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Are supermarkets doing enough to reduce single-use plastic waste?
Jodi Helmer
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the plastic problem worse
Germany’s strange nostalgia for the antebellum American South
Sanders Isaac Bernstein
Why did Confederate flags start appearing in the country's anti-lockdown protests?
“Saturday Night Live” destroys Matt Gaetz in skit poking at GOP culture war
Bob Brigham
Pete Davidson as Gaetz, Kate McKinnon as Pepé Le Pew & Chris Redd as Lil Nas X were "Oops You Did It Again" guests
Welfare fraud is actually rare, no matter what the myths and stereotypes say
Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard, Heather E. Bullock
Stigma has power."But if you ask about the things that welfare performs, you get support for it," says Noam Chomsky
Why explorer Vanessa O’Brien left the corporate world to climb the world’s tallest peaks
Nicole Karlis
As O'Brien notes, it is easier for women to climb K2 than it is for them to reach the Fortune 500 C-suite
Anna Kendrick in space! Idris Elba on a horse! Here’s what new on Netflix in April
Manuela Lopez Restrepo
There's plenty of new movies & eclectic docuseries to watch while avoiding April showers (or the unvaccinated)
Angry, despondent, powerless: Loyal Trump voters are not coping well with his loss
Alex Henderson
Democracy Corps found that Trump loyalists were "angered most of all by Black Lives Matter and Antifa"
Church membership is in a freefall, and the Christian right has only themselves to blame
Amanda Marcotte
Fewer than half of Americans now belong to a church, and the trend of pew abandonment isn't slowing down
Hollywood still can’t get autism right
Matthew Rozsa
On World Autism Awareness Day, the neurodivergent reflect on why pop culture depictions of autism are so off
From “Soul Train” to Don Shirley, new book celebrates the history of Black performance in America
D. Watkins
Author Hanif Abdurraqib appeared on "Salon Talks" to discuss Black artistry, playing Spades & his COVID sneakers
Biden’s infrastructure bill is popular — so Republicans are trying to make it a culture war fight
Amanda Marcotte
Green buildings and electric cars are the new Potato Head and Dr. Seuss in this round
Trumpers on the rehab trail: Does America just want to forget this happened?
Chauncey DeVega
Instead of facing disgrace, Trump regime officials are now deemed respectable. That's no way to defeat fascism
Former GOP chair Michael Steele on saving his party after Trump: “Terraform” it, or destroy it?
Dean Obeidallah
Onetime RNC head says GOP faces a moment of truth: "Is it the party of Lincoln, or is it the party of Trump?"
Poet Martín Espada: “The imagination is absolutely critical to political activism”
David Masciotra
Martín Espada spoke to Salon about dehumanization of migrants, embracing being haunted & his new book "Floaters"
What the fraught “Elizabeth & Margaret” relationship can tell us about Prince William and Harry
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Biographer Andrew Morton weighs in on the "built-in redundancy in the Royal family" and what "The Crown" gets wrong
The GOP’s war on trans students hurts all kids: The right is coming for cis girls, too
Amanda Marcotte
Don't fall for the trap, feminists: Policing trans kids is about reinforcing the same rigid gender norms
Philosopher Jason Stanley: Fascism’s definitely not beaten — but there’s reason for hope
Chauncey DeVega
Author of "How Fascism Works" on the question raised by Georgia's new voting laws: Do we live in a democracy?
Audio cassettes: despite being “a bit rubbish,” sales have doubled during the pandemic — here’s why
Iain Taylor
It’s not just old cassettes that are selling: the current crop of pop musicians are shifting their music on tapes
Why are Americans obsessed with fitness? The answer: Neoliberalism
Nicole Karlis
Historian Jürgen Martschukat argues we've lost the joy in moving our bodies
Women are being encouraged to go into STEM fields. Why aren’t we pushing for more men in HEED jobs?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Women are disproportionately represented in caring professions — and that's a deficiency that shortchanges us all
“Big government” and other lies we live by: How one Orwellian concoction consumed America
Doug Neiss
Those who preached against "big government" just wanted to control it. Now they do — and look how that worked out
Who will keep us safe in a world without police? We will
Hari Ziyad
A more equitable experience of safety is possible, but you must become part of creating it
“Generation X”: Its tales about McJobs and information overload feel as poignant now as in 1990s
Diletta De Cristofaro
Three decades later, "Generation X" is a literary classic that still speaks to issues central to today’s world
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