In this debut novel, a young mapmaker and her stripper sister lose their way after their wayward mother and junkie father split.

"Rectify" star Aden Young and creator Ray McKinnon discuss guilt, innocence and whether they matter in the end

Readers respond to a politico-cultural critique of Subway's sandwich ad and to an essay about metrosexual posing.

Robert Silvers reflects on the 50th anniversary of the New York Review of Books -- and how it's managed to survive

The series will ask the question: what if African-Americans received reparations after the Civil War?

The government has a plan to stop whistle-blowers. Spy harder!

The author of "What's The Matter With Kansas" and longtime Harper's columnist brings his vital voice to Salon!

An electrifying Katrina documentary blows the doors off at Sundance, and Hunter S. Thompson returns from the dead to eviscerate ski-resort Hollywood reptiles.

The Fox News host laments Beyonce and "gangsta rap," while Bill Kristol wishes we would just start bombing people

The original anthem is a classic. The cover, heard in "Stranger Things" s3, is a different kind of underdog tale

A miniseries on the JonBenet Ramsey case is coming, too—can a Casey Anthony prestige drama be far behind?

The season's first smash documentary shows why the war we're seeing looks so different overseas. Plus: A remarkable movie about being crazy, from someone who should know.

A free download of the French Kicks' brilliant new "So Far We Are."

In a nifty twist, Romney calls the 47 percent entitled for not paying taxes while trying to lower taxes on the rich