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Jason Kyle Howard

Jason Kyle Howard is Salon’s Senior Ideas Editor. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, The New Republic, Washington Monthly, The Nation and in other publications, as well as on NPR. He is the author of “A Few Honest Words: The Kentucky Roots of Popular Music” and coauthor of “Something’s Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal.” Howard teaches at Berea College and Spalding University.

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In his campaign for the U.S. Senate, Texas state Democratic Rep. James Talarico wants to "fundamentally change our politics." (Mikala Compton/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Democrats should go all-in on Texas — and Talarico

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Democrats were divided in their responses to Trump's State of the Union (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The State of the Union keeps exposing Democrats’ biggest problem

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Jesse Jackson campaigns for the 1988 Democratic nomination for president (Jean-Louis Atlan/Sygma via Getty Images)

How Jesse Jackson made room for white workers

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Border Patrol "commander at large" Gregory Bovino is flanked by his security team and protesters in Minnesota on Jan. 21, 2026. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump’s Minneapolis reset isn’t real

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Security forces are seen during a pro-government rally on Jan. 12, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. (Stringer/Getty Images)

Iran at the breaking point: What’s next?

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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy

Trump has declared war — on the Kennedys

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Lena Headey as Fiona Nolan in "The Abandons" (MATTHIAS CLAMER/Netflix)

10 culture comforts to beat the post-holiday blues

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Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., ahead of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

In attacking Mark Kelly, Trump is elevating a 2028 contender

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President Donald Trump meets with New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office on Nov. 21, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Donald Trump always falls for a handsome man in a suit

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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during a Senate hearing on June 24, 2025. (ill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Jon Ossoff bets his 2026 race on protecting ACA subsidies

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at the Capitol on Oct. 21, 2025. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Even establishment Democrats say Chuck Schumer must go

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Then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., outside the White House on Dec. 11, 2018. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Nancy Pelosi knew her power. Why don’t Democrats?

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Baseball dreamin' (Marcia Straub/Getty Images)

One writer’s plan to rescue baseball from itself

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Charlie Kirk appears at Utah Valley University Sept. 10, 2025, minutes before a gunman opened fire. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

After Charlie Kirk’s murder, what lies ahead could be terrible

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Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, flanked by D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, speaks at a press conference on Aug. 15, 2025. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

DC now faces all-out assault from the House GOP — and needs a fighter

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First Lady Melania Trump attends a roundtable discussion at the Capitol. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Was Melania’s letter to Putin written by ChatGPT? We read closely for clues

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U.S. President Joe Biden walks on the south lawn of the White House on September 04, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Just lean in, Joe: Biden needs to embrace his old age

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Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Another Trump win in his proxy war with Ron DeSantis

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28, 2023. (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s looming potential indictments pose a big question for the media: How to cover his campaign?

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Members of the public queue along the South Bank of the River Thames, opposite the Palace of Westminster, as they wait in line to pay their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II (MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

An American in Queen Elizabeth’s funeral queue: Why I went, and what I found there

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Pallbearers carry the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as the hearse arrives at St. Giles' Cathedral after the procession from the Palace of Holyroodhouse on September 12, 2022 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Russell Cheyne - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth’s final act, in Scotland: What will her death mean for the union?

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No more reader-in-chief: After Obama, Trump the nonreader amounts a real national loss

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A rural man grieves Hillary Clinton’s defeat: Her strength gave hope to outsiders like me

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“Queer sexual bodies are despised”: Garth Greenwell on writing his debut novel and why everything comes back to Kentucky for him, “for better and for worse”

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