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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
Flying solo: Traveling alone doesn’t have to be lonely – it can be magical
Brooke Siem
What it's really like to travel the world alone…and the best places to do it
Death and the iPad: My kid wishes I were dead so he could get more time on the tablet — and I don’t blame him
Lauren Dockett
Today’s political realities are creating stores of sympathy in me for my kids’ feelings, however ugly they can get
Peanut butter beautiful
Besha Rodell
For kids learning to cook for themselves, a mistake is sometimes the secret ingredient.
This is what winning looks like
Lucian K. Truscott IV
Winning in Trump's America looks a lot like winning did in Beirut and Iraq and Afghanistan once upon a time
Picasso’s weapon against fascism: Why “Guernica” is the greatest of all war paintings
Noah Charney
80 years after Franco's forces led a terror bombing of civilians, Picasso's painting of the horror still works
One fast food fanatic’s quest to make his chicken chain the next McDonald’s
Tove K. Danovich
Albert Okura lives and breathes the legend of Ray Kroc — he even bought the first McDonald’s location
Emily Mortimer on her daring new virtual-reality short: “This immersive experience is extremely visceral”
Gary M. Kramer
Star of "The Newsroom" and "Shutter Island" talks about her role in an ambitious VR short with multiple outcomes
Idaho sets example: Tiny facility lights the way for stressed rural hospitals
Anna Gorman
Rural hospitals are facing one of the greatest slow-moving crises in American health care
Aren’t you glad you read Salon? Don’t you wish everyone did?
Lucian K. Truscott IV
We've been sold tribalism for so long and in so many ways it's a miracle that there's any spirit of unity left
A literary feud for the ages: What fueled the bad blood between Dominick Dunne and “the Didions”
Robert Hofler
Intense sibling rivalry led to a blow-out over a murdered daughter and a novel’s vindictive dedication
“The Hate U Give”: Angie Thomas, Children of Promise and the girl in the mirror
Emily Jordan
A powerful new YA writer and a social justice maverick discuss the current reality and provide tools of empowerment
Are zoo animals happy? There’s a simple empathy test we can apply
Marc Bekoff, Jessica Pierce
Even the best-managed zoos fail to address a captive animal's basic need for freedom
59 Tomahawks and 5,900 years of slaughter: A brief history of Syria
Lucian K. Truscott IV
Trump is leading us into another buzz saw war and, once again, we are not prepared to win the fight or the peace
“We can’t let them win”: Passover is more than a holiday — it’s a call to arms against oppression
David Samuel Levinson
My mother wanted to live long enough to host this year’s Seder. She knew it was more important this year than ever
How to taste wine like a professional in 10 easy steps
Erin James
Put that pinky down and learn the basics to modern wine tasting
I’m glad my dog is dying
Joe P. Squance
Death is not complicated; it's simple. But explaining the reality of it to a child, gently, is the hardest thing
Brain surgery with a tree saw: How one neurosurgeon changed the game for a Tanzanian hospital
Tony Bartelme
At first, the visiting doctor thought there was no way he could open up a man's skull at this rural hospital
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