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A frightening precedent: Can we talk about the Dallas police using a bomb robot to kill a man?
Sean Illing
The Dallas PD using a bomb robot to kill gunman Micah Johnson has opened the door to a new world of policing
Not Quite “Brazil”: Meg Ryan, plastic surgery and my mother’s augmentation
Naomi Ulsted
My mom's breast implants taught me a major life lesson — other people's bodies are no one else's business
Jessi Klein really wants you to get the epidural: “There’s pressure on all women that’s absurd”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Salon talks to "Inside Amy Schumer" head writer about her new book, infertility, competitive motherhood & Gwyneth
A fear not shared by all Americans: The privilege of knowing you’ll never be a police brutality victim
Jack Shuler
My white children don’t have to worry about their father being slammed to the ground by police and shot
Sanders’ victory: How Bernie ended the Cold War in 2016
John W. Mackey
Sanders' dark horse candidacy stripped socialism of its fringe labels and, culturally speaking, ended the Cold War
I was the seventh black kid on the bus, or at least it felt that way
Jeremy McKeen
Skin is the only thing you can’t escape, despite which neighborhood you grow up in
Death in Dallas and America’s existential crisis: Our new “civil war” over the nature of reality
Andrew O'Hehir
Our broken republic is divided not just by race, culture and ideology, but between competing versions of reality
How Matt McGorry falls in love: “When I do, I’m all in”
Gary M. Kramer
Salon talks to the TV star—and Twitter's "woke bae"—about his starring role in new indie film "How He Fell in Love"
TV as a conservative safe space: Fragile viewers can’t handle being challenged by their entertainment
Silpa Kovvali
Anger at Jesse Williams' BET Awards speech and outcry over political comedy betrays an anxiety around discomfort
“It is deeper than sadness”: Thousands mourn at vigil for slain police officers in Dallas
Krista Nightengale
After 15 hours of tension and horror, this one hour was a time to pause, reflect and mourn
Abraham Lincoln’s lesson for Trump: America’s at its best when we respect individual dignity
Donald Nieman
Trump should follow Lincoln’s example and appeal to “the better angels of our nature” rather than to fear
“I’m not ready for the dirt nap yet”: How Toto outlasted the haters, took back their career and won over a new generation
Annie Zaleski
Salon talks to Toto's Steve Lukather about rock longevity, the future and what it means to be "the 'Africa' band"
The digital media age is all about the past: “The Internet is not an extension of television”
Scott Timberg
Salon talks to media critic Douglas Rushkoff about how memory-based technology gave rise to Brexit and Donald Trump
A modern day lynching: Why I will not watch the video of Alton Sterling being killed by Baton Rouge police
Chauncey DeVega
It's psychologically and spiritually unhealthy for black Americans to watch endless imagery of attacks against them
“She is blonde but dark at the roots”: Vanity Fair’s Margot Robbie profile is a masterclass in how not to write about famous women
Erin Coulehan
It's the latest in a long line of women being reduced to sexual fantasy by male writers
Paranoid politics: Donald Trump’s style perfectly embodies the theories of renowned historian
Conor Lynch
Trump's style fits the mold of fear mongering politics laid out in Richard Hofstadter's famous essay
Right-wing delusions about “anti-white propaganda”: Why they’re wrong about shielding children from the truth about racism
Chauncey DeVega
White parents complaining about race-based curricula ignore that black and brown kids' racial awareness is inherent
The poetry of “Mad Men”: When Matthew Weiner first read Frank O’Hara, “it was just like total time travel”
Scott Timberg
Salon talks to series creator Matthew Weiner about his new audio book recording of "Lunch Poems"
Tony Blair, Iraq and the struggle for the British left: Why the U.K.’s political soap opera is important
Andrew O'Hehir
Tony Blair apologizes for Iraq — but says he'd do it all over again — while the Labor Party threatens to implode
On National Kissing Day, celebrate the science and art of kissing — from chemical “sparks” to the thrill of early desire
Erin Coulehan
Kissing helps us weed out incompatible partners, pass on robust immune systems, and test the romantic waters
The disturbing data on Republicans and racism: Trump backers are the most bigoted within the GOP
Chauncey DeVega
Racists are more likely to be Republicans — and the most extreme among them are Donald Trump supporters
Where the stoners are: America’s top 10 pot-smoking states
Phillip Smith
From Colorado to Michigan, the U.S. has come a long way in its acceptance of marijuana
Meet North Korea’s perfect family: Totalitarianism, Trump and the politics of non-thought
Andrew O'Hehir
An upside-down propaganda film, made with North Korea's approval, offers a distorted reflection of our own politics
Pop culture still fails queer people: Sanitizing LGBT romance is a tradition Hollywood can’t seem to break
Nico Lang
"Independence Day: Resurgence" can imagine all kinds of futuristic wonders—but not two men who are in love kissing
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