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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played for 40,000 fans in the rain at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

Seeing Springsteen in DC gave me hope

Brian Karem
E. Jean Carroll and President Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

E. Jean Carroll still terrifies Trump

Amanda Marcotte
Polling and data confirm what millions already feel — the U.S. is in an emotional free fall (zpagistock/Getty Images)

Yes, America is anxious and not OK

Chauncey DeVega
Jake Gyllenhaal (left) and Henry Cavill in "In the Grey." (42West)

Jake Gyllenhaal's masculinity crisis

Coleman Spilde
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated Sen. John Cornyn in the state's Republican Senate primary (Stewart F. House/Getty Images))

Trump will regret endorsing Ken Paxton

Amanda Marcotte
Everlane, a U.S. retailer branded as sustainable, was purchased by the online retailer Shein according to Everlane’s chief executive Alfred Chang. The company would not say how much it was sold for. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Everlane was never your friend

Andi Zeisler
People line up for early voting at a polling station at the Black Mountain Public Library in Black Mountain, North Carolina on October 21, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's latest attack on voting rights

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Trump's vulgarity poisons public life

Chauncey DeVega
Eylul Guven (left) and Iringó Réti in "Blue Heron" (Janus Films)

Why we hold onto memories

Coleman Spilde
President Donald Trump (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's big beautiful income tax dodge

Heather Digby Parton
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has been sued by a group of agency employees for proselytizing in the federal workplace (Roberto Schmidt / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

The USDA secretary forces faith on staff

Amanda Marcotte
Antony Starr in "The Boys." (Credit: Jasper Savage/Prime. © Amazon Content Services LLC)

"The Boys" bids America a grim farewell

Melanie McFarland
Fire set by demonstrators during a protest in the Lawton neighborhood in Havana, May 14, 2026. (Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's next phony war: Cuba, beware

Andrew O'Hehir
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie lost the Republican congressional primary after he was targeted by a political smear ad generated by AI (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

AI is breaking our political reality

Chauncey DeVega
Chocolate cereal pouring into green bowl with spoon on cream background (Juj Winn / Getty Images)

What in the world is Man Cereal?

Joy Saha
(Familiar Machines & Magic)

Would you trust an AI-enabled pet?

Andi Zeisler
Donald Trump uses a cellphone aboard Marine One at Leesburg Executive Airport. (Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)

Why Donald Trump loves AI so much

Kirk Swearingen
Image from "I Love Boosters" (Courtesy of NEON)

Boots Riley’s zany love letter to theft

Coleman Spilde
President Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump Exhaustion Syndrome is spreading

Brian Karem
A group of people embrace near the Islamic Center of San Diego, where two teenagers allegedly shot and killed three men on May 18. The suspects were later found dead. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Prosecute parents for kids who kill

Amanda Marcotte
Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show." Photo: Scott Kowalchyk ©2026 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.

What we lose when "The Late Show" ends

Melanie McFarland
Drake performs live on stage during day one of Wireless Festival 2025 at Finsbury Park on July 11, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Simone Joyner/Getty Images)

Drake wins, whether we like it or not

Alex Galbraith
A Ukrainian Emergency Ministry rescuer attends an exercise in Zaporizhzhia in August 2022 to prepare for a possible nuclear incident at the nearby nuclear power plant, which was seized by Russian forces in March 2022. (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

AI data center push fuels nuclear threat

Rachel Bronson
President Donald Trump (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

America's emerging anti-war consensus

Heather Digby Parton
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