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“Bridge of Spies” is my grandfather’s story
Beth Amorosi
I always knew that James Donovan was someone special. Now, thanks to Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks, everyone knows
“Here for the right reasons”: Why people really agree to go on “The Bachelor”
Suzannah Weiss
Sure, some are fame-seekers—but the other reasons why people sign on to dating shows might surprise you
What Kesha doesn’t need now: Demi Lovato feuding with Taylor Swift over appropriate support
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Swift ups the "support Kesha" ante by giving her $250k, Lovato fires back that she's not impressed
War’s toxic legacy: Iraq, the burn pits & the tragedy the military needs to be held accountable for
Joseph Hickman
All day long Brian was exposed to the open-air, toxic burn pits that smoldered in Iraq. This is his nightmare story
Are Bernie and Hillary enabling that “national conversation” on race we forgot to have?
Andrew O'Hehir
Black and Latino voters will almost certainly decide the outcome — and whoever wins, it's a turning point
Minimum wage, minimum chance of a future: This is how horrible living on the minimum wage has become
Peter Van Buren
Not even raising it to $15 an hour would solve the problems many low-income workers face in America
This is how the CIA botched Iraq post-9/11: Bob Gates, careerist sycophancy, and the real history of the Deep State
Patrick L. Smith
A veteran CIA officer explains to Salon exactly where the agency has gone wrong for decades — and the consequences
The GOP’s mosque mania: Obama’s bland speech on tolerance unleashes a torrent of hate—and almost makes Jeb look human
Andrew O'Hehir
Irony alert! Through fearmongering and propaganda, the Republicans and ISIS are effectively pushing the same agenda
Naomi Klein: “There are no non-radical options left before us”
Michael Winship
The famed author of "This Changes Everything" explains why markets cannot be relied on to solve global warming
How Alexander Chee wrote “The Queen of the Night”: “‘Buffy’ reruns daily. The need to watch all of ‘Six Feet Under’ in a week. So much Internet”
Teddy Wayne
Chee's much-anticpated novel debuts today—here he is with 4 other authors on what makes their new books tick
Make them talk about evolution: Why won’t a single Republican presidential candidate admit that Darwin’s right
Lou Dubose
They don't believe in science, and pander to evangelicals -- as a result, the Republicans remain a party of stupid
The genius of “Infinite Jest”: How David Foster Wallace’s masterpiece saved the “big” novel — and why it’s not “a thousand-page suicide note”
Scott Timberg
Salon speaks to a literary scholar about Gen X and David Foster Wallace's life, death and legacy
Witnessing the Iowa caucus madness: Trump fanatics, protesters, candidate rallies and media onslaught turn heartland into outrageous political spectacle
Dan Sinykin
Inside the ground game that's transformed Iowa, as candidates and their surrogates bum rush the state
My secret sex-work past
Leni Loving
For two weeks, I sold my body to the city of New York. It would take me a decade to finally let go of the shame
The soul songs that saved me: Sexuality, the South, sadness, meet Al Green and Aretha
Rashod Ollison
My dad lived out the cheating songs. My mom had the heartache. I was confused and alone. This music was a life raft
Obama as folk hero: To be what he’s trying to be — black, idealistic and president — is nothing less than superhuman
Erin Aubry Kaplan
Obama's had unprecedented importance for black people. We even forgive his blunders, because he's one of the family
“11,000 smart, committed teachers can change the world”: A group of working Philadelphia teachers is looking to upset the status quo of the teachers union
Emma Eisenberg
Up for a vote: "Social justice unionism," in which every teachers union member participates in educational change
Sanders’ people-powered movement: Don’t expect his free-thinking voters to give up their populist idealism
Jim Hightower
Don't-rock-the-corporate-boat liberalism is no turn-on for the people fed up with business-as-usual politics
This is right-wing America: Palin, Trump speak directly to the politics of hate and resentment that drives conservatism
Amanda Marcotte
The right wing's politics of resentment is nothing new, even if conservatives are being more honest about it
Marco Rubio’s South Carolina gamble: Can the establishment “front-runner” actually win by losing?
Simon Maloy
Marco Rubio's plan to win involves losing Iowa and New Hampshire, then taking South Carolina. It seems risky
America has blood on its hands: Yemen is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
US-backed Saudi airstrikes and a blockade-induced energy crisis have further crippled an already devastated country
Bull Connor spat in my teenage face: The civil rights march that changed me forever
Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III
I was only in high school, but knew I had to do the Children's Crusade with Dr. King, even if it meant jail
The coddling of the conservative mind
Jim Sleeper
Why baiting "politically correct" college students won’t save honorable conservatism or America. And what might
Socialism can win here, really: What Seattle means for the future of the American left
Jonathan Rosenblum
Kshama Sawant's city council victory shows voters are receptive to unapologetic leftist politics. Paging the DNC
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