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Only in New York: Trump, Mamdani and Elmo talk NBA finals

A president, a mayor and a muppet have little in common — except New York's growing NBA Finals obsession

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Ck Smith

Earth, Wind & Fire’s music is universal

Questlove’s new documentary explores the spiritual magic that makes one of pop's biggest bands among its greatest

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Melanie Mcfarland

All you need is rice and lentils

A recipe for homemade khichuri is guaranteed to become your favorite go-to, budget-friendly weeknight meal

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Joy Saha

Iran is “Trump’s Vietnam” — and it’s going to get a lot worse

We’ve barely begun to feel the economic effects of Trump’s misbegotten war. This fall could get rough

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Heather Digby Parton

Remember Greg Bovino? He’s now an international fascist hero

Fascists are like cockroaches: They survive on the conservative movement's leftovers, and keep coming back

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Andrew o'hehir

Trump’s “hero image” includes lions, camels and motorcycles

The surreal video by a Trump-backed candidate adds to a growing archive of idealized AI imagery of "America's hero"

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Ck Smith

Hate “The Phantom Menace”? The Ewok Line theory could explain why

What if a "How I Met Your Mother" hypothesis also applies to our divided opinion about the "Star Wars" prequels?

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Melanie Mcfarland

The NABJ welcomed Trump to insult them and spread lies about Kamala Harris

The organization has hosted controversial speakers before, including one whose long ago speech was a warning

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Melanie Mcfarland

Pentagon slashes recognized religions down to just 31 faiths

In an effort to streamline operations, military faith recognitions went from 200 to 31, mostly Christian beliefs

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Ck Smith

It’s June: Welcome to “Nuclear Family Month”

Republican state officials recast June as just for traditional families, challenging local Pride Month celebrations

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Ck Smith

What Salon’s DJs are spinning this summer

3 playlists to kick off all your parties

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Hanh Nguyen

Frozen pizza, made better

Transform a simple slab of store-bought pizza into a restaurant-worthy meal with these tips

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Joy Saha

How “Cars” ruined Pixar

The for-boys movie became Pixar's first big miss. 20 years on, the studio's still feeling the repercussions

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Coleman Spilde

Right-wing media melts down as Spencer Pratt sinks in vote count

Trump administration launched a federal probe as Republicans fall behind in California primaries

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Sophia Tesfaye

Officials powerless to stop 8 new data centers that could transform small Texas county

At least 248 data centers are planned to be built in Texas — nearly half in unincorporated areas

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Alejandra martinez

Nat and Alex Wolff were Beatles fans before they were born

The Wolff brothers join "Everything Fab Four" to discuss their new album and what they owe to "The White Album"

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Nicole Michael

The best albums of the year (so far): Music to stop the doomscrolling

Instead of sinking into despair, we turned to these albums for joy, empowerment, healing and hope

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Hanh Nguyen

Christianity is profoundly queer

The Christian right acts like LGBTQ people are religious outcasts. They are wrong

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Su yon pak

JD Vance goes all in on immigrant fraud hoax

The vice president and Stephen Miller hope Nick Shirley's dubious "exposés" will distract from Trump's failures

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Amanda Marcotte

The Democratic Party is pushing for more conservative voices — with mixed success

One of the DCCC’s favored candidates was a Republican as recently as 2018

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Russell Payne

Lawmakers accuse Trump admin of “staggering” corruption over Don Jr.-linked deal

Democrats want answers after the White House initiated a $620M loan to a firm tied to Donald Trump Jr.

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Robert Faturechi

How one fan turned Global Beatles Day into a worldwide tradition

Global Beatles Day founder Faith Cohen sees a dream decades in the making come true

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Kenneth Womack

Noem faces new legal trouble over jet use

Noem’s use of government jets and use of a government Flickr account are facing new scrutiny

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Russell Payne

The misplaced obsession over “Obsession”

Touting Curry Barker’s perfectly fine horror film as an instant classic reveals the depth of its flaws

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Coleman Spilde

America’s secret civilian killings echo one of its darkest chapters

The U.S. never reckoned with torture. Now it's killing civilians at sea

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Heather Digby Parton

Inside NYC’s overlooked primary

In Queens, Chuck Park’s campaign is betting that a robust ground game can overcome a well-funded incumbent

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Russell Payne

Watching Fox News increases belief in “Great Replacement” hokum

Surveys showed that the network's viewers were more likely to believe in the idea spread by white supremacists

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Adam Eichen

What Stanley Tucci gets wrong about Olive Garden

I would trade my Michelin restaurant experience in Italy any day for a trip to Olive Garden with family

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Joseph Neese

What is a VPN and do you need one?

