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Cornell Young IV as Shaquille in "A Different World." (Daniel Delgado Jr/Netflix © 2026)

A homecoming for "A Different World"

Melanie McFarland
Donald Trump speaks during the 81st United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images)

Trump abdicates as free world leader

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump arrives during the 81st session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Sept. 22, 2026. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

After Dems win, they can crush Trump

Dan Froomkin
Milla Jovovich in "Resident Evil," directed by Paul W. S. Anderson (Rolf Konow/Sygma via Getty Images)

The "Resident Evil" films rule, actually

Coleman Spilde
A young woman drinking iced coffee (Boy_Anupong / Getty Images )

Is iced coffee unprofessional?

Ashlie D. Stevens
There is often a gap between educational idealism and the hyper-competitive reality of schooling. (Getty Images)

Wanting the best school for your kid

Alex Galbraith
Natalie Harp, executive assistant to President Donald Trump, smiles as she arrives for an official welcoming ceremony inside the grounds of Aras an Uachtarain on Sept. 12, 2026, in Dublin, Ireland. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Natalie Harp isn’t a joke anymore

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc / Adam Gray )

Ro Khanna and AOC should run in 2028

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
"Naza" (JW Films/The Guardian)

"NAZA" could be the Gaza tipping point

Coleman Spilde
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for the Defense Department's 2026 National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony on Sept. 18, 2026. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Hegseth's war on his own troops

Gregory A. Daddis
(Jonathan Knowles / Getty Images)

The $18 jarred pasta sauce era is here

Ashlie D. Stevens
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles looks on during a "Beautiful, Clean Coal" event in the Oval Office on June 4, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Susie Wiles is Trump's chief enabler

Heather Digby Parton
Sebastian Stan as Mihai Gheorghiu in "Fjord" (Neon)

"Fjord" and the myth of objectivity

Coleman Spilde
Daily life continues in Tehran, capital of Iran, amid ongoing tensions between Iran and the United States, under the impact of US sanctions, on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump's Iran war has economists aghast

Troy Farah
Donald Trump during a press conference at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The tyrant's playbook

Andrea Mazzarino
Mia Kirshner in Brian De Palma's "The Black Dahlia" (Rolf Konow/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

The curious case of “The Black Dahlia"

Melanie McFarland
A woman entering a voting polling place. (YinYang / Getty Images)

America, this is who we are. Now vote

Brian Karem
FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Sept. 15, 2026. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

How Kash’s attack dog act helps Trump

Amanda Marcotte
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to reporters outside of his Capitol office on Sept. 16, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Johnson is the GOP's top scaredy-cat

Alex Galbraith
Inde Navarrette (Brianna Bryson/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

The men who think actresses owe them

Kristen Lopez
Sen. Mitch McConnell arrives for a vote at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 14, 2026. It was his first public appearance in more than 90 days. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Mitch is back and it’s terrifying

Troy Farah
Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson at the Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco, June 7, 2026. (Arnold Jerocki / FilmMagic)

Don Jr.'s wedding, a corruption story

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Trump says he's respected. World says no

Heather Digby Parton
Ed Sheeran performs at TD Garden in Boston, Dec. 14, 2025. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

Sheeran's a coward: Can you blame him?

Alex Galbraith
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