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To be a fan is to be a parasite

Coleman Spilde

The clever new thriller "Lurker" examines the natural, violent results of toxic fan culture

Front view of a glass jar with dried oregano. Food ingredients and spices concept. (Israel Sebastian / Getty Images)

Oregano deserves the spotlight

Ashlie D. Stevens

And earns it — in this easy, creamy pantry pasta sauce

President Donald Trump talks to journalists after signing executive orders in the Oval Office on Aug. 25, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Is Trump now beyond all restraint?

Heather Digby Parton

As the retaliations mount, the president increasingly sees himself as omnipotent

Demonstrators protest the Trump administration's executive actions aimed at the Smithsonian Institution march to the National Museum of African American History and Culture on May 3, 2025. (Craig Hudson For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump's crime against American history

Chauncey DeVega

He's not just "whitewashing" museums. It's a full-on project of white racial erasure

Ken Martin, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, speaks to the reporters on Aug. 5, 2025. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

DNC can take a stand on Gaza

Norman Solomon

A resolution calling for an arms embargo against Israel seems destined to fail

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and (then-former) President Donald Trump speak in Pharr, Texas, on June 30, 2021. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump tests new legal strategy in Texas

Robert T. Garrett - ProPublica

The Trump administration is using the state to test a strategy of court collaboration

Lil Nas X attends the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Lil Nas X pleads not guilty

Alex Galbraith

The rapper is facing three counts of battery on a police officer and one count of resisting arrest

Donald Trump and an American flag on fire (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump order bans flag burning

Garrett Owen

The controversial practice has been ruled protected speech by the Supreme Court

Marc Maron performs his "All In" tour at the North Shore Center For The Performing Arts on March 28, 2025, in Skokie, Illinois (Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images)

Marc Maron: Maher is "desperate"

Garrett Owen

The trailblazing comedian and podcaster said that Maher is "struggling to stay in the conversation"

Michelle Licata and Virginia Giuffre attend the 2019 Women's Media Awards. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images)

Giuffre's posthumous memoir announced

Garrett Owen

The publisher promised “intimate, disturbing, and heartbreaking new details" from the Epstein accuser's life

A Labubu on display inside The Labu'Tique Shop in Anaheim, California, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

You don't have to care about Labubu

Andi Zeisler

It's a trend, not a movement — feel free to know nothing

Alina Habba speaks to press on January 26, 2024 in New York City. (GWR/Star Max/GC Images/Getty Images)

Republican hits back at Trump over Habba

Garrett Owen

Chuck Grassley told Trump his former personal lawyer doesn't have the votes

(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Democrats can't win the gerrymander war

David Daley

They have to win elections instead — and with reapportionment coming, that's about to get a lot harder

The distraught wife and crying children of a man detained by federal agents outside the courtroom where his hearing took place at the New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court, August 20, 2025. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Parents reel from Trump's ICE raids

Russell Payne

Republican policies are pushing a strained child care industry to a breaking point

Donald Trump and John Bolton (AP Photo/Salon)

MAGA media confronts Trump's vengeance

Sophia Tesfaye

The FBI raid on John Bolton draws blowback for its "gratuitous viciousness"

President Donald Trump visits the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility on Aug. 21, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

MAGA knows DC takeover isn't about crime

Amanda Marcotte

Trump's war on the Smithsonian reveals that this is about childish resentment, not safety

Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) speaks at a campaign event with Republican  JD Vance on October 28, 2024 in Racine, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images))

Pro-life GOPer scrubs anti-abortion text

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Rep. Bryan Steil swapped the “pro-life” section of his issues page for a single sentence ahead of the midterms

A billboard in Times Square calls for the release of the Epstein files on July 23, 2025 in New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Poll: Trump's Epstein problem is real

Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, Alexander George Theodoridis, Jesse Rhodes, Raymond La Raja - The Conversation

Many in his base disapprove of his handling of the files, and some supporters are having second thoughts

National Security Advisor John Bolton (R) listens to U.S. President Donald Trump talk to reporters during a meeting of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room at the White House (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

John Bolton is in Trump's crosshairs

Jesselyn Radack

What's happening to the former national security advisor should chill Americans

Texas chain Trump Burger has now seen two of its owners arrested by the ICE agents they champion. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP / Getty Images)

Serving MAGA, getting deported

CK Smith

TX restaurant celebrated Trump’s policies, but owner faces the harsh realities of the laws he embraced

Vice President JD Vance continues to push the Trump diplomatic agenda. After an interview, social media takes sides with very different views of who won. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Same interview, different outcomes

CK Smith

Interview showcased divide between Trump’s allies and critics over diplomacy, and the media’s role in the fight

Chris Hemsworth in "Limitless" (National Geographic/Evan Paterakis)

Screaming our way to a fitter world

Melanie McFarland

"The Biggest Loser" taught us that abuse is a motivator. But on "Limitless" Chris Hemsworth only preaches potential

Ice cream scoops and bright red cherries (Adela Belovodjanin / Getty Images)

Yes, I tried breast milk ice cream

Joy Saha

Human breast milk consumption is more visible than ever, but a NYC ice cream stunt shows how taboo it still feels

National Guardsmen are surrounded by thousands of protesters in Washington, D.C., on August 16, 2025. (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon readies Chicago deployment plan

Alex Galbraith

President Trump has repeatedly threatened U.S. cities with federal action

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