“I’m not drinking right now”: Sometimes even non-alcoholics need to stop
I never got a DUI, fell down drunk or even had a hangover. That doesn't mean I didn't have a drinking problem
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 11:00 PM UTC 0Life LIFE NEWS
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The inmate I can't forget
We were sick people struggling with addiction; but Mike paid much more dearly for his choices than I did
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I’m a pedophile, but not a monster
I'm attracted to children but unwilling to act on it. Before judging me harshly, would you be willing to listen?
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 10:59 PM UTC 0Life 10 Best Personal Essays 2015
6 of the year’s most outlandish drug smuggling attempts
There's no end to what people will do to get drugs into the country. Watermelon weed, anyone?
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 10:58 PM UTC 0Life AlterNet, Drugs, drug smuggling
Best TV of 2015: The relationships, big and little, that made TV worth watching
It’s not always just a character that gets you hooked—it’s the dynamic between two. Here are 10 that moved us
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 10:57 PM UTC 0Entertainment best tv of 2015, TV
The American criminal justice system is guilty of killing Tamir Rice
If, as the prosecutor said, officers followed policy in the killing of Tamir Rice something is horribly wrong
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 9:35 PM UTC 0News tamir rice
Message for Donald Trump: Being good to your daughter doesn’t give you a pass for treating other women like trash
Donald Trump probably does treat his daughter well, but that doesn't mean the man isn't a misogynist
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 6:47 PM UTC 0Elections Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump
Ethan Couch, the ultimate mama’s boy: Mom won’t keep affluenza kid out of jail this time
The affluenza teen -- and his mother -- face the music. How does up to 10 years in prison sound?
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 4:04 PM UTC 0Life Ethan Couch, Affluenza
Lemmy Kilmister lived the ultimate 70 years of sex, drugs and rock and roll
The mythic Motorhead rock star, who died yesterday, seemed indestructible. Keith Richards had nothing on Lemmy
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 3:10 PM UTC 0Innovation Motorhead, Music, Lemmy Kilmister
Why Sarah Silverman is scary: It’s the cultural power of celebrities that drives conservatives insane
Over-the-top reactions from conservatives to celebrity progressivism makes a lot more sense than you would think
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 10:58 AM UTC 0Media Sarah Silverman
Behind the Ronald Reagan myth: “No one had ever entered the White House so grossly ill informed”
Reagan embarrassed himself in news conferences, Cabinet meetings. Recalling how GOP cringed at his lack of interest
Monday, Dec 28, 2015 10:15 PM UTC 0Politics Books, Ronald Reagan
Media fell asleep on Ebola: Outbreak in West Africa declared over as world ignores 11,000 dead and 22,000 orphans
Media largely ignored Ebola outbreak since it was contained in the West in 2014, while suffering went on elsewhere
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 8:30 PM UTC 0News UNICEF, Ebola outbreak
“We no longer trust the local criminal justice system”: Tamir Rice’s attorneys, family accuse prosecutor of “sabotaging” case
Lawyer for Tamir Rice's family said case was a "charade" after grand jury fails to indict officers
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 7:36 PM UTC 0News tamir rice, Police brutality
Beth Stelling doesn’t need your Internet justice
The comic reveals an abusive relationship -- but we need to respect the limits of her story
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 7:33 PM UTC 0Life Beth Stelling, Instagram
Best TV of 2015: The best pop-music cues, from “Where Is My Mind” to Fleetwood Mac
The 2015 TV soundtracks that made us stop in our tracks VIDEO
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 7:30 PM UTC 0Entertainment best tv of 2015, TV, Music
Star Wars will crush us all: Here come more blockbusters, more culture disguised as action figures
You can like "Star Wars" a lot, like I did, and still worry about what its success means for Hollywood and culture
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 5:50 PM UTC 0Innovation Star Wars, Movies, blockbuster
Ben Carson doesn’t want to win: His campaign is all about cashing in — and that’s the problem
Carson has reached his real goal: Making money on the campaign trail by boosting his brand and giving paid speeches
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 5:42 PM UTC 0Elections Ben Carson, Republican Party
Conservatives lose it over Joss Whedon: He’s always been a feminist, so why are they acting surprised he backs Planned Parenthood?
Conservatives act shocked and outraged that Joss Whedon is feminist, but his shows have always leaned to the left
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 4:43 PM UTC 0Media Joss Whedon, Planned Parenthood
Donald Trump is the bloated narcissist the Christian right has been searching for all along
Trump is resonating with evangelicals to the tune of 20 to 30 percent. It's not as odd a marriage as it appears
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 4:24 PM UTC 0All Salon AlterNet, Donald Trump
Until White America looks at Tamir Rice and sees their own children, there will be no racial justice in the U.S.
