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Donald Trump, American hustler: The frightening fascist tendencies of his GOP rise
Rick Perlstein
Previous right-wing leaders had a healthy fear of the rage they unleashed from their base. Not this one
Nicki Minaj to Miley Cyrus: “You have some big balls”
Anna Silman
The rapper told The New York Times magazine why she decided to call Cyrus out on the VMA stage last month
Bill O’Reilly doesn’t believe in child poverty: “There are no urchins running around starving because of the system”
Scott Eric Kaufman
It's a "total lie," a "myth" that there are poor, starving children in America -- because O'Reilly wants it to be
The big father figure lie: Race, the Kardashians and the latest war on Black moms
Brittney Cooper
America celebrates the Kardashians' female-centered family -- but pathologizes Black matriarchs
Trevor Noah schools racists: “The Daily Show” has an essential new mission and comic voice
Matt Carotenuto
"The Daily Show" is the perfect platform for Noah to challenge tired African stereotypes. He's off to a great start
Secrets of “Saturday Night Live” at 40: “There would never be anything like this again”
James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales
As "SNL" returns for season 41, the two writers who know it best share highlights of a magical celebration
These murderers were made at home: The Oregon shooter’s mother armed her son — just like Adam Lanza’s did
Scott Timberg
The parallels between Christopher Harper-Mercer and the Sandy Hook killer are deeply troubling
This is Larry Wilmore’s brilliant moment: It’s not all about Trevor Noah on Comedy Central
Sophia A. McClennen
Noah hasn't quite found his footing, but at 11:30 p.m., Larry Wilmore is bringing the brilliance night after night
Donald Trump’s “Death Wish” fantasies: Guns, white vigilantism, and the right’s toxic masculinity
Chauncey DeVega
In the age of the "cuckservative" slur, Trump's "Death Wish" chant is a revealing glimpse into the right-wing id
Noam Chomsky: America is a plutocracy masquerading as a democracy
Sincere T. Kirabo
The linguist and political scientist weighs in on the forthcoming elections and our politicians' radical move right
Patti Smith’s most personal interview: “The things that make me feel strange – I’ve transformed them into work”
Peter Machen
Salon exclusive: In her most soul-baring conversation in years, an icon talks politics, loss, music -- and flossing
“It’s like if ‘When Harry Met Sally’ ended with everybody getting hit by a truck”: Inside the “Year of Lear” and the terrorist plot that changed Shakespeare
Scott Timberg
Salon talks to James Shapiro about the artistic aftermath of England's 1605 Gunpowder Plot
Keeping up with my Kardashian obsession: Why no celebrity tell-all book can crack their iron-clad image
Rachel Kramer Bussel
I read the new bio "Kim" hoping for deep insights, and left hungry for more Kardashian Instagram instead
Donald Trump is poetic justice: How the GOP establishment’s chickens are coming home to roost
Heather Digby Parton
The Donald's stubborn lead has the GOP elite panicked -- but the graybeards have only themselves to blame
It’s not just about guns: What the gun control debate exposes — and threatens — in our toxic white male culture of violence
Paula Young Lee
America loves its firearms—but they're just the tip of the dysfunctional iceberg
Hear Pete Davidson’s Robin Williams joke that was too hot for Comedy Central
Anna Silman
Jon Caramanica profiled the "SNL" breakout star in The Times this weekend
This is how the paranoid right keeps America armed to the teeth: The lies & distortions they use after every massacre
Chauncey DeVega
The latest gun massacre is a case study in how America is exceptional in all the wrong ways
A double standard in enforcing prostitution laws: “It’s economically advantageous to have [high-end sex work] going on”
Alison Bass
D.C. police routinely arrest streetwalkers & raid massage parlors, while leaving high-end independent escorts alone
The pope’s billionaire entourage: How the 1 percent embarrassed themselves before the pontiff
Michael Winship
Kenneth Langone and his ilk will pay handsomely to hear him speak. They just won't follow his actual teachings
Margaret Cho: No one is more sensitive about p.c. culture than white people
Paula Young Lee
Margaret Cho on our biggest misconceptions about p.c. culture, women's place in comedy and her new special, "PsyCHO
The New Sensibility of Susan Sontag & Tom Wolfe: The “dark lady” and the man in white were an unlikely pair, but both were looking to liberate American culture
George Cotkin
The merging of high & low culture is old hat to us, but 50 years ago Sontag & Wolfe were breaking boundaries
“‘SNL’ is still the center of his universe”: “Live From New York” author goes deep on Lorne Michaels’ legacy and the future of “Saturday Night Live”
Anna Silman
Salon talks to James Andrew Miller about the seminal oral history of "Saturday Night Live," new in paperback
The Arne Duncan era is over — but his noxious policies mean childhood in America is still under threat
Elias Isquith
"Reforming schools should not be a proxy for reforming society," educator and journalist Megan Erickson tells Salon
Laura Jane Grace’s rebel music: “I doubt you’re gonna find a successful civil movement or social movement that doesn’t have a soundtrack”
Annie Zaleski
Salon talks to the Against Me! singer about protest songs, her docu-series "True Trans" and writing her memoir
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