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Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The Bernie-Joe bromance: Good or bad?

Norman Solomon
Lauren Boebert, Rand Paul and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP's pro-virus campaign is a success

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to speak about voting rights at the National Constitution Center on July 13, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Biden and Congressional Democrats are set to make another push for sweeping voting rights legislation as Republican state legislatures across the country continue to pass controversial voting access laws. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden's great speech isn't enough

Chauncey DeVega
Alternative milks (Getty Images/Natalia Klenova)

Alt-milks and the Italian kitchen

Michael La Corte
Donad Trump and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democrats' spending surge won't save us

Amanda Marcotte
A protester with a flare poses holding a sign calling for people to "wake up" during a "World Wide Rally For Freedom" protest, a QAnon adjacent conspiracy-theory movement. (Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

The enduring power of Trump's Big Lie

Chauncey DeVega
Brett Kavanaugh and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump realizes Kavanaugh played him

Heather Digby Parton
In this photograph taken on January 3, 2018, Afghan commandos forces patrol during ongoing US-Afghan military operation against Islamic State militants in Achin district of Nangarhar province. Afghan security forces are conducting most of the fighting against the Taliban and other insurgent groups as US troops operate alongside them in a training capacity and are frequently on the front lines. (NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

Out of Afghanistan at last — now Iraq?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Beyonce in "Black Is King" (Travis Matthews/Disney+)

What the Emmys don't get about Beyoncé

Melanie McFarland
Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

End the filibuster — save bipartisanship

Amanda Marcotte
Former US President Donald Trump walks on stage before speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas on July 11, 2021. (ANDY JACOBSOHN/AFP via Getty Images)

After the monster's ball: What next?

Chauncey DeVega
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Drone Attack (Getty Images/koto_feja)

"Traitor" to the American death machine

Chris Hedges
Zaila Avant-garde competes in the first round of the the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals in Orlando, Florida on July 8, 2021. (JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

What Zaila Avant-garde's win means

Shalini Shankar - The Conversation
Donald Trump at CPAC | Anti-vaccine rally protesters hold signs outside of Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, on June 26, 2021 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trumpers: In on the con but still duped

Amanda Marcotte
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC held at the Hilton Anatole on July 11, 2021 in Dallas, Texas. CPAC began in 1974, and is a conference that brings together and hosts conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders in discussing current events and future political agendas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump tiptoes to the line at CPAC

Heather Digby Parton
Kate Winslet in "Mare of Easttown" (HBO)

Vaping is in, smoking is out onscreen

Becky Freeman, Christina Watts - The Conversation
Thomas Doherty and Evan Mock in "Gossip Girl" (Karolina Wojtasik/HBO Max)

Finally, casual bisexuality on TV

Kylie Cheung
Sarah Shahi as Billie Connelly and Adam Demos as Brad Simon in "Sex/Life" (Netflix)

How "Sex/Life" fails miscarriage stories

Kylie Cheung
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff in "Black Widow" (Disney+/Marvel Studios)

Black Widow's excellence is infuriating

Melanie McFarland
The Go-Go's, circa 1980 (Kerstin Rodgers/Redferns/Getty Images)

The Go-Go's groundbreaking debut at 40

Annie Zaleski
Rachel Dolezal leaves the "Today Show" taping at the NBC Rockefeller Center Studios in 2017 (Getty Images/Ray Tamarra/GC Images)

No, you can't identify as "transracial"

Braden Hill, Stevie Lane - The Conversation
Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP likely to win — denial won't help

Norman Solomon
Loki (Disney+/Marvel Studios)

All hail Sylvie, not your average Loki

Melanie McFarland
Woman examining laboratory samples | Small bat hanging on a tree (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Solskin)

"Lab leak" is the new "WMDs in Iraq"

Amanda Marcotte
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