russia dealing
Yet another business connection between Trump and Russia has emerged
a fake trump world
Trump manipulates the media one tweet at a time
Berkeley erupts in violence
Black-clad antifa were blamed for inciting violence at an event where over 4,000 came to protest racism, fascism
Trump's signal to racist cops
Trump wanted to rally his base and test-drive his pardon powers. But the message to cops couldn't be clearer
The Dragon and the Wolf
It's official: Westeros has wight people problems.
Taking down mean men
Author Mark Lipton talks to Salon about recognizing "mean men" and holding them accountable
flood and a photo op
The president is determined to not repeat the mistakes made by President George W. Bush during Hurricane Katrina
Dear Trump voter
Trump promised to drain the swamp. . . now he is surrounding himself with starving alligators expecting welfare
Pro-Russian bots in C-ville
Analysts tracking Russian influence operations find a feedback loop between Kremlin propaganda and far-right memes.
Trump trolls the left again
Pardoning racist "Sheriff Joe" will backfire eventually. But if it pisses off liberals, the Trumpers are stoked
Trump's Threat To Food
Democrats vow to fight Sam Clovis, who isn't a scientist and whose ignorant views threaten our food supply
Sanctuary for women recovering
One North Carolina woman is using her traumatic past to change the future for others
Breitbart's new buddy
Reportedly, more than 2,500 advertisers have already bailed on the right wing site
Anti-vaxxers' odd politics
The more political someone is, the more likely he or she is to think that vaccines are unsafe
Trump's Afghanistan disaster
A battlefield for an endless American war
Growing Up in Bertie
POV documentary follows high school boys in rural, black America as they face odds in their community
Chaplin's antifa insight
“The Great Dictator” mocks Hitler’s absurdity, while also highlighting Germany’s captivity to a political fraud
Tech tools for kids in crisis
Apps, sites, and text hotlines help kids cope with issues from cyberbullying to suicide.
Dogs can have trauma, too
Occasionally a dog will have an early traumatic experience causing them to not get along with their owner
The Ivy League lobby
Consumers lose when professors get their marching orders from Big Ag and Big Food.
How smartphones changed us
The iGen — born around 1995 — are spending less time hanging with friends and more time on their phones
It's the economy, stupid
Psst, Zinke — national monuments create jobs just the way they are!
Diamonds in the sky
A primer on how valuable things end up in remote parts of space, and why Earth isn’t like the rest of the universe
A history of Mormon polygamy
LDS leaders announced plural marriage as an official Mormon Church practice in 1852