Don't be afraid to step up to the mic
Just in time for spring cleaning
Good things may be happening soon
An alternative view on the inevitability of a politically impotent America
Peace in Korea: Actually possible
Foreign policy cliques in D.C. are eager to shut down this process: America's choice is to join or risk isolation
Criminal and environmental justice
Extreme Energy Extraction Summit is where activists from vulnerable communities strategize on fighting polluters
It's hard to strike
“It was exhilarating and exhausting. You start thinking, ‘Are we going to be out forever?’”
Climate change altering food chains
Sustained ocean warming could greatly reduce catches of fish like these herring photographed off Norway
Rolling back the "superpredator" myth
Nearly 200,000 youths enter the adult criminal justice system every year
Superman turns 80 this year
In 1938, a cultural icon was born
Pruitt's 2003 purchase from lobbyist
In a new NYT report, he allegedly purchased the home with a discount which was reportedly picked up by her employer
Westworld is back, with upgrades
The second season of HBO's robot series gives the TV audience what it wants: action, power struggles and spectacle
Lou Reed: a David Bowie production
The iconic 1972 collision of two diametrically opposed artists
VR and sexual harassment
In striving to make virtual reality as real as possible, this also means the worst of behavior feels as real too
CDC tells consumers toss romaine lettuce
Fifty-three people in 16 states have reportedly been infected, according to the CDC
The rise of fascist fashion
T-shirts and other garb that promote white supremacy should be taken seriously as an entry point into hate
US is stingier than rest of the world
Childcare is expensive and paid leave is not available to most U.S. parents.
Keith Davidson tapped in Cohen probe
Keith Davidson has been contacted by federal authorities in the wake of Cohen’s raid
"Beatrice": Paralympic fencing champ
Streaming now on Salon Premium, a film about Beatrice Vio, the Italian wheelchair fencing dynamo
Farmers wage battle over pesticides
Last year, the herbicide dicamba damaged an estimated 3.6 million acres of soybeans across 25 states
History of Trump threats
The pattern goes beyond Stormy Daniels
FDA investigates unauthorized research
The FDA rarely prosecutes research violations, usually choosing to administratively sanction or ban researchers
History textbooks of the future
I have traveled forward in time and returned with verdicts from the future. Spoiler: America is great again!
Coral reefs disappearing
More than a third of the world's shallow tropical coral reefs have been destroyed
A hip-hop Pulitzer? That came late
Kendrick Lamar's "Damn" was a breakthrough. But these hip-hop classics from the '90s were fully Pulitzer-worthy