The Texas senator — and the state's governor — met with the president of the island in a tenuous position
Emergency officials say residents self-evacuated a total of 1,300 homes in south Reno on Sunday
The madwoman in the desert
Cover your computer's camera, careful what you say in emails and, whatever you do, don't drink or swear in public
video games
Salon's Amanda Marcotte talks with Games for Change President Susanna Pollack about video games and their impact
Our 100 days of resistance begins a sustained and powerful opposition
Do bad times make great art?
So much of the great American art of the 20th century was funded by the government, don't expect help from Trump
The Golden Globe Awards
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association rewards the best in American artistic expression, or it goes rogue
Pussy Riot on Putin and Trump
Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova, writer Masha Gessen and activist Hunter Heaney on the rise of America's autocrat
This is your brain on selfies
The same part of the brain that processes art deals with facial recognition, too
Look Again
Fascinating world views from the Mediterranean Sea to a zoo in Budapest
Obama's long goodbye
There's nothing "unusual" about a farewell address — and if history is a guide, it may offer important warnings
Autonomous autos on the rise
Trust is complex and varied, and so are the technologies in question
Bathroom bills proliferate
Virginia bathroom bill is a cut-and-paste job of the most discriminatory elements of previous legislative efforts
Trump & the hobbling of shame
In 2004, David Foster Wallace said "only time will tell how far we’ll go" in a post-shame culture. Now we know
Years of pain dictated votes
Trump voters' physical, emotional and social stress affected their world views
Oppose Trump? You need help!
Right-wingers who claim that principled opposition to Trump is "deranged" are avoiding America's true insanity
What's wrong with Democrats?
There's hope! But unless the Democrats can learn from the mistakes of the recent past, they don't have a future
We debate hunting ethics
Philosophy can help clarify and evaluate arguments about hunting
Should we keep 'em separated?
Gender-segregated education is making a comeback, especially in urban charter schools
Cabinet nominees missing info
Customary clearances and ethics evaluations bypassed for some appointees; Democrats prepare to filibuster nominees
Beijing cracks down on causes of intense airborne pollution that pervades city
Trump’s tweets are gaining power even though they aren’t legislation
A cosmology of cosmetology
I am a makeup artist, but is what I do art? Or is some other act of creation?
The last wild thing
A YouTube video serves as a tribute to John Berger's prescient writings about zoos