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Topic: 2021

Businessman playing with a paper airplane while the world burns (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The climate crisis report card for 2021

Matthew Rozsa
COVID-19 new lambda variant | Bunny the talking Dog | Rising sea levels (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/koto_feja/freie-kreation/Instagram/@what_about_bunny)

Salon's top science stories of 2021

Matthew Rozsa
Kyrsten Sinema, Ron DeSantis, Amy Coney Barret, Donald Trump and Chris Christie (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Salon's 2021 spicy take awards

Amanda Marcotte
Starbucks, Amazon and GameStop (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Top 10 corporate blunders of 2021

Jon Skolnik
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Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The crime wave Fox News is ignoring

Amanda Marcotte
Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

2021: The year of Marjorie Taylor Greene

Jon Skolnik
Flames rise near homes during the Blue Ridge Fire on October 27, 2020 in Chino Hills, California. Strong Santa Ana Winds gusting to more than 90 miles per hour have driven the Blue Ridge Fire and Silverado Fire across thousands of acres, grounding firefighting aircraft, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee, and gravely injuring two firefighters. More than 8,200 wildfires have burned across a record 4 million-plus acres so far this year, more than double the previous record. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Wildfire researchers are scared for 2021

Nicole Karlis
Medical masks laid out in the shape of a Christmas tree on a bottle of champagne (Getty Images)

Home alone: A New Year unlike any other

Andrew O'Hehir
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Year-end lists won't save America

Chauncey DeVega
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