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12 surprising facts about Mel Brooks on his 95th birthday
Mark Mancini
Brooks is a 10,000-trick pony who has made us laugh as a performer, writer, musician, and, of course, a director
Imperfect conception: From “Friends” to “Trying,” what TV gets right (and wrong) about infertility
Ashlie D. Stevens
As more shows deal with the fraught subject of "we can't have a baby," there are some myths that need busting
For the “Gossip Girl” and “Sex and the City” reboots to work, they must learn from past mistakes
Kylie Cheung
Both shows must reckon with racism and general problematic-ness from their original iterations
The judge who jailed Black children for a crime that doesn’t exist
Meribah Knight, Ken Armstrong
Judge Donna Scott Davenport, who oversees a juvenile justice system, says kids face consequences that adults don't
Stress in utero: COVID chaos and babies’ future health
Paul Tullis
The impact of unusually high in-utero stress might persist for decades in some U.S. babies born during the pandemic
My breast implants are making me sick — and I’m not alone
Pamela Appea
It's not in our heads: More women are speaking up about how their breast implants are making them ill
“Hawking Hawking”: A humanizing portrait of Stephen Hawking
Dan Falk
In “Hawking Hawking,” Charles Seife explores the life of the celebrated physicist, and his love of the limelight
Climate-change transition in the Age of Billionaires
John Feffer
Can we create a world of solidarity economics or are we doomed to climate profiteering?
Brace yourself for the Bill Cosby media redemption tour
Melanie McFarland
In the comedy world he may still be persona non grata. But can TV news divisions resist the ratings he'd pull in?
GOP pollster Frank Luntz claimed to be impartial — but was paid by Ted Cruz during 2018 Texas race
Zachary Petrizzo
Tucker Carlson has blasted GOP pollster (and Kevin McCarthy pal) as a "fraud." Turns out he may have a point
America’s gun madness: How guns went from tools to ideology to identity
Lucian K. Truscott IV
I was taught to handle and shoot guns as a boy. But the insane, murderous gun culture of today is something new
A tribute to “Star Wars” badass Fennec Shand, a Force-free hero more aspirational than any princess
Melanie McFarland
Carrie Fisher walked so that Ming-Na Wen could run with the mercenaries. We raise a glass of blue milk in her honor
15 things you might not know about “Catch-22”
M. Arbeiter
A few interesting facts about both how Joseph Heller’s story came to be and the legacy that it left behind
![Descartes' (1596-1650) idea of vision, [1692]. The passage of nervous impulses from the eye to the pineal gland and so to the muscles. From Rene Descartes' Opera Philosophica (Tractatus de homine), 1692. (Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)](https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2021/05/descartes-pineal-gland-0514211.jpg "How the pineal gland became an obsession for both spiritualists and sci-fi writers")
How the pineal gland became an obsession for both spiritualists and sci-fi writers
Matthew Rozsa
The endocrine gland has become culturally linked with metaphysics, drug-induced states, and even time travel
An appreciation of Björk’s swan dress, 20 years later
Manuela Lopez Restrepo
With red carpets relegated to Zoom, we can only hope to recapture the spirit of such camp plumage post-pandemic
How McDonald’s Szechuan Sauce went from a “just fine” ’90s relic to a riot-causing cult condiment
Ashlie D. Stevens
Parallel to Szechuan Sauce's rise to fame is a complex narrative about the Americanization of "global" flavors
The saga of Dennis Kucinich: When one man stood up to corporate power — in 1970s Cleveland
Chris Hedges
More than 40 years later, Dennis Kucinich tells the remarkable tale of his battle with Cleveland's power brokers
Biden promised a return to diplomacy — instead, he’s appeasing the hawks and neocons
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Biden took office vowing a new era in foreign policy, but so far it's the same old dangerous American hubris
Capturing how Aretha Franklin could “alchemize her pain into sonic gold”
Melanie McFarland
Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks spoke to Salon about finding the genius of synthesis in the musical legend
No, Joe Biden and schools didn’t “cancel” Dr. Seuss – but the right wants you to think they did
Ashlie D. Stevens
Would you, could you cancel Dr. Seuss? One book, six books have been set loose
11 facts about Napster
Kristy Puchko
Decades after its meteoric rise and spectacular fall, let’s look back at the highs and lows that defined Napster
Uber-corporate Democrat Rahm Emanuel as a top U.S. diplomat? Oh, hell no
Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
Joe Biden keeps hinting he'll give the toxic former Chicago mayor a job. Haven't Democrats had enough of this guy?
A (culture) war of desperation: Without Trump, Republicans wage their last stand
Heather Digby Parton
Trump let the racist genie out of the bottle
Pollster Frank Luntz concealed his work for GOP in 2020 L.A. Times op-ed: Will media ever learn?
Zachary Petrizzo
Luntz embarrasses another media outlet by not revealing who's paying him. Why do they keep falling for his act?
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