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Plate of warm salad with brown rice, roasted eggplant, zucchini, red and green bell pepper, mushroom, and onion (Getty Images/Anna Kurzaeva)

A very versatile pickled pepper dressing

Maggie Hennessy

Bonus: This dressing makes a terrific marinade for chicken or meaty fish

A Secret Service agent stands guard as Marine One with US President Donald Trump on board, lands at the White House on July 21, 2019, in Washington, DC. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

FBI arrests fake DHS agents

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

Two fake DHS agents provided the Secret Service with a $40,000 penthouse, iPhones, flat screen televisions and more

Fried garlic butter chicken (Getty Images/Karl Tapales)

Paula Patton's fried chicken goes viral

Ashlie D. Stevens

Fried chicken is the hot food topic of the week after Patton posts a much-maligned video featuring her mom's recipe

Coffee made in a French Press (Getty Images/Onzeg)

5 tools for making better coffee at home

Joy Saha

Because good coffee doesn't have to be complicated

A biohazard symbol on the entrance door of the microbiology laboratory (Getty Images/zmeel)

Do IBCs benefit biomedical research?

Michael Schulson - Undark

Experts say IBCs are a crucial tool for ensuring the safety of biomedical research. Critics say they are too opaque

Donald Trump arrives at a rally on April 2 near Washington, Michigan. ( Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump claims left is "mutilating" kids

Chauncey DeVega

Trump's malignant normality keeps getting darker, but the media isn't interested. RIP Eric Boehlert, a huge loss

Volunteering teams organize humanitarian aid for civilians evacuated from Donbas region amid the growing tension as Russia recognized Ukraine's breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk as independent states on February 22, 2022, in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The Putin caucus: Actual anti-Americans

Brian Karem

I met former U.S. Navy SEALs working in Ukraine — they understand the right's QAnon show in D.C. is a distraction

Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sits with his wife and conservative activist Virginia Thomas while he waits to speak at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Clarence Thomas must go — and Ginni too

Thom Hartmann - Independent Media Institute

A history lesson for Democrats: Here's how Nixon pushed the Supreme Court hard right — it's time to fight back

Thousands of people gather on the National Mall during the March for Life, the world's largest annual pro-life demonstration, in Washington, DC on January 19, 2018. Over one hundred thousand people are expected to attend the 45th annual March for Life event. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Oklahoma readies for abortion ban

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams

Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt is expected to sign a bill that would punish abortion providers with 10 years in prison

Sean Penn and the Mayor of Krakow, Jacek Majchrowski (not seen) speak to the press after signing a humanitarian contract at the City Hall on March 23, 2022 in Krakow, Poland. Sean Penn founded the CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) foundation in 2010 to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake, and it is now assisting Ukrainian refugees in Poland. (Omar Marques/Getty Images)

Penn to Hannity: "I don't trust you"

Joy Saha

The actor praised Zelenskyy and Ukraine saying, "You realize what we've all been missing" in the U.S.

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) arrives for a panel discussion on the Devaluing of American Citizenship during the Conservative Political Action Conference held in the Hyatt Regency on February 27, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. Begun in 1974, CPAC brings together conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders to discuss issues important to them. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

No Gosar at white nationalist event now

Kelly McClure

UPDATED: The Congressman's campaign now says he doesn't know how he was listed as a guest at the April 20 gathering

Benjamin Franklin, circa 1785. Artist Joseph Siffred Duplessis. (Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Ben Franklin, pop culture darling

Alison Stine

The founding father who keeps popping up (but was cut from “Hamilton”) is arguably our true national treasure

Salt And Pepper Shakers (Getty Images / Cristina Pedreira / EyeEm)

The spicy history of salt shakers

Michael La Corte

While often viewed as novelty items, the shakers are the product of design innovation and some chemistry know-how

Chris Rock and Will Smith onstage during the show at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, 2022. (Myung Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The Oscars slap and our hero obsession

D. Watkins

Like Will Smith, I've been the slapper. And like Chris Rock, I've been slapped. Here's what I know about both roles

(Ella Quittner / Food52)

Snacks have lost their damn minds

Ella Quittner - Food52

How the supermarket became a breeding ground for bizarre brand collaborations and shock-jock marketing ploys

Noam Chomsky (Brill/ullstein bild/Getty Images)

Chomsky: Humanity at the tipping point

Matthew Rozsa

Political philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky fears that humanity may face a bleak future

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speak at a news conference on Republican lawmakers' response to the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. During the news conference, Gaetz and Greene said that federal agents were allegedly present during the insurrection and the ones inciting the riot. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

MTG heckles Jan. 6 committee vote

Jon Skolnik

Far-right Georgia Republican reportedly shouts accusations about Ashli Babbitt and “Russia collusion”

Desert with storm clouds (Getty Images/John M Lund Photography Inc)

The mad quest to control the weather

Matthew Rozsa

A new film profiles a Finnish scientist's lifelong quest to create rain clouds via technology

Man sneezing with spray of water droplet full of virus or microbes. He wears his face mask inappropriately on one ear. (Getty Images/Marc Dufresne)

Deliberately infected for science

Nicole Karlis

A rare human challenge study, which involves deliberately infecting subjects with COVID, bears scientific fruit

Sunny Hostin on "The View" (ABC/Lou Rocco)

"View" debates sexual roleplay etiquette

Joy Saha

Sunny Hostin schools her pearl-clutching co-hosts on why one husband's roleplaying request is inappropriate

(Rocky Luten / Food52)

A wacky tip to help save your asparagus

Kelly Vaughan - Food52

That's right: Keep these stalks upright like a bouquet of flowers from a secret admirer

Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Sinema on revised BBB: Not so fast

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Sinema, who opposes rolling back the Trump tax cuts for the wealthy, says a slimmed-down bill is "unlikely"

A sign is seen outside City Hall on the first day of in-person early voting for the November 3rd elections in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on October 20, 2020. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP court slaps down Arizona voting ban

Jon Skolnik

Even Arizona's Republican governor called his party's effort to outlaw early voting "poorly crafted"

An American flag and a pride rainbow flag overlap in the crowd during a same-sex marriage support rally in West Hollywood celebrate the Supreme Court’s ruling on June 26, 2015 (Getty Images/Joe Kohen)

Kids used for covert ban on gay marriage

Amanda Marcotte

Republicans signaled a way to gut Obergefell during KBJ's hearing — now red state legislators are heeding the call

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