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Political wizard David Plouffe: Trump’s got time and money — that “should scare us all”
Andrew O'Hehir
Barack Obama's 2008 campaign manager on the challenges Joe Biden and the Democrats must overcome to beat Trump
“Your worst nightmare is to lose your child”: Amy Ryan on her new Netflix film “Lost Girls”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The Netflix star appeared on "Salon Talks" to discuss true crime, playing "the wife," and why "The Office" holds up
Why black voters broke for Biden: The “white working class” isn’t the center of the universe
Chauncey DeVega
Don't treat black voters as a monolith: Their decision was reasonable — but will it lead to victory or doom?
US may have already failed to contain COVID-19, experts say
Nicole Karlis
Health experts suspect a lack of testing may mean the outbreak is already out of control
Sarah Palin broke minds by rapping “Baby Got Back” on TV as White House bungles coronavirus response
Matthew Rozsa
Headlines predicted Palin's performance, conducted in a furry costume, could be an imminent sign of the apocalypse
“My Dark Vanessa” author: Canceling Nabokov’s “Lolita” is “missing the point” of society’s problem
Erin Keane
Salon talks to Kate Elizabeth Russell about her long path to writing one of 2020's biggest and most urgent novels
“I’m not getting over violence against women”: Rebecca Solnit discusses her new anti-memoir
Amanda Marcotte
"All of our stories exist in context," Solnit says about her new book, which examines violence in women's lives
Former Bush White House lawyer Richard Painter: “Trump will grab as much power as he possibly can”
Chauncey DeVega
Former GOP ethics lawyer Richard Painter says Trump is the "American Nero," and democracy is in extreme danger
The emperor has no clue: Trump seems to believe coronavirus will just go away
Dan Froomkin
Trump bet on containing the virus — and that failed. Now all he cares about is claiming he's done a great job
Isaac Asimov, the candy store kid who dreamed up robots
Terri Favro
Our most durable ideas about robots don’t come from science, but the imagination of sci-fi pioneer Isaac Asimov
“Hillary” director reflects on the “self-fulfilling prophecy” on women running for president
Melanie McFarland
Director Nanette Burstein spoke to Salon about her Hulu docuseries and what it means now, and to history
What’s in a meme? A brief history of what Salon thinks memes are
Keith A. Spencer
Parsing 25 years of Salon stories gives insight into the evolution of memes — and of internet culture at large
Why humanity should look to its roots as we revillage our towns and cities
April M. Short
The movement to revillage our modern world seeks to combat mental illness, housing and climate disasters
Can YouTube give farmers a financial boost?
Nadra Nittle
Agriculture content is in high demand on the video-sharing platform, offering potential new revenue streams
Your phone can’t save you now: On Buddhism, technology and the alleged supremacy of the mind
Ginny Hogan
I went on a technology-free silent Buddhist retreat and decided to go on a wilderness hike. What could go wrong?
You can change lives by cooking dinner: Inside Sam Sifton’s quest to bring Sunday supper to America
Joseph Neese
People are lonely. Invite them in, feed them and they're going to heal. Just remember to say, "See you on Sunday"
Bill Maher defends Chris Matthews: “Cancel culture is a cancer on progressivism”
Bob Brigham
Matthews left MSNBC amid #MeToo allegations
Meet Shahid Buttar, Nancy Pelosi’s challenger from the left
Nicole Karlis
"I see [Pelosi] support our criminal president [w]hile mounting a largely theatrical resistance," Buttar told Salon
With coronavirus lurking, conferences wrestle with whether to cancel
Liz Szabo
Something scarier than a comic book villain is roiling Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con this year
Coronavirus fears put a halt to the Muslim pilgrimage of umrah — but not yet the hajj
Ken Chitwood
Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended pilgrimage to its holy sites
Pamela Adlon on the secret to “Better Things”: “Don’t write with gender in mind”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The creator and star of "Better Things" appeared on "Salon Talks" to talk Hollywood, motherhood, and the C-word
Saving salmon means taking down hydroelectric power dams—and it’s not easy
Mark Kurlansky
And dam removal is only the beginning. Forests and riverbanks must be rebuilt, too, to restore the habitat
Pissed about Super Tuesday? Suck it up: Beating Trump means supporting the Democratic nominee
Chauncey DeVega
Don't allow bitterness over the Democratic primaries to re-elect Donald Trump. That's exactly what he wants
“Gender is at the core of this”: Elizabeth Warren voters frustrated with grim Super Tuesday results
Hanh Nguyen
The party never really started for Elizabeth Warren supporters watching Sanders and Biden clean up on Tuesday
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