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Maikel Garcia of Team Venezuela defeating Team USA in the 2026 World Baseball Classic championship game. (Daniel Shirey/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Baseball resists the war mindset

Alex Galbraith
Jack Russell Terrier proudly holding a poop bag dispenser in his mouth (Anna Reshetnikova/Getty Images)

Whose dog poop is in your trash can?

Andi Zeisler
President Donald Trump receives the traditional bowl of shamrock from Taoiseach of Ireland Micheál Martin in the East Room of the White House, March 17, 2026. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Irish leader survives Trump ordeal

Andrew O'Hehir
GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

ICE “course correction”? Mullin isn’t it

Amanda Marcotte
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Women thrown under the bus (Deagreez/Getty Images)

The women who belong under the bus

Andi Zeisler
A protester joins the "No Kings" rally in Moscow, Idaho, in June 2025. (Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Even MAGA country is protesting Trump

Chauncey DeVega
A dark smoke cloud engulfs destroyed vehicles near an ongoing fire following an overnight airstrike on the Shahran oil refinery in northwestern Tehran on March 8, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is weaponizing climate change

Troy Farah
Michael B. Jordan accepts the Actor in a Leading Role award for "Sinners" onstage during the 98th Oscars (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

An (almost) optimistic Oscars

Coleman Spilde
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The Trump administration has refused to rule out ground troops in Iran (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

Draft talk returns to Washington

Chauncey DeVega
Nina Kiri in "Undertone" (Dustin Rabin/A24)

Horror's crucial less-is-more lesson

Coleman Spilde
President Donald Trump and Kaiser Wilhelm II (Illustration by Getty Images/Salon)

When a narcissist led the world into war

Andrew O'Hehir
President Donald Trump ( Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump's Strait of Hormuz problem

Heather Digby Parton
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James Murdoch, Elisabeth Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch (Tom Stoddart/Getty Images)

"The Murdochs" is a messier "Succession"

Melanie McFarland
Fire breaks out at the Shahran oil depot in Tehran after U.S. and Israeli attacks, March 8, 2026. (Hassan Ghaedi/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Why the Iran war was inevitable

Mike Lofgren
As the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran continue and the number of American casualties climbs, President Donald Trump is insisting everything is fine. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Reality doesn't matter to Trump

Brian Karem
(L to r) Michael B. Jordan and director Ryan Coogler behind the scenes of "Sinners" (Eli Adé/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Please prove me wrong, Oscars. Please!

Melanie McFarland
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is known for his chest-thumping (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth's manly act is backfiring

Amanda Marcotte
Frustrated woman considers her options. (sukanya sitthikongsak/Getty Images)

Is living with men worth it?

Andi Zeisler
Stephen Miller and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The long war on the American left

Heather Digby Parton
Timothée Chalamet attends the 98th Oscar Nominees Luncheon (Monica Schipper/WireImage/Getty Images)

The Trumpification of Oscars season

Coleman Spilde
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(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images)

GOP doesn't care about parents' rights

Amanda Marcotte
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has been one of the biggest advocates for war against Iran with President Donald Trump (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Lindsey Graham: Trump's little war devil

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump addresses the nation on Dec. 17, 2025. (Doug Mills / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s dangerous moral crusade

Chauncey DeVega
Tracey Emin pictured with "The End of Love" at the "Tracey Emin: A Second Life" exhibition at Tate Modern (Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Tracey Emin is still a glorious mess

Andi Zeisler
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