Salon.com

To wax or not to wax: a meditation on the bizarre, frivolous, deeply-satisfying things women do to look good

What more evidence of my privilege does one need than my dedicating time and money to this? And yet...

A.L. Grider Friday, Apr 15, 2016 11:00 PM UTC 0
Life Body Wars, Editor's Pick

Mavis Staples sings out: “If Dr. King could see what’s going on right now, he would be very disappointed”

Salon speaks to the great gospel and soul singer about her new album, race in America and going out with Bob Dylan

Scott Timberg Friday, Apr 15, 2016 10:59 PM UTC 0
Entertainment 1960s, Bob Dylan, Editor's Picks

Kris Jenner, mother of the year: 13-year-old Khloe’s “traumatizing” surprise-wax says so much about the Kardashian childhood

The reality star's daughters open up about their mom's hardcore grooming indoctrination for her daughters

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Apr 15, 2016 7:27 PM UTC 0
Life

Half-truth Hillary finally exposed: This was the debate where Bernie Sanders changed the Democratic Party for good

On Syria, the minimum wage, fracking and more, this debate proved Sanders is the future and Clinton the past

Anis Shivani Friday, Apr 15, 2016 3:24 PM UTC 0
News Bernie Sanders, Editor's Picks

Just like a Bernie Bro, Sanders bullies Clinton: Brooklyn debate confirms Sanders campaign is sticking by sexist “ambition witch” stereotype

Standing by the sexist stereotype, might score votes but he's giving credence to ugly views of women

Amanda Marcotte Friday, Apr 15, 2016 2:35 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders

The last days of Washington, D.C.: America can no longer mask its steep decline

No matter how relentlessly we couch our military defeats, all empirical evidence point to a single conclusion

William Astore, TomDispatch.com Friday, Apr 15, 2016 8:45 AM UTC 0
Politics Editor's Picks, Foreign policy

“Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am”: Sarah Palin’s latest delusion is dangerous

Palin encourages parents to boycott Nye in the name of climate change denialism

Sophia Tesfaye Friday, Apr 15, 2016 1:15 AM UTC 0
Elections Bill Nye

Striking Verizon workers hit by company attorney driving a Porsche

The union claims at least three members were struck by Verizon management while on the picket line this week

Sophia Tesfaye Friday, Apr 15, 2016 9:02 PM UTC 0
Business Unions, verizon, Verizon strike

No, America isn’t insolvent: Inside the idiotic right-wing lie that hijacked Time magazine

The media loves to wax apocalyptic about government spending. We should know better by now

Conor Lynch Friday, Apr 15, 2016 8:30 PM UTC 0
News Economics, government spending

The equation for a Hillary defeat is adding up: Her FBI probe plus Bernie’s huge gains in national polls should wake up Sanders skeptics

Bernie Sanders is almost tied nationally and ahead of Clinton in three Democratic primary polls

H. A. Goodman Friday, Apr 15, 2016 8:12 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, election

John Kasich’s casual victim blaming “advice”: If you don’t want to be raped, “don’t go to parties where there’s a lot of alcohol”

It doesn't matter how earnest Kasich comes off, the message remains problematic VIDEO

Sophia Tesfaye Friday, Apr 15, 2016 6:53 PM UTC 0
Elections Election 2016, Elections 2016

No, a $15 minimum wage won’t kill business: The economic reason why the Fight for $15 movement is so important

Critics argue that increasing the minimum wage would hurt economic growth. Here's why they're dead wrong

Paul K. Sonn Friday, Apr 15, 2016 4:40 PM UTC 0
News economic justice, Economics

Leslie Van Houten’s second chance: Manson family killer’s parole hearings raise questions about atonement, mercy and rehabilitation

The 66-year-old has been a model prisoner and is likely not a danger to society—but is that enough to go free?

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Apr 15, 2016 3:05 PM UTC 0
Life Editor's Picks

National Review challenges Ted Cruz’s college roommate to a battle of Twitter-wits

It lost — that goes without saying, doesn't it?

Scott Eric Kaufman Friday, Apr 15, 2016 12:33 PM UTC 0
Elections 2016 GOP primary, Craig Mazin

Donald Trump is a petulant baby: Yes, the primary system is rigged — in his favor

Trump is telling anyone who will listen that the GOP primary has been manipulated to oust him. Here's the truth

Heather Digby Parton Friday, Apr 15, 2016 12:00 PM UTC 0
News

Hillary Clinton is lying about the criminal U.S.-backed coup in Honduras. It should be as scandalous as Libya

The U.S., under Clinton's leadership, helped overthrow Honduras' elected government. Today the country is in chaos

Ben Norton Friday, Apr 15, 2016 11:59 AM UTC 0
Elections Hillary Clinton, Honduras, Libya

That was the most vicious debate yet: Inside Hillary & Bernie’s knock-down, drag-out battle for the New York primary

The Democratic candidates pulled no punches last night on everything from banks to guns and even Israel

Jack Mirkinson Friday, Apr 15, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0
News Bernie Sanders, Dem primary

Trump’s amazing incompetence: With some of Rubio’s delegates up for grabs, the GOP’s extremely lucky Trump doesn’t care about organization

If Trump ends up losing the nomination, it'll be because he couldn't be bothered with the minutiae of campaigning

Simon Maloy Friday, Apr 15, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections 2016 Elections

The real reason cocaine, heroin and marijuana are illegal has nothing to do with addiction

The history of drug criminalization in America is a history of social panics rooted in racism and xenophobia

Tessie Castillo, The Influence Friday, Apr 15, 2016 8:15 AM UTC 0
Life Cocaine, Heroin, marijuana

Ann Coulter takes a parting swipe at ex-Breitbart staffer after prosecutors decline to press charges against Trump campaign manager

While MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski piles on: The whole thing was “a joke from the beginning” VIDEO

Sophia Tesfaye Friday, Apr 15, 2016 5:44 PM UTC 0
Elections Ann Coulter, Breitbart

Hillary and Bernie’s Wall Street clash: They both say they want regulation — but they’re not equally credible on the issue

Establishment Democrats will condemn Sanders for going ad hominem, but Clinton’s financial dealings are fair game

Sean Illing Friday, Apr 15, 2016 5:09 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders

Hillary Clinton’s extreme hawkishness is based on sheer fantasy: Like a true neocon, she’s deluding herself over her foreign policy disasters

In the Brooklyn debate, Hillary peddled lies to defend U.S. policy in Libya & Syria. Bernie condemned regime change

Ben Norton Friday, Apr 15, 2016 5:00 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Elections 2016

Hillary’s Social Security mess: A frustrating half-embrace of a good policy

Moving left on Social Security, Hillary Clinton is still hedging and opening herself up to attacks from Sanders

Simon Maloy Friday, Apr 15, 2016 4:28 PM UTC 0
Elections 2016 democratic debate

Bernie at the Vatican: Sanders lauds Pope Francis, highlights economic inequality and the plight of the poor in address to officials

Sanders speech to Vatican officials delivered the themes of his campaign in a Catholic context

Michael Garofalo Friday, Apr 15, 2016 4:00 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Catholic Church