"Love Is Blind" is doomed Lockdown shifts that made Netflix's romance reality show a hit may be the main reason its couples aren't making it Salon · Mar 8
"Frankenstein" needed a woman’s touch Maggie Gyllenhaal’s "The Bride!" is deeply flawed — and more exciting than any recent take on Mary Shelley's work Salon · Mar 8
In Finland, winter is a way of eating Where soup, sauna and salt turn cold into culture Salon · Mar 8
Trump’s Cabinet tries to sell a war The Trump administration’s media strategy on Iran reveals as much about the conflict’s weaknesses as its goals Salon · Mar 8
Behind Trump’s war fever lies weakness US wages fast-escalating war, with no clear motivation and no realistic plan. It isn’t fooling anyone Salon · Mar 8
The price of democracy in America A new study shows how financial stress can weaken democratic commitment and boost support for authoritarian leaders Salon · Mar 8
Trump’s war without rules As the Iran war widens, the president and defense secretary’s long support of carnage suddenly matters a lot Salon · Mar 7
Iran war enrages MAHA movement A new petition from MAHA activists call for an end to "forever wars" Salon · Mar 7
Film is — and always will be — political With studios merging and slashers becoming controversy catalysts, cinema needs to be considered a political tool Salon · Mar 6
With Iran, confusion is the point The Trump administration's jumbled reasoning for war with Iran is part of the strategy Salon · Mar 6
Mar-a-Lago face couldn't save Noem The former DHS secretary's firing shows women are disposable to Trump — no matter how hard they try to please him Salon · Mar 6
The problem with demolishing empty homes Disinvestment and white flight have led to swathes of empty buildings, but demolition has fueled more problems Salon · Mar 6
Kristi Noem out at DHS as chaos worsens Trump fires colorful symbol of his immigration crackdown after high-profile killings and alleged affair Salon · Mar 5
Tulsi Gabbard's conflict of interest The director of national intelligence has mismanaged a whistleblower complaint involving Jared Kushner and Iran Salon · Mar 5
Salon · Mar 5 Trump's latest Iran plan will backfire As the administration reportedly prepares to arm Kurds, history shows the risks of using militias for regime change
Salon · Mar 5 Voters sidelined over Middle East policy Republicans and Democrats have both carved out unpopular positions on America’s role in the Middle East
Salon · Mar 4 Iran strikes leave US travelers in lurch Over a thousand Americans have requested State Department assistance to leave the region
Salon · Mar 4 "Bridgerton" in a "Heated Rivalry" world In refreshingly different ways, these lusty pleasures have freed TV's hero romances from straight expectations
Salon · Mar 4 Candace Owens can't be stopped Erika Kirk’s defense of herself gets drowned out by “Bride of Charlie” documentary
Salon · Mar 4 Texas primary shows MAGA loves a villain Ken Paxton’s scandals helped him undermine John Cornyn as the GOP Senate primary goes to a runoff
Salon · Mar 4 ICE’s lost and found problem Detainees were told their clothing, phones, documents and money were gone — and then their lawyers went to work
Salon · Mar 3 Delete your food delivery apps I recently bid farewell to every single food delivery app on my phone. My overall well-being thanked me
Salon · Mar 3 Trump’s foreign policy has no rules The president's war with Iran proves that talk of a "Donroe Doctrine" was fiction
Salon · Mar 3 The staying power of mass deportations Polls show that tens of millions of Americans still support ICE and the president's mass deportations
Salon · Mar 3 Texas primary could rewrite Dem playbook Both Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico have a theory of politics to test