Devil’s bargain
We already have planet-cooling technology. The problem is, it’s killing us
Debate about video games and violence
People try to blame the Florida high school shooting on violent video games and other forms of media
"Black Panther": A true breakthrough?
Scholar Adilifu Nama on the film's "radical" aesthetic, and whether white folks should watch it as a "foreign film"
"Back Talk": Stories behind closed doors
Salon talks to author Danielle Lazarin about her story collection "Back Talk," which redefines "women's fiction"
Navigating shame in modern Tehran
Ali Soozandeh, director of the animated film "Tehran Taboo," describes life in a city of broken laws and hearts
Shooting victim's mom lambastes Trump
The emotional segment left a CNN anchor in tears
Did FCC chairman collude with Sinclair?
Democrats say Pai won't answer questions about his contacts with the right-leaning media company
Special counsel indicts 13 Russians
Defendants posed as political activists to meddle in the election, according to the indictment document
The GOP is gaslighting us on guns
How the pro-gun movement has destroyed our ability to debate in good faith
Transparent: Jeffrey Tambor is out
The firing of the Amazon comedy's titular star leads to questions about how the series will move forward
MacFarlane claps back against gun trolls
MacFarlane is one of many celebrities demanding Congress take action on gun control
Mitt Romney's back: He's running
Which Mitt will run for Senate in Utah? Look to the former GOP presidential candidate's campaign video for clues
FBI admits to Florida shooting blunder
FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement that he deeply regrets "the additional pain this causes"
AR-15 giveaways
The AR-15 has been used in numerous mass shootings, including Wednesday’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, FL
Is Michael Cohen in trouble?
Trump's lawyer may have created a legal quandary for the Trump campaign through his admission earlier this week
Trump's network for payoffs a threat?
Do Trump’s extramarital affairs pose a national security threat?
Another Mueller plea deal on the horizon
The former Trump adviser would be the third person known to be cooperating with Mueller's probe into Trump-Russia
ACLU sues Ohio over abortion ban
Anti-abortion groups cheered Republican Gov. John Kasich's signing of the partial abortion ban
Who reviews classified evidence? Trump
When ultimate authority over releasing evidence rests with the subject of the investigation, we're in trouble
The Caribbean and climate change
People in the Caribbean see climate change urgently
D.C. police partner with hard right
A lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington highlights a dangerous national trend
Aid-in-dying
Aid-in-dying proponents protest a requirement to discharge terminally ill residents
We could all use a little help traveling
The pro-Trump campaign against portrait
In a seemingly organized smear campaign, right-wing trolls are claiming Wiley’s past work is racially insensitive