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Audio cassettes: despite being “a bit rubbish,” sales have doubled during the pandemic — here’s why
Iain Taylor
It’s not just old cassettes that are selling: the current crop of pop musicians are shifting their music on tapes
Why are Americans obsessed with fitness? The answer: Neoliberalism
Nicole Karlis
Historian Jürgen Martschukat argues we've lost the joy in moving our bodies
Women are being encouraged to go into STEM fields. Why aren’t we pushing for more men in HEED jobs?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Women are disproportionately represented in caring professions — and that's a deficiency that shortchanges us all
“Big government” and other lies we live by: How one Orwellian concoction consumed America
Doug Neiss
Those who preached against "big government" just wanted to control it. Now they do — and look how that worked out
Who will keep us safe in a world without police? We will
Hari Ziyad
A more equitable experience of safety is possible, but you must become part of creating it
“Generation X”: Its tales about McJobs and information overload feel as poignant now as in 1990s
Diletta De Cristofaro
Three decades later, "Generation X" is a literary classic that still speaks to issues central to today’s world
The African roots of Swiss design and art theories
Audrey G. Bennett
"We care about 'who was first' only because we live in a system obsessed with proclaiming some people winners"
The inside story of Biosphere 2, a forgotten experiment to rethink human civilization
Kathelin Gray
The ambitious, self-sustaining bubble ecosystem in the desert is due for a historical reevaluation
Silicon Valley’s puritanical war on sex
Jillian C. York
In censoring sexual content, Big Tech is furthering the narrow sexual ideal of mainstream porn producers
“Doing nothing” is all the rage — is it a form of resistance or just an indulgence for the lucky few
Ingrid Nelson
The ethics of idleness have been debated for thousands of years
America’s gun madness: How guns went from tools to ideology to identity
Lucian K. Truscott IV
I was taught to handle and shoot guns as a boy. But the insane, murderous gun culture of today is something new
Can a “true” conservatism be redeemed after Trump? Maybe — if it embraces liberalism
Paul Rosenberg
Conservative ideas still have value — but conservative politics has gone insane. Maybe there's a way out
Before Atlanta: The U.S. has a long and ugly history of violence against Asian women
Karen Kuo, Karen Leong
Unfortunately, in the context of American history the Atlanta tragedy was far from an isolated incident
Republicans openly embrace their racism in Trump’s absence
Amanda Marcotte
Following Trump's lead, Republicans in Georgia and Tennessee make their racism more blatant
Conservatives are mad at Michael Moore again — because he’s right about gun culture
Chauncey DeVega
Moore's dark joke about the Boulder shootings might not have been graceful, but it expressed something profound
Gathering, grief and the pandemic Passover
Brahna Yassky
We are still in the desert of COVID, traveling towards the time when we can laugh, hug & eat in the same room again
CNN’s Don Lemon on why Trump was good for America: “Now we see them for what they are”
Dean Obeidallah
CNN host tells Salon why Trump "was exactly the president we deserved" — he made us see what we'd been ignoring
An appreciation of Björk’s swan dress, 20 years later
Manuela Lopez Restrepo
With red carpets relegated to Zoom, we can only hope to recapture the spirit of such camp plumage post-pandemic
Former FBI agent demolishes Fox News claims that Boulder shooter’s gun was not “a weapon of war”
Matthew Chapman
"These are not weapons of war," reporter John Roberts said. "These are not assault rifles"
What is an NFT, and why does John Cleese want to sell you his for $69.3 million?
Ashlie D. Stevens
Big name artists like Kings of Leon, Boy George and Grimes are all betting on the future of non-fungible tokens
Former Yale psychiatrist says she was fired after Alan Dershowitz complained about anti-Trump tweets
Jon Skolnik
Bandy Lee is now suing Yale University for wrongful termination
Michael Moore facing right-wing backlash over Boulder shooter “truly assimilate” tweet
Zachary Petrizzo
Ever-controversial filmmaker attacked on Twitter after suggesting Boulder shooter had joined "American culture"
Republicans have moved past the NRA: The GOP is now even more extreme on guns
Heather Digby Parton
The NRA has gotten weaker since Wayne LaPierre, but more extreme groups are proliferating as Republicans radicalize
“Say ‘no’ nicely”: Toxic workplace culture demands Black women shrink themselves and never speak up
D. Watkins
On "Salon Talks,""First and Only" author Jennifer Farmer discusses the extra labor of navigating misogynoir at work
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