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Jared Kushner (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Jared Kushner breaks his silence to offer Joe Biden unsolicited advice, gets lampooned on Twitter

Jon Skolnik
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Jared Kushner praised Joe Biden's handling of Iran
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the American Rescue Plan in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act into law that will send aid to millions of Americans struggling from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

10 big problems with Joe Biden’s foreign policy — and one solution

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
So far Biden is following the worst foreign policy impulses of both Trump and Obama. There's still time to change
Couple reading a book (Getty Images)

How reading aloud can be an act of seduction

Kiera Vaclavik
Children aren’t the only ones who benefit from being read to
Toy soldier fighting on money (Getty Images)

Military might, market ideology and moral posturing: A toxic combination that has poisoned America

Doug Neiss
The domestic war on "entitlements" and our endless wars overseas are connected — and they're destroying America
Syrian Arab and Kurdish civilians arrive to Hassakeh city after fleeing following Turkish bombardment on Syria's northeastern towns along the Turkish border on October 10, 2019. (Delil Souleiman/AFP aia Getty Images)

Humanitarian imperialism: How the media exploits liberals’ empathy to sell them war

Alan MacLeod
Under Obama, Trump and now Biden, mainstream media has tugged at progressive heartstrings to justify endless war
This picture taken on March 13, 2020 shows damaged military vehicles in the aftermath of US military air strikes at a militarised zone in the Jurf al-Sakhr area in Iraq's Babylon province (south of the capital) controlled by Kataeb Hezbollah, a hardline faction of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) forces paramilitaries. (AFP via Getty Images)

Trump and Biden’s secret bombing wars: One thing that hasn’t changed

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
The U.S. has waged an unrelenting air war in the Middle East for 20 years. How bad is it? That's a secret
U.S. President Donald Trump turns to reporters as he exits the White House to walk toward Marine One on the South Lawn on January 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump admits he misses being president

Sarah K. Burris
During a recent interview on Newsmax, Trump lamented that he misses his old job
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a virtual event hosted by the Munich Security Conference in the East Room of the White House on February 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. In his remarks, President Biden stressed the United States' commitment to NATO after four years of the Trump administration undermining the alliance. (Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images)

Biden’s reckless Syria bombing: This is not the diplomacy he promised

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
This ill-advised attack, at a delicate moment in U.S.-Iran relations, sends exactly the wrong signal to the world
Jen Psaki and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris, Jen Psaki Syria tweets resurface after Biden launches deadly airstrike

Igor Derysh
Biden's strikes reportedly killed 22 in Syria. “What is the legal authority for strikes?” Psaki questioned in 2017
A senior patient using a mask looking through the window at the hospital (Getty Images)

Whose rights matter in pandemic America?

Liz Theoharis
Not those of poor Americans, that's for sure
Joe Biden and Javad Zarif (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is Joe Biden committing diplomatic suicide over the Iran nuclear deal?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
It's not too early for Biden's first major foreign policy blunder — endangering the world by placating Iran hawks
Ted Cruz and Marjorie Taylor-Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The death of the public political apology

Edwin Battistella
Is "expressing regrets" the equivalent of sticking air quotes around apologies?
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi waits for a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry at the presidential palace in Cairo September 13, 2014. Kerry arrived in Cairo on the latest leg of a regional tour to forge a coalition against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Biden must shut down U.S. support to the brutal el-Sissi regime in Egypt

Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold
Egypt's dictator is trying to repair his image — and preserve billions in U.S. aid — with Trump out of office
Members of the National Guard in the plaza in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. After last week's riots and security breach at the U.S. Capitol Building, the FBI has warned of additional threats in the nation's capital and across all 50 states. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The future of war, American-style

Danny Sjursen
A Bidenesque tour of America’s regional and global military adventures
Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Papering over the rot: Joe Biden’s window dressing can’t end oligarchy

Chris Hedges
Removing Donald Trump and the crackpot Christian fascists is a relief. But it's meaningless without systemic change
Comedian Maz Jobrani’s new standup special “Pandemic Warrior” is streaming on Peacock. (Storm Santos)

Maz Jobrani doesn’t miss Trump jokes: He wasn’t just bad for America, he was bad for comedy

Dean Obeidallah
The stand-up appeared on "Salon Talks" to discuss his special shot in Dubai, Islamophobia, and censorship in comedy
Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why Trump’s challenges to democracy will be a big problem for Biden

James D. Long, Victor Menaldo
Just because he’s leaving office doesn’t mean Donald Trump will stop being a threat to democracy
Yemeni pupils attend class on the first day of the new academic year, in a makeshift classroom in their school compound which was heavily damaged in the fighting between the government and Iran-backed Huthi rebels, in the country's third-city of Taez on October 7, 2020. (AHMAD AL-BASHA/AFP via Getty Images)

America’s overlooked crime: Will Joe Biden end the U.S. global war on children?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Trump's treatment of immigrant children was shocking. The effect of U.S.-led wars on children's lives is much worse
US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wears a "Trump Won" face mask as she arrives on the floor of the House to take her oath of office as a newly elected member of the 117th House of Representatives in Washington, DC on January 3, 2021. (ERIN SCOTT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out at reporter as Democrats ramp up expulsion campaign

Jon Skolnik
A reporter was ejected and nearly arrested after asking Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a question at her town hall
Shahab Hosseini in "The Night" (IFC Films)

Why horror flick “The Night” is the first American film to be released in Iran in four decades

Gary M. Kramer
Filmmaker Kourosh Ahari & star Shahab Hosseini spoke to Salon about the eerie psychological thriller set in a hotel
Supporters of President Trump rally outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Oct. 3, 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland. Trump arrived at the hospital yesterday after testing positive for COVID-19. (Alex Edelman/Getty Images)

The rubble of empire

Rebecca Gordon
Doctrines of disaster and dreams of security as the Biden years begin
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Kevin McCarthy to have “conversation” with Marjorie Taylor Greene over support for killing Dems

Igor Derysh
QAnon-promoting Georgia Republican liked posts calling for Democrats to be executed, spread unhinged conspiracies
Robert Malley and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A test of Biden’s commitment to diplomacy: Appointing Rob Malley as Iran envoy

Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold
War hawks and the pro-Israel lobby are pushing hard against Malley as envoy to Iran. That's all you need to know
(Getty/Joe Raedle/Chris Hondros)

Donald Trump started no new wars — but he is one of history’s biggest war presidents

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump is a war president, one of the most notorious in our history
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