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Anti-abortion activists hit new low: Ohio lawmakers attack women’s rights with hideous bill demanding they bury fetuses
Sean Illing
The latest politically motivated attack won’t stop abortions, but it will make life for those who need them harder.
One Million Moms’ latest pointless crusade: Clutching their pearls over “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Sorry, conservative mommies—the "Daily Show" alum's new TBS show is one of the most anticipated debuts of 2016
Sandra Bland will get no justice: By betraying minorities, the U.S. legal system is working exactly as designed
Chauncey DeVega
Bland’s death in jail and the decision to not prosecute proves again that courts are stacked against minorities
White men must be stopped: The very future of mankind depends on it
Frank Joyce
For 500 years, they've exploited their fellow man and plundered the planet. It's time they rein themselves in
“Star Wars” got us ready for Reagan: “You suddenly have permission to think in very juvenile terms about how history works”
Scott Timberg
Salon talks to historian Rick Perlstein about the period when the U.S. went from reflective to shallowly triumphant
Tina Fey has no f**ks left to give — and owes zero apologies for a brilliant “Saturday Night Live”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Too far? With an edgy, smart sketch about how men marry younger second wives? Shut up and sit down, Internet
Ignoring “gadget guilt” isn’t so simple: Here’s why we should stay worried about kids and tech
Scott Timberg
It would be easier to just kick back about digital devices, but we still don't know what they do to kids
The year in bad celebrity advice: “Gwyneth had a really big year in 2015. She really just kept up the bunk”
Scott Timberg
Salon speaks to a health scholar about steaming vaginas, gluten-free diets, superfoods and placenta pills
Can brain science tell us more than the Quran about why young, non-religious Somali Americans would want to kill and die in Syria for ISIS?
Paul Escott
Disaffected Somali American youth who don't find the connection they long for may be susceptible to ISIS recruiters
Our new post-Obama “Star Wars”: Race, the Force and the dark side in modern America
Chauncey DeVega
The diversity in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has the potential to be remarkably empowering
Enjoy your beard now, hipsters. Paul Ryan has grown one, so it’s definitely no longer cool
Amanda Marcotte
Beards have been hipster chic for years, but Paul Ryan's has grown one, which sounds the death knell for the trend
True crime, Netflix-style: Because you watched “The Jinx,” here’s “Making a Murderer”
Sonia Saraiya
A provocative look at our justice system through the story of a man wrongly convicted of rape [UPDATED]
The year in guilty-pleasure movies: The most delightful flops and worst trainwrecks of the year
Gary M. Kramer
From silly thrillers to a ridiculous romp through EDM DJ culture, here are the best of the worst for 2015
“Well, I enjoyed that more than I thought I would”: For all its faults, “The Big Bang Theory” gets Sheldon and Amy’s big night right
Sonia Saraiya
The CBS show hits a landmark in its 9th season, as Sh-Amy finally gets laid
A willful misreading of racism today: Fisher v. University of Texas is part of a general attack on minority rights
David Palumbo-Liu
Voting rights, as well as affirmative action, are under attack, as if racism were a thing of the distant past
Inflicting more pain on Baltimore: Mistrial in Freddie Gray case yet another example of system failing us
D. Watkins
Allowing William Porter to walk in Freddie Gray case sheds even more light on a horribly broken justice system
Don’t call it “prayer shaming”: How San Bernardino exposed our moral failure
Willie Dwayne Francois
People of faith have a sacramental duty to hold lawmakers accountable for protecting the sacredness of human life
Dear “Star Wars” fans: I’m super sorry I ruined the whole thing for everybody
Andrew O'Hehir
Having been urged to die and singled out on social media as an Enemy of the People, I come to beg forgiveness
Trans women in love, on-screen: This is the lifesaving next step in LGBT visibility
Nico Lang
Carmen Carrera's wedding, Maura Pfefferman's "Transparent" love interest—we need more stories like this
An unbelievable story of rape
T. Christian Miller, Ken Armstrong
First she was assaulted, then she was arrested and shamed. A must-read from ProPublica and The Marshall Project
Sheldon and Amy will finally get it on: How this “Big Bang Theory” storyline breaks new TV ground
Nico Lang
Our cultural hangups around virginity make this meeting of two equals a rare and unexpected delight
Steve Miller is joining the Rock Hall of Fame: Can we put this moribund “honor” out of its misery yet?
Scott Timberg
N.W.A. and Cheap Trick are the saving graces of this year's vote, which saw Deep Purple beat The Smiths
David Letterman shares all (even about the beard): “I don’t think I care that much about television anymore. I feel foolish for having been misguided by my own ego”
Salon Staff
Dave gives a wide-ranging post-retirement interview yet to a small Montana literary journal. Here are highlights
How “Star Wars” changed the world: “It feels real in a way the stuff on ‘Star Trek’ probably doesn’t”
Scott Timberg
Science fiction scholar Gerry Canavan on how "Star Wars" shaped the movies, sci-fi and how we imagine the future
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