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President Trump hugs Erika Kirk to close out the lengthy memorial service for her husband, controversial conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Sunday. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / Getty Images)

"Finish Charlie’s fight!": Kirk honored

CK Smith

Turning Point leaders and allies framed the late activist as martyr and inspiration for a conservative revival

In an online livestream this week, Erika Kirk express grief and hope after the death of her husband Charlie, founder of conservative activist group Turning Point USA. (Samuel Corum / Getty Images)

Erika Kirk won't push for death penalty

Alex Galbraith

The widow of Charlie Kirk said her husband's assassination was part of "God's plan"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (OHAD ZWIGENBERG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Bibi bashes UK recognition of Palestine

Alex Galbraith

The Israeli Prime Minister said there will never be a Palestinian state "west of the Jordan River"

CNN commentator and Cardinal Timothy Dolan each found their own potential spark of hope in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination. (Bryan Bedder / ALBERTO PIZZOLI / Getty Images / Salon)

Jones and Dolan offer civility and hope

CK Smith

Ahead of Kirk's memorial, two very different voices urge the nation to act, reflect and find opportunity in tragedy

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Omar on Trump attacks: US run by idiots

Alex Galbraith

The congresswoman said the calls for her to be impeached were ignorant

Robert Redford poses for a picture at the Sundance Film Festival January 21, 1994 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Tom Smart/Liaison/getty images)

Robert Redford: micro cinema's champion

Coleman Spilde

For all of his accomplishments, it's Redford's work with the Sundance Institute that changed Hollywood forever

Black bean salad in an earthen ceramic bowl. (SharonFoelz/Getty Images)

The black bean salad that saves me

Bibi Hutchings

With citrus, basil and ease, this black bean salad saves dinners — and steadies me when seasons slip away

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in the Oval Office on May 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

How Orbán inspired Trump's media assault

Heather Digby Parton

POTUS is moving us closer to "soft autocracy" with each passing day

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No Kings demonstration in Chicago, June 14, 2025. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

America's slow-motion coup speeds up

Andrew O'Hehir

MAGA forces told us all along they wanted to crush free speech. Maybe we'll believe them now

Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens speak at the University of Colorado, Boulder on Oct. 3, 2018. (Paul Aiken/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images)

Inside MAGA's fight over Kirk's legacy

Sophia Tesfaye

Podcaster's memorial overshadowed by right-wing conspiracy theories

A makeshift memorial for DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman is seen at the Minnesota State Capitol building on June 16, 2025 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Steven Garcia/Getty Images)

Hostile sexism fuels political violence

Jasmine Mithani, The 19th - The 19th

Expert on violent extremism lays out evidence that gender-based bigotry fuels hate

US Attorney Erik Siebert of Virginia resigns after Trump criticizes his refusal to prosecute Letitia James on flimsy charges. (Gwengoat / Getty Images)

Siebert resigns, won't prosecute James

CK Smith

Trump criticizes Siebert for declining to pursue charges against Letitia James in potential government overreach

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The FCC is taking a victory lap after ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel "indefinitely," but Ted Cruz warns fellow conservatives this might have lasting effects on all political speech, even their own. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

FCC threatens, Cruz sounds alarm

CK Smith

Suspension of politically charged segments highlights the tension between satire, broadcast rules, FCC enforcement

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rehaul the "skilled worker" visa program into a sort of loyalty program with Gold and Platinum status levels. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

US residency just got a luxury makeover

CK Smith

Gold and Platinum cards offer perks for millionaires, ordinary H-1B applicants now pay $100K just to apply

Ben & Jerry's ice cream is displayed for sale on shelves in a Target store (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The battle over Ben & Jerry’s soul

Joy Saha

Ben & Jerry’s says parent company Unilever is stifling its activism. Now the ice cream maker is pushing back — hard

Federal agents face off with Anti-ICE protesters in Chicago. Local politicians are calling out the excessive and violent tactics of ICE agents. (DOMINIC GWINN / Contributor / Getty Images)

ICE clashes with Chicago protesters

CK Smith

Activists, local officials, faith leaders decry Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement strategy

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A mother places her sleeping newborn in the crib (Getty / SolStock)

ChatGPT is the new baby sleep coach

Nicole Karlis

Some new parents are turning to AI in a quest to sleep train their newborns

The same ICE detention center that for months now has boasted a sign saying "Illegal Aliens here" is the same one that just released Imam Ayman Soliman when the administration suddenly dropped the case against the asylym seeker. His Cincinnati community welcomed him back with open arms. (UCG / Contributor / Getty Images)

Imam jailed by ICE released,case dropped

Tatyana Tandanpolie

The government did not explain why it rescinded its termination of the imam's asylum status, his lawyer said

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / JasonDoiy / baona)

Cash bail doesn't make us safer

Emily Galvin Almanza

Donald Trump's recent executive order isn't tough on crime

US President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida on February 19, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is causing massive moral injury

Michael Bader

Our shared trauma is not imaginary. The Trump regime's cruelty is affecting all of us — but there's hope

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Demonstrators protest the suspension of the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show on Sept. 18, 2025, outside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Hollywood where the show is performed. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Media censorship is a structural problem

Jeff Cohen

It's not just Donald Trump. Huge corporate power is also muzzling comedians

Assault rifles hang on the wall for sale (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Far-right attacks more frequent, deadly

Art Jipson, Paul J. Becker - The Conversation

Right-wing violence accounts for 75%+ of U.S. domestic terrorism deaths since 2001

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Meet tonka, "Bake Off’s" secret spice

Joy Saha

"The Great British Bake Off" spotlighted tonka, a potent bean with sweet, spicy notes and plenty of mystique

Stevie Nicks and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The timeless legacy of Buckingham Nicks

Kenneth Womack

The debut from Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks has finally been rereleased after decades of unavailability

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