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Elle Fanning in "Margoâs Got Money Troubles" (Apple TV)

In America, the body is the hustle

Melanie McFarland

In America, the body is the hustle

Melanie McFarland

OnlyFans is just one of the gigs featured on two shows that depict how capitalism extracts its dues from our flesh

Reports of a Christian revival among young men have been great exaggerated â and misinterpreted (Thana Prasongsin/Getty Images)

Young men's religious revival is a myth

Amanda Marcotte

Young men's religious revival is a myth

Amanda Marcotte

New polling suggests the recent “converts” care more about gender than Jesus

President Donald Trump departs at the White House on April 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump's 2024 coalition is crumbling

Once confined to commentary, dissatisfaction with Trump is breaking containment among GOP voters

"Animal Farm" (Angel Studios)

Something's off about "Animal Farm"

Distributed by the studio behind "Sound of Freedom," this take on George Orwell's classic is uniquely insidious

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Hitler wanted a bigger arch too

Tyrants and dictators often dream of building gigantic monuments to themselves. It usually doesn't work

New England Chinese Food (Katie Lockhart )

The cult of New England Chinese food

A fiercely loyal regional cuisine — sweet, saucy, nostalgic — shaped by immigrants and beloved beyond New England

Donald Trump Jr. is a popular figure among his father MAGA coalition (Olivier Touron / AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump Jr. in 2028?

Heather Digby Parton

In the wake of the British royals' visit, there are renewed signs a Trump political dynasty could be in the works

Marines in Iraq receive copies of Stars and Stripes in 2003 (DAVID K. DISMUKES/US NAVY/AFP via Getty Images)

Military's newspaper captured by MAGA

Chauncey DeVega

Stars and Stripes is the latest casualty in the Trump administration's Pentagon purge

They voted for MAGA. Now they want out

They voted for MAGA. Now they want out

Chauncey DeVega

For some Trump voters, leaving MAGA is a psychological ordeal. A new support group is trying to help

WHCD shooting exposed MAGA media's secret social media operation

MAGA media's briefing operation exposed

The right eerily repeated Trump's ballroom talking points, while the left went straight to conspiracy

Trump wants do-over of failed airline fantasy — at taxpayers' expense

Trump could soon be running an airline

Heather Digby Parton

Spirit Airlines could get a $500M government bailout. Even MAGA diehards think it's a bad idea

Trump admin's fertility plan prioritizes ideology over science

Trump's anti-science push for fertility

Proposed Title X guidance would elevate restorative reproductive medicine — a practice not always based on evidence

One roast chicken, one week of good meals

One chicken, one week of good meals

Ashlie D. Stevens

From crisp-skinned Sunday dinner to weekday lunches and stock, here’s how to make one bird go further

Young men's religious revival is a myth

Young men's religious revival is a myth

Amanda Marcotte

New polling suggests the recent “converts” care more about gender than Jesus

NEWS & POLITICS

Federal immigration agents (ICE handout via Getty Images)

8 things about Trump's midterm takeover

ProPublica - ProPublica

Trump is gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported his claim that the 2020 vote was stolen

President Donald Trump speaks during an event with the Artemis II astronauts in the Oval Office of the White House on April 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump's science purge harms the nation

The abrupt firing of the board comes at a time of climate crisis and international competition

Hasan Piker (Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile for Web Summit Qatar via Getty Images)

Fox News loves Hasan Piker

Leftist streamer becomes litmus test for Democrats — and Fox News’ favorite boogeyman

Texas flag (DIGITALproshots/Getty Images)

Texas mayor wants to limit cities' power

Tanya Eiserer, Jason Trahan, WFAA - ProPublica

His town has embraced small government ideals but struggles to provide basic services and has no sewer system

President Trump spoke at The Villages Friday on Social Security and economic plans. (Roberto Schmidt / Getty Images)

Trump's late night AI posting spree

Trump's late night AI posting spree

He posted online 11 times in under an hour, combining altered visuals, repeated imagery and political commentary

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is making the morning show rounds to discuss issues like SAVE America Act, which includes tighter voter ID laws. His recent gaffe uses an awkward and out-of-touch analogy. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)

Blanche's bad analogy to back voter ID

Acting AG compares voter ID with an ID shown to eat, sparking backlash and the reality gap with daily American life

Immigration scams surge amid Trump sweep

Naisha Roy, Francesca D'Annunzio, J. David McSwane - ProPublica

Con artists posing as ICE agents use WhatsApp, fake court hearings to bilk vulnerable people out of their savings

Court to restrict abortion pill via mail

Targeting mifepristone’s delivery system raises practical and medical questions that extend far beyond abortion

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Tori Amos (Matthew Baker/Getty Images)

How I gave in to Tori Amos

How I gave in to Tori Amos

"In Times of Dragons" is a confrontation with America — and a reckoning with my own learned misogyny

Bob Ross in documentary "Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed" (Netflix)

Bob Ross helps us paint a better world

Melanie McFarland

The public television icon's legacy is still one of pop culture's happiest accidents

Finally, a sequel with a point of view

In a legacy sequel done right, Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway warn that the demise of media affects us all

Megan Thee Stallion can't win

Melanie McFarland

Sexists always look for a reason to degrade the superstar. Her breakup with NBA player Klay Thompson gave them one

Lili Taylor as Valerie Solanas in "I Shot Andy Warhol" (IFC/Janus Films)

"I Shot Andy Warhol" channels our rage

30 years on, Mary Harron's groundbreaking film about Valerie Solanas blisteringly reflects a society gone awry

Lunachicks (Bob Mussell)

