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Gen Z buzzwords (LiiaLonnArt/Getty Images)

Skibidi doesn't belong in the dictionary

Andi Zeisler
Donald Trump speaks during a three-hour, 17-minute Cabinet meeting, Aug. 26, 2025. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Will we even notice when democracy dies?

Mike Lofgren
Love Island USA cast members (l-r) Bryan Arenales, Amaya Espinal, Iris Kendall, Huda Mustafa, Nicolas "Nic" Vansteenberghe, Ace Green (Kim Nunneley/Peacock)

Trump has killed escapist TV

Sophia Tesfaye
Father holding newborn baby at hospital (Getty Images/SelectStock)

The secret to raising fertility rates

Chabeli Carrazana - The 19th
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Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier in "Alien: Earth" (FX)

The boy genius with a foot on our necks

Melanie McFarland
(Illustration by Salon / Kate Green / Daniel Grizelj / Getty Images))

How Swifties will take over sourdough

Ashlie D. Stevens
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Donald Trump at the White House, Feb. 13, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images))

RFK Jr. is strangling public health

Heather Digby Parton
.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro delivers remarks with President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the White House on Aug. 11, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Fox News star flounders in serving Trump

Sophia Tesfaye
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Armed members of the National Guard patrol on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Troops in the streets: A short history

Andrew O'Hehir
Lisa DeNell Cook, during a hearing ahead of her appointment to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Image)

Fired Fed governor just might beat Trump

Sabrina Haake
Federal agents on an armored vehicle, Los Angeles, July 7, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump's theater of cruelty

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
New poll says 3 of 4 Americans believe democracy is at risk and trust their political leaders even less. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Images)

Trump is conservatism’s realization

Chauncey DeVega
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Law enforcement officers search the neighborhood after a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minn. on Aug. 27, 2025. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)

GOP transphobia won't stop gun violence

Nick Fulton
Pickle lemonade (Anna Pervova/ Getty Images )

Pickle lemonade is the drink of summer

Joy Saha
Hank (Austin Butler), Lipa (Liev Schreiber) and Shmully (Vincent D'Onofrio) in "Caught Stealing" (Niko Tavernise/Sony Pictures)

Darren Aronofsky lets himself have fun

Coleman Spilde
Donald Trump speaks during a three-hour, 17-minute Cabinet meeting, Aug. 26, 2025. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump can do anything he wants

Brian Karem
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President Donald Trump attends a Cabinet Meeting at the White. House on Aug. 26, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Don't be duped by Trump's dictator jokes

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump visits the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility, Aug. 21, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

What about rural crime, Mr. President?

Kirk Swearingen
(Courtesy Dana Wisniewski-Robinson)

Your kid's dorm room is not about you

Andi Zeisler
Cracker Barrel exterior (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Don't buy the Cracker Barrel fallacy

Ashlie D. Stevens
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John Cena, Danielle Brooks and Jennifer Holland in "Peacemaker" (Erin Sintoes/HBO Max)

The heroic queerness of "Peacemaker"

Melanie McFarland
Taylor Swift kisses Travis Kelce after Kansas City defeated the Buffalo Bills to win the AFC Championship Game on Jan. 26, 2025. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Taylor Swift is not your tradwife

Amanda Marcotte
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in "With Love, Meghan" (Jake Rosenberg/Netflix)

The familiar fury at “With Love, Meghan”

Melanie McFarland
Donald Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell attend Anand Jon Fashion Show on Sept. 18, 2000, in New York City. (Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Maxwell serves Trump as she did Epstein

Amanda Marcotte
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