Senate Republicans play politics with a landmark civil rights law -- championed by Bob Dole -- and hit a new low

All the remaining 2008 contenders -- except Barack Obama -- indulge in an artery-busting blue-collar orgy of fried fish, bratwurst and cheese.

Bill Bradley looks for a winning issue. Is it Bill Clinton?

We don't know if Trump can morph into a statesman. We do know the media/political class fears his threat to Hillary

"Casablanca," which turns 75 this week, is still revered today — though not for the reasons you might think

Salon's Joan Walsh explains her explosive new book, "What's the Matter With White People?"

Salon's guide to what to watch on Friday and this weekend: The PBS "NOW" special "Child Brides: Stolen Lives" is a sobering look at the lives of girls sold into marriage.

He had to bide his time, but humane cynic John Huston finally got the chance to make one of the most sophisticated American entertainments ever.

Alex Gibney talks about his Oscar-winning "Taxi to the Dark Side" and his new look at Hunter S. Thompson, American hero. (Plus: Audio podcast.)

Penelope Cruz stars with real-life couple Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend in this frippery romanticizing the fight against fascism.

The Federal Reserve chairman has resisted slowing the economy while waiting for his reappointment, but will he put the brakes on now?

He made history by challenging a president who had plunged the nation into a calamitous war. More than three decades later, Gene McCarthy reflects on his legendary race against Lyndon Johnson -- and the current campaign to unseat George W. Bush.

Establishment dems have for months warned that a Bernie nomination would be disaster. Here's why they're wrong

They were Hollywood's first female rebels, using their smarts and sexiness to undermine traditonal male power

Kurt Vonnegut, Lauren Bacall, James Beard, J. Paul Getty, Betty Ford and others recall their encounters with the cheerful and cosmopolitan Art Buchwald.