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With Disney’s “Moana,” Hollywood almost gets it right: Indigenous people weigh in
Alli Joseph
The main character of "Moana" is a Disney princess who doesn't have a man and isn't looking for one
Look Again: The day’s most compelling images from around the globe
Salon Staff
Fascinating world views from light sculptures at the Christmas Wonderland in Singapore to a sleepy lion in Germany
Goodbye Michelle Obama, America’s mother-in-chief
Sara Hayden
Reactions to Michelle Obama offered insights into the complex world of grounding politics in maternal appeals
On World AIDS Day: Coming to terms with the fallout of the judgments about the morality of pleasure made from within
Mike Bevel
Why was finding and naming Patient Zero so important to all of us, both friends and enemies?
Reminder: Donald Trump supported flag burning back in 2015
Matthew Rozsa
Surprise: Trump's views changed a lot based on who he was talking to and what he was seeing
Shepard Fairey on street art: “It has the ability to reach people who are not a captive audience”
Scott Timberg
The artist talks about a new book about a New York street-art event, Obama and fighting corporate control
Donald Trump selects Goldman Sachs alum Steve Mnuchin, his top fund-raiser, to be Treasury secretary
Martin Crutsinger, Julie Bykowicz, Julie Pace
The swamp gets a bit murkier, adding a Goldman Sachs alum who was his top fundraiser
The new globalization: Brexit and Donald Trump represent a different backlash to free trade
John Rennie Short
Just as globalization has had a long history, so have reactions to it
Words act like wild animals: “We don’t understand that no language could ever sit still”
Scott Timberg
Salon speaks with Columbia University linguist John McWhorter about his lively new book "Words on the Move"
The “War on Drugs” is rigged: Now that the face of addiction is white, will anything change?
D. Watkins
To poor black communities, the heroin epidemic is nothing new — and only the 1 percent have been winning this war
4 things you need to know about Sheriff David Clarke, Donald Trump’s potential Homeland Security pick
Grace Guarnieri
Trump's DHS pick wants to imprison possibly 1 million at Gitmo and doesn't believe there is any police brutality
You say “racist,” I say “white supremacist”: Sorry, Kevin Drum, “white supremacy” is a fact — not a “fad”
Chauncey DeVega
"Whitesplaining" in Mother Jones, Drum shows a dangerously shallow understanding of racial attitudes and politics
Making a dynasty: Examining China’s rise to become a manufacturing giant
Penelope B. Prime
How China took advantage of globalization to become a true "export machine"
Meditation is saving my sanity this year
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Kevin Carlin
In the worst of times, we all need a little breathing room
Look Again: The day’s most compelling images from around the globe
Salon Staff
Fascinating world views from an ancient temple in Thailand to a patriotic dog in Havana, Cuba
Keep the hope: What environmental leaders are saying on hope and progress in Donald Trump’s America
Grist Staff
Bernie Sanders, Bill Nye and others weigh in on the future of environmentalism
A superhero for the 21st century: NYC’s first trans firefighter battles male-dominated culture of FDNY
Nico Lang
Brooke Guinan is the first out trans woman on the FDNY, where being female is already a challenge
Europe is not a secular paradise — and Americans should be careful when embracing this myth
Mireia Triguero Roura
Like many Spaniards my age, I didn't think of myself as Christian. But my culture says otherwise
Faking it: Does the forged Vermeer that fooled Goering belong in a museum?
Noah Charney
Han van Meegeren was arrested after WWII for selling his "Vermeer" to a Nazi. Should we collect his knock-offs now?
Donald Trump’s surveillance state: All the tools to suppress dissent and kill free speech are already in place
Thor Benson
In the wrong (read: small) hands, the post-9/11 surveillance apparatus can be a dangerous political weapon
Obama-to-Trump voters are not a myth — but they’re also not the real story
Sean McElwee
Yes, a tiny slice of the electorate went from Obama to Trump, but they don't explain how the Democrats went wrong
Resisting Donald Trump: Getting prepared to fight immigration raids and deportations
Sarah Lazare
Organizers say now is the time to prepare for resistance
We can’t all be the Bluths: Are we too quick to call our families “dysfunctional”?
JoAnna Novak
Some days it seems like every extended family is self-diagnosed dysfunctional. Maybe that's taking the easy way out
How do we learn to stop worrying and keep loving “Vikings”?
Melanie McFarland
When the subject of a TV favorite happens to be co-opted by terrible people, some of us may view it differently
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