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Mitch McConnell and John Calhoun (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

White supremacy and the filibuster

Carl Pope
Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson and QAnon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP on fascism: Libs made us do it!

Amanda Marcotte
Then-New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announcing his candidacy for governor alongside his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, on May 22, 2010 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Andrew Cuomo and his father: A tragedy

Jim Sleeper
Lil Nas X (Getty/Rich Fury)

Lil Nas X successfully trolls the right

Manuela Lopez Restrepo
Beverly Cleary at home in Carmel Valley, 2006. (Christina Koci Hernandez/San Francisco Chronicle by Getty Images)

Ramona Quimby is a role model for adults

Ashlie D. Stevens
Female high school students bullying classmate (Getty Images)

GOP uses trans students to hit all girls

Amanda Marcotte
Saucy Q&A (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is aioli just fancy mayonnaise?

Ashlie D. Stevens
Police crime scene investigators look for evidence (Getty Images)

True crime doesn't help women's safety

Brigittine French
Students conducting scientific experiment (Getty Images)

Women in STEM face a "confidence gap"

Jasmeen Merzaban
Mural painting illustrating "Big Brother" (Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images)

"Big government" and other deadly lies

Doug Neiss
Collage of paperback version of "Generation X" by Douglas Coupland (Fawcett Gold Medal Book)

Coupland's "Gen X" is still relevant

Diletta De Cristofaro - The Conversation
Golden ratio Fibonacci spiral in Pan African colors (iStock/Getty)

The African roots of Swiss design

Audrey G. Bennett - The Conversation
Sex workers and activists stage a protest outside Parliament in London as MPs debate a proposal to outlaw online prostitution platforms. The members of a cross-party group on prostitution argue that UK should follow the recent FOSTA-SESTA legislation in the US, which makes sex work advertising websites directly accountable for encouraging exploitation and trafficking. The protesters say that such legislation will make sex work more dangerous by forcing it out on the streets and removing access to databases of violent clients. July 04, 2018 in London, England. (Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Silicon Valley's puritanical war on sex

Jillian C. York
Woman lying in bed (iStock/Getty)

Is idleness resistance or privilege?

Ingrid Nelson - The Conversation
An employee puts a weapon on display at the National Armory gun store on April 11, 2013 in Pompano Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Roots of America's gun madness

Lucian K. Truscott IV
George W. Bush, Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is liberalism the true conservatism?

Paul Rosenberg
Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., objects to the certification of votes from Nevada in the House Chamber during a reconvening of a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Mo Brooks wants a Senate seat

Isaac Arnsdorf - ProPublica
Activists participate in a vigil in response to the Atlanta spa shootings March 17, 2021 in the Chinatown area of Washington, DC. A gunman opened fire in three spas in the Atlanta, Georgia area, the day before killing eight people, including six women of Asian descent. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

America's ugly history with Asian women

Karen Kuo, Karen Leong - The Conversation
Marriage Or Mortgage (Netflix)

Netflix's vexing "Marriage or Mortgage"

Melanie McFarland
Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

The GOP's dogwhistles are now airhorns

Amanda Marcotte
Afghan children are seen as Afghan families, who lost their family members in the suicide bombings and war, suffer life difficulties in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 19, 2021. ( Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Is U.S. changing course in Afghanistan?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Michael Moore (Getty/Noam Galai)

Why the right is mad at Michael Moore

Chauncey DeVega
President Joe Biden talks to reporters during the first news conference of his presidency in the East Room of the White House on March 25, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden shows up — media out of touch

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch
A protester holding a placard expressing her opinion in front of police during a memorial march to mark the one year anniversary since the Louisville Metro Police Department shot and killed Breonna Taylor at her home in Louisville. (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

How dissent gets criminalized

Eric Berkowitz
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