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Rooney Mara and Kate Mara in "Bucking Fastard" (Gateway to Orkney, New York Film Festival)

Werner Herzog’s lonely hearts club film

Coleman Spilde
Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Sept. 23, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump rolls over for China's panda gift

Andrew O'Hehir
(Getty Images / Rubberball Productions)

Wife school can’t fix MAGA husbands

Amanda Marcotte
Oprah Winfrey gestures during a taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at the Sydney Opera House in Australia on Dec. 14, 2010. The episodes aired in January 2011 as part of the show's 25th and final season. (Brendon Thorne / Getty Images)

Oprah is our cultural Oppenheimer

Melanie McFarland
Some Republican candidates are starting to move away from their support of President Donald Trump and his agenda (Getty Images)

Republicans are running for the hills

Heather Digby Parton
(Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images)

Trump TV's intentional brainrot

Alex Galbraith
Merritt Wever and Robert Pattinson in "Primetime" (A24)

"Primetime" isn't Chris Hansen's story

Coleman Spilde
480 Otis walks across Brooks River in Bristol Bay, AK on Sept. 20, 2023. 480 Otis is estimated to be 27 years old and is a four time Fat Bear Week Champion. (The Washington Post / Contributor via Getty Images)

Fat Bear Week should be every week

Troy Farah
Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork in "The Monkees" (Michael Ochs Archives via Getty)

The Monkees was our first boy band

Melanie McFarland
Brian Karem in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Dec. 9, 2022. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's press ban? I've seen this show

Brian Karem
'Looksmaxxing' influencer Clavicular (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Christian Vierig)

MAGA manhood is a real danger to women

Amanda Marcotte
A Wendy's burger is seen in Ohio on Aug. 4, 2026. (Marcin Golba/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Fast food and the private equity fallout

Alex Galbraith
Cornell Young IV as Shaquille in "A Different World." (Daniel Delgado Jr/Netflix © 2026)

A homecoming for "A Different World"

Melanie McFarland
Donald Trump speaks during the 81st United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images)

Trump abdicates as free world leader

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump arrives during the 81st session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Sept. 22, 2026. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

After Dems win, they can crush Trump

Dan Froomkin
Milla Jovovich in "Resident Evil," directed by Paul W. S. Anderson (Rolf Konow/Sygma via Getty Images)

The "Resident Evil" films rule, actually

Coleman Spilde
A young woman drinking iced coffee (Boy_Anupong / Getty Images )

Is iced coffee unprofessional?

Ashlie D. Stevens
There is often a gap between educational idealism and the hyper-competitive reality of schooling. (Getty Images)

Wanting the best school for your kid

Alex Galbraith
Natalie Harp, executive assistant to President Donald Trump, smiles as she arrives for an official welcoming ceremony inside the grounds of Aras an Uachtarain on Sept. 12, 2026, in Dublin, Ireland. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Natalie Harp isn’t a joke anymore

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc / Adam Gray )

Ro Khanna and AOC should run in 2028

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
"Naza" (JW Films/The Guardian)

"NAZA" could be the Gaza tipping point

Coleman Spilde
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for the Defense Department's 2026 National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony on Sept. 18, 2026. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Hegseth's war on his own troops

Gregory A. Daddis
(Jonathan Knowles / Getty Images)

The $18 jarred pasta sauce era is here

Ashlie D. Stevens
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles looks on during a "Beautiful, Clean Coal" event in the Oval Office on June 4, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Susie Wiles is Trump's chief enabler

Heather Digby Parton
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