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Jeb Bush is this bad at winning primaries: Why his South Carolina game plan won’t unseat Donald Trump
Heather Digby Parton
It was in South Carolina that his dad and brother used dirty tricks to defang their rivals. Jeb? Not so much
White Beyoncé haters don’t get it: “Formation” isn’t “race-baiting” — but it is unapologetically about race
Priscilla Ward
"Formation" ignites protest from racists who refuse to see pro-black art and speech as anything but anti-white
“Zoolander” hasn’t aged well: This weirdly conservative, un-funny sequel betrays the original comedy’s roots
Nico Lang
Brimming with wasted talent and mean-spirited jokes, "Zoolander 2" fails to reignite the old magic
“He” or “she” doesn’t work for everyone: Why “misgendering” matters
Kali Holloway
Acknowledging someone’s gender identity by using their preferred gender pronoun isn’t “p.c.”--it's about respect
“Gilmore Girls” town troubadour Grant-Lee Phillips will return to Stars Hollow: “It was such a subversive show”
Annie Zaleski
Salon spoke to Phillips about reprising his role as one of Stars Hollow's distinctive citizens for the TV reunion
Michael Moore could have died last week: “Trying to get back to just breathing is enough of a burden”
Sophia A. McClennen
Moore got severely ill with pneumonia and clearly feared worst. Now he's trying to save his best film in years
“Drown the bunnies”: Mount St. Mary’s president fires faculty for backlash against his “put a Glock to their heads” freshman retention plan
Paula Young Lee
When universities are run like corporations, is it any wonder when CEO-presidents act with an iron fist?
The truth about Hillary Clinton’s “problem” with women: In reality, men in New Hampshire also rejected her in droves and backed Bernie
Amanda Marcotte
Clinton's performance with female voters in New Hampshire isn't a surprise, and isn't a rejection of feminism
Donald Trump’s shock-jock campaign: The white nationalist stole his whole shtick from Michael Savage
Like the wingnut radio host, Trump has weaponized and monetized America's greatest natural resource: white rage
Escaping the princess-or-superhero trap: Target strikes another blow against the tyranny of pink and blue
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Because why should a "boy's room" or a "girl's room" have to look a certain way?
NYC public schools closed to honor the Lunar New Year for the first time ever
Peter Cooper
In honor of the culture-affirming closures Salon filmed the annual Chinese New Year parade in Lower Manhattan
The Coen Brothers’ failure of imagination: What the “Hail, Caesar!” creators really “don’t understand” about making diverse movies
Peter Birkenhead
It's not "idiotic" to ask why the Coens populate their highly-stylized films with so few black faces
Beyoncé, Cam Newton and that bizarre Toyota Prius ad: The Super Bowl still has a race problem
Chauncey DeVega
White bank robbers flee police in a silent Prius? Toyota courts controversy in debated Super Bowl ad
Racist vitriol pours down on Cam Newton: Single-minded haters rush to judgment after a rough Super Bowl
Nathaniel Friedman
It's possible to say he didn't act wisely or like a pro with the media without a bigger moral judgment. But...
Beyoncé won Super Bowl 50: The halftime show started on Saturday and dominated the weekend
Sonia Saraiya
With "Formation"'s surprise release, Beyoncé became the halftime star, MVP and winning commercial all in one
“Maybe it is not that you couldn’t. It is that you wouldn’t”: Michael Eric Dyson reflects on Obama’s complicated legacy on race
David Daley
Obama was surprised by persistent racism he faced, Dyson tells Salon, and never found his footing on racial issues
Primary lessons of “Nashville”: Robert Altman’s noisy, tense, brilliant American epic is chicken soup for the weary election year soul
Marc Spitz
Altman's tale of the "Replacement Party" campaign foretold the rise of Trump, Sanders and party disrupters
The rise and fall of “family values”: How “religious freedom” became the rallying cry of the Christian right
Eric C. Miller
The nuclear family was once a driving force in American politics. Changing demographics have bred a new rhetoric
Critics are human, too: “But I don’t think you’re doing the artist or the audience or the art form itself any favor if you pat things on the head”
Scott Timberg
Salon speaks to A.O. Scott about "monsters of ego," the critic as guide and how Twitter makes his job more lively
Fox News’ right-wing thought police: Donald Trump, Bill O’Reilly and the hypocritical, phony bluster choking our politics
David Masciotra
Donald Trump and Ben Carson could not be more wrong about p.c. The real mind control comes from the fearful right
These debates are worthless: Whether Cruz/Trump or Sanders/Clinton, no one comes away better informed
Nico Lang
The debates have become reality TV. The candidates say nothing, we tune in to root for our favorite. Everyone loses
Shonda Rhimes has it, so does Obama: What is cultural competence?
Steve Phillips
Now more than ever progressives need to connect to the New American Majority & fight Smart-Ass White-Boy Syndrome
This is the end of marriage, capitalism and God. Finally!
Jeff DeGraff
My fellow boomers might mock millennials, but what if the new generation has the big questions absolutely right?
Secrets of Donald Trump’s cult: This is why the angriest white voters will not leave his side
Chauncey DeVega
Trump may have finished second in Iowa, but he's far from finished. His base is as fearful as ever
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