Kelly's "mission impossible"
Chris Whipple believes Trump is the biggest roadblock to John Kelly's success as the new chief of staff
Flat Earthers & feedback loops
How Trump, Murdoch, Breitbart & Co. drive reason toward the end of its tether
The terror of climate change
By 2075 residents of Phoenix will spend almost half the year in temperatures 95 degrees or higher
Private prison makes demands
Core Civic isn't making enough money after sentencing reforms
The Priebus metaphor
Reince Priebus’ fall is a sad metaphor for Trump’s America
Did Bush give way to Trump?
Foundation executive Colin Greer reminds us that George W. Bush created intense trauma for Americans before Trump
President Zuck?
This move, coming after his cross-country "listening tour," has led some to conclude he's running for something
Olenna Dearest
Here's why the demise of Westeros' baddest mama left so many of us bereft
Offering odds on Trump's staff
Bet-maker Paddy Power offers new odds on which cabinet member is out next, and Jeff Sessions is close to even money
Cindy Sherman's Instagram art
The confrontational, brilliant artist has turned her social-media account into an interesting 590-piece museum
The best rappers of all time
Who does a hip-hop icon look up to? On the Salon 5, D. Watkins has D.M.C. break down his own legends list
Will the NFL embrace weed?
The NFL has long had a stringent policy against marijuana, but that could soon be changing
Telling Ferguson's story
Sabaah Folayan, director of the new documentary "Whose Streets," on "Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller"
Mueller impanels a grand jury
Looks like it may have been a yuge mistake for Trump to shoo Mueller away from examining his finances
rice is vindicated
Barack Obama's former national security adviser, vilified by conservative media, didn't do anything wrong
Chapelle's transphobia
Chappelle is using transgender people as the butt of his jokes — no one should be laughing
Netflix spoofs true crime
The satirical show "American Vandal" pokes fun at television's obsession with true-crime
Nacho best moment, governor
Chris Christie's temper flared when heckled at a baseball game. Yet he calls himself "restrained"
Zillow covers homelessness
If rents increase by 5 percent over the next year, 3,000 more people will become homeless in New York City alone
racists hate "Confederate" too
If even the "southern heritage" squad calls the series problematic, it probably shouldn't air
pivoting from trump
Cernovich: “Backing Trump has been bad for business”
"Death Wish" is an NRA fantasy
With crime at historic lows, the trailer for the upcoming film seems culled from a paranoid NRA video
Gorka: Tweets Save the World
In a Fox News interview Gorka cited Trump's Twitter account as being able to convince China to act on North Korea
"Thrones" sparks huskie crisis
The show's direwolves have inspired many fans to buy huskies that they're ill-prepared to care for