He was 12, playing with a toy gun, in a locale with open-carry laws. Tamir Rice was executed for being a black boy
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 3:18 PM UTC 0Life tamir rice, Race, Editor's Picks
Richard Dawkins is being pilloried as an “Islamophobe” for not wanting to discuss “winged horses” with devout interviewer
Perhaps it's best to reserve "Islamophobe" for GOP politicians who speak fondly of turning sand into glass? VIDEO
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 2:34 PM UTC 0Entertainment Al Jazeera, Video
The awkward Gowdy-Rubio alliance: The Benghazi committee ringleader endorses the establishment darling
Marco Rubio picked up the backing of Rep. Trey Gowdy who, by Rubio's standard, has weakened national security
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 1:00 PM UTC 0Elections Marco Rubio, trey gowdy
Larry Wilmore declares war on Bill Cosby
Whether talking Cosby, Fox News or guns, Wilmore succeeded Stephen Colbert -- and succeeded in driving conversation VIDEO
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 12:59 PM UTC 0Entertainment Larry Wilmore, nightly show
More Americans were killed in Christmas weekend storms this year than in Islamic extremist attacks since 9/11
Extreme and deadly weather over Christmas weekend shows Sanders is right: Climate change is the gravest threat
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 12:59 PM UTC 0News Bernie Sanders, Climate Change
It’s time to call foul on the cruelty of beauty pageants: Trump may not own the Miss Universe pageant anymore, but his dehumanizing worldview permeates all beauty pageants
Imagine a male pageant in which, say, Oprah Winfrey "hosted" 80 young men in Speedos. You can't, can you?
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 12:57 PM UTC 0Life Donald Trump, miss universe
They’re already trying to steal 2016: Inside the GOP voting-rights scheme intended to derail democracy
Republicans want districts more rural and more white, and are eager to suppress minority voting rights before 2016
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 11:00 AM UTC 0Innovation Voting Rights, Elections 2016
Bernie Sanders’ hippie 20s: Drugs, free love and Vietnam!
Hey, it was the 1960s. Sanders smoked pot but avoided the drug culture -- and also Vietnam
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 10:59 AM UTC 0Sustainability Bernie Sanders, Books
Warren Buffett is a phony: Every liberal’s favorite billionaire is actually cut-throat, not cuddly
Buffett's brand is progressive, and Democrats love to bask in his endorsements. The reality is very different
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 10:57 AM UTC 0Elections Warren Buffett
The NBA vs. the NRA: League commish, stars like Carmelo Anthony and Stephen Curry, make brave push against gun violence
You're not dreaming, a major pro sports league appears to have grown a conscience by targeting gun violence
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 10:56 AM UTC 0Media Gun Violence, NRA, NBA
We’re wearing T-shirts on Christmas. So what happened to the polar vortex?
Enjoy those balmy winter afternoons while you still can. A dramatic weather shift could soon be in the offing
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 8:15 AM UTC 0All Salon Climate Central, polar vortex
Welcome to the “1099 economy”: The only things being shared are the scraps our corporations leave behind
Companies can hire and fire perma-lancers at will. Is it any wonder the middle class is vanishing before our eyes?
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015 8:15 AM UTC 0Business AlterNet, sharing economy
Michael Moore just exploded the right’s biggest lie
Republicans have hid shamefully behind the patriotism and the flag. Michael Moore just upended the whole scheme
Friday, Dec 25, 2015 11:58 PM UTC 0Business Michael Moore
Donald Trump leads an insane white cult — and Pat Buchanan just explained how it works
GOP front-runner leads cult of personality centered around white alienation, racial resentment and authoritarianism
Wednesday, Dec 23, 2015 10:34 PM UTC 0News Donald Trump, Cult
My feminine, compulsive “sorry”: I apologize for everything from having an opinion to taking up space
It can be easier to apologize than to deal with conflict, but what price do women pay for all this polite remorse?
Monday, Dec 28, 2015 11:06 PM UTC 0Life Life stories, Editor's Pick
“Mad Max,” “Jessica Jones,” “Star Wars”: 2015 was the year women reigned geek culture
Between "Star Wars," "Mad Max" and "Jessica Jones," this was the year women in genre shows came into their own
Monday, Dec 28, 2015 11:00 PM UTC 0Media Star Wars, jessica jones, mad max
My child is not in heaven: Your religion only makes my grief harder
Losing a newborn is always hard, but grieving as an atheist in a world of believers added loneliness to grief
Monday, Dec 28, 2015 10:59 PM UTC 0Life LIFE NEWS
I hated not being white: The lies I told just to fit in haunt me still
I wanted to get away from the burdens and preconceptions of being Asian. But I didn't even know myself
Monday, Dec 28, 2015 10:58 PM UTC 0Life 10 Best Personal Essays 2015
Best TV of 2015: The best scenes, one-liners, little details and single moments that defined the year
Off-script or live-on-camera, here’s what stood out this year
Monday, Dec 28, 2015 10:57 PM UTC 0Entertainment TV, best tv of 2015
Bristol Palin’s hateful hypocrisy: She’s now a mother of two, but still the biggest child in the family
Former abstinence spokeswoman has second child from second father, gets right back to her hateful hypocrisy
Monday, Dec 28, 2015 9:45 PM UTC 0Life Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin
