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My aging parents smuggle medical marijuana
Molly Kramer
Doctors called my dad the "Miracle Man" when cancer didn't kill him. But then he needed something to help him live
How to stay clean in prison
John Fuller, Holly Lörincz
I saw new guys avoid the showers because of fear, but that never played out well. You can't stink in prison
It wasn’t just for the lulz: Bigoted trolls can’t get away with claiming they were just kidding
Amanda Marcotte
Did the guy who made the Trump-CNN video "apologize"? Nope — like his hero, he just made lame, insulting excuses
The night they busted Stonewall
Lucian K. Truscott IV
I was there when gay power came to Sheridan Square
They were my life support: My life-threatening health crisis brought out the best in my friends
Amy Silverstein
When I moved into a hospital room across the country to await a second heart transplant, my 9 best friends came too
My spy dad’s secret and mine
Leslie Absher
My father and I both kept secrets from each other. His were matters of national security; mine were personal
No justice in Cosby mistrial: Another stark reminder that rape culture hasn’t been conquered yet
Amanda Marcotte
Cosby's rape case is a reminder of how entrenched rape myths are, and how much more we must do to fight back
How cleaning out my hoarder Mother-in-Law’s junk caused my own marriage to crumble
Freya Shipley
As we plowed through decades of her extreme clutter, I began to notice similar tendencies in my husband
Shockingly, Trump aligns the U.S. with ISIS over terror attack in Iran
Jefferson Morley
Terror attacks in Tehran signal the launch of a foolhardy U.S.-Saudi war alliance
Governors Ball Photo Essay: Coming of age with Childish Gambino
Kevin Carlin
Governors Ball Music Festival in NYC may have been Childish Gambino’s final performance, so what’s his legacy?
The fascinating story of Major League Baseball’s players union stimulated by the death of Jim Bunning
Peter Dreier
Jim Bunning's time as a union leader is a part of his legacy that is less well-known
The gig economy goes to class
Keith A. Spencer
A new Uber-esque school model turns teachers like me into on-demand contractors for the children of the 1 percent
How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11
Haroon Moghul
Through my work with NYU's Islamic Center, I became a public face of Islam. I was also a kid in way over my head
Four years later, “Breaking Bad” remains the boldest indictment of modern American capitalism in TV history
Anis Shivani
The show’s visual style is the greatest-ever rebuke to the gory hold neoliberalism has over our minds and bodies
Best of Salon: Army of one, soldiers undone: The hope that died in basic training
Kathleen Kilcup
From 2015: You were a brilliant and courageous woman. How I admired you then. How little either of us understood
My Civil War: Re-enacting in the days of 9/11
Dan Johnson
In a way, none of it was real. No one got shot. The stakes of nationhood weren't on the line. But it was real to me
In my father’s Iraq, his garden was a sanctuary
Gian Sardar
For generations, the men in my Kurdish family took refuge in cultivating ornamental blossoms and glorious vines
Slavery is America’s pre-existing condition
Lucian K. Truscott IV
We are two people welded together by personal history and this country's legacy of slavery
Whose line is it anyway? Humor and hopelessness in “I Love Dick”
Emily Jordan
How author Chris Kraus subverts genre and gender to break free of form and create comedy without manners
Comey firing coverage shows right-wing media has lost its grip on reality
Madeline Peltz
Fake news purveyors joined conservatives in lauding Comey's firing
The water empire: How a Korean family became the source of drinking water for many Angelenos
Emma Foehringer Merchant
In some low-income communities, locals turn to "water stores" instead of the tap
Steve Harvey cries for “me time” and, on some level, I get it
Melanie McFarland
Yes, Harvey's brusque memo was rude. But it also validates the basic human need to protect personal space
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