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Comedy Central, hire Lindsey Graham! The trash-talking senator upstages Trevor Noah with unflappable ease
Sonia Saraiya
In last night's hilarious "Daily Show," Graham was willing to say anything and everything that Noah wouldn’t
The recipe for a Trump defeat: Don’t let the primaries fool you, the ingredients are there for a happy November for Democrats
Sean Illing
From a brokered convention, split GOP, job growth and Obama's approval rating, the odds against Trump are "yuuge"
Sorry, but the Grateful Dead are cool now: This upcoming hater-proof tribute officially ends their decades of dorkdom
Annie Zaleski
The Dead join the ranks of other previously reviled artists redeemed by today's genre-free pop landscape
Want to reject America’s Puritanism, workaholism and toxic obsession with stuff? Read Jim Harrison’s brilliant books
David Masciotra
With a new collection of novellas, Harrison once again claims his unique place in American letters
Democrats can’t let Republicans control the conversation: The Brussels attack puts terrorism front and center in the presidential campaign
Sean Illing
Democrats must find a way to talk honestly about terrorism without surrendering to the xenophobia of Republicans
An army of none: The U.S. military is more powerful, less accountable and more dangerous than ever before
William Astore
Americans delighted in the end of conscription. Decades later, it's taken an unexpected toll on our democracy
Most writers get screwed: We did the math, and it’s true — literary prizes exclude writers outside the campus gates
Anna March, Jen Fitzgerald, Ashley Ford, Ashley Perez
As America's largest annual writers gathering begins next week, Lulu questions this lack of inclusivity
Tintin’s racist history: Symbol of Brussels solidarity is uncomfortably divisive
Scott Timberg
Hergé may've been more an opportunist than an outright bigot, but symbols like this carry weight
Wanted — employability skills: We’re not preparing kids for work, and none of the candidates are talking about it
Jonathan Hasak
We're failing the next generation if we don't come up with a coherent national youth policy
Donald Trump’s the ultimate baby boomer: How boomer entitlement and Hollywood explain the GOP front-runner
Aaron Barlow
He's a bastard child of post-WWII American individualism imagined by the hipster, the cowboy loner and the outlaw
RuPaul gave me life: How “Drag Race” pulled me back from the depths of depression
Melanie McFarland
The groundbreaking reality show helped me face the world when I was at my lowest
Donald Trump is The Joker: Forget Mussolini and Hitler, the GOP strongman is an authoritarian populist straight from Hollywood
Neal Gabler
Trump authoritarian populism is a natural fit for a reality TV era in which conservatives refuse all compromise
10 years of Twitter fail: Where Donald Trump’s “Sad!” thoughts flourish and Kim Kardashian has more followers than the Pope
Scott Timberg
Social movements have spread on the service over its first decade, but so has a lot of shallowness and hostility
How jingoism wasted the world: Why liberals finally need to admit that the Afghanistan invasion was wrong
Daniel Denvir
For years, Democrats have clung to the idea that Afghanistan was "the good war." This isn't just wrong, it's deadly
Back off, wingnuts: Fox News slimes Samantha Bee, doesn’t understand comedy (again)
Sophia A. McClennen
It's true, Fox has a right-wing news-satire show. They're so proud of it that it runs at 3 a.m. It's got Bee wrong
“Israel is occupation-addicted”: Israeli journalist Gideon Levy blasts U.S. support for “apartheid” & rise of fascism
Ben Norton
The renowned Israeli journalist joined a host of experts at the 2016 Israel's Influence conference in D.C.
Donald Trump’s dark magic: How the GOP front-runner seduces his followers to increasingly violent ends
Shawn Hamilton
The way Trump talks has long been the target of mocking, but it shouldn't be. It's the secret to his unlikely power
Trump’s jackbooted thugs against political correctness: Violence, fascism and the real assault on free speech
Aaron Hanlon
The madness at Trump rallies focuses an important debate about speech, protest and political correctness
Fox News “brainwashed” so many dads: “People are being bamboozled on a massive scale”
Gary M. Kramer
Salon talks to filmmaker Jen Senko about her new documentary on radical right-wing media's terrifying effect
My journey to justice: I toured prison systems around the world looking for ways to improve our own
Baz Dreisinger
If we truly want to change the American prison system, we must accept that no country has a monopoly on innovation
Adult superhero fans make Daniel Clowes sad: “People need something that has very clear moral boundaries, I guess”
Scott Timberg
The comics artist talks to Salon about why "Iron Man" is for kids, "Ghost World" and his new book "Patience"
“The Islamic State would not be with us today if the United States hadn’t invaded Iraq”: Islam, religion, and the interview Donald Trump and Ted Cruz must read now
Émile P. Torres
Simple-minded analysis of religion, history and our challenge in the Middle East leads to the wrong policy choices
The “Kurt Cobain was murdered” brigade is back: Photos of his suicide gun reignite conspiracy theories
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The publication of new photos keeps speculation about Cobain's 1994 death in circulation
Stop laughing at Jared Fogle: Prison violence isn’t a joke — no matter how reviled the target
Nico Lang
Schadenfreude over reports that Fogle was abused by fellow inmates reveals a culture that dehumanizes all prisoners
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