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Kevin McCarthy and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Sorry, Joe, McCarthy's no “decent man”

Chauncey DeVega
Ron DeSantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

DeSantis has his own book-banning troops

Amanda Marcotte
Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry on September 16, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (ACMA2020/Getty Images for ACM)

What Taylor Swift demands of her fandom

Alison Stine
David Duchovny as Arnold, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Shelley, Jonah Hill as Ezra, Lauren London as Amira, Eddie Murphy as Akbar, and Nia Long as Fatima in "You People" (Parrish Lewis/Netflix)

Where's the love, "You People"?

Melanie McFarland
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A screen at the entrance of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church displays the celebration of life for Tyre Nichols on February 1, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Lucy Garrett/Getty Images)

Death in Memphis: The cost to us all

Brian Karem
Activists march to protest the death of Daunte Wright on April 13, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. People have taken to the streets to protest after Daunte Wright, a 20-year old black man, was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

The complex simplicity of Black cops

Chauncey DeVega
Tidying Up with Marie Kondo (Adam Rose/Netflix)

Marie Kondo not a fraud, despite outrage

Melanie McFarland
US Attorney General William Barr speaks on Operation Legend, the federal law enforcement operation, during a press conference in Chicago, Illinois, on September 9, 2020. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Barr blows up Durham probe to save Trump

Heather Digby Parton
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Donald Trump | Alex Jones | QAnon Supporter (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump, conspiracy theories and guns

Chauncey DeVega
Anti-vaccine protesters gather in front of the State Capitol building during a demonstration in Albany, New York City, United States on January 5, 2022. (Eren Abdullahogulları/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Anti-vaxxers desperate with end of COVID

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

Donald Trump is the worst kind of fool

Sophia A. McClennen
American actors Cindy Williams (left) and Penny Marshall sit on their sofa laughing in a still from the television program, 'Laverne & Shirley.' (Paramount Television/Fotos International/Getty Images)

Cindy Williams, working class role model

Alison Stine
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Donald Trump and Mike Pence, in frot of Chelsea Manning and Reality Winner (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump, Pence and Biden won't go to jail

Jesselyn Radack, Kathleen McClellan
David DePape and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Thanks, GOP. Pelosi's attacker is proud

Amanda Marcotte
A photo of Tyre Nichols is positioned prior to a press conference on January 27, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The public consumption of Black pain

Chauncey DeVega
A M1A2 Abrams battle tank of the US army that will be used for military exercises by the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, is unloaded at the Baltic Container Terminal in Gdynia on December 3, 2022. (MATEUSZ SLODKOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Is Ukraine the war that went wrong?

Chris Hedges
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John Stewart, Samantha Bee, Amber Ruffin, Desus & Mero, Ziwe, Trevor Noah and John Oliver. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Heidi Gutman/Peacock/Apple TV+/Shayan Asgharnia/SHOWTIME/Greg Endries/HBO)

How to fix late-night political comedy

Shaan Merchant
Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

DeSantis triggers Trump's MAGA dissent

Heather Digby Parton
US President Donald Trump speaks as social media personalities Lynnette Hardaway (L) and Rochelle Richardson (2-L), otherwise known as Diamond and Silk listen (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

A fresh warning for Black conservatives

Chauncey DeVega
Nick Offerman in "The Last of Us" (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

"The Last of Us" finds love in the end

Melanie McFarland
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Brendan Fraser in "The Whale" (A24)

"The Whale" is a fatphobia horror film

Beth Younger - The Conversation
Kevin McCarthy, Elon Musk and Volodymyr Zelensky (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democracy, fascism and the abyss

Andrew O'Hehir
Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) in "She Said" (Universal Pictures)

The moms of doomed NYT drama "She Said"

Alison Stine
Maya Rudolf and M&Ms (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Mars Inc.)

Beneath M&M's candy-coated image switch

Melanie McFarland
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