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How one woman beat the big banks: The amazing, true story about how Wall Street’s mortgage fraud unraveled
David Dayen
Sued by a giant bank, Lisa Epstein didn't have many options. Then she found the small print that changed everything
“This will stop only when the American people get fed up”: American exceptionalism, the New York Times, and our foreign policy after Barack Obama
Patrick L. Smith
Our smartest modern military historian explains to Salon what's wrong about our adventures in the Middle East
This is how we handle pain: A father, a son, a boy with cancer and one hospital room
Ken Pisani
"Dad has fibrillated excessively, my arm is leaking like a pus-faucet, and the boy here lost all his hair"
Donald Trump, human dog-whistle: The 2016 election, the left and the place where language ends
Willie Davis
The rise of Donald Trump represents our failure of language—and the only way to defeat him is to rise above it
Humiliation, control and abuse: Women aren’t people to Donald Trump — they’re merely objects he uses to love himself more
Amanda Marcotte
There's no reason to believe Trump really likes women or sex, but he sure does like feeling high status
Pure Barre’s tortured purity: The punishing feminine ideal behind tucking, burning and embracing the shake
JoAnna Novak
The language and images surrounding this fitness craze promote a sameness that feels anything but body-positive
What moms get in return: The unexpected enlightenment of parenting while female
Danya Ruttenberg
What if our own crucible of self-sacrifice can teach us more about enlightenment than male mystics ever could?
Trump terrifies the planet: The entire world is watching us with fear and loathing
Nick Turse
The South Sudanese have seen unspeakable horrors, and even they tremble at the prospect of a Trump presidency
Stop saying you’re sorry: “Women will apologize to inanimate objects for bumping into them”
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Salon spoke with Sara Benincasa about subverting the self-help genre with "Real Artists Have Day Jobs"
Amanda Peet’s candid essay on plastic surgery and Hollywood: “Everyone’s looking at me like, Let go, you bullheaded old hag!”
Erin Keane
The "Togetherness" star pens a moving meditation on mortality, aging "gracefully" and being squeezed out of films
The night Mark Twain brought Huck Finn alive
Richard Zacks
Twain was dazzling audiences on an 1895 American tour when his wife had great advice: Be serious and less funny
Enough with the Hillary cult: Her admirers ignore reality, dream of worshipping a queen
Camille Paglia
Clinton voters overlook money lust, shadowy surrogates, sociopathic policy shifts, horrific overseas record. Why?
Hillary’s primary success is a sham: Bernie Sanders will remain the true Democratic front-runner until the FBI finishes its Investigation
H.A. Goodman
It's not over until the FBI clears Hillary Clinton— which it absolutely shouldn't
Live music is a luxury now: Outrageous ticket prices make it harder and harder to support the bands we love
Annie Zaleski
When "cheap seats" are expensive and VIP packages are out of control, seeing a favorite band is a serious splurge
Mavis Staples sings out: “If Dr. King could see what’s going on right now, he would be very disappointed”
Scott Timberg
Salon speaks to the great gospel and soul singer about her new album, race in America and going out with Bob Dylan
We confronted Bill Clinton about race: “In that moment he revealed himself and his true thoughts on black people”
Chauncey DeVega
EXCLUSIVE: #Blacklivesmatter activists who took Bill on tell us what it was like, and how Hillary backers responded
The GOP’s pathetic SCOTUS games: Why its Merrick Garland obstruction just got even more embarrassing
Gary Legum
Facing heated criticism, Sen. Judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley agreed to meet with Garland. The meeting was a joke
Brutal, ugly & illegal: 9 things you need to know about the Israeli occupation of Palestine
David Palumbo-Liu
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is gaining new ground by the day. Here's why
Trans Americans are under attack: Why North Carolina’s draconian anti-discrimination repeal is just the tip of the iceberg
Eesha Pandit
Statehouses across the country are taking action against a community that already faces shocking levels of violence
Hillary’s world collapsing around her: Wisconsin, Bernie’s surge and FBI probe poised to derail her White House bid
H.A. Goodman
Clinton isn’t only facing a possible indictment, but also Sanders & millions of voters sick of status quo politics
I’m a black woman; that doesn’t mean I have a bomb in my hair
Taja Lindley
Being a black woman while flying has meant harassment: constant rummaging through my hair for nonexistent weapons
“Blue Velvet”’s mystery of masculinity: How David Lynch’s masterwork reshaped American consciousness
Andrew O'Hehir
The 30-year-old dreamlike crime classic "Blue Velvet" was way ahead of its time -- and still is
My body doesn’t need a cure: Sizeism, classism and the big-business hustle of the clean-eating industry
Laura Bogart
Healthy living has become a new mode of conspicuous consumption, thin bodies emblematic of one’s social standing
For white folks who teach in the hood: A lesson in campus colonialism
Christopher Emdin
How power dynamics & cultural clashes stemming from whiteness work against young people of color in urban schools
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