Help keep Salon independent

Topic: commentary (page 241)

Rish Shah, Sophia Ali and Ved Sapru in "India Sweets and Spices" (Bleecker Street)

"India Sweets" moves beyond brown shame

Radhika Menon
Giuseppe Dell'Anno, Chigs Parmar, Crystelle Pereira and Jürgen Krauss on "The Great British Baking Show" (Netflix/Love Productions)

Handshakes all around for "Bake Off"

Melanie McFarland
Two policemen carry stretcher bearing Negro nationalist leader Malcolm X after he was downed by an assassin's bullets at a rally on February 21st. The 39-year-old Malcolm was pronounced dead at the hospital when he was taken for treatment. The assassination of the one-time Muslim official came one week after the bombing of his home on February 13th. (Getty Images / Bettmann / Contributor)

Did the FBI order Malcolm X's murder?

Bob Hennelly
Small girl writing with felt tip pen while relaxing on the carpet at home (Getty Images/skynesher)

Stop pressuring me to have more kids

Allison Jack
Advertisement:
"Rogers: The Musical" in "Hawkeye" (Marvel Studios/Disney)

I need "Rogers: The Musical" to be real

Kaitlin Thomas
Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd waves an American flag while the band performs onstage (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

What went wrong in America — sort of

Kirk Swearingen
Donald Trump | Aliens (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The real world: Stranger than sci-fi

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com
Faucet with Water Drip (Getty Images)

The politics of water

Rajan Menon - TomDispatch.com
Advertisement:
Daniel Kaluuya in "Get Out" (Universal Pictures)

No sundown towns for me this holiday

Melanie McFarland
Old gas station (Getty Images/brytta)

Looking for America — and not finding it

Brian Karem
Preparing traditional turkey (Getty Images/Boris SV)

A procrastinator's guide to Thanksgiving

Ashlie D. Stevens
Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld in "Hawkeye" (Marvel / Disney+)

No Jeremy Renner-ssance for this Hawkeye

Melanie McFarland
Advertisement:
Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump and Kyle Rittenhouse (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump knows his base needs Rittenhouse

Amanda Marcotte
Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Beyond Biden: POTUS is always unpopular

Heather Digby Parton
Demonstrates protest during "Fire Drill Friday" climate change protest on December 6, 2019 in Washington, DC. Speakers address the ways in which climate change affects migration and human rights. The movement demands fast action for a "Green New Deal," including renewable energy by 2030, and no new exploration or drilling for fossil fuels, including the end to taxpayer subsidies to oil companies. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Society can go on despite climate change

Marianne Apostolides - Undark
A makeshift memorial dedicated to missing woman Gabby Petito is located near City Hall on September 20, 2021 in North Port, Florida. A body has been found by authorities in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming that fits the description of Petito, who went missing while on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend Brian Laundrie. | A makeshift memorial is pictured along the route of the parade on W Main Street in Waukesha, Wisconsin on November 22, 2021, the day after a vehicle drove through a Christmas parade killing five people. - US authorities identified the driver suspected of plowing into a Christmas parade in the Midwestern city of Waukesha, killing at least five and wounding dozens, as media reported he was fleeing a knife fight. (Photo illustration by Salon/Octavio Jones/Mustafa Hussain/AFP/Getty Images)

Who dies when the law looks away?

Amanda Marcotte
Advertisement:
Federal officers walk through tear gas during a dispersal of about 300 protesters in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention building on August 26, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Protests continued for the 91st night in Portland as activist called for solidarity with rallies in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

America and the Rittenhouse syndrome

Jim Sleeper
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (C), D-CA, speaks during a news conference with Democratic leaders after the passage of the Build Back Better Act at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2021. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Beltway media BBB coverage: Moronic

Bob Hennelly - InsiderNJ
Participants of the war with Russia backed separatists on the east of Ukraine, activists of Right Sector, far-right movement hold flags as they march after their rally called "Stop the creeping occupation!" outside the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kiev on November 4, 2021. - Protesters warned the authorities about the danger of increasing separatism in the regions bordering Russia which might undermine the stability and territorial integrity of Ukraine. (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S., Russia near the brink in Ukraine

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Kyle Rittenhouse and Madison Cawthorn (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"Trigger the libs" or "pull the trigger"

Amanda Marcotte
Advertisement:
Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The GOP establishment strikes back

Heather Digby Parton
Crowds gather outside the U.S. Capitol for the "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Will "white freedom" destroy America?

Chauncey DeVega
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961 - 1997) sitting on a step at her home, Highgrove House, in Doughton, Gloucestershire, 18th July 1986. (Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)

How Di became the pop culture princess

Ruth Penfold-Mounce - The Conversation
A sign on Front Street that reads "COVID-19 Vaccinations / Vacuna contra el COVID-19" at the Reading Area Community College campus in Reading, PA Tuesday morning September 14, 2021 (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

America's crisis of rationality

Taylor Dotson
« Previous
Page: 241
Next »
Advertisement: