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A view of the World Bank building October 5, 2000 in Washington, DC. The World Bank bank lends money to developing countries around the world. (Per-Anders Pettersson/ Getty Images)

Malpass resigns amid climate controversy

Brett Marsh - Grist

When asked about climate change, David Malpass said he’s “not a scientist.” Soon he won’t be a World Bank president

Two scientists sitting inside a laboratory discussing their research. (Getty Images/Hinterhaus Productions)

The "citizen scientist" generation rises

Mary Elizabeth Williams

The author of "We the Scientists" explains how a group of parents facing the worst shook up medical research

Legislators aim to combat egg prices

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

While eggs' exorbitant prices have been well-documented, the reason why still seems a little murky

President Jimmy Carter and German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt at a summit of industrialized nations in London, May 8, 1977. (Photo by Pool SIMON/UZAN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Jimmy Carter's lasting Cold War legacy

Robert C. Donnelly - The Conversation

Carter is often criticized for foreign policy weakness, but his approach to the Soviet Union was highly effective

Former President Jimmy Carter (David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

Jimmy Carter enters hospice care

Julia Conley - Common Dreams

Carter has faced some health issues in recent years and received treatment for cancer in 2015

Penn Badgley (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Penn Badgley on "You" and his killer act

Melanie McFarland

On "Salon Talks," the Netflix star weighs in on class elitism, hypocrisy, obsession and of course, love

People react as white nationalist Richard Spencer, who popularized the term "alt-right" speaks at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on October 19, 2017 in Gainesville, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The right-wing is ascendant on campus

A.F. Lewis, Christopher T. Conner

Conservatives crow about college campuses being hives of the radical left. On the ground, it's not especially true

A view of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost their power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. Wind turbines that provide an estimated 24 percent of energy to the state became inoperable when they froze. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Mainstreaming "electrify everything"

Emily Pontecorvo - Grist

One in five Americans now lives in an area that's trying to move buildings off fossil fuels

Zoe Chao as Minka in "Your Place or Mine." (Netflix)

It's time for Zoë Chao to take the lead

Alison Stine

She steals the scenes from "Your Place or Mine" to "Somebody I Used to Know" to "The Afterparty"

Ashton Kutcher, Orange Juice and Coffee (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Ashton Kutcher has a unique coffee order

Michael La Corte

"It sounds gross, but I'm going to try it," Kelly Clarkson says

US Capitol Building | Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Dark money targets Biden agenda

Rae Hodge

Untraceable telecom money is pouring in — to Democrats as well as Republicans. The goal? To shut down government

Dakota Access Pipeline (Getty Images)

Pipeline company paid off police

Alleen Brown, John McCracken - Grist

From riot gear to PR to Dairy Queen, records detail every expense Enbridge reimbursed after the Line 3 protests.

Photos of Stanley Mieses (Photo illustration by Salon/Photos courtesy of Susan Shapiro and the Mieses estate/Getty Images)

Remembering New Yorker's Stanley Mieses

Susan Shapiro

My friend and mentor Stanley was one of a kind, and he opened doors for many struggling writers, including me

Andes Mints (Courtesy of Andes)

The old-school nostalgia of Andes Mints

Ashlie D. Stevens

The chocolate mints are found in diners, steakhouses and red sauce joints — all places that inspire nostalgia

Scrambled Eggs on Toast (Getty Images/LauriPatterson)

Expert tips for perfect scrambled eggs

Michael La Corte

Looking for creamier, fluffier scrambled eggs? This advice will get you to a better breakfast

Plastic cutlery (Getty Images/Westend61)

New legislation to tackle plastic waste

Jodi Helmer - FoodPrint

New legislation hopes to cut down on the extreme amount of waste due to single-use plastic

The Other Fellow (Gravitas Ventures)

The burden of being named James Bond

Gary M. Kramer

Filmmaker Matthew Bauer says sharing the name of the famous spy comes with "this idea of a certain masculinity"

Rehabilitation centre room prepared for a group therapy session. (Getty Images/SolStock)

Recovery doesn't have to look like A.A.

Peter Grinspoon

There's not one right way to addiction recovery, though we've been acculturated to think that

Supermarket Aisle (Getty Images/Tom Werner)

A new rating system for healthy food

Dariush Mozaffarian, Renata Micha, Jeffrey B. Blumberg - The Conversation

Which is better for you: a bagel with cream cheese or avocado toast? A new rating system could answer that

Salma Hayek Pinault as Maxandra Mendoza and Channing Tatum as Mike Lane in “Magic Mike's Last Dance.” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Magic Mike doesn't know what women want

Katy Pilcher - The Conversation

A researcher on male strip shows and women customers analyzes what's missing from Channing Tatum's latest gyration

The first edition book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and the original hero Golden Egg from the film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyImages)

Dahl’s books rewritten for sensitivity

Kelly McClure

Publisher Puffin is using sensitivity readers to make big changes to a variety of Dahl’s children's books

Xi Jinping, Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

So much for "efficient" dictatorships

Mike Lofgren

Mussolini didn't make the "trains run on time," and Hitler's economy was a disaster. Some lessons must be relearned

Portrait of Japanese multimedia artist and musician Yoko Ono poses in her apartment at the Dakota building on Central Park West, New York, New York, December 8, 1981. (Derek Hudson/Getty Images)

Yoko Ono's infinite artistic universe

Kenneth Womack

As an artist and collaborator, Yoko Ono, who turns 90 today, has always been ahead of her time

Workers clocking in at 10 pm, at the start of the night shift at the Philips electrical works in Mitcham, London, March 04, 1947. (Keystone/Getty Images)

Did electric lighting ruin our sleep?

Nicole Karlis

Researchers who study human sleep patterns say that "biphasic sleep" may be a more natural way to rest

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