12 great tech podcasts
Technology is a ubiquitous part of human life now. How do we make sense of how that makes us feel?
The day democracy got hacked
Someone was playing 3-dimensional chess with our democracy. Experience taught me there could be only one source
President Facebook? Zuck no!
The same absurd logic that swept Trump into the White House could bring us the Zuck. You shouldn't "like" this
Regulating the church?
Bishop Council Nedd joined Salon Talks to weigh in on the separation of church and state in America
Rethinking homelessness
To those who are safely housed, a homeless person is apt to inspire feelings ranging from fear and disgust to pity
America votes the way it eats
You can learn a lot about how the voting public thinks based on what's available to eat in chain restaurants
Tech's terrible anti-Trump org
Silicon Valley's plan to "Win the Future" is a losing proposition
Trump's big alt-right moment
After two years of flirting with overt white nationalism, Trump jumps the alt-right shark in his Warsaw speech
Trump's conflicts of interest
Donald Trump goes abroad, and his interests get a lot murkier
When the left attacks liberals
Too many American liberals have betrayed FDR's legacy — and the attacks from both left and right have some merit
Social media's dark history
Facebook's responsibility to monitor its two billion users is unclear
Trump wasn't the first
Grover Cleveland was a real creep
A thought experiment
Best-case scenario, how much climate change is inevitable?
GOP against voter ID?
Republican efforts to impose voter ID laws and redraw election districts both wound up in federal court
Censorship and anti-choice
The anti-choice's strategy is to complain for more coverage, they already receive
Charity's value
New tax reforms would reduce charitable donations
Marijuana and orgasms
Pot has an effect on your orgasms — and different strains affect performance differently
GLOW: "Man up," ladies!
For all its spandex and elastic values, “GLOW” illuminates the ridiculous, intricate stage show that is masculinity
our empty longing for the '90s
CNN delves into a decade of pat neoliberalism and hollow spectacle and, unsurprisingly, comes up with nothing
How to stay clean in prison
I saw new guys avoid the showers because of fear, but that never played out well. You can't stink in prison
The problem with "privilege"
Phoebe Maltz Bovy, author of "The Perils of Privilege," sits down with Salon to talk about this contentious concept
Hamburg protest signs
The German city hosts the summit this Friday and Saturday
Grunge musical in the works
The unnamed production is looking to include songs by the some of biggest acts of the era
Attack of the "humanoids"
How does Alex Jones come up with these conspiracy theories?