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Feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem sits in her New York City apartment, Nov. 2, 1990. (Barbara Alper / Getty Images)

Gloria Steinem dead at 92

Melanie McFarland
Emily Rossum in "Furious" (Disney)

Women's rage is in season again

Melanie McFarland
Protest against the termination of Temporary Protected Status for the Haitian community, Foley Square in New York City, Aug. 28, 2026. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's cruelest act yet

Heather Digby Parton
(L-R) Robert De Niro as Peter Willis, Adam Scott as Tom Kennedy and Michelle Monaghan as Amanda Beck in The Whisper Man (David Lee / Netflix © 2026)

Why Netflix only champions crap

Coleman Spilde
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Democratic nominee for the US Senate, speaks at the Democratic Nominating Convention in Lansing MI, on August 29th, 2026. (Katie McTiernan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Abdul El-Sayed was right about 9/11

Alex Galbraith
An Amazon Web Services data center in Stone Ridge, Virginia, seen on Aug. 26, 2026. Data centers' economic benefits versus their energy and water demands have become a debate ahead of the midterms. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Data center rebellion causes tech panic

Amanda Marcotte
Lindsay Clancy and defense attorney Kevin Reddington listen to testimony at Plymouth Superior Court, Aug. 18, 2026. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Lindsay Clancy and a system on trial

Jesselyn Radack
President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. (Aaron Schwartz / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump pounces on the press in a panic

Sophia Tesfaye
Mural in Caracas depicting an oil pumpjack against a Venezuelan flag. (Pedro Mattey/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's slimy Venezuela oil deal

Heather Digby Parton
Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, son of imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro, greets supporters at the Brasília airport, May 28, 2026. (Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images)

US backs autocrats, calls it democracy

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Cairo Cash Lee in "Lanterns" (John Johnson/HBO Max)

The familiar double standard in Lanterns

Melanie McFarland
Anti-Trump protesters in Nathan Phillips Square near Toronto City Hall, March 22, 2025. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Why Canada is ready to fight

Andrew O'Hehir
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a campaign rally as part of his "New American Dream Tour" in Beeville, Texas, on Aug. 22, 2026. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)

Voters are finally over MAGA corruption

Amanda Marcotte
Attendees react during a public comment meeting over xAI's permit application to use gas turbines for a new data center in Tennessee. (Brandon Dill / Getty Images)

Big Tech's "local control" con

Nicholas Liu
Will Forte in "Coyote vs. Acme" (Ketchup Entertainment)

It's critical you see "Coyote vs. Acme"

Coleman Spilde
Lena Dunham attends the New York premiere of the sixth and final season of "Girls" on Feb. 2, 2017. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

What defines millennial television?

Alex Galbraith
White supremacists carry torches during a march at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug. 11, 2017, the night before the "Unite the Right" rally. (Zach D Roberts / NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The GOP's "blood and soil" obsession

Heather Digby Parton
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
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