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Students want to work, but seasonal summer jobs are scarce now. Instead, they turn to unpaid internships, influencing, and the gig economy. (Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Getty Images)

Where did summer jobs go?

CK Smith
Lettuce (Getty Images/ Francesco Carta fotografo)

What does lettuce actually taste like?

Ashlie D. Stevens
Bella Ramsey in "The Last of Us" (Liane Hentscher/HBO)

"The Last of Us" tests our empathy

Melanie McFarland
A graduate holds a Kermit the Frog doll as he addressed the graduates at University of Maryland on May 22, 2025. (The Washington Post / Contributor / Getty Images)

Kermit speaks. Are we listening?

CK Smith
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Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Intimidating the free press gets pricey

Virginia Kase Solomón
Some families remember their fallen loved ones. Others are on the hunt for the best deals. (John Hudson Photography / Getty Images)

Memories for sale

CK Smith
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with Donald Trump at the White House, May 21, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

White genocide, white guilt and Trump

Andrew O'Hehir
Donald Trump | Guard tower outside the fencing of Camp 5 at the US Military's Prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Land of unfreedom: Our "Trumpy" history

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
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Tom Cruise on the set of "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" (Paramount Pictures/Skydance)

Tom Cruise’s real “Mission: Impossible”

Coleman Spilde
"Fear Street: Prom Queen" (Netflix)

“Fear Street" drowns in tropes

Andy Crump
Pete Rose as manager of the Cincinnati Reds, March 1989. (Bettmann via Getty Images)

Pete Rose: Still more Trump corruption

Mike Lofgren - TomDispatch.com
"Tucci in Italy" (National Geographic / Matt Holyoak)

Tucci's "Big Night" sequel — sort of

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Former President Donald Trump visits the Versailles restaurant in Little Havana after being arraigned at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Federal Courthouse on June 13, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

GOP cuts make Trump touch the third rail

Heather Digby Parton
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on January 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

The legacy of the proud MAGA bimbo

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

Forget Biden, focus on Trump

Brian Karem
Donald Trump on a Twenty Dollar Bill (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Beware the new "Trump bucks" distraction

Chauncey DeVega
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SAN YSIDRO, CA - MARCH 21, 2025 - - Members of the U.S. military stand in front of the border wall along the U.S. and Mexico border near San Ysidro on March 21, 2025. The U.S. Border Patrol and members of the U.S. military held a press conference to address the strengthening of the U.S./Mexico border with new barriers and concertina wire to stop the flow of migrants from entering the U.S. (Photo by Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Trump’s border war won’t stop overdoses

Melody Glenn
Michael Cooper Jr. as Justin Edwards and Lovie Simone as Keisha Clark in "Forever" (Elizabeth Morris/Netflix)

The secret to Judy Blume’s staying power

Melanie McFarland
CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk wields a chainsaw as he leaves the stage alongside Newsmax anchor Rob Schmitt at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on February 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The Elon Musk bubble has deflated

Heather Digby Parton
US President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, November 7, 2024, after Donald Trump won the presidential election. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Dealing with disease “down there”

Lucian K. Truscott IV
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Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Jill Zarin, Bethenny Frankel, Ramona Singer and Alex McCord attend "The Real Housewives of New York City" season 2 premiere party (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)

There will never be another Scary Island

Coleman Spilde
US President Donald Trump speaks about the mid-air crash between American Airlines flight 5342 and a military helicopter in Washington, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Our democracy crisis reaches a new stage

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson welcomes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump onstage at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump on a fruitless quest for vengeance

Austin Sarat
Man walking on Penrose triangle. (Getty Images / francescoch)

Don’t fight uncertainty — embrace it

Clayton Dalton
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