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Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus perform onstage during the 61st Annual Grammy Award (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images)

Dolly Parton covers everyone should hear

Melanie McFarland
Rahm Emanuel, Taylor Swift, Enes Kanter Freedom, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Shannon Finney / Win McNamee / Christian Bruna / Jared Siskin / Patrick McMullan / Jamie McCarthy)

The era of eternal celebrity

Alex Galbraith
Dolly Parton performs Best Song nominee "Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica" at the 78th Annual Academy Awards. (M. Caulfield / WireImage)

The Dolly song that can’t be forgotten

Coleman Spilde
Brad Reinhart, Senior Hurricane Specialist, tracks Tropical Storm Arthur at the National Hurricane Center on June 17, 2026, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Will Hurricane Dolly hit Mar-a-Lago?

Troy Farah
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speak at a press conference. June 11, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Will Dems waste a golden opportunity?

Brian Karem
A tarp and scaffolding covers the name of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on June 30, 2026. (Al Drago for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump's new Kennedy Center threat

Heather Digby Parton
(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto / Thomas Jackson)

The high cost of MAGA manhood

Amanda Marcotte
HBO Max (Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

HBO Max is losing cred to vertical video

Coleman Spilde
Dolly Parton performs during halftime in the game between the Washington Commanders and the Dallas Cowboys on Nov. 23, 2023. (Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images)

No one can follow in Parton's footsteps

Alex Galbraith
Tim Curry, 1974 (Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Tim Curry's devilish charm

Melanie McFarland
Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson in "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" (MUBI)

"Camp Miasma" withers in metaphor Hell

Coleman Spilde
Dolly Parton performs onstage in Los Angeles, circa 1975. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Dolly embodied Appalachia's best parts

Jason Kyle Howard
indsay Clancy listens to testimony during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court on August 11, 2026. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Lindsay Clancy trial exposes MAGA lies

Amanda Marcotte
Dolly Parton as Angel in "Christmas on the Square" (Courtesy of Netflix © 2020)

Dolly Parton gave TV a special sparkle

Melanie McFarland
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference in Ottawa, Ontario, on Aug. 22, 2026, after trade talks with the U.S. collapsed. (Dave Chan / AFP)

Canada's not for sale

Heather Digby Parton
Phinehas Yoon, Akira Jackson and Noah Toth in "It Ends" (Neon)

"It Ends" beat Hollywood at its own game

Coleman Spilde
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appears at the Iowa State Fair during a campaign event for Zach Nunn, the Republican candidate for Iowa's third Congressional District Zach Nunn (R) on Aug. 17, 2026. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Hegseth's path to 2028 is no joke

Amanda Marcotte
Some colleges and universities are transitioning to asynchronous learning via technology through management systems like Canvas (Hill Street Studios/Getty Images)

Being fired for resisting tech saved me

Susan Shapiro
Rachel Campos-Duffy and Sean Duffy attend the Uber America250 Party on July 02, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Uber)

Sean Duffy's Great American Road Grift

Melanie McFarland
Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD's top candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, campaigning in July 2026. (Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

What if the fascists win in Germany?

Andrew O'Hehir
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump makes the world go nuclear

Heather Digby Parton
After losing internet third spaces due to social media, there is now an effort to bring them back. (Richard Drury/Getty Images)

The internet is losing its third places

Alex Galbraith
Alan Ritchson and Shailene Woodley in “Motor City.” (Courtesy of Independent Film Company.)

Cinematic silence's undeniable power

Melanie McFarland
Terrance Cole, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration holds a folder reading "Fentanyl free America" during a news conference with law enforcement officials outside the federal courthouse in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on July 20, 2026. (Photo by Leonardo MUNOZ / AFP via Getty Images)

The DEA is a bigger joke than ever

Troy Farah
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