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How economics wrecked the world — and how we can escape from “Ricardo’s Dream”
Paul Rosenberg
Writer Nat Dyer on how David Ricardo's abstract models pushed economics into fantasy — and we all paid the price
Karla Sofía Gascón apologizes for resurfaced post calling George Floyd a “swindler”
Nardos Haile
"As someone in a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well," Gascón wrote in a statement
“They will fail through incompetence”: Trump’s bumpy return to office should worry MAGA
Chauncey DeVega
"We are also seeing the acceptance of a degree of corruption that has little equal in American history"
The “Twin Peaks” cherry pie: How a simple dessert became a cultural icon (and how to make your own)
Michael La Corte
You’ll be well on your way to creating a slice worthy of Agent Cooper himself
“Pee-wee as Himself” reveals Paul Reubens’ struggle for control—on and off screen
Gary M. Kramer
Matt Wolf’s two-part documentary navigates around Reubens as an unreliable narrator in his own life story
Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon
Melanie McFarland
"Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally
How DeepSeek is upending AI and the tech industry
Daria Solovieva
The Chinese startup caught up with Big Tech at a fraction of the cost
Love, food and the fight to endure: HBO’s new “Like Water for Chocolate” is ideal for trying times
Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu
"I doubt the show’s themes of feminine survival would have stood out to me as much had Trump lost"
It’s not sci-fi: Americans support asteroid defense spending
Robin George Andrews
Funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of Congress
Why government can’t make America healthier by micromanaging groceries purchased with SNAP benefits
Benjamin Chrisinger, Danielle Krobath
"Over 42.1 million Americans, about 13% of all families, receive SNAP benefits"
“The Fall of Diddy” chronicles decades’ worth of failures to hold a powerful monster accountable
Melanie McFarland
Versions of this story have been told before, but few demonstrate so well how our celebrity worship got us here
Addiction treatment often overlooks trauma. That’s a major hurdle in stopping the overdose crisis
Elizabeth Hlavinka
Trauma is one of the biggest risk factors for addiction — but trauma-centered treatments are lacking
As Snoop Dogg and other hip-hop artists cozy up to Donald Trump, is hip-hop moving to the right?
Nardos Haile
Salon spoke to a hip-hop expert about the complexities of identity and politics within the genre
MAGA’s true believers don’t understand capitalism — Trump will teach them a hard lesson
Rich Logis
Today's Republicans have swallowed so many economic myths that reality has disappeared. They face a wakeup call
“It’s OK to be proud to be German”: Musk speaks at far-right AfD campaign event
Griffin Eckstein
Days after throwing what experts called a Nazi salute, Musk addressed the far-right party conference
The rise of the hag: Hollywood’s fear of older women has gotten worse with age
Katie Rife
This awards season highlights a wave of films exploring the complexities of aging, but a sagging trend persists
An ancient volcano blotted out the sun, killing crops. People likely reacted by making “sun stones”
Matthew Rozsa
Buried in ditches, the Neolithic carvings may have been a sacrifice to stop volcanic climate change
Trump ends diversity efforts in federal government. Is the private sector next?
Daria Solovieva
Some corporations began scaling back DEI programs before his executive orders, while others are holding firm
It’s time to ditch toxic social media platforms
Chauncey DeVega
To survive Trump's return, Dr. Gail Christopher heeds, "we must practice disciplines that calm our nervous system"
Turn the channel on the inauguration with these counterprogramming suggestions
Melanie McFarland, Hanh Nguyen, Kelly McClure, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Nardos Haile, Nicholas Liu, Amanda Marcotte
From "Twin Peaks" to "Chicken Nugget," preserving your sanity on Inauguration Day is just a click away
Why Trump’s new love of TikTok is dangerous
Amanda Marcotte
Trump's sudden love of TikTok shows he needs disinfo more than he hates China
Is 2025 the year that we abandon alcohol for good?
Joy Saha
In recent years, abandoning alcohol has been embraced as a way of life, not just a mere one-month-long trend
It’s been a minute, but “Severance” returns to work with a weird wonder of a second season
Melanie McFarland
Nearly three years after Apple TV+'s phenomenal drama debuted, it manages to keep us enthralled with its mystery
The tech billionaire war on “woke” is really targeting workers
Amanda Marcotte
Mark Zuckerberg wants "masculine energy" and "aggression" at the office — sounds like a toxic workplace
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