Cable news would rather discuss Haiti's natural disaster than its man-made one

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Salon talks to Keri Leigh Merritt, author of "Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South"

Trump has embraced the narrative of the defeated South: Lie about everything, and double down on vicious bigotry

Readers respond to Barbara Olson's hatchet job on the Clintons, a book on synesthesia and an interview with Janet Malcolm.

Karter Louis wants us to remember where American food came from, and he feels the route there is on a biscuit

Readers weigh in on Bush's huge tax handout, Arianna Huffington's challenge to wimpy Dems, and the truth about America's slave legacy.

The election of Trump has given us all a shock but it can be a needed wake-up call to protect our fragile democracy

Wait, not one of them is Donald Trump?

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Most U.S. kids learn Bowdlerized minstrel songs that taint their understanding of American history for life

The original "Planet of the Apes" and its four sequels helped Americans feel good about feeling bad.

Specially trained dogs have long been engaged in wartime, policing and crowd control

Real liberals should condemn the singer's racist attacks on Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell.