Beating breast cancer in Appalachia
Pain medication often helps cancer patients deal with intense pain after treatment, but it also can lead to abuse
Evangelicals silent on Trump's rhetoric
Few wanted to talk about it
"Cultural Marxism" and the Tree of Life
The bizarre, conspiratorial worldview of Trumpism made this happen — and its roots run deep in the paranoid right
Numbers in the news? Don't fall for this
If it seems too good to be true, maybe it is
Yoga shooter was incel sympathizer
The man suspected of shooting up a yoga studio is believed to have expressed sympathy for involuntary celibates
"Mid90s" exposes the violence of boyhood
Jonah Hill shows how the mandates of coolness hurt naïve young boys. We're used to seeing that as a girl's story
Why data is the new oil
With the advent of machine learning, computers can think — sort of. Here’s what that means for the future
Polls say Democrats will take the House
Only a systematic error in the polls could explain a Democratic inability to retake the House on Tuesday
Trump doesn't understand citizenship
The anti-immigrant, racist president now says he can deny citizenship to people born in the U.S.
A caravan is all the talk 45 can afford
Trump's treasury just broke the trillion dollar debt mark and we are busy watching him bark at the southern border
VA program is failing
A $10 billion technology upgrade championed by Jared Kushner and the Mar-a-Lago trio is at risk of failing
America at the crossroads of history
The last two weeks have made clear why Republicans must be defeated — but the Democrats can't save America
Right-wing media outlets bash Prop. 127
National right-wing media outlets have published two dozen articles criticizing Proposition 127
Training lawyers in big data
Artificial intelligence and data analytics are transforming the practice of law
Dreamy mushroom ragu in the West Village
Vegetarian nirvana on a plate
Growing up in Westboro Baptist Church
My grandfather was Fred Phelps, who founded the notorious Westboro Baptist Church. This is what he taught us
The Sixties: Equality through music
The Supremes helped to bridge a cultural divide and temper racial tensions
Carla Hall corrects the record with soul
This cookbook reintroduces an often misunderstood collection of feasting dishes as a healthy dynamic cuisine
Why MSNBC didn't air this Trump speech
Nicolle Wallace explains her network's decision not to air Trump's immigration announcement
Smart Watch: Rick Grimes bites it!
Also on Sunday night: "The Deuce" season finale — and the premiere of "Red Hot" — and "Outlander" goes to the U.S.
Illuminating the "dark web"
It might sound scary, but the "dark web" is not much different from the rest of the internet
How ping-pong saved Wally Green's life
"At 13 I owned 6 guns," Green told Salon. By his twenties, he was a world-traveling table tennis star
Alleged child abuse in Chicago hospital
Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital is under federal and state investigation over reports of abuse
Doug Stamper adrift on "House of Cards"
Salon talks to the man who plays Doug Stamper about politics on TV and off, and why he won't rule out a run himself