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Topic: Psychology

US President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida on February 19, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is causing massive moral injury

Michael Bader
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Doubt: A crucial act of resistance

Frenk van Harreveld
President Joe Biden shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office, Nov. 13, 2024. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump takes advantage of Dem disillusion

Chauncey DeVega
AI head. (Getty Images / Andriy Onufriyenko)

AI is making us dumber

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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This illustration photo created May 20, 2024 in Los Angeles shows a frame from a video posted on Donald Trump's Truth Social account displayed on a smartphone in front of a photo of the former US president. (CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's distraction machine is working

Chauncey DeVega
Young woman next to lighttrace face, wearing VR glasses, looking closely at the lightrace rendering. (Getty Images / Henrik Sorensen)

How virtual reality can alter the "self"

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Donald Trump on a Twenty Dollar Bill (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Beware the new "Trump bucks" distraction

Chauncey DeVega
(Maryna Terletska/Getty Images)

Saving "cute" species: It's a start!

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Large group of students at university lecture hall (Getty Images/skynesher)

Happiness has a generational gap

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump, with Sean Duffy (L), speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House on January 24, 2019. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump-MAGA experience machine ramps up

Chauncey DeVega
Supporters of US President Donald Trump gather outside of the DC Central Detention Facility, where some defendants from the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol are being held.

Trump exploits the power of sadopolitics

Chauncey DeVega
Lost wallet lying on ground. (Westend61 / Getty Images)

The psychology of the "wallet test"

Allison Carmen
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President Donald Trump winks during a meeting with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Oval Office of the White House on October 02, 2019 in Washington, DC. The two leaders will reportedly discuss 5G wireless technology and European and Arctic security during bilateral meetings and later hold a joint news conference in the East Room. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's "shock therapy" for America

Chauncey DeVega
Calm and angry woman (Getty Images/dinachi)

The power of encountering mixed emotions

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Elon Musk speaks with President Donald Trump and reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

How will Trump's chaos change the world?

Paul Rosenberg
An isolated person. (cokada / Getty Images)

Why you may feel like nothing matters

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Volunteers offering food to help the homeless. (kuarmungadd / Getty Images)

Altruism is a great survival strategy

Nicole Karlis
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, Minority leader U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters and civil rights leaders Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson lead marchers during the Bloody Sunday 60th anniversary march at Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on Sunday, March 09, 2025. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Dems need to ditch the unity pitch

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

There is only one end to MAGA dominance

Chauncey DeVega
A protester holds a sign during the rally against the Donald Trump administration during ''Not My President's Day'' protests at the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, USA, on February 17, 2025. (Aashish Kiphayet/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Amid a coup, can we build hope?

Paul Rosenberg
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U.S. Republican Presidential Candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S.-Mexico border on August 22, 2024 south of Sierra Vista, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

The spectacle of Trump's inhumanity

Chauncey DeVega
A supporter reacts to election results during an election night event for US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 5, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

"Political grief": You're not alone

Chauncey DeVega
Elon Musk VS. Mark Zuckerberg (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

It's time to ditch toxic social media

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Grieving Donald Trump's return

Chauncey DeVega
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