A VPN creates a private, encrypted tunnel between your device and the internet

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Marc Dahan

Trump’s intelligence pick sparks rare MAGA media revolt

Many of the president's stalwart allies won't defend his choice of Bill Pulte as director of national intelligence

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Sophia Tesfaye

Best free VPNs for 2026: Safe, reliable and truly free options

We tested and reviewed the best free VPNs for privacy, streaming and everyday browsing

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Tyler Cooper

Best VPN services for 2026

We tested the top VPNs for streaming, security and performance

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Tyler Cooper

MAGA fails to conquer arts and music

Trump’s losses at the Kennedy Center and Freedom 250 follow Turning Point USA’s Super Bowl humiliation

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Amanda Marcotte

Getting to the World Cup won’t be a walk in the park

The FIFA World Cup final highlights severe gaps in New York and New Jersey’s public transit infrastructure

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Jelinda Montes

One in five Latino Trump voters in Texas would not repeat vote if given redo

A new Texas poll measure eroding Latino support for the president and the GOP

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Alejandro Serrano

Changing “Interview with the Vampire” made it more alluring while staying true to its spirit

This show's updates to Anne Rice's vampires change the tension in the story, adding potential for longer life

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Melanie Mcfarland

“I don’t want to see some glittery vampire”: Why Anne Rice’s undead reigns in a post-“Twilight” era

Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson discuss the ways their eternal love story is more relatable than that other one

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Melanie Mcfarland

“The Other Black Girl” peeks into the hidden horrors of being the only person of color at the office

There are no jump scares in Hulu's new thriller, but the dread of being Black in a mainly white industry is real

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Melanie Mcfarland

Amber Ruffin’s hilariously horrifying book about everyday racism shows this is indeed who we are

Salon spoke to the comedian and her sister Lacey Lamar, who co-wrote "You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey"

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Melanie Mcfarland

John Travolta’s directorial debut is a rare piece of spellbinding autofiction

"Propeller One-Way Night Coach" finds the seasoned actor indulging in auteur theory. It's not to be missed

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Coleman Spilde

The magic dust your kitchen is missing

The case for ranch packets, gravy mixes and other underestimated flavor builders

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Ashlie D. Stevens

Texas Senate race shows the rot runs deeper than Trump

Ken Paxton and the Trump administration are throwing the kitchen sink against James Talarico

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Heather Digby Parton

In Trump’s Cabinet, flattery is the job. Governing is secondary

A New York Times review of hours of meetings found officials spend more time fawning than governing

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Chauncey Devega

Democrats ignored him in 2024. Now, he wants to show them how to win

Uncommitted Movement activist Abbas Alawieh is stepping from behind the scenes to run for state Senate in Michigan

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Tatyana Tandanpolie

How Trump reversed Biden’s crackdown on gun trafficking

Gains made under Joe Biden's administration have evaporated

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Ken b. morales

A cross-country road trip with my dog pulled me out of a post-divorce funk

Over 4,000 miles, I came to embrace a future I never expected to face alone

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Kelly Mcclure

Bari Weiss brings Trumpism to “60 Minutes”

CBS News is pushing out dissenters, replacing them with inexperienced hires

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Sophia Tesfaye

Right-wing Christians want to exclude people like me — I’d rather reach out

At the Christian gathering in DC, the message to Muslims like me was clear. From my grave, I'll preach coexistence

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Mohammad Ali Salih

Why MAGA buys Trump’s perfect health lie

Cultish devotion leads Republicans to see Trump as more god-like than human

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Amanda Marcotte

Trump’s latest spending defense springs a leak

Trump claims Obama and Biden spent "hundreds of millions" on similar renovations, but records show otherwise

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Ck Smith