Salon speaks to the author of "The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu" about jihadis and the heist of the century

Middle-aged mom turns belly dancer in this Tunisian delight, a sweet and sexy celebration of real women's real bodies.

My Salon essay generated a lot of hateful responses. Let's walk through the criticisms one by one

Wendy Shalit: Stop pressuring young women to have sex!
Leora Tanenbaum: Every girl is a potential "slut."

News Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys are joining forces for a 2011 tour

To pole dance, or not to pole dance: Is that the question? Readers respond to Christine Smallwood's "Girls Gone Wild."

Prosecutors in Russia on Tuesday called for three-year sentences for members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot

Progressives entangle themselves in "thickets of idiocy" trying not to judge Islam. Jon Stewart was no exception

Until this year at the beach, we never thought of being middle-aged gay men. They didn't exist when we were young

Attorney General Merrick Garland is taking seriously the threat from the Proud Boys — and the police

"Radical jihadism, radical Islamism, I think they mean the same thing," Clinton said. "I'm happy to say either"

Freedom of speech, secularism and equal rights must guide the way we discuss all religions -- and take on bigots

A Twitter rant by Richard Dawkins re-exposes a disturbing Islamophobic streak among the New Atheists

Charles Taylor reviews 'Hip Hop America' by Nelson George

When toys are gendered, all children – and eventually adults – pay the price