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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

America's slide into totalitarianism

Mike Lofgren
Published 1 week ago

"Authoritarianism" is so 2018 — Donald Trump and his minions want to conquer all of civil society

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation accompanied by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from the White House on June 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. President Trump addressed the three Iranian nuclear facilities that were struck by the U.S. military early Sunday. (Carlos Barria - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump has chosen a path of insanity

Bill Curry
Published 1 week ago

It's time to ask: Is a mental condition driving his foreign policy?

Pregnant woman in a hospital bed holding a blanket, feeling abdominal pain, risk of miscarriage (Getty Images/Motortion)

Under Trump, being pregnant is dangerous

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Hannah Katch
Published 1 week ago

The recent change in guidance on emergency care endangers lives and creates uncertainty for doctors

U.S. launches three coordinated missle attacks on Iranian military targets in overnight strikes on June 22, 2025. The Pentagon confirmed coordinated action with Israeli forces targeting nuclear-related sites. (HIROON / Contributor / Getty Images)

Trump: “Very successful” Iran strikes

CK Smith
Published 1 week ago

U.S. bombers join Israeli offensive, targeting nuclear facilities; Tehran vows to retaliate

B-2 stealth bombers head to Guam which could signal intensified U.S. pressure to engage in the Middle East conflict between Israel and Iran. (Gary Ell / Getty Images)

B-2s to Guam to "intensify" pressure

CK Smith
Published 2 weeks ago

Deployment signals sharper stance as Trump weighs deeper involvement in Middle East conflict

Lightning striking over the city (Getty Images/Natalya Mamaeva)

Teen struck by lightning: "I’m lucky"

CK Smith
Published 2 weeks ago

NYC teen struck by lightning in Central Park says he’s lucky to be alive

Senior Trump Adviser Kari Lake just axed 85% of media workers to fulfill a recent executive order. This included the historic radio outlet Voice of America. (Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images)

"Dark day for truth": Lake cuts US media

CK Smith
Published 2 weeks ago

Critics say layoffs at Voice of America and others threaten press freedom and U.S. soft power abroad

The message was clear: “Uphold the First Amendment. Free Mahmoud Khalil.” After his release, supporters called it a victory for protest rights and a blow to political targeting. (VIEW press / Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Images)

"Justice prevailed," Khalil freed

CK Smith
Published 2 weeks ago

Columbia grad and activist freed after judge slams ICE detention as unjustified and political

Jake Gyllenhaal as Jack Twist and Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain" (Kimberly French/Focus Features)

"Brokeback" hurts more on the big screen

Coleman Spilde
Published 2 weeks ago

20 years ago, Ang Lee's "gay cowboy film" devastated theater goers — now a new generation can share the experience

Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani (Photo illustration by Salon/Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images)

What does "Don't rank Cuomo" even mean?

David Daley, Deb Otis
Published 2 weeks ago

You vote for five candidates? What are "cross-endorsements"? NYC's election may preview the future of democracy

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears speaks during a campaign rally for Donald Trump at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia, on November 2, 2024. (ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)

"Gay blood" and the VA governor's race

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Published 2 weeks ago

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is hoping anti-LGBTQ+ clergy can help her become Virginia's first female governor

The Animas River flows south through Cinnamon Pass, approximately 11 miles near Canby Mountain on September 23, 2023 in Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

For sale by the GOP: Our public land

Michael Albertus
Published 2 weeks ago

Trump's "big beautiful bill" puts millions of acres in the West at risk

Pro Palestine demonstrators hold a rally and march to the national ICE headquarters to protest the arrest of Palestinian activists, April 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Judge orders Mahmoud Khalil's release

Blaise Malley
Published 2 weeks ago

“It is highly, highly unusual to be seeking detention ... given the factual record,” Judge Michael Farbiarz said

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Jeffries: Only Congress can declare war

Blaise Malley
Published 2 weeks ago

Jeffries called Iran a “sworn enemy” of the U.S. and said it should never be allowed to make nuclear weapons

American Chef Anthony Bourdain (Paulo Fridman/Corbis via Getty Images)

Anthony Bourdain didn't say that

Ashlie D. Stevens
Published 2 weeks ago

Get the cream sauce. Have a pint at 4. The internet’s favorite Bourdain quote isn’t real — but feels almost true

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

Democrat recounts assassination attempt

Blaise Malley
Published 2 weeks ago

Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were seriously wounded by the same man suspected of assassinating another Democrat

President Donald J Trump arrives to speak about infrastructure and artificial intelligence to reporters in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

On Iran, Trump is as befuddled as ever

Heather Digby Parton
Published 2 weeks ago

America's alleged strongman can't seem to make a decision

News photographers watch Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump onscreen at a townhall event hosted by Fox News on October 15, 2024 in Cumming, Georgia. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

It sounds like 2003 on Fox News

Sophia Tesfaye
Published 2 weeks ago

It sounds like 2003 on Fox News — but is MAGA listening?

Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his son Spike (Alfie Williams) in "28 Years Later" (Miya Mizuno/Sony Pictures)

We all have a rage virus now

Coleman Spilde
Published 2 weeks ago

In Danny Boyle's highly anticipated "28 Years Later," the zombie apocalypse is no scarier than watching the news

President Trump and Elon Musk during happier days at a SpaceX launch. This week, another rocket exploded during testing, just one part of a brutal stretch for Musk that includes AI losses, political fallout and a fraying public image. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

Musk’s meltdown era is here

CK Smith
Published 2 weeks ago

Exploding rockets, billion-dollar losses, and a Trump cold shoulder: Elon Musk’s empire is running on fumes

ICE enforcement doesn’t just target undocumented immigrants. Legal residents and U.S. citizens have also been caught in the dragnet. As raids ramp up, the line between “illegal” and “American” blurs, exposing deep flaws with real consequences. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

This ad hits a nerve because it's true

CK Smith
Published 2 weeks ago

A dramatic ICE detention ad goes viral, echoing real cases of American citizens wrongfully held

ICE continue to arrest those they suspect of being "illegal aliens." Now, online, its supporters call for action, even against U.S. citizens. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Handout / Getty Images)

“Send them back!" Even when they’re ours

CK Smith
Published 2 weeks ago

After Americans were rescued from Israel, online trolls flooded the comments with ICE threats, racist outrage

American flag-themed pie (vaaseenaa / Getty Images )

A good fight baked into every slice

Melanie McFarland
Published 2 weeks ago

From Los Angeles to Minnesota to "PIEOWA," baking activists make a better world with slices that do (and are) good

Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people learned of their freedom, is now a federal holiday. But some are hesitating to honor it amid recent rollbacks to DEI efforts and cultural programming. (Kholil Wahyudi / Getty Images)

Juneteenth: "Resilience and resistance"

CK Smith
Published 2 weeks ago

A federal holiday can’t be repealed without Congress. But silence and funding cuts can threaten its meaning

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