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Why Denmark dominates the World Happiness Report rankings year after year
Marie Helweg-Larsen
Okay, we get it, you’re happy — no need to rub it in
Mister Rogers and Mr. Trump: Can the Neighborhood of Make-Believe help us through this?
Chauncey DeVega
Scholar Michael Long on the radical pacifist message of Fred Rogers — and how he'd deal with our puppet president
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” is back, and awake to the nuances of orientation and identity
Melanie McFarland
This season the Fox comedy shows how to specifically claim a character's identity without making it a "thing"
Tilting the playing field: How Republican “constitutional hardball” has reshaped politics
Paul Rosenberg
Stealing a Supreme Court seat is just one example: Republicans have long believed they must play dirty to win
Twitter, YouTube and Facebook are the new Manhattan Project
Jason Rhode
But unlike the A-bomb scientists, social media's progenitors have no idea what they've unleashed
5 reminders Trump lackey Katrina Pierson is completely unhinged
Mehreen Kasana
The newly appointed campaign adviser has made some eye-popping remarks over the years
Raise a glass with Mick Mulvaney: Dark-hearted leprechaun of St. Paddy’s Day evil
Andrew O'Hehir
Trump's egregiously Irish budget chief is a 21st-century version of the dastardly, traitorous "gombeen man"
The science of satire and lies: Watching Colbert can fight right-wing brain rot
Sophia A. McClennen
The mainstreaming of lies in the Trump era is hurting our cognitive abilities. Research says satire can save us
Mira Sorvino: “Women have less protection under the Constitution than gun owners”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The Oscar winner and ERA's Noreen Farrell on taking #metoo to workplace law
Donald Trump Jr.’s celebrity-villain divorce: Forgive yourself for staring
Erin Keane
Yes, it's news! Celebrity culture and politics are ruled by the same principle: Live by the sword, die by the sword
Is social media destroying democracy?
Steven Rosenfeld
What exactly have Silicon Valley’s top social media platforms unleashed on the political world?
Trump-Hitler comparisons too easy and ignore the murderous history
Sylvia Taschka
Facile comparisons do more to confuse than clarify the urgent issues at stake
Neanderthals knew something about healthcare that America has forgotten
Nicole Karlis
A study of Neanderthals suggests that "organized, knowledgeable and caring healthcare is not unique to our species"
My privilege wakeup call with the author of “So You Want To Talk About Race”
Lauren Schiller
It's not enough for white women to be feminists: “It's not an immunization against other bigotries"
Space can change your DNA, we just learned
Matthew Rozsa
Astronaut Scott Kelly found that while 93 percent of his DNA returned to normal after coming home, 7 percent didn't
Infighting tears apart a modern hate group, just as it did for the Klan
Erin Keane
History repeats itself as battery charges against a hate group's leader point to the group's self-immolation
Stephen Hawking inspired and educated millions, and will be missed
Matthew Rozsa
Hawking had an ability to make his ideas — and himself — accessible to the masses
“Hap and Leonard: The Two-Bear Mambo”: A dance with racial toxicity
Melanie McFarland
Season 3 of SundanceTV's drama pits our heroes against the Klan in a 1989 plagued by the same problems of our era
Why white liberals need to talk about race
Tom Roston
Step out of the comfort zone in “A Conversation With White People on Race,” streaming now on Salon Premium
Down to the wire in Pennsylvania: Beginning of the end for Trump?
Heather Digby Parton
Tuesday's special election in a Trump-friendly district has Republicans worried. Will they start jumping ship?
NYC public radio station buys Gothamist: But what about its unionized journalists?
Bob Hennelly
New York's WNYC, already besieged by #MeToo, buys local site without saying whether fired employees have jobs
Trump’s California trip: Big political showdown, or just an expensive troll?
Amanda Marcotte
Trump's an expert at hijacking headlines with culture-war stunts. His California invasion is just one more
Dancing with the blade: “Papa Machete” explores a secret Haitian martial art
Tom Roston
Meet a reclusive master of Tire Machèt and watch him train in "Papa Machete," streaming now on Salon Premium
Confessions of a bystander: Why intervening in abuse can be so hard
Sarah Henstra
To what extent should we be held responsible for witnessing abusive behavior and not speaking up?
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