The prescriptive comforts of "The Pitt" HBO Max’s hit drama offers a vision of care and connection amid expanding national trauma Salon · Jan 8
ICE killing of Good sparks conspiracies Many in MAGA world are spinning the shooting of Renee Good as “self-defense” Salon · Jan 8
War is fashionable again for the GOP The right's detour into pacifism under Trump was never going to stick Salon · Jan 8
America needs a moral reckoning in 2026 Defeating Trumpism requires fluency in moral language Salon · Jan 8
Navigating the worst flu season in years A mutated flu strain is pummeling patients. Avoiding getting sick won't be easy Salon · Jan 8
MAGA wants to be a colonial power First Venezuela, now Greenland: Trump is promoting an international Manifest Destiny updated for the 21st century Salon · Jan 7
Sorry, GOP. There's no Christian revival Republicans are betting the midterms on mass conversions that aren't happening Salon · Jan 7
Trump's Surgeon General pick is "grift" Casey Means’ promotion of supplements and pseudoscience worry medical professionals Salon · Jan 7
An exhausted strongman invades Venezuela Trump's political style requires force and swagger. His "splendid little war" was meant to prove he still has both Salon · Jan 6
We learned nothing from Jan. 6 Evidence Trump tried to overturn the election 5 years ago is “overwhelming.” There haven't been any consequences Salon · Jan 6
The mass media's blind spot on Venezuela Iraq-era mistakes of blind deference by the mainstream press are back Salon · Jan 5
In defense of jarred garlic Embrace the shortcuts that let you feed yourself well — without shame or snobbery Salon · Jan 5
MAGA sex weirdness fuels day care hoax The racism underlying MAGA's latest obsession is intertwined with misogyny Salon · Jan 5
Trump has declared war — on the Kennedys From Jack and Jackie to Bobby, Ted and Eunice, Trump is on a rampage against the Kennedy legacy Salon · Jan 4
Salon · Jan 3 Venezuela: Trump's latest crime scene A blatantly corrupt, anti-democratic and illegitimate president stages a criminal coup. He's not named Maduro
Salon · Jan 3 Grocery stores are about to get worse Supermarkets face new SNAP restrictions from Republicans — and everyone might pay the price at checkout
Salon · Jan 3 America at 250 needs many stories The country is fractured. Can we really celebrate its birthday?
Salon · Jan 3 Trump is causing MAGA collateral damage The president's veto of a bipartisan Colorado clean water project is hurting his own voters
Salon · Jan 2 Do women love "Heated Rivalry" too much? The female fans who led the charge in making the gay hockey romance a hit are also the ones policing its subjects
Salon · Jan 2 Trump is not putting on the brakes Even as he falters, 2026 will be a make-or-break year for the president — and the country
Salon · Jan 1 Dance changed how I eat — for the better This year, I chased sweat with sandwiches and discovered joy in hunger again
Salon · Jan 1 Trump’s cultural coup is doomed to fail Artists are protesting Trump's Kennedy Center takeover — and creating art in defiance of his repression
Salon · Jan 1 AI data centers' double-edged sword The data center buildout is papering over the economy most Americans are living with
Salon · Dec 28, 2025 Kennedy Center culture war is now online Part prank, part protest, this move serves as a reminder that culture wars always end up in the digital world