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A journalist watches their mobile phone showing Derek Chauvin as the verdict in his trial over the death of George Floyd is announced in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 20, 2021. - Sacked police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter on april 20 in the death of African-American George Floyd in a case that roiled the United States for almost a year, laying bare deep racial divisions. (KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Is Derek Chauvin a useful villain?

Jeff Cohen
Greg Abbott, Ron DeSantis and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Post Trump, GOP looks to Charlottesville

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

Why Biden's popularity baffles the media

Heather Digby Parton
Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) uses imagees of handguns and rifles during a hearing about gun control on Capitol Hill January 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. Shooting victim and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) delivered an opening statment to the committee, which met for the first time since the mass shooting at a Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Guns, masculinity, patriotism and race

Chauncey DeVega
Robert Downey Jr. in "Dolittle" (Universal Pictures)

Why we should celebrate our dislikes

Jonathan Gray - The Conversation
Jessie Mei Li as Alina Starkov in "Shadow and Bone" (Netflix)

The Chosen One gets bent in the best way

Melanie McFarland
Jane Colden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/WikiCommons)

The botanist snubbed by Linnaeus

Brittany Kenyon-Flatt - Massive Science
Flames and smoke rise from car set afire during protests as rioters hurled petrol bombs, fireworks and stones at police amid unrest in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on April 9, 2021. (Hasan Esen/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Northern Ireland erupts in violence

James Waller - The Conversation
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Bobby Seale in The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Niko Tavernise/NETFLIX)

"Chicago 7": Flawed but highly relevant

Matthew Rozsa
US soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division practice medical evacuation skills during a training session at the Forward Operating Base Ghazni on May 24, 2013. US-led coalition forces are winding down their operations before a scheduled withdrawal of the bulk of their 100,000 troops by the end of 2014, and racing to prepare Afghan forces to take over responsibility for security. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

An American spiritual death spiral?

Liz Theoharis - TomDispatch.com
Prince at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2009 (BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Prince will always reign

Adam Behr - The Conversation
Lewis Hamilton and Mohammed bin Salman (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Can racing star send message to MBS?

Danaka Katovich, Ariel Gold
American writer Philip Milton Roth, in New York City. (Orjan F. Ellingvag/Dagbladet/Corbis via Getty Images)

Philip Roth cancels himself

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Facebook logo seen displayed on a smartphone with 100 dollar bills in the background. (Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Media's secret deals with Facebook

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Saudi ambassador to the U.S. Princess Reema bint Bandar wait for a photo with other women leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 20, 2020. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

A message from the Saudi lobby

Brian Steiner, Leila Riazi, Ben Freeman - TomDispatch.com
Joe Biden as Ned Stark from "Game Of Thrones" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/HBO)

Joe Biden, don't pull a Ned Stark

Melanie McFarland
Clorox bleach bottle with "NEVER FORGET" instead of logo (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

One year ago: Trump said to drink bleach

Amanda Marcotte
Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor-Greene and Paul Gosar (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"America First" is the current GOP

Chauncey DeVega
US President Joe Biden gestures as he delivers remarks on the guilty verdict against former policeman Derek Chauvin at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 20, 2021. - Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted on April 20 of murdering African-American George Floyd after a racially charged trial that was seen as a pivotal test of police accountability in the United States. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

So much for Biden's "diplomacy"

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The desperation driving Tucker Carlson

Amanda Marcotte
OJ Adeyemi and daughter Adenike listen to people speak before they march through the streets after the verdict was announced for Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021 in Atlanta, United States. Former police officer Derek Chauvin was on trial on second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd May 25, 2020. After video was released of then-officer Chauvin kneeling on Floyds neck for nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds, protests broke out across the U.S. and around the world. The jury found Chauvin guilty on all three charges. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Is Chauvin verdict "justice"? Not really

Chauncey DeVega
Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The right makes Derek Chauvin a martyr

Amanda Marcotte
Trevor Noah speaks onstage during the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Trevor Noah's wit is an effective weapon

Sophia A. McClennen
Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Maxine Waters and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP attacks on Waters and white whining

Amanda Marcotte
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