From the Fukuoku 9000 to a Hello Kitty vibrator, gals test-drive the newest bedroom playthings and report the results.

It's going to be a long recovery from Hurricane Maria's devastation

So what's the cruddiest gift you got? In honor of the holiday, the members of Salon's community, Table Talk, share their trashiest treasures.

Kary Mullis revolutionized genetic research but thumbs his nose at the scientific establishment. It thumbs its nose right back.

At Occupy Boston Russell Simmons defends Jay-Z's attempt to cash in on the movement

After Margaret got cancer, I couldn't help hearing oblique blame in the well-meaning comfort and advice of others

Shiver me timbers! Johnny Depp's outrageously coiffed buccaneer steals the show in an awkward pirate epic that's jampacked with energy, ambition and spectacular effects.

The media played the Microsoft trial as a judgment on the CEO's personality -- and there was no way he could win.

It's not 2010 anymore

Waitressing nirvana went to hell in a sari.

New Orleans officials warn women to keep their shirts on -- or else

The industry has long spun the message that we're the ones responsible for pollution. Those days are now over

The literary giant discusses a new film dramatizing her ideas about payback, from nature to economic justice

Syd James says he is "disillusioned" with candidate Scott Ashjian, now supports Sharron Angle

Former primary front-runner Sue Lowden is in third place in the race to challenge Harry Reid