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Angry Americans: How political rage helps campaigns but hurts democracy
Inciting voter outrage helps candidates win elections, but it also has a corrosive effect on democracy.
09/17/2020 08:43 UTC
“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!”: Understanding anger in the Donald Trump era
We hear we need to stop being angry. We hear we need to keep being angry.  In truth, we need to learn to do both
11/26/2016 17:00 UTC
Why Obama can't show his rage: Malcolm X, "Key and Peele" and the personal history behind his cautious Ferguson response
A natural conciliator, stuck between a left that wants more anger and a right just waiting to criticize him for it
09/09/2014 22:44 UTC
Welcome to bee season! Women are furious, but you knew that already
Everyone on Twitter is angry. But when women started sharing my tweet on Facebook, I knew something was happening
10/01/2018 19:25 UTC
Stop comparing Trump and Sanders: The two candidates aren't equal and opposite radicals
Both candidates' supporters are fed up with their country, but the sources of their rage are entirely dissimilar
01/31/2016 21:00 UTC
"The voice of fear is Lorne Michaels' voice": 13 famous comedians choose their dream cast for Pixar's "Inside Out"
Salon asked 13 comics, including "SNL" cast members and alums, who would play the little voices inside their heads
06/30/2015 03:00 UTC
On transfeminine anger
As a confused trans child, I used my anger as both armor and camouflage. Now I can use it to speak truth to power
10/10/2019 20:11 UTC
How "dead-enders" could finally turn against Donald Trump, according to neuroscience
“If I am right about the circuitous path I took from Nixon supporter to Nixon-basher, there’s hope"
04/15/2019 16:55 UTC
Rebecca Traister: "We know what [MAGA] is code for. It's not even a secret"
Salon talks to the "Good and Mad" author about the power of anger, and the right's furious backlash to it
10/08/2018 20:00 UTC
On being the madwoman in the attic: What "Jane Eyre" taught me about women's anger
Bertha Rochester was called crazy. But when you look more closely at her actions, they make perfect sense
07/17/2021 23:30 UTC
Outrage over outrage: Getting moral can spur backlash
Should the left be more selective in their outrage to be more effective at fighting injustice?
06/25/2017 16:59 UTC
The ugly fiction the religious project onto atheists
The Christian right wants to paint nonbelievers as spittle-flecked rage machines. They doth protest too much
04/22/2015 18:15 UTC
Learning from grief, learning from rage — progressive survival under Donald Trump will require both
Don't deny your grief or explain away your anger — they are real, and if they don’t destroy you they will be useful
11/26/2016 18:00 UTC
Being autistic may amount to a language difference — not an impairment
For the neurodivergent, a study on autism and communication is reaffirming some lifelong feelings
06/06/2021 12:00 UTC
Ayahuasca, meditation and activism: On cultivating the mindful politics of love
How I learned to embrace compassion not just for the powerless, but for Donald Trump and Paul Ryan as well
02/19/2017 05:30 UTC