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Mae Martin as Alex Dempsey in "Wayward" (Courtesy of Netflix)

"Wayward" and the sharp edge of self

Kelly McClure
Protesters dressed as handmaids from "The Handmaid's Tale" at the Department of Labor on Sept. 2, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Alliance, defiance, noncompliance

Nan Levinson - TomDispatch.com
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks about immigration and border security near Coronado National Memorial in Montezuma Pass, Arizona, August 22, 2024. (OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's unwelcoming note to new citizens

Chauncey DeVega
Sushi, shot in Chicago (Todd Taulman / 500px/ Getty Images)

Your Chicago dining guide, upgraded

Chaya Milchtein
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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House on Sept. 26, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Did Donald Trump get duped by Fox News?

Sophia Tesfaye
Close-up of Trader Joe's grocery store sign on building facade (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

10 Trader Joe’s treats that scream fall

Joy Saha
Ghostly woman at Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana. (wanderluster/Getty Images)

Ghost tourism profits on death’s denial

Andi Zeisler
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s Tylenol attack insults women

Amanda Marcotte
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Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob Ferguson in "One Battle After Another" (Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)

Every day is "One Battle After Another"

Coleman Spilde
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speak at the U.S. Capitol on April 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democrats seem to have grown a spine

Heather Digby Parton
(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Bettmann / Alexi J. Rosenfeld / Apic)

Trump at the UN: Yeah, that was historic

Andrew O'Hehir
A color guard during the memorial service for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Sept. 21, 2025. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The creation of a political martyr

Mike Lofgren
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President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance after Trump signed an executive order on TikTok. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's TikTok deal is not what it seems

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (pencer Platt/Getty Images)

An Ugly American berates the UN

Chauncey DeVega
A pair of UXOLao technicians walk down a new road built atop the old Ho Chi Minh Trail. After spending the day finding buried explosives, A pair of UXOLao technicians walk down a new road built atop the old Ho Chi Minh Trail in Phu Vong, Attapeu, Laos. (Jerry Redfern/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The war beneath our feet

Danae Hendrickson
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (Disney/Randy Holmes)

Jimmy Kimmel was meant for this moment

Melanie McFarland
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President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's diplomacy by insult

Brian Karem
Vice President Kamala Harris concedes the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump at Howard University on Nov. 6, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris should blame Joe Biden

Amanda Marcotte
(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / TorriPhoto / iStock)

AI is turning you basic

Dr. Sandra Matz, C. Blaine Horton
The boundaries of boundaries (We Are/Getty Images)

Set boundaries, don't weaponize them

Andi Zeisler
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"After the Hunt" (Amazon MGM Studios)

“After the Hunt”: a bold MeToo labyrinth

Coleman Spilde
Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett greet President Donald Trump after his address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

SCOTUS just told us how its term will go

Heather Digby Parton
Demonstrators march through downtown Chicago to protest President Donald Trump's threats against the city. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump looks ready to invade Chicago

Chauncey DeVega
Sydney Chandler as Wendy and Alex Lawther as Hermit in "Alien: Earth" (Patrick Brown/FX)

"Alien: Earth" and the monsters we make

Melanie McFarland
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