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The National Institutes of Health headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. (Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump is now targeting science itself

Chauncey DeVega
Roswell Encina is surrounded by masked members of the Patriot Front, a white supremacist group (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

My subway ride with white supremacists

Roswell Encina
"Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story" (HBO)

The sex ed icon who won't go quietly

Coleman Spilde
GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"Where's Mitch?" exposes media failures

Brian Karem
Life-size replica of Noah's Ark at the Ark Encounter historically themed attraction near Williamstown, Kentucky. (Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

MAGA still says T. Rex rode Noah’s ark

Amanda Marcotte
Singer Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs attend Game Three between the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on May 23, 2026. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Taylor, Travis and the cone of silence

Andi Zeisler
Graham Platner ( Laura Brett/Getty Images)

The working-class Dems beyond Platner

Jason Kyle Howard
Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov and Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander in "Heated Rivalry" (Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max)

Why the Emmys snubbed your favorite show

Melanie McFarland
Donald Trump Jr. serves a spokesman and marketing consultant for the mail-order company GrabaGun (Romain Maurice/Getty Images)

Trump family grift now extends to guns

Heather Digby Parton
(A still from “Spirited Away.” © 2001 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli)

How “Spirited Away” inspired "Avatar"

Melanie McFarland
Madonna (XNY/Star Max/GC Images/Getty Images)

Madonna's irresistible contradictions

Coleman Spilde
Taylor Swift amongst some of her large purchases (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Gareth Cattermole / Sara Konradi for The Washington Post / Erica Denhoff / Icon Sportswire / Joan Valls)

Taylor Swift shows: no good billionaires

Amanda Marcotte
An influencer doing her thing (Francesco Carta fotografo/Getty Images)

The trademark wars of influencer culture

Andi Zeisler
President Donald Trump. (Photo by Alex Brandon/Getty Images)

Trump revives the Red Scare

Heather Digby Parton
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner (CJ Gunther/Getty Images)

Time's up for Graham Platner

Jason Kyle Howard
Reese Witherspoon in "Legally Blonde." (Tracy Bennett/MGM Pictures)

The golden ambition of "Legally Blonde"

Melanie McFarland
President Donald Trump (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Let’s fix America with grammar

Kirk Swearingen
Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton in "The Invite" (A24)

"The Invite" debunks heteronormativity

Coleman Spilde
In a new study, one GOP voter called Democrats the ‘party of Satan’ — a sign faith trumps economics (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Faith beats economy for GOP

Mike Lofgren
John Travolta in "Blow Out" (Filmways Pctures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

"Blow Out" exposes the real American way

Coleman Spilde
Vice President Kamala Harris celebrates the Fourth of July in 2024 at the White House with Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Imagining the 250th in Kamala’s America

Sophia Tesfaye
An 1801 illustration of the USS Enterprise capturing Tripolitan Corsair, layered behind ships anchored in the Gulf of Oman on June 21, 2026, as U.S.-Iran tensions eased and the Strait of Hormuz prepared to reopen. (Illustration by Salon / Shady Alassar / Anadolu via Getty Images / National Archives)

The war that defined America

Troy Farah
Louis C.K. performs during the 2025 New York Comedy Festival in New York City (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Louis C.K.'s "redemption" is complete

Melanie McFarland
Bowlers compete in the 122nd USBC Open Championships in Reno (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

How private equity destroyed bowling

Andi Zeisler
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