5 reality checks for abuse survivors
Author Shahida Arabi has powerful reminders for those who have dealt with narcissists
The most famous wolf in the world
Observant park guests and social media enabled Nate Blakeslee to write a biography of a single Yellowstone wolf
"The Martian" author googles his science
Author Andy Weir often sees it as a game when his readers test his accuracy
One family's hunting tradition
In Kansas, hunting parties flourish for pheasant season
Tambor out at "Transparent"
Tambor abruptly exits his Emmy award-winning role, another casualty in the maelstrom of sexual misconduct reports
How West Africa taught me architecture
One of the first African Americans to get a Columbia architecture degree found his architectural identity in Mali
Can telemedicine solve opioids?
At its worst rural areas, people are four times more likely to die from an overdose in 2015 compared to 1999
Trump v. LaVar Ball
Trump went after LaVar Ball, who refused to thank the president for allegedly helping the players' criminal woes
Peggy Orenstein on Roy Moore "reckoning"
The "Girls and Sex" author talks to Salon about adolescent sexuality and "extreme and exploitable" power dynamics
Re-evaluating Bill Clinton
Is Bill Clinton's popularity justified?
Big trans wins, record trans murders
This year came with a slew of electoral victories for the trans community, and a record number of trans homicides
Hannity breaks down on Twitter
Hannity was not happy that CNN interviewed Angelo Carusone, the man behind the boycott of Hannity's show
Inventing Iago for the modern age
Welles etches a motivation for an antagonist whose villainy is so complete the core wound is regularly written off
A "gun"-ing marketing strategy
Gun advertisers and manufacturers think men are brutes, and sell it that way
The GOP's domestic violence problem
What will it take for white conservative men to start caring about violence against women?
The site behind the fake news
Facebook-verified YourNewsWire posts easily debunked stories that spread on far-right media like wildfire
Mnuchin likes James Bond comparisons
The Treasury secretary said he didn't realize the photos from an AP photographer would go public
Reconsidering "The Reactionary Mind"
Is Trump "not a conservative"? Political theorist Corey Robin begs to differ, in new edition of his landmark book
The problem with mortgage interest
Middle-class homeowners need credits, not deductions.
PLATO: the first gaming machine
Remarkably complex for its time, PLATO was the forerunner to computers today, with a strange creation story
15 indispensable policy podcasts
These shows will keep you educated on local, national and international policy approaches to the big issues
What makes an artist a rock star?
Music industry expert looks back at six decades of rock ‘n’ roll’s greats for a new Smithsonian collection
Why Moore choose Hannity
Why bother in the hot seat when you can cool off on Fox?
"SNL" hits Franken
"Saturday Night Live" went after the senior following allegations of sexual of harassment