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D'Angelo performs at Brixton Academy on February 4, 2012 in London, England (Nick Pickles/WireImage/Getty Images)

D'Angelo took us to bed...and to church

Melanie McFarland
President Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Oct. 17, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Democrats are exposing Trump's weakness

Heather Digby Parton
(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Bettmann / Andrew Harnik / Neal McNeil / Library of Congress)

Kash Patel: Making the FBI scary again

Andrew O'Hehir
Jerry Stiller and Ben Stiller in an archival image from “Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost" (Apple TV+)

Ben Stiller's cinematic love letter

Coleman Spilde
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Muhammad Ali speaking with reporters after his 1967 federal indictment for refusing to be inducted into the U.S. armed forces. (Bettmann via Getty Images)

What became of Black celebrity activism?

Jerel Ezell
Former President Barack Obama speaks during day two of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Obama warns of America's breaking point

Chauncey DeVega
Living alone together (Alan Thornton/Getty Images)

Live apart, stay together

Andi Zeisler
President Donald Trump holds a press availability on Oct. 15, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump puts despotism at our doorstep

Brian Karem
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is filmed observing Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests in Portland, Oregon. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

Noem is leading Trump's police state

Heather Digby Parton
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani visits "The Story With Martha MacCallum" at Fox News Channel Studios on October 15, 2025 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

How the left can win on cable news

Sophia Tesfaye
An anti-I.C.E. protester in a frog costume holds a sign at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on October 12, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

Protest frogs are absurdly serious

Andi Zeisler
"Murdaugh: Death in the Family" (Disney/Daniel Delgado Jr.)

We're all living in Murdaugh Country now

Melanie McFarland
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Demonstrators at a "No Kings" protest in Montpelier, Vermont. (John Lazenby/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

No Kings protests offer hope — and peril

Chauncey DeVega
Churches have been put on notice, under Trump administration guidance, that immigrants can be arrested during services. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is obstructing freedom of worship

Liz Reiner Platt, Rev. Fred Davie
An anti-ICE protester in a frog costume holds a sign on October 12, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

Trump may bring the war home

Charles R. Davis
Diane Keaton as Sybil Stone in "The Family Stone" (20th Century Fox)

Diane Keaton's tender onscreen goodbye

Coleman Spilde
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting on Oct. 9, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Hegseth’s press crackdown is backfiring

Sophia Tesfaye
A Turning Point USA event at Virginia Tech University on Sept. 24, 2025 (ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA's halftime show reveals desperation

Amanda Marcotte
Supreme Court Justice John Roberts (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

John Roberts is dismantling America

David Daley
Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett greet President Donald Trump after his address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

We're facing a dire legal emergency

Heather Digby Parton
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Tim Robinson as William Ronald Trosper in "The Chair Company" (Sarah Shatz/HBO)

"The Chair Company" is peak Tim Robinson

Melanie McFarland
Joe Rogan and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Sports bros step in to defend Trump

Sophia Tesfaye
Demonstrator with a baby Trump balloon in front of City Hall in Los Angeles during “No Kings” protest, July 4, 2025. (Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images)

Humor: Antidote for MAGA male rage

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
John Candy, as seen in "John Candy: I Like Me" (Amazon MGM Studios)

John Candy lived to make us feel better

Coleman Spilde
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