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

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

Someone stop James Cameron: We need 4 more “Avatar” movies like we need 4 more holes in our heads

The director has been on a winning streak, but "Avatar" just doesn't have enough substance for a huge franchise

Scott Timberg Friday, Apr 15, 2016 3:53 PM UTC 0
Entertainment 3-D movies, Editor's Picks

Blink twice if you need help, Heidi Cruz

Ted keeps getting creepier VIDEO

Asha Parker Friday, Apr 15, 2016 3:10 PM UTC 0
Elections Heidi Cruz, original video

Bernie’s most nakedly political move yet: Sanders suspends Jewish director for outspoken criticism of Bibi Netanyahu

Sanders selected J Street over AIPAC and is now paying the political price

Sophia Tesfaye Friday, Apr 15, 2016 2:40 PM UTC 0
Elections Benjamin Netanyahu

Cruz snubbed at NYC event: New York Republicans give Ted Cruz and his “values” the cold shoulder

New Yorkers defiantly ignored Ted Cruz at his latest campaign event

Scott Eric Kaufman Friday, Apr 15, 2016 2:21 PM UTC 0
Elections Election 2016, new york values

Ted Cruz has a f**ked up soup fetish: “What, are you taking a bath in it?”

"The Daily Show" lays out just how strange it is VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Apr 15, 2016 12:39 PM UTC 0
Elections daily show with trevor noah

Ted Cruz looks even creepier when he goes casual

"I am working very, very hard not to have to answer that question," he tells Jimmy Fallon VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Apr 15, 2016 12:33 PM UTC 0
Elections Elections 2016, Ted Cruz

Paul Krugman: Hillary’s victory is inevitable — Sanders supporters just need to accept it already

"I'm not saying Mr. Sanders should drop out," Krugman said, "he has the right to keep campaigning"

Scott Eric Kaufman Friday, Apr 15, 2016 12:02 PM UTC 0
Elections 2016 Democratic primary

Release your speeches, Hillary: This Goldman Sachs explainer lays out why the big banks always get away with it

Goldman gets to deduct the fine. The company's stock went up. It's business as usual for them, Meyers makes clear VIDEO

Brendan Gauthier Friday, Apr 15, 2016 11:24 AM UTC 0
Media Goldman Sachs

Paul Ryan is very bad at his job: Now that he’s bowed out of 2016, he’s back to letting extremists hold Congress hostage

Congress is about to blow past a legally mandated budget deadline (yet again) and Ryan is powerless to stop it

Gary Legum Friday, Apr 15, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
News Congress, Elections 2016

America is no model state: U.S. elections rank worst among Western democracies

Oh we're exceptional alright. Comprehensive new data confirm that our voting system is uniquely dysfunctional VIDEO

Pippa Norris, The Conversation Friday, Apr 15, 2016 8:30 AM UTC 0
Elections Economist Intelligence Unit

The 3 most environmentally damaging habits you might be able to change

It's not easy going green. That doesn't mean we can't cut back on the amount of meat we consume and more

Reynard Loki, AlterNet Friday, Apr 15, 2016 8:00 AM UTC 0
Sustainability AlterNet, Climate Change

The violent American epidemic you won’t hear about: Why prison abuse goes unreported and unpunished

A culture of silence pervades America's penal system, where victims have little recourse against powerful abusers

Daniel Denvir Friday, Apr 15, 2016 9:57 AM UTC 0
News mass incarceration

“We’ve got to have the guts to rethink the so-called ‘War on Drugs'”: Bernie renews call to legalize pot at debate

"Too many lives have been destroyed because people have possessed marijuana," Sanders said VIDEO

Scott Eric Kaufman Friday, Apr 15, 2016 2:50 AM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Drugs

Forget the pundits and political experts: Let Patton Oswalt guide you through tonight’s Democratic debate

Patton Oswalt: Actor, comedian and expert political commentator

Salon staff Friday, Apr 15, 2016 2:21 AM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Elections 2016

From trade agreements to minimum wage, Hillary and Bernie scuffle over what’s destroying the middle class

Hillary vowed to bring jobs to "more people, from inner cities to rural areas to every distressed community" VIDEO

Scott Eric Kaufman Friday, Apr 15, 2016 2:00 AM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Elections 2016

Fireworks over Wall Street at Democratic debate: Bernie Sanders rips Hillary Clinton for taking big-bank cash

The banks "have been proven to be fraudulent organizations that are a danger to our economy," Sanders said VIDEO

Scott Eric Kaufman Friday, Apr 15, 2016 1:50 AM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders

“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