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From “Gladiator” to “Nope”: How Jordan Peele maps our decline into spectacular denial
Melanie McFarland
Peele's latest film is remarkable in the way it shows how far we've fallen from the mountaintop view of a past epic
Michael Pollan explains why any drug can be a “powerful healing medicine”
Eric Schank
In an interview, the author takes us on a tour of the psychedelic boom happening in medical research
America’s heart of darkness: Making sense of the nonsensical allure of MAGA
Michel Gueldry
Yes, the Trump movement is nuts. But a deeper explanation invokes history, psychology, economic factors and more
Rethinking celebrity and aging with “The Last Movie Stars” and Joni Mitchell at Newport Folk Fest
Kirthana Ramisetti
Artist are more than their heydays. Work produced in the so-called twilight years can add so much to their legacy
Resisting fascism and winning the education wars: How we can meet the challenge
Henry A. Giroux
Education is under attack — because it is essential to democracy. Educators can fight back, and turn the tide
Blake Masters, a mini Trump, has a plan to privatize (almost) everything everywhere
Jon Skolnik
From privatized water to Social security, GOP Senate hopeful Blake Masters has grand plans for change
Ron DeSantis accused of extremism
Bob Brigham
The Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services had some firm words for her Governor
The 6 most disturbing “The Most Hated Man on the Internet” revelations from Netflix’s docuseries
Joy Saha
The series explores the dangerous rise and subsequent fall of the King of Revenge Porn, Hunter Moore
Why “Yakety Sax” makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure
Melanie McFarland
Two experts explain to Salon why "The Benny Hill Show" theme is the musical version of "slipping on a banana peel"
In crime comedy “Vengeance,” B.J. Novak dares to mess with Texas while also skewering all the rest
Gary M. Kramer
"The Office" alum makes his directorial debut about a smartass New Yorker pulled into a Texas murder investigation
The backlash to Christianity: Republicans are now panicked — but they only have themselves to blame
Amanda Marcotte
It's not lack of school prayer causing people to abandon faith, it's that Christianity has become a toxic religion
Pennsylvania GOP candidate Doug Mastriano finally gives up Gab — but won’t quit Christofascism
Heather Digby Parton
The Republican candidate for governor repudiated the anti-Semitic social media site, but curiously not its leader
How the Supreme Court’s “fauxriginalists” are warping the Constitution
Kirk Swearingen
Right-wing justices claim they're delving for true meanings beneath the Constitution. It's another Big Lie
What “revelations”? Trump’s Jan. 6 crimes should shock exactly no one
Chauncey DeVega
Media has moved from "shock" to "revelation," a word with deep religious meaning. But what has been revealed?
Joe Biden is working remotely while he has COVID-19. Experts say you probably shouldn’t do that
Nicole Karlis
The president has advertised how he's hard at work while recovering from COVID; docs say that sets a bad precedent
Celebrating Norman Lear, progressive architect of the Archie-verse, as he turns 100
Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel
Norman Lear, Rob Reiner and more spoke to Salon about the power of comedy, especially in sitcoms that dare
Depression may not stem from a “chemical imbalance” after all — suggesting the problem is social
Matthew Rozsa, Keith A. Spencer
Scholars have argued for decades that depression has a social and political cause. A new study reinforces that view
“Barbaric” Texas abortion ban turned one woman’s wanted pregnancy into a “dystopian nightmare”
Brett Wilkins
"Anti-abortion zealots should be forced to read this"
“GOP hypocrisy”: Republican attends gay son’s wedding days after voting against gay marriage
Igor Derysh
“Can you imagine voting against your own child?” questioned former Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass.
Justice Alito’s bad theology: Abortion foes don’t have “morality” on their side
Elizabeth M. Freese, Angela Tyler-Williams
Alito's conception of morality, in his abortion decision, relies on a patriarchal theology most Americans reject
“We failed”: Gay Republicans who fought for acceptance in Texas GOP see little progress
Eric Neugeboren
Many gay GOP members have left the party, even as the number of Log Cabin Republicans in Texas continues to grow
I grew up in a narcissistic family. I’m not having kids because I want the cycle to end
Christina Wyman
I'd never had a stable model for how to raise emotionally healthy kids. I realized I had to break the cycle
New transgender discrimination lawsuit marks decade of anti-LGBTQ controversies for Chick-fil-A
Ashlie D. Stevens
Trans employee alleges franchise owner said "it should be an honor ... that someone liked her enough to hit on her"
Boris Johnson only wishes he were Donald Trump: But his comeback dreams won’t come true
Andrew O'Hehir
S**tcanned U.K. prime minister is already threatening a comeback — but his Trump alternate universe isn't real
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