It's the 20th anniversary of Bill Clinton's promise to "end welfare as we know it," but not much has changed VIDEO
Salon talks to the acclaimed author about slave narratives, eugenics, Westerns, immigration and, of course, Oprah
Saturday, Aug 27, 2016 8:30 PM UTC 0Spears doesn't try to fake an intimate connection with fans on her new LP, and it's a masterful move
Saturday, Aug 27, 2016 6:00 PM UTC 0Making sense of Donald Trump and his national security state critics
Saturday, Aug 27, 2016 2:45 PM UTC 0Data shows a disproportionate representation at the echelons of government that most impact people's daily life
Saturday, Aug 27, 2016 12:00 PM UTC 0There's enough wave energy in the oceans to power the world, and scientists are finally close to harnessing it.
Saturday, Aug 27, 2016 7:30 PM UTC 0How Karl Rove's 2012 Fox News humiliation unleashed Trump, Breitbart and the demons of the alt-right
Saturday, Aug 27, 2016 4:00 PM UTC 0Or are they making too much of former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's overtures to oil and gas producers?
Saturday, Aug 27, 2016 3:59 PM UTC 0Republican lawmakers claim to love unborn babies -- until saving actual fetuses starts costing actual money
Saturday, Aug 27, 2016 1:30 PM UTC 02 Texas GOPers who have benefited from both opposing and supporting Trump are now at odds
Saturday, Aug 27, 2016 10:30 AM UTC 0My son's leaving for college and I'm having empty-nest panic but his generation gives me hope for the future
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 11:00 PM UTC 0Salon talks to Parker Sawyers, who portrays the president as a young man in the new film "Southside With You"
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 10:59 PM UTC 0The TV special on “Athletes, Responsibility, and Violence” missed opportunities to focus on systemic reform
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 10:58 PM UTC 0Sure, one radio interviewer gave her an astrological reading, but you can't say she hasn't talked to the media
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 9:20 PM UTC 0Sec. of State John Kerry met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to draw a joint strategy in war-torn Syria
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 8:25 PM UTC 0A new study suggests that "baby simulator" programs are actually having a negative effect
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 7:32 PM UTC 0Fascinating world views from the MTV Video Music Awards to a rabbit cafe in Hong Kong VIDEO
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 6:55 PM UTC 0After back-to-back segments about Trump threatening and then calling Hillary a bigot, Brzezinski blew a fuse VIDEO
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 5:42 PM UTC 0Several new developments highlighted the problems in the Affordable Care Act VIDEO
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 5:06 PM UTC 0The orange "gripper" pictured below may not look impressive, but it's just the beginning
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 5:01 PM UTC 0The Trump campaign chief's voter registration problem is extremely serious, according to his own website
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 4:05 PM UTC 0The former-campaign manager's lingering ties to the Trump campaign blur bigly the lines of journalistic integrity VIDEO
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 4:04 PM UTC 0Stanford walks back its message that it's booze, not men, who are to blame for sexual assault
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 3:53 PM UTC 0Trump's third campaign chief may soon regret stepping out of the Breitbart shadows and into national scrutiny
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 3:42 PM UTC 0Israel's attempts to restrict online discourse are futile and counterproductive
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 3:37 PM UTC 0News flash: The backlash against casting Zendaya as Mary Jane Watson is not unrelated to the abuse of Leslie Jones
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 3:23 PM UTC 0Trump is once again grossly distorting the facts to advance his self-interested political goals
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 3:06 PM UTC 0As the school year begins amid recovery efforts, a flooded daycare center rushes to reopen
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 2:41 PM UTC 0Today's car batteries will power tomorrow's cities
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 2:07 PM UTC 0Instead of apologizing for the obscenity-laced rant, LePage challenged the man who called him a racist to a duel VIDEO
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 2:03 PM UTC 0Colbert likened Trump's change of heart to "Smokey The Bear saying, 'I'm softening my position on forest fires.' VIDEO
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 1:43 PM UTC 0The singer revealed that the names she stays under at hotels tend to the racy VIDEO
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 12:37 PM UTC 0Richard Condon's iconic 1959 book uncannily anticipated the Trump-Putin bromance
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 11:59 AM UTC 0Hillary Clinton takes on a right-wing racist fringe that will live on long after Donald Trump is done exploiting it
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0Outside the wealthiest 1 % of companies, U.S. corporations are taking on more debt, raising concerns of a bubble.
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0The U.S. should feel lucky that Trump isn't as effective as his radical European counterpart
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0Melissa Mark-Viverito is accused of delaying NYPD reform by relatives of people killed cops
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 9:57 AM UTC 0Trump's posture embody the logic of a culture where differences between salesmanship and leadership disappear
Friday, Aug 26, 2016 9:00 AM UTC 0Powering a vehicle with ethanol made from corn would have caused more carbon pollution than using gasoline
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