in Seminole, Texas. ((Photo by Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images))

The US will lose its measles-free status

Kathryn H. Jacobsen - The Conversation

Canada eliminated measles in 1998 but had a major outbreak in 2025

Vice President J.D. Vance (L) and President Trump spoke at the annual Arlington National Cemetery. They emphasized service members’ ongoing sacrifices amid continued funding issues for the Veterans Administration.

Trump makes Veterans Day about himself

CK Smith

A ceremony meant to honor heroes, Trump repurposed it into celebrating political conquest, and got backlash again

Conservative think-tank finds itself in some internal revolt as the leadership opted to support a recent interview with a known White Nationalist. (RoosterHD / Getty Images)

Heritage Foundation's identity crisis

CK Smith

Once a center of conservative intellect, it now finds itself in internal revolt over its support for anti-Semitism.

Patti Smith, 1977 (Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)

Patti Smith opens her story's last door

Caryn Rose

In "Bread of Angels," Smith reflects tenderly on her life with her late husband, transforming grief into art

Salt Lake City may be a blue dot in a deep-red state, but GOP efforts to redistrict even further failed as a Utah judge halts their gerrymandering efforts. (dk_photos / Getty Images)

Gerrymandering fails in a red state

CK Smith

Utah Judge halts GOP's new political map of Salt Lake City, giving Democrats a rare victory in deep-red state

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Marriage equality is still at risk

Austin Sarat

Just like with Roe v. Wade, opponents of marriage equality are playing a long game

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at the Capitol on Oct. 21, 2025. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Dems of all stripes say Schumer must go

Jason Kyle Howard

Despite his "no" vote, the Senate deal to reopen the government bears Schumer’s fingerprints

U.S. flag hangs over a church in Plano, Texas. (Photo by Stewart  F. House/Getty Images)

The Texas church training GOP candidates

Marissa Greene, Cecilia Lenzen - ProPublica

"There is no separation between church and state," one graduate said

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks before Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on October 15, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump: MTG putting on "act" for Dems

Alex Galbraith

Greene has been critical of the president's foreign policy moves

Same-sex marriage supporter Vin Testa, of Washington, DC, waves a LGBTQIA pride flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building as he makes pictures with his friend Donte Gonzalez to celebrate the anniversary of the United States v. Windsor and the Obergefell v. Hodges decisions on June 26, 2023. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

SCOTUS refuses to overturn gay marriage

Garrett Owen

Supporters of the decision say it "reaffirms" legal rights and precedent

Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City addresses at the Free Iran World Summit 2025. (Photo by Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Trump pardons Giuliani, allies

Garrett Owen

Critics called it a "permission slip" to interfere with future elections

(L-R) Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as "women in the workplace" from the movie "9 to 5" in 1980 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

No, women did not "ruin the workplace"

Andi Zeisler

When your debate centers on whether women should exist in public, you’ve already lost

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak to the media outside the Capitol on April 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Shutdown vote blasted as "pathetic"

Garrett Owen

The move brought widespread criticism — including calls for Sen. Chuck Schumer to resign

Erika Kirk and Vice President JD Vance share an embrace at a Turning Point USA event in Oxford, Mississippi, on Oct. 29, 2025. (Brad Vest/Getty Images)

Why JD and Erika's hug made tongues wag

Amanda Marcotte

The vice president’s current wife, Usha, is a growing political liability

Shadows of "Little Men" against a world map (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The Venn diagram of Trump's vendettas

John Feffer - TomDispatch.com

Trump, MAGA and some on the left despise the liberal international order. Multipolarism isn't the answer.

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. (Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Tech billionaire's Trump bet pays off

Jake Pearson - ProPublica

Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists

President Donald Trump at the White House (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump shares "Obamacare royalties" claim

Alex Galbraith

The president ate the onion

Clara Stack as Lilly Bainbridge in "It: Welcome to Derry" (Brooke Palmer/HBO)

"Welcome to Derry"'s got female trouble

Melanie McFarland

Momsters! Mutant babies! A pickled dad attacking his daughter! Women's bodies are feasts and frights in this show

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing an executive order creating a White House task force to help coordinate logistical issues related to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump promises $2K tariff dividend

Alex Galbraith

The president is trying to save his tariff scheme with the promise of cold, hard cash

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