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Elon Musk, Twitter and the future: His long-term vision is even weirder than you think
Émile P. Torres
Musk wants to save humanity — for a future where we "live" by the trillions inside Matrix-style cosmic simulations
Now Elon Musk has to choose between good and evil — and maybe he’ll surprise us
Brian Karem
Twitter should be treated the way newspapers once were — as a public trust. If Musk gets that, this might work out
Don’t blame the trolls: Here’s why I quit Twitter and what happened after
Mary Elizabeth Williams
If you're thinking of leaving after the Elon Musk news, here's what I've learned
Twitter should have died long ago — let Elon Musk take it out back and shoot it
Amanda Marcotte
Twitter's reality-distortion field is damaging journalism, mental health and truth. Maybe Elon is doing us a favor
Bernie Sanders, AOC rally Amazon workers against union busting: “Time to stand up to our oligarchy”
Kenny Stancil
If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, Sanders said, he can afford to pay living wages
Media gets it wrong on Elon Musk and Twitter: The issue is oligarchy, not “free speech”
Nolan Higdon
Mainstream media largely parrots Musk's mendacious framing — but this fight is about monopoly power, not speech
As other countries rebound, falling US life expectancy shows failures of COVID response
Jessica Corbett
Researcher says he was "shocked" that US life expectancy continued to fall in 2021 as gap with other nations grows
Bernie Sanders praises growing union movement as top threat to “oligarchy and corporate greed”
Jake Johnson
If you think union wins at Amazon and Starbucks are an "aberration," you would be "sorely mistaken," Sanders says
Are Putin’s oligarchs plotting to topple him?
Stanislav Markus
The Russian oligarchs who have profited from Putin's presidency
Why Zelenskyy’s background in comedy really matters
Sophia A. McClennen
Forget about Paddington for a minute. The comedy that made Zelenskyy famous was also political
In war, there are no “worthy” or “unworthy” victims: That’s how we justify our crimes
Chris Hedges
Russia's war crimes should not be used to whitewash America's record — that only worsens the cycle of atrocity
Inside the rumors about Queen Elizabeth II, who is not dead yet nor using ivermectin (probably)
Joy Saha
A small blog claims to have the exclusive on the monarch's death – or did it? The whole situation's a mess
Democrats won’t oppose the war state: Are they the lesser evil — or the more effective one?
Chris Hedges
Democrats always make the best salespeople for war — a dire lesson Americans may have to learn all over again
From Salon’s archives: Todd Gitlin on “Back to the civil rights barricades” after the 2000 election
Todd Gitlin
This column by Todd Gitlin was originally published in 2000. The former Salon contributor died Saturday
The center cannot hold: Manchin and Sinema are wrecking America — here’s how to beat them
Paul Rosenberg
"Centrism," as those two mean it, is a catastrophic misreading of political reality. We need an entirely new model
Where we are now: The dire state of America in 2022
Norman Solomon
Biden's first year: Assault on democracy, oligarchic class war and bloated military spending. Happy talk won't help
America’s new class war: Organized labor is back
Chris Hedges
Forget the "woke" Democrats and timid union leaders. Workers across the country are standing up and fighting back
Robert Reich has the perfect answer to Trumpism
Robert Reich
To learn the real lesson of the Trump years, watch Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Robert Reich writes
Right’s cynical attack on “critical race theory”: Old racist poison in a new bottle
Chauncey DeVega
White supremacy keeps rebranding itself — but the song remains the same
Kyrsten Sinema epitomizes 21st-century political corruption — but she didn’t cause it
Thom Hartmann
What happened to Kyrsten Sinema? The real issue is what happened to American politics after Citizens United
Right-wing media and the pandemic: A toxic feedback loop that nurtured fascism
Chauncey DeVega
American ignorance and paranoia were already there. Then Trump, Fox News and the virus exploited them to the max
The Republicans have dug up Jim Crow’s corpse — and now they’ve married it
Chauncey DeVega
Everything about the GOP's current assault on voting rights is a throwback to the worst years of white supremacy
“Trump World” is no joke — and it wants to devour American democracy
Chauncey DeVega
Trump's inner circle really calls itself "Trump World" now. Don't laugh: It's a sign of growing power and strength
Why did prominent Democrats invite anti-LGBTQ Ukrainians to National Prayer Breakfast?
Jonathan Larsen
Officially, Amy Klobuchar and Kirsten Gillibrand invited a bunch of homophobes to breakfast. How did that happen?
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