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People shop at a retail store in New York. Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, the biggest monthly increase since June 2022. (Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Wake up, Dems: Hammer Trump on inflation

Austin Sarat
First Lady Melania Trump departs the White House with President Donald Trump. ( Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The weird sexism of Melania's Putin plea

Amanda Marcotte
Trump and Putin meet in Alaska for supposed peace talks. No resolution, a brief no-question press conference, and maybe Moscow next time. Zelenskyy noticeably absent and uninvited to meet Trump next week. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

What peace looks like to Putin and Trump

Ronald Suny - The Conversation
Italian panino (Alexander Spatari / Getty Images)

The free panini press that saved dinner

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Neil Young, 2025 ( Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images)

Neil Young proves live music is better

Caryn Rose
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Democrats need New Deal-style politics

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump; Martin Luther King, Jr. (Reuters/Rick Wilking/AP/Bill Ingraham/Salon)

Trump is spitting on MLK's grave

Clarence Lusane - TomDispatch.com
"South Park" (Comedy Central)

“South Park” & the price of free speech

Melanie McFarland
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Burnt grilled cheese a la Nate's creation from "The Devil Wears Prada" (Karl Tapales / Getty Images)

Cinema's most toxic grilled cheese

Francesca Giangiulio
Members of the National Guard patrol near the Capitol and Union Station on Aug. 14, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump's DC actions scratch an old itch

Sabrina Haake
A Florida prison corridor is lined with jail cells (Getty Images)

Florida's cruel and unusual punishment

Tanya Rey
Yellow organic butter stick in a golden foil pack (Dorin Puha / Getty Images )

When did butter become so luxe?

Joy Saha
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Horacio Romero of Toledo, Ohio, looks at algae in Lake Erie at Maumee Bay State Park on Aug. 4, 2014. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

Toxic algae are back. We're all at risk

Patrick Wensink
The USAID logo on a machine that processes recycled plastic into construction blocks at the Pasig Eco Hub, Metro Manila, Philippines. (Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

How Trump is making America look weak

William deBuys - TomDispatch.com
President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's "American Hell" is everywhere

Brian Karem
US conservative author Candace Owens speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2022 (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida on February 25, 2022. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Candace Owens can't quit trans lying

Amanda Marcotte
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Sarah Jessica Parker in "And Just Like That" (Craig Blankenhorn/Max)

A woman alone at the end of her story

Melanie McFarland
McDonald's french fries packaging (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

When McDonald's invades the hospital

Ashlie D. Stevens
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to President Donald Trump's address during a tour to an unfinished section of the border wall on June 30, 2021 in Pharr, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump, Abbott bring autocracy to Texas

Chauncey DeVega
People lay flowers at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial after a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary ceremony of the atomic bombing on Aug. 6, 2025. (Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images))

Hiroshima remains an ongoing nightmare

Eric Ross - TomDispatch.com
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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Don't forget what we owe Ukraine

Sabrina Haake
Luxury perfume (luza studios / Getty Images )

Strawberry milk, now $1,000 a bottle

Francesca Giangiulio
President Donald Trump announced his decision to place Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department under federal control on August 11, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump's DC takeover is an ominous move

Chauncey DeVega
Gwyneth Paltrow (Lexie Moreland/WWD via Getty Images)

Gwyneth was always going to be a villain

Andi Zeisler
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