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How Donald Trump is helping Joe Biden build back better
Heather Digby Parton
Republicans are too busy trying to avenge Donald Trump that they can't even unite to block Biden's agenda
Lessons from the rise and fall of ancient cities
Susan Cosier
In "Four Lost Cities," an author illuminates what we can glean from the growth and decline of early civilizations
Joe Biden promises young Americans a future — and an expanded social democracy
Chauncey DeVega
Biden's ambitious agenda is an outreach to the next generation — and could finish off the Republicans for good
America was not founded as ‘a Christian country’ based on ‘Judeo-Christian’ values
Mia Brett
Basically, there's no such thing as a "Judeo-Christian values."
America on the knife’s edge: Will the next year determine the fate of democracy?
Andrew O'Hehir
Joe Biden and the Democrats finally grasp that major change is necessary to redeem democracy — if it's not too late
How “Generation Hustle,” a show about con artists, almost got conned by one of its subjects
Ashlie D. Stevens
Filmmakers discuss making HBO Max's new docuseries & the scammer who couldn't help trying to pull one over the show
Republicans still try to claim Abe Lincoln’s heritage — that’s offensive and absurd
Matthew Rozsa
Rhetorically, Republicans still try to identify with Lincoln — but in reality, they've abandoned him entirely
Is Kentucky Derby anthem “My Old Kentucky Home” pro-slavery or anti-slavery?
Christopher Lynch
Tracing the history of the state song played at the Kentucky Derby & the widely contradictory interpretations of it
Conservatives claim to hate “cancel culture” — but it’s the heart of the right-wing agenda
Paul Rosenberg
Real "cancel culture": The right's decades-long campaign to stifle progressive ideas, protest and democracy itself
“Shrek” at 20: celebrating the film’s unique brand of animated anarchy and sardonic irreverence
Christopher Holliday
The DreamWorks film positioned itself as animation’s dirty alternative to Disney classics
New paleontology find reveals that tyrannosaurs hunted in packs
Matthew Rozsa
Unlike the lone wolf T. Rex depicted in "Jurassic Park," real-life tyrannosaurs likely hunted in terrifying groups
Immigrant workers are essential to America’s future — and we need a new paradigm for justice
Marielena Hincapié
Beyond a pathway to citizenship: True justice for immigrants will help everyone, and build a better country
Netflix’s stunning “Yasuke” spins a fantastical Black samurai story, but needs more space to swing
Melanie McFarland
Starring LaKeith Stanfield, the mere six episodes of LeSean Thomas' anime epic leaves us clamoring for more
What women know about the science of perfectionism
Gail Cornwall
Perfectionism thrives on uncertainty, scholars say — but women may also be held to different standards
Joe Biden’s next 100 days: With Republicans out of the way, key Senate Democrats could change it all
Heather Digby Parton
The GOP is ideologically spent and the economy is set to blast off. Now is the time for Manchin and Sinema to move
Do we even want the truth? The Capitol riot is fading into the memory hole
Chauncey DeVega
Republicans have distorted the narrative, and a true accounting may never happen. Does America just want to forget?
When Paddington conquered Citizen Kane, a cinematic throwdown revealing our obsession with ratings
Manuela Lopez Restrepo
The films are not actually in competition with each other. Why must we always compare beautiful women?
Joe Biden turns the tables on Republicans
Amanda Marcotte
Republicans spent years making politics about images, not policy — now Biden has weaponized that against them
Democratic insider David Rothkopf on Biden’s historic first 100 days — and the danger ahead
Chauncey DeVega
Author David Rothkopf on how Biden has succeeded so far, what lies ahead in 2022 and the danger of Trump's treason
An ode to slimy, slippery, sticky food
Megan Zhang
In Japan, there's even a phrase that describes foods with a slippery texture: neba-neba
Yes, Native American culture exists, and “Rutherford Falls” digs into our collective “blind spots”
Melanie McFarland
From casinos to capitalism, "Rutherford Falls" co-creator tells Salon about examining, "What is American history?"
Trump’s final act of “sabotage”: Likely “systemic undercount” of Latinos in new census data
Igor Derysh
Democrats blame "Trump's strategy to intimidate Latinos" for surprising census results that could reshape Congress
Six powerful ways “Sesame Street” shaped our culture, as seen in poignant new “Sunny Days” special
Ashlie D. Stevens
From an unaired episode about Snuffleupagus' parents divorcing to addressing racism, the show put kids' needs first
LeVar Burton schools Meghan McCain on “The View”: It’s “consequence culture” not cancel culture
Molly Wilcox
The former "Reading Rainbow" host gave the right-wing pundit a lesson she won't soon forget
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