Hegseth's path to 2028 is no joke The defense secretary's tough-guy persona may be exactly what wins over white evangelical voters Salon · Aug 24
Being fired for resisting tech saved me Pushed out of academia by new requirements, I beat the system and helped my students Salon · Aug 24
Texas GOP cornered by Big Bend backlash Most of the state’s GOP leaders have hedged on the White House's plans for the region Salon · Aug 24
Freedom 250 ends at full throttle The inaugural DC IndyCar race capped a summer of Trump-style elaborate celebrations for America's 250th birthday Salon · Aug 23
Trump's beef plan angers ranchers Republicans warn cheaper imports could hurt American cattle producers, doing little to fix the long-term shortage Salon · Aug 23
Kids are AI "guinea pigs" in classrooms? The education secretary says AI can transform learning, even as evidence about its effectiveness remains limited Salon · Aug 23
Sean Duffy's Great American Road Grift Tag along with this YouTube road trip if you want to see America through a boring, MAGA lens Salon · Aug 23
What if the fascists win in Germany? Friedrich Merz's "firewall" hasn't stopped the rise of the ultra-MAGA AfD. It's time for a new strategy Salon · Aug 23
Trump makes the world go nuclear The president's behavior toward Iran and North Korea has incentivized other countries to develop nuclear weapons Salon · Aug 23
The internet is losing its third places Does anyone know where to hang out online anymore? Salon · Aug 23
Jason Arday and new plagiarism politics The controversy over Arday’s work reflects an ongoing trend of ideological opponents levying plagiarism accusations Salon · Aug 23
Court slashes Alex Jones damages A Texas appeals court upheld the verdict but dramatically reduced the damages Jones must pay to Sandy Hook families Salon · Aug 22
Pentagon targets "Stars & Stripes" The military paper has served troops and their families for generations and Congress protects its independence Salon · Aug 22
Cinematic silence's undeniable power Whether in Charlie Chaplin's classics or action films like "Motor City," sometimes the best dialogue is none at all Salon · Aug 22
Salon · Aug 22 MTG unloads on Trump in social media war Greene defended Carlson as a serious 2028 contender and accused Trump of betraying the movement that elected him
Salon · Aug 22 Scott Jennings is Trump’s last coup How CNN transformed the conservative pundit into MAGA’s loudest mouthpiece
Salon · Aug 22 The DEA is a bigger joke than ever The same agency accused of letting fentanyl flow freely in the U.S. is now probing Hayden Panettiere's death
Salon · Aug 22 Talarico floods Texas airwaves The Democrat has had TV nearly to himself, outspending his Republican rival more than 200-to-1 on advertising
Salon · Aug 21 The best band you've never heard Black Marble’s "Life in Small Spaces" proves once again why this synth-pop project remains a best-kept secret
Salon · Aug 21 Do we really miss Columbia House? Americans are fondly remembering the kinder, gentler music club swindles of decades past
Salon · Aug 21 GOP running out of people to blame Republicans control DC and have totally wrecked the place. Now the paint is peeling off their delusions
Salon · Aug 21 ICE gloves show Trump's revenge failure The president's deportation agenda has failed in the courts. Now he's trying to cheat the system
Salon · Aug 21 Trump's Asia retreat is China's gift The reduction of American military might in the region sacrifices decades of U.S. dominance
Salon · Aug 21 Doubting Trump's noncitizen voting claim Trump said it shows he won the 2020 election, but the 24,000 voters in question wouldn’t change the outcome
Salon · Aug 21 Trump admin amps up pressure on Cuba Marco Rubio accused Cuban mining companies of sustaining “the regime’s repressive apparatus"