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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

Brad Raffensperger, Donald Trump and Bill Barr (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump gets caught up in the cover-up

Lucian K. Truscott IV

A Special Counsel in Washington D.C. is also comparing the testimony of Trump witnesses for conflicts

This video screenshot released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows the site of a derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, the United States. (NTSB/Handout via Xinhua/Getty Images)

John McCracken

Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote, testifies at the confirmation hearing for Loretta Lynch to replace U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder by the Senate Judiciary Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 29, 2015. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Election grifters are cashing in on lies

Areeba Shah

"This has almost become an industry on the right," expert says

Chris Brown performs during Chris Brown and Lil Baby "One Of Them Ones" Tour at Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood on August 10, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia (Prince Williams/Wireimage/Getty)

Chris Brown mad about Rihanna narrative

Kelly McClure

"All y'all can suck my d**k disrespectfully," Brown said on Friday

Bruce Willis attends the Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis at Hollywood Palladium on July 14, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Outpouring for "legend" Bruce Willis

Lily Doton

The revelation of the actor's dementia diagnosis inspired many to share their support and memories of his work

Ann Coulter speaks onstage during Politicon. (Rich Polk/Getty Images for Politicon)

Coulter vs. Haley in racist freakout

Kelly McClure

During "The Mark Simone Show," Coulter also referred to the presidential candidate as a “preposterous creature"

Fair Trade Coffee is on sale at Starbucks October 24, 2001 in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The ins and outs of fair trade labels

Ryan Nebeker - FoodPrint

Does paying more for these products actually guarantee anything meaningful for the people who produced them?

Close-Up Of Drinks On Table (Getty Images/Nalinratana Phiyanalinmat/EyeEm)

Thousands of Starbucks drinks recalled

Michael La Corte

The recall involves more than 25,000 cases of ready-to-drink Starbucks coffee beverages

Rihanna and Madonna (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Absurd desires imposed on stars' bodies

Melanie McFarland

Rihanna and Madonna appeared on different stages recently, but faced criticism from the same ugly source

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) speaks during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on Capitol Hill on February 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Scott quietly edits plan to end Medicare

Samaa Khullar

The Florida Republican changed his plan to exclude the programs after backlash from Democrats and his own party

A Radiant Girl (Film Movement)

"A Radiant Girl" meets the Holocaust

Gary M. Kramer

Sandrine Kiberlain spoke to Salon about her film set in 1940s occupied France, centered on an everyday teenager

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (L) talks with Rep.-elect Andy Ogles (R-TN) in the House Chamber following a day of votes for the new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol on January 04, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Tenn. GOPer "a fraud like George Santos"

Samaa Khullar

Tenn. Rep. Andy Ogles dubiously claimed he was an economist, a police officer and a sex trafficking expert

This video screenshot released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows the site of a derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, the United States. (NTSB/Handout via Xinhua/Getty Images)

Ohio responders risk mass toxic exposure

Bob Hennelly - Work-Bites

"There should have been a playbook on this," emergency expert says

Sidney Powell, attorney for President Donald Trump, concludes a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election on Thursday, November 19, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"Ghost" email behind GOP election lies

Samaa Khullar

The sender also claimed Scalia was killed in a "human hunting" trip and said she got her evidence from "dreams"

Evan Corcoran, part of former U.S. President Donald Trumps legal team, leaves the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building & Courthouse after a hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 1, 2022. (MARCO BELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump attorney forced to lawyer up

Areeba Shah

Evan Corcoran hired own attorney in the Mar-a-Lago case after special counsel invoked crime-fraud exception

A policeman pulls over a driver, getting out of the police car to write a traffic ticket. (Getty Images/kali9)

My preschooler's first police stop

D. Watkins

"Daddy, I'm a ballerina!" she says, while I think about how quickly these stops can go wrong for Black drivers

Dolly Parton (L) and Miley Cyrus perform onstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Dolly jokes about Miley's cooking

Michael La Corte

Parton joked that her goddaughter's dishes "would have no taste"

Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Sean Hannity tried to get reporter fired

Samaa Khullar

Fox hosts schemed to get Jacqui Heinrich axed for fact-checking election claims they knew were false, messages show

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) speaks during a press conference on the State of the Union speech to be delivered by President Joe Biden later this evening on March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

GOP bill: Make Trump tax cuts permanent

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

One economist noted that the measure is backed by the "same members who are pushing us to a debt limit crisis"

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