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Rachel Leviss, Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix on "Vanderpump Rules" (Bravo)

The cost of our new reality TV heyday

Melanie McFarland
Oliver Anthony performs at the Eagle Creek Golf Club in Moyock, North Carolina, Aug. 19, 2023. (Mike Caudill for Billboard via Getty Images)

"Rich Men" versus the rest of us

Sonali Kolhatkar - Independent Media Institute
Lola Tung as Belly and Gavin Casalegno as Jeremiah in "The Summer I Turned Pretty" (Prime Video)

Why "The Summer I Turned Pretty" works

Nardos Haile
Artificial Intelligence Chatbot concept (Getty Images/Carol Yepes)

Why AI's war on language is dangerous

Norman Solomon
Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez in "Red, White & Royal Blue" (Amazon Studios)

Let's make queer cinema fun again!

Joy Saha
What We Do In The Shadows (FX)

Laszlo, our enlightened pal in "Shadows"

Melanie McFarland
Former U.S. President Donald Trump poses for his booking photo at the Fulton County Jail on August 24, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Trump was booked on 13 charges related to an alleged plan to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. (Photo by Fulton County Sheriff's Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Rogues gallery: Rating MAGA mug shots

Amanda Marcotte
Kim Cattrall in "And Just Like That" (Max)

"And Just Like That," the past is cooked

Melanie McFarland
Former President Donald Trump pauses for cheers from the crowd before speaking as the keynote speaker at the 56th Annual Silver Elephant Dinner hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party on August 5, 2023 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

What the hell happened to America?

Heather Digby Parton
Entrepreneur and author Vivek Ramaswamy gestures as he arrives to take part in the first Republican Presidential primary debate at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 23, 2023. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Candidate ChatGPT grabs the spotlight

Amanda Marcotte
Jamaal Grant as Shawn Flowers, Uzo Aduba as Edie Flowers in "Painkiller." (Keri Anderson/Netflix)

Painkiller's drug dealers who get away

D. Watkins
Donald Trump | Republican Presidential primary debate at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 23, 2023. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Skipping debates won't save Trump

Brian Karem
The stage is set for the first debate of the GOP primary season hosted by FOX News at the Fiserv Forum on August 23, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Why do Republicans even bother?

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump with "TRUMP 2024" flag (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fulton County arrests up MAGA martyrdom

Chauncey DeVega
A photo illustration depicting a preview of Tucker Carlson's interview with former U.S. President Donald Trump airing on X (formerly Twitter) on the same night of the first Republican Presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump fails to upstage first GOP debate

Sophia Tesfaye
Jennifer Aniston attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Netflix's "Murder Mystery 2" at Regency Village Theatre on March 28, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Jen Aniston is wrong on cancel culture

Nardos Haile
Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) in "Star Wars: Ahsoka" (Disney/Lucasfilm)

Ahsoka's stagnant Force grip on the past

Melanie McFarland
Roger Stone waits for the arrival of former U.S. President Donald Trump during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on November 15, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Roger Stone's hubris exposes Trump plan

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump | United States of America cracking to pieces (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Dem hopes rest on this one argument

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump watching Fox News (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Fox News)

Media is winning war against “fake news"

Dennis Aftergut, Philip Allen Lacovara
South African-American actress, film producer and model Charlize Theron on the red carpet at the world premiere of the film Fast X at the Colosseum. Rome (Italy), May 12nd, 2023 (Marilla Sicilia/Archivio Marilla Sicilia/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

Let's stop criticizing aging women

Nardos Haile
An interior view of the world's largest McDonald's restaurant and their flagship outlet in the Olympic Park on June 25, 2012 in London, England. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

The grim homogeneity of fast-food dining

Ashlie D. Stevens, Joy Saha
Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

He learned from studying Hitler's speech

Steven Rosenfeld - Common Dreams
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters at the James A. Rhodes Arena on August 22, 2016 in Akron, Ohio. (Angelo Merendino/Getty Images)

New polls show GOP is an eff-you party

Amanda Marcotte
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