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Angelina Jolie as Maxine Walker in "Couture" (Vertical Entertainment )

Angelina Jolie rethinks aging onscreen

Coleman Spilde
Republicans are attacking Pride Month — and marriage equality (Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

Nuclear Family Month shows MAGA paranoia

Amanda Marcotte
Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu, Jeremy Allen White as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto. Credit: FX (Copyright, 2026, FX. All Rights Reserved)

"The Bear" shows what's humanly possible

Melanie McFarland
Haley Joel Osment in "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Spielberg’s "A.I." foretold our solitude

Coleman Spilde
According to a new poll, 53% of Americans are in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP via Getty Images)

Impeachment is the way to stop Trump

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump | US Supreme Court (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

SCOTUS is done with immigrant rights

Chauncey DeVega
Milly Alcock and Matthias Schoenaerts in "Supergirl" (Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Why the DCU won't let "Supergirl" win

Coleman Spilde
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Hegseth escalates his military purge

Chauncey DeVega
Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld in "Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness" (Photograph by John Johnson/HBO)

Larry David's all-American reality check

Melanie McFarland
President Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The "Weekend at Bernie's" presidency

Brian Karem
MAGA influencer Tucker Carlson (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Tucker Carlson is not leaving the GOP

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump and Barack Obama (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Obama trolls Trump back

Sophia Tesfaye
Amy Griffin (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Amy Griffin)

"The Tell" never told the whole story

Andi Zeisler
Tulsi Gabbard (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Tulsi Gabbard was in more than one cult

Heather Digby Parton
Vice President JD Vance ( Caylo Seals/Getty Images)

Vance and the white working-class myth

Chauncey DeVega
A '90s-style feral summer (Lisa5201/Getty Images)

Side-eyeing the '90s summer trend

Andi Zeisler
"House of the Dragon." (Courtesy of HBO)

Without dragons, TV fantasy wouldn't fly

Melanie McFarland
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has turned green with algae bloom (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Why MAGA buys the Reflecting Pool hoax

Amanda Marcotte
President Donald Trump is flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

After Iran, Trump is desperate for a win

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Aug. 22, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's MAGA brand is fading

Chauncey DeVega
John Early in "Maddie's Secret" (Magnolia Pictures)

"Maddie's Secret" is perfectly imperfect

Coleman Spilde
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth salutes graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy on May 23, 2026 in West Point, New York. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Hegseth wants to turn back the clock

Chauncey DeVega
Woody and Buzz Lightyear in "Toy Story 5" (Pixar)

"Toy Story 5" can't conquer tech

Coleman Spilde
(SnowInSummer/Getty Images)

What global superpower? America quits

Andrew O'Hehir
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