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Budgets are choices: The $1.7 trillion omnibus and growing Beltway disconnect
Bob Hennelly
The bill is an immoral document executed by leaders increasingly out of touch with reality of life
Matcha, mocha and all things peppermint: Salon Food’s 8 favorite drinks to sip this holiday season
Ashlie D. Stevens
From local coffee shop favorites to Starbucks' holiday delights, there's something for everyone on this list
For the rest of us, there’s Festivus: Celebrating 25 years of a “Seinfeld” holiday about nothing
Melanie McFarland
In the entirely manufactured culture war over ownership of the holidays, Festivus salutes the idiocy of it all
“There’s just not enough”: A water war is brewing over the dwindling Colorado River
Abrahm Lustgarten
Diminished by climate change and overuse, the river can no longer provide the water states try to take from it
A holiday baking celebration: Salon Food’s favorite cookies to enjoy right now
Michael La Corte
Let's go on a virtual cookie walk! Celebrating the iconic holiday cookie, in all of its delicious forms
2022 will be remembered as the year pandemic dragged on — while everyone pretended it was over
Matthew Rozsa
Vaccines and boosters weren't enough to protect us from what mutated into the most infectious virus ever known
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” or how not to make Indigenous futurism movies
Jason Asenap
There's a reason Indigenous groups are calling for a boycott of the film
Putin’s brain and the Ukraine disaster: What does the Russian leader really want?
Chauncey DeVega
Russia expert Andrew Weiss on the "Accidental Czar" in the Kremlin — and how he hopes to redeem a war he's losing
“Emily In Paris” star Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu: “It’s so much fun to play a villain”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Leroy-Beaulieu reveals the secret to Sylvie's bad temper and what the French really think about the show
Proud Boys leader may be on trial — but his thugs are still on the street causing trouble
Amanda Marcotte
In the wake of Jan. 6, vanguard of American fascism has "reformed" — now they're Christian nationalist warriors
How Sam Bankman-Fried’s dark-money political donations fueled his massive fraud
Lisa Gilbert
Citizens United has fueled any number of sleazy dark-money political bargains. At least Bankman-Fried got caught
The “death penalty” of child welfare: In six months or less, some parents lose their kids forever
Agnel Philip, Eli Hager, Suzy Khimm
A law aimed at speeding up adoptions of kids in foster care stripped parental rights for hundreds of thousands
He defended the NYPD in court. Then they arrested him
Jake Pearson
Karl Ashanti represented NYC cops in civil-rights cases. Then he was charged with a crime he didn't commit
“Untraditional” Hanukkah celebrations are often full of traditions for Jews of color
Samira Mehta
Jews of color are innovating food-centered holidays to bring their whole selves to the table
How “All I Want for Christmas Is You” made Mariah Carey de facto Queen of Christmas, sans trademark
Melanie McFarland
It's not just about her song's 25-year rise to the top of the charts. It's about the personal history behind it
Trump’s trading cards are stupid: Ha ha. But who gets the last laugh?
Chauncey DeVega
Trump's "digital trading cards" are worthless crap, to you and me. To his loyal followers, they're pure gold
The school that calls the police on students every other day
Jennifer Smith Richards, Jodi S. Cohen
An Illinois school for students with disabilities has routinely used the police to handle discipline
Poached or painted: A closer look at how eggs became a complex motif in countless works of art
Joy Saha
Egg motifs are further explored in a new book called "The Gourmand's Egg. A Collection of Stories and Recipes"
Elon Musk’s censorship spree exposes the fundamental flaw in the right’s definition of “free speech”
Amanda Marcotte
Liberals aren't secretly afraid white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ talking points will "challenge" us
What Democrats should have learned from the midterms: It’s time to fight for justice
Chauncey DeVega
Democrats have an opportunity to seize the moral high ground as the party of justice. Will they take it?
Emo revival: why 2022 was the perfect time to bring the genre back from the dead
Judith Fathallah
Emo is a nostalgic genre, and hard times bring about nostalgia both real and artificial
With “1923,” the “Yellowstone” universe grimly enlists Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren
Melanie McFarland
Ford and Mirren. What more does the Dutton family need? How about a more cohesive narrative and a smidgen of joy?
Fascist politics, the return of antisemitism and the “disconnected present”
Henry A. Giroux
Neoliberal capitalism has created a culture of isolation and empty spectacle — and driven the comeback of fascism
How deep is our love for “Saturday Night Fever,” which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen
Aaron Aradillas
From the Bee Gees to "Pulp Fiction," the music and movie industries would not be the same if not for this 1977 film
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