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Jackie Mason’s thorny career: Once a beacon for Jewish pride, the comedian later turned to bigotry
Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel
The passing of the comedian comes with ambivalence for those who knew him before bitterness became his trademark
The German gymnastics team’s unitard is just the latest example of fighting sexism in sports
Kylie Cheung
Female athletes are deciding how much or little they want to expose compared to their covered male counterparts
Inside the media debate between using “sexual assault” and “rape”
Kylie Cheung
"Catch and Kill" explores how legal definitions & media can police survivors' experiences
With Elliot Page, increased visibility of transmasculine identity can be “both great & awful”
Kylie Cheung
The actor's popularity helps spotlight underrepresented issues, but his celebrity can also be a shortcoming
Who’s really protected by the “safety plan” created for Olympic fencer accused of sexual assault
Kylie Cheung
Alen Hadzic is under investigation for multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, but was still named to Team USA
The political history of dubbing in films
Damien Pollard
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" by Sergio Leone is a classic example of dubbed post-war European film
The liberating pink power of Lil Nas X’s trolling continues in new music video “Industry Baby”
Melanie McFarland
The rapper's new video may be more straightforward than "Montero," but it's still layered with messages and meaning
17 facts about conspiracy theories
Stacy Conradt
From tinfoil hats & Buzz Aldrin to Jack the Ripper & Queen Elizabeth I, conspiracy theorists cover a lot of ground
The Christian nationalist assault on democracy goes stealth — but the pushback is working
Paul Rosenberg
Salon's 2018 reporting helped drive the Christian right's Project Blitz underground. Now it's back, on the down-low
Virginia GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin tries to pivot away from Trump — but there’s nowhere to go
Igor Derysh
Youngkin went all-in on the culture war and Trump’s Big Lie in GOP primary. Now he's learning that might cost him
Right-wingers really seem to care about the Cleveland Indians all of a sudden following name change
Brett Bachman
Many of the people most angry about the change have no apparent ties to either the city or the team
Panpsychism, the idea that inanimate objects have consciousness, gains steam in science communities
Matthew Rozsa
An expanding notion of what "consciousness" is could have profound repercussions
Of course Trump stalled the Brett Kavanaugh probe: Republicans never cared about #MeToo
Amanda Marcotte
The FBI confirmed that it received 4,500 tips on Kavanaugh — only to hand them to the Trump White House
Ben & Jerry’s in middle of firestorm following boycott of Israel’s “occupied Palestinian territory”
Brett Bachman
Texas is reportedly considering an outright statewide ban on the iconic ice cream brand
“The Ugly Cry” reveals the pain and humor of growing up “Black and weird”
Alli Joseph
Debut author Danielle Henderson appeared on "Salon Talks" to discuss her memoir as an ode to her grandmother
Amazon sales of a transphobic book revives greater free speech debate
Kylie Cheung
What responsibility do publishers and booksellers have for the content of the books they promote?
Will the battle over “critical race theory” be a winning issue for the right? It already is
Chauncey DeVega
As used by Republicans, "critical race theory" is an empty term used to channel racist urges. That's why it works
How Republicans unleashed a new crime wave in America — through worsening inequality
Thom Hartmann
America's upsurge in crime is real — and decades of Republican policy to make the rich much richer is the cause
Many schools will reopen without vaccine or masking mandates. Here’s what’s at stake
Nicole Karlis
The politicization of masks and vaccines has put children in red state legislators' crosshairs
Candace Owens wants Tomi Lahren canceled for endorsing Caitlyn Jenner
Zachary Petrizzo
Owens, an outspoken critic of "cancel culture," says Tomi Lahren should be banned from TPUSA over Jenner support
Bill O’Reilly has stopped his accuser from appearing on “The View”
Kylie Cheung
The woman, who'd accused the ex-Fox News host of sexual harassment, was supposed to appear on Wednesday's show
A steep drop in American life expectancy is only partly because of the pandemic
Matthew Rozsa
The United States is the only developed country whose life expectancy stopped increasing after 2010
How quickly we forget: Amid the trauma of the Trump era, each new outrage just disappears
Chauncey DeVega
Each new revelation about Trump's assault on democracy quickly evaporates from memory — and that's no accident
Naomi Osaka exposes Megyn Kelly’s ignorance about media: “Do better Megan”
Kylie Cheung
Kelly tried to paint the tennis star as a hypocrite but only ended up revealing her own inability to dunk
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