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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces a new Office of Religious Affairs as he gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2026. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Hegseth's holy war has a math problem

Amanda Marcotte
Ella Beatty as Lizzie Borden in "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story" (Netflix)

Lizzie Borden was no suffragist

Jen Chaney
(John Johnson/HBO Max)

"Lanterns" finds its power in fear

Melanie McFarland
Tom Cruise in "Digger" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

You can't solve a problem like "Digger"

Coleman Spilde
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during a campaign event at the Georgia Theater on Sept. 13, 2026 in Athens, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Jon Ossoff has what JD Vance never will

Amanda Marcotte
(L-R) Steve Zahn, Tom Everett Scott, Johnathon Schaech, Liv Tyler and Ethan Embry in "That Thing You Do!" (20th Century Fox / Everett Collection)

The fake hit song we could all agree on

Alex Galbraith
(Curly_photo via Getty Images)

Please don’t send me your robot music

Troy Farah
President Richard Nixon holding a press conference (Steve Northup/Getty Images)

The dark love affair with Richard Nixon

Heather Digby Parton
Sign outside Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, May 9, 2026. (Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Man City scandal isn't about soccer

Andrew O'Hehir
Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row, appears in an undated Tennessee Department of Correction photo. (Illustration by Salon / Tennessee Department of Correction)

Christa Pike needed competent doctors

Austin Sarat
(Courtesy of Netflix © 2026)

Maybe we've misread "East of Eden"

Melanie McFarland
Employee making a bowl at Cava (Dixie D. Vereen/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

We’re over restaurant slop

Ashlie D. Stevens
A scene from "Promising Young Woman," left, and Cornell University's campus in Ithaca, N.Y. (Illustration by Salon / Focus Features / Getty Images / Barry Winiker)

The film Cornell has people rewatching

Coleman Spilde
Donald Trump after stepping off Air Force One at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Oct. 1, 2026. (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's superpower is fading

Brian Karem
The fraternity house at the center of a rape allegation stands on the campus of Cornell University on Sept. 30, 2026. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Cornell case shows #MeToo's limits

Amanda Marcotte
The late wrestler Pac, who died Sept. 27 at 40, enters the ring during SummerSlam at Barclays Center on Aug. 20, 2017. (John Giamundo/WWE via Getty Images)

Wrestler Pac's death was a labor issue

Alex Galbraith
Contestants from left, Beth L., Rachel L., Marnie R., Merline N., Christina T., Sarina V., Belinda B., Kelly A. and Cindy I., stand onstage during "The Swan Pageant," the first-season finale of Fox's "The Swan," which aired May 24, 2004. (Courtesy Everett Collection)

How "The Swan" gave us Mar-a-Lago face

Melanie McFarland
President Donald Trump looks to Louisiana's Republican Gov. Jeff Landry as he delivers remarks on the Ratepayer Protection Pledge during a roundtable at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on July 23, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Louisiana governor's secret deals

Alex Galbraith
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Sept. 30, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's failure hides Project 2025 wins

Heather Digby Parton
Cold call fear (Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images)

The cost of scheduling conversations

Nicole Karlis
Former special counsel Jack Smith arrives to testify during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Oversight of Jack Smith’s Abuse of Authority and the Targeting of Republicans and Related Matters,” in Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

We need Jack Smith’s defiance right now

Troy Farah
Skyler Gisondo and Robert Pattinson in "Primetime" (A24)

Why Gen Z sees itself in "Primetime"

Coleman Spilde
President Donald Trump waves to the media on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 26, 2026. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

Trump can't trick voters into loving him

Amanda Marcotte
San Francisco 49ers players Eli Harold, left, Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before a game in Santa Clara, California, on Oct. 23, 2016. (Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)

Kaepernick would kneel again

Rann Miller
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