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Njinga (ADESUWA ONI) in "African Queens: Njinga." (Netflix)

All hail Netflix's African Queens Njinga

Melanie McFarland

Narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith, Netflix's hybrid docuseries highlights how much history Hollywood tends to ignores

Breakfast cereal in spoon (Getty Images/Anna Blazhuk)

Cereal for the self-deprecating humorist

Maggie Hennessy

"You ever eat a pine tree?"

Elon Musk Twitter account private page seen on Mobile with Elon Musk in the background on screen. (Photo Illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Musk forced change to boost own tweets

Samaa Khullar

Frustrated about his engagement on Twitter, Musk forced his team of engineers to overflow the feed with his tweets

A sign stands outside of a McDonald's restaurant (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

McDonald’s and Black America

FoodPrint - FoodPrint

"While it’s true that fast food is everywhere, it is even more prevalent in predominantly non-white communities"

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee speaks at a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 30, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Sanders bill: $60K teacher minimum wage

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

The average starting salary for teachers is less than $42,000. The bill would raise pay for 43% of teachers

U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he has accepted the resignation of Nikki Haley as US Ambassador to the United Nations, in the Oval Office on October 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

MAGA fumes after Trump ally backs Haley

Areeba Shah

Ralph Norman, who called for "Marshall Law" to keep Trump in office, is supporting his new nemesis this time around

Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Prepping for a new post-Roe reality

Nicole Karlis

A decision on a lawsuit in Texas could lead to nationwide mifepristone ban

Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 4, 2023. (DUSTIN FRANZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Ohio train disaster follows deregulation

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams

The East Palestine derailment is the "latest in a long string of corporate malfeasance"

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)

89-year-old Dianne Feinstein to retire

Lincoln Mitchell - The Conversation

Some may remember what happened the last time Feinstein announced her retirement from politics

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28, 2023. (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump lawyer becomes "hostile witness"

Igor Derysh

Jack Smith is seeking to invoke the crime-fraud exception to compel Trump attorney's testimony

Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump preps for more American carnage

Heather Digby Parton

In order to run to Ron DeSantis' right, Trump to paint a picture so grim of America he'll bring back firing squads

Gun safety advocates participate in the 'March For Our Lives' rally in downtown Orlando, Florida, United States on June 11, 2022. (Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

GOP still seeks to ban books — not guns

Amanda Marcotte

It's about control, not protection: Despite Michigan State shooting, Republicans will treat books as more dangerous

Ron DeSantis (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

DeSantis' hypocrisy is his secret weapon

David Mura

That DeSantis relies on this foundational principle of white supremacy is actually evidence of systemic racism

Steve Scalise and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP's tough talk on crime is hypocrisy

Austin Sarat

Crime is much worse in "red states" — and that's been true for years. Why don't Democrats ever just say it?

A US Air Force (USAF) fifth-generation supersonic multirole F-35 fighter jet flies past during a flying display on February 14, 2023. (MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Defense contractors' "merger mania"

Julia Gledhill, William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com

Tackling Pentagon waste means battling the big weapons makers and asking more of Congress

Allen Sockabasin, a former Passamaquoddy tribal chief, looks out over Long Lake at Peter Dana Point on the Indian Township Reservation where he was raised. (Gabe Souza/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Maine tribes hampered by 40-year-old law

Joseph Kalt, Amy Besaw Medford, Jonathan B. Taylor - The Conversation

MICSA empowers Maine to block the applicability of virtually all federal Indian self-determination policies

Couple in bed holding hands passionately (Getty Images/Sadeugra)

Why did humans evolve orgasms?

Troy Farah

Orgasms may be a uniquely human trait. Sex researchers debate why we evolved this fantastic ability

Sheryl Lee Ralph performs during Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)

Anthem anger: Do football, not wokeness

Joy Saha

How the inclusion of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" before "The Star-Spangled Banner" on Sunday set off the right

(Rocky Luten / Food52)

The history of the chocolate box

KC Hysmith - Food52

How this heart-shaped container went from a 19th-century fad to a Valentine's Day staple

Janelle James (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The baddest boss at "Abbott Elementary"

Melanie McFarland

On "Salon Talks," the actor discusses her stand-up comedy, playing principal Ava Coleman and toxic positivity

Michigan State University students react during an active shooter situation on campus on February 13, 2023 in Lansing, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

MSU student also survived Sandy Hook

Julia Conley - Common Dreams

"We can no longer allow this to happen. We cannot longer be complacent," said Jackie Matthews

The Sparkler galaxy provides a snap-shot of an infant Milky Way as it accretes mass over cosmic time. This image shows an artist impression of our Milky Way galaxy in its youth. (James Josephides/Swinburne University)

Mini Milky Way? NASA spots a new galaxy

Nicole Karlis

"The Sparkler" looks like the Milky Way when it was a baby

Exterior view of a Walmart store (Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images)

How corporations "greenwash" their brand

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

Big companies' climate commitments have been "wholly insufficient and mired by ambiguity"

Chicken leg falls into the water on a black background (Getty Images/andreygonchar)

So, should you wash your chicken or not?

Mary Elizabeth Williams

And what about eggs — or oranges? We spoke with experts about if, how and when to wash all of your food

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