"Pretty Ugly" resurrects the Lunachicks

Ilya Chaiken’s documentary traces the band's East Village rise and feminist punk legacy

Nicole Kidman as Gillian Owens in "Practical Magic 2" (Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Every woman is a witch now

Centuries of fear about women’s dark powers have led to the embrace of a once-reviled label

A Lego-style AI-generated war-themed video playing on a smartphone screen in front of a photo of President Donald Trump and Secretary Of Defense Pete Hegseth (Chris DELMAS / AFP via Getty Images)

Why Lego is our most powerful art medium

Melanie McFarland

The viral Lego-style Iran War memes are the latest case of the toy being used as a building block for political art

The bag drop and customer service counters at the departures terminal for Spirit airlines sit empty as operations ceased for the company at Logan Airport in Boston. Low-cost US carrier Spirit Airlines said on Saturday that all of its flights have been cancelled as it started an "orderly wind-down of operations," citing spiking fuel prices in recent weeks as a key factor. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / Getty Images)

Spirit collapses after failed bailout

The shutdown of Spirit marks end of a major low-cost carrier and raises questions about budget air travel in future

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Patrick T. Fallon / Samuel Corum / Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Private prisons cash in on ICE crackdown

Over 90 percent of detained immigrants languish in prisons that aren't actually run by the government

Businesswoman live-streamed e-commerce clothing sale at home (Getty Images/MTStock Studio)

Social media has changed how we spend

Melanie Lockert

It's a marketer's world and we're all just living in it

President Donald Trump takes the stage during a rally with U.S. Army troops on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump wants $1.5 trillion for military

Massive cuts to domestic programs, with higher state taxes, would bolster the spending increase

Cooking vegetables (Getty Images/Floriana)

A no-spend week, starting in the kitchen

Ashlie D. Stevens

A no-spend week, starting in the kitchen

Ashlie D. Stevens

How planning meals, stretching ingredients and baking something sweet can make a no-spend week feel generous

A woman grieving her parents (Justin Paget/Getty Images)

My parents died and left me 34 fish

"My Parents Are Dead: What Now?" is a darkly funny guide to navigating grief and the paperwork that follows

We can't shop our way out of fear

Social media’s endless sales pitches make us buy more, get less, and rarely feel satisfied

Why Gen Z is investing in Le Creuset

The French cookware brand is making collectors out of a new generation of home cooks

SCIENCE & HEALTH

Should we give Musk control of the sun?

We’re sleepwalking into ecocide. Like it or not, Starlink may one day be our last resort

Measles outbreaks are here to stay

Normalization and apathy from the Trump admin is making health experts less hopeful measles can be contained

Trump is weaponizing climate change

The Iran war shows how fossil fuels, conflict and planetary crisis are now inseparable

Trump isn't helping America's fertility

Conservatives says the "problem" is fewer teen pregnancies. But the solution is actually fixing childcare

Trump's pro-birth agenda failing moms

As the Trump admin urges folks to have more kids, new data shows early pregnancy care moving in the wrong direction

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Javier Zayas Photography / Pakin Songmor)

Is ChatGPT Health the new WebMD?

Is ChatGPT Health the new WebMD?

OpenAI’s new chatbot aims to bolster users' health decisions — but risks fueling confusion and anxiety

Psychedelic Elon Musk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Can psychedelics treat narcissism?

Psychedelics have a reputation for humbling people, but "hallucinogenic elitism" is also common. What gives?

A bumblebee collects pollen from a rhododendron flower in a garden outside Moscow on June 1, 2021. (YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Getting high on Turkish "mad honey"

The grayanotoxin-infused honey purportedly issues a pleasant high — if you can find the good stuff

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Spaghetti with sweet green peas (SMarina / Getty Images)

This is the ultimate spring pasta

This is the ultimate spring pasta

Lemon juice and freshly grated Parmesan cheese help elevate a simple dish into a seasonal classic

The 7 recipes "Bite" readers love most

Ashlie D. Stevens

The recipes readers have loved most — easy, reliable, worth making again

One chicken, one week of good meals

Ashlie D. Stevens

From crisp-skinned Sunday dinner to weekday lunches and stock, here’s how to make one bird go further

Everybody wants the kids menu

Francesca Giangiulio

What caviar chicken nuggets and gourmet pizza pockets say about how American adults are coping right now

Pass the Prego and press record, America

Got something to share with the table? Prego wants to capture our mealtime chats on its recording device

6 new ways to use Greek yogurt

Francesca Giangiulio

The probiotic-packed ingredient is for more than just slop bowls and smoothies

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You should be freezing your garlic

Prepping and storing fresh garlic doesn’t have to be a hassle, thanks to these tips from a professional chef

Corn chowder (Kucher AV/ Getty Images )

My best corn chowder starts with chips

Ashlie D. Stevens

Don’t treat corn chips as just a garnish. They’re the secret base of a richer, more cohesive soup

Photo of author at 3 weeks old held by their mother (Photo illustration by Salon/Randall Horton/Getty Images)

I understand my mother's tough love now

"You and your mother are just alike," my father would tell me

Aerogrammes (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster)

It’s my mom's fault I stole her letters

Michèle Dawson Haber

The box of letters was where I had left it, untouched. She preferred to close things up and never think about them

Woman drives her car down a desert road, looking off into the distance (Getty Images/AscentXmedia)

Becoming a mother at 50

I had big dreams and plans that didn't include being a mother. Then something inside me shifted

My Mother Was A Communist (Photo illustration by Salon/Photos courtesy of author/Getty Images/Clever Pictures)

My mother, the debutante Communist

Her life was like a slowly unfolding, densely plotted thriller whose unfinished story we’re all still inside

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