The drive to license academic research for profit is stifling the spread of software that could be of universal benefit.

AtRandom publisher Jonathan Karp is looking for literary revelation -- and mass readership -- from digital books.

The Tri Delta sorority is sponsoring a five-day awareness effort to help women understand the damaging impact of "fat talk."

Johnny Depp makes a mean and stupid God in yet another baffling and stupid techno-thriller. What's going on?

Let's Get This Straight: By Scott Rosenberg. Why Microsoft should think about freeing the source code to Windows.

Old-school records sounds great—but we'll need to sell a lot more of them to make up for declines elsewhere

Liberal activists have been filing complaints against hate websites — and they've been working

Yes, the speaker lashed out a bit this week. But in the long run, he agrees with the far right more than you think

Naomi Klein talks about how governments and corporations take advantage of floods, wars and other crises to implement "shock and awe" economics.

As authorities build a wall around the FTAA summit in Quebec City, anti-globalization protesters are hoping to infiltrate the discussion.

Jefferson's stirring call to arms may be the greatest text of the Enlightenment — and changed the course of history

You don't need reporting skills to thrive in the news today. All you need is a big mouth or a famous parent

Trump commuted the sentence of a Medicare fraudster who lavished gifts for years on New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez

A Nation writer defends the attack on Chick-fil-A. I have some questions for him and those who think like him

The CNN+ host appeared on "Salon Talks" to discuss his "unfiltered" new show and how COVID prompted innovation