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A memorial and mural that honors George Floyd at the Scott Food Mart corner store in Houston's Third Ward where Mr. Floyd grew up on June 8, 2020 in Houston, Texas (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Minneapolis isn't sorry

Taylor Carik
Light Wire perform on "America's Got Talent" (Trae Patton/NBC)

Reality TV's lies about our meritocracy

Melanie McFarland
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), right, seen on the floor before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the Capitol building's House chamber in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

How Democrats can pull off a win now

Howard Dean
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How the bromance fell apart

Heather Digby Parton
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) at the U.S. Capitol Building on December 08, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The DNC's emergency moment is here

Norman Solomon
Elon Musk arrives for US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Elon's not going anywhere

Amanda Marcotte
Mario Cantone and Sarah Jessica Parker in "And Just Like That..." (Craig Blankenhorn/Max)

Midlife's a breeze for gay men on TV

Melanie McFarland
US President Donald Trump holds a tariff table as he speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House on January 24, 2019. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump 2.0 falls apart overnight

Brian Karem
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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller talks to reporters outside of the White House West Wing on May 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Stephen Miller can stay mad

Charles R. Davis
Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever and Stephanie Talbot #7 of the Los Angeles Sparks meet before the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on September 04, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

WNBA is popular for the wrong reasons

Andrew Jones
Sign near the Georgia border (Marje / Getty Images )

Can a city still surprise you?

Chaya Milchtein
U.S. President Donald Trump inspects the troops during a full honors welcome ceremony on the parade grounds at the Pentagon, on July 25, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Trump's stolen pomp and circumstance

Heather Digby Parton
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US President Donald Trump (L), Global Chairman of Pratt/Visy Industries Anthony Pratt and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (R) visit Pratt Industries during the plant's opening in Wapakoneta, Ohio on September 22, 2019. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's liquidation of US leadership

Alfred McCoy
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) speaks during a press conference at the 9/11 Tribute Museum in Lower Manhattan on October 29, 2019 in New York City. Gabbard called for the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI declassify and release 9/11 investigative documents that she claims would implicate the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the 2001 terrorist attacks. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

How Tulsi became Trump's biggest weapon

Amanda Marcotte
Benmont Tench performing with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1980 (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)

The sacred duty of playing the hits

Caryn Rose
Detective working at a desk in her office (Andrii Lysenko/Getty Images)

Stephen King gives us a relatable hero

Kelly McClure
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"Tucci in Italy" (Matt Holyoak/ National Geographic)

Stanley Tucci wants to cook together

Ashlie D. Stevens
This illustration photo created May 20, 2024 in Los Angeles shows a frame from a video posted on Donald Trump's Truth Social account displayed on a smartphone in front of a photo of the former US president. (CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's distraction machine is working

Chauncey DeVega
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) during a news conference with House Democrats about the Build Back Better legislation, outside of the U.S. Capitol on November 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Dems are too unpopular to resist Trump

Norman Solomon
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife actress Cheryl Hines are seen as Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tapped California attorney Nicole Shanahan as his running mate during an event in Oakland, California, United States on March 26, 2024. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The hidden elitism of MAHA

Amanda Marcotte
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On May 26, 2025, President Trump honors Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery just hours after posting an all-caps rant on Truth Social. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Grief shouldn't be a campaign stop

CK Smith
Protesters and fans alike crowd in to greet King Charles III and Queen Camilla during their official visit to Canada on May, 26, 2025, in Ottawa, Canada. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)

Keep calm and stay Canadian

CK Smith
Families used to gather around the single tv set in the house to catch up on "Must See TV." Now, it's mostly just individuals streaming alone. Is that okay? (Richard T. Nowitz/Getty Images)

The death of the summer rerun

CK Smith
Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes performs on July 1, 1994 in Memmingen, Germany (Fryderyk Gabowicz/picture alliance via Getty Images)

What's Up?: An anthem to our frustration

Annie Zaleski
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