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Bullet holes are seen in the door outside the home of State Sen. John Hoffman on June 15, 2025 in Champlin, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

MAGA blames Dems for Minnesota shooting

Amanda Marcotte

False counter-narratives signal to other terrorists that MAGA has their back

A female white rhinoceros with a six-month old baby in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve adjacent to Kruger National Park, South Africa. (Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Dehorning rhinos — to save them

Elizabeth Hlavinka

Sawing off rhinos' horns is keeping these magnificent creatures alive. Is selling those horns the next step?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech during a ceremony on the eve of the Memorial Day for fallen soldiers (Yom HaZikaron), at the Yad LaBanim Memorial in Jerusalem on May 12, 2024. (DEBBIE HILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Baier doesn't buy Netanyahu Iran excuse

Alex Galbraith

The Fox News anchor repeatedly pushed back on the Israeli prime minister's claims about Iran

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Cruz: Time for "regime change" in Iran

Alex Galbraith

The 2000s are really back.

Chocolate bar by Siamaya (Siamaya)

Love Thai food? Try its chocolate

Katie Lockhart

Craft bars infused with lime, Thai tea and even fish sauce are putting Thai chocolate on the map

Tom Hiddleston as Charles "Chuck" Krantz in "The Life of Chuck" (Courtesy of Neon)

Please, anything but a twee revival!

Coleman Spilde

With its feel-good banalities, Tom Hiddleston's latest film lands somewhere between sincerity and "YOLO: The Movie"

U.S. President Donald Trump holds an executive order establishing the Energy Dominance Council led by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum in the Oval Office at the White House on February 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump promises "peace" in Iran, Israel

Alex Galbraith

Trump said he would "never get credit" for his statecraft and promised to "make the Middle East great again"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a state memorial ceremony for the victims of the 1948 Altalena affair, at Nachalat Yitzhak cemetery in Tel Aviv on June 18, 2024. (SHAUL GOLAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Everybody hates Bibi — but he's winning

Andrew O'Hehir

Forget Trump — he just caddies for this guy. Like it or not, Benjamin Netanyahu is the 21st century's antihero

A robot using artificial intelligence is displayed at a stand during the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, on May 30, 2024. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

"Summoning the demon": MAGA splits on AI

Russell Payne

Some on the right see artificial intelligence as an apocalyptic threat from Big Tech

A black widow spider, a venomous species now common in the American West, wrapping up its prey. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Who's the real invasive species?

Carlyn Zwarenstein

Our cities and suburbs have spiders, rats, raccoons, lizards — and people. Which of us is really the invader?

Thousands are turning out for rallies across the U.S. to protest President Trump, while Trump celebrates his birthday tonight in D.C. with a military parade. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

No kings, no tyrants, just tanks

CK Smith

As Trump turns 79, protests erupt worldwide while D.C. hosts military parade in his honor

Father's Day is forecasted to see record sales this year. (krisanapong detraphiphat / Getty Images)

Father’s Day hits record sales high

CK Smith

Americans plan to spend $24B in 2025, but moms still get more love and larger gift budgets

Author Joan Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne, captured in candid moments (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Lauri Gaffin / Frank Edwards)

The final fact-check of Joan Didion

Andi Zeisler

One of the year’s best books yet shows us an author at odds with her own storytelling

Green zucchini (Francesca Carta fotografro / Getty Images )

Zucchini deserves an apology

Joy Saha

Summer's signature squash is often criticized for being too abundant. But is that really a problem?

Ahead of today's nationwide scheduled protests, Gov. Ron DeSantis reminds Florida drivers that it's legal to drive through crowds of protesters if they fear for their lives. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

“No Kings” protests test FL protest law

CK Smith

Critics say Florida statute gives drivers a pass to run over demonstrators as tensions rise nationwide

Police are searching for suspect involved with an early morning shooting Minnesota state legislators on June 14, 2025. (Douglas Sacha / Getty Images)

UPDATED: MN lawmakers targeted, shot

CK Smith

Suspect posing as cop at large after shooting state officials in an attack that may be politically linked

Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal in "Materialists" (Atsushi Nishijima)

Don't call "Materialists" a rom-com

Coleman Spilde

In the follow-up to "Past Lives," Celine Song proves she's mainstream cinema's most perceptive filmmaker

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during the South Carolina Democratic Party State Convention on Saturday, May 31, 2025 in Columbia, SC. (Sam Wolfe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Walz is sick of "sternly worded" letters

Tatyana Tandanpolie

The Minnesota governor said that the path to tyranny "is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting"

America In One Room (Helena.org)

One weird trick — to save democracy?

Paul Rosenberg

Stanford prof James Fishkin says he can end political deadlock, and build true democracy for the internet age

Hospital emergency room entrance sign (Getty Images/Douglas Sacha)

A film on life after Roe became reality

Maria Prudente

Trump's rollback of emergency abortion protections will cost lives

Amanda Marcotte in Salon's New York studio. (Salon)

Standing Room Only with Amanda Marcotte

Erin Keane

Her popular newsletter is now a weekly show delivering sharp, honest takes on politics and culture every Thursday

Sabrina Carpenter performs live during The BRIT Awards 2025 (Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images)

Sabrina Carpenter's sexpot feminism

Amanda Marcotte

Feminists can't let male porn producers be the only ones selling sex

People look over damage to buildings in Nobonyad Square following Israeli airstrikes on June 13, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Iran's three top military generals were killed in the attacks that also targeted nuclear and military facilities, according to published reports. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

What does Iran strike mean for US?

Javed Ali - The Conversation

Why Israel chose now to strike and what the implications are for U.S. policy on Iran

Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat from California, is removed from the room after interrupting a news conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Padilla removal signals dangerous shift

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation

We do not ever see something like this happen to members of Congress

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