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Zohran Mamdani at a campaign rally in Jackson Heights, Queens, on June 21, three days before his apparent victory in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Zohran and democracy: A turning point?

Andrew O'Hehir
Natasha Lyonne (Araya Doheny/Getty Images)

Natasha Lyonne's big AI problem

Coleman Spilde
A view of the death chamber from the witness room at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility shows an electric chair and gurney August 29, 2001 in Lucasville, Ohio. The state of Ohio is one of the few states that still uses the electric chair, and it gives death row inmates a choice between death by the electric chair or by lethal injection. John W. Byrd, who will be executed on September 12, 2001, has stated that he will choose the electric chair. (Photo by Mike Simons/Getty Images)

Due process? Apparently not in Texas

Austin Sarat
Gun-control advocates hold a vigil outside of the National Rifle Association (NRA) headquarters following the recent mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 25, 2022 in Fairfax, Virginia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The long waiting after school shootings

Loren Kleinman
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A view of the partially melting glaciers as a polar bears, one of the species most affected by climate change, walk in Svalbard and Jan Mayen, on July 15, 2023. (Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Republicans and climate change

William deBuys - TomDispatch.com
Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University, Oct. 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

Even now, education can be saved

Henry A. Giroux
A collection of some of our staff picks. (Photo illustration by Salon / Courtesy of Netflix, Apple TV+, Darren Vargas, Penguin Random House)

The best of 2025 . . . so far

Kelly McClure, Natalie Moore, Coleman Spilde, Melanie McFarland, Hanh Nguyen, Erin Keane, Andi Zeisler, Amanda Marcotte, Bennett LT, Alex Galbraith, Ashlie D. Stevens
Lee Jung-jae in "Squid Game" (No Ju-han/Netflix)

Squid Game may be right about democracy

Melanie McFarland
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Mariska Hargitay as seen in "My Mom Jayne" (Courtesy of HBO)

Unraveling a famous mother's legacy

Coleman Spilde
Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats (Troy Conrad/Netflix)

Joe Rogan beef shows MAGA male fragility

Amanda Marcotte
A protester stands outside of the White House the day after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. military strikes on nuclear sites in Iran. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

The resistance is still building muscle

Chauncey DeVega
Cat reading a book (Jordan Lye/Getty Images)

We're banning cat books now?

Andi Zeisler
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President Donald Trump arrives at the NATO Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague, on June 25, 2025. (NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)

Nobody puts "Daddy" in a corner

Brian Karem
Zohran Mamdani, presumptive Democratic New York City mayoral nominee, celebrates his onstage with Rama Duwaji, Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The unhinged reactions to Mamdani's win

Sophia Tesfaye
Ayo Edebiri as Sydney "Syd" Adamu and Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina Marrero in "The Bear" (FX)

"The Bear" gets it — we're burned out

Melanie McFarland
A copy of "The Onion," a satirical newspaper, is seen on a lamppost in downtown Washington, DC on November 14, 2024. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

When fake news is dead serious

Andi Zeisler
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Donald Trump | US Supreme Court building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Supreme Court bends again to Trump

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Evangelicals push Trump on Iran

Amanda Marcotte
President Trump and Elon Musk during happier days at a SpaceX launch. This week, another rocket exploded during testing, just one part of a brutal stretch for Musk that includes AI losses, political fallout and a fraying public image. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

How will your data be deployed?

Rebecca Gordon - TomDispatch.com
Protesters march during a nationwide "No Kings" rally in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on June 14, 2025, on the same day as President Donald Trump's military parade in Washington, DC. Thousands of people rallied across the United States on June 14 as a so-called "No Kings" has sprung up against the policies of US President Donald Trump, ahead of a rare military parade on his 79th birthday. (LEANDRO LOZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

Redemptive revolution is now possible

Joel Edward Goza
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Noah Wyle and Patrick Ball in "The Pitt" (Warrick Page/Max)

"The Pitt" knows what's ailing America

Melanie McFarland
Woman holds an upside down US flag to protest against President Donald Trump outside the US Capitol ahead of his joint address to Congress in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (ALLISON ROBBERT/AFP via Getty Images)

War could tap Trump's darkest impulses

Heather Digby Parton
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2025. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Karoline Leavitt is so annoying

Amanda Marcotte
Author and cartoonist Alison Bechdel (JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

Alison Bechdel faces her sellout fears

Andi Zeisler
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