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A brief history of the Christmas cookie

Drop some holiday knowledge — along with some delicious cookies — at your next Christmas cookie swap

Theocrats are coming for the school board — but parents are starting to fight back

Right-wing Christians launch an assault on public school, starting in Colorado. Parents find a secret weapon: humor

Kamala Harris: Most powerful vice president since Richard Nixon. Yes, really

Harris has already cast a record number of tie-breaking votes — can she turn the pointless job to her advantage?

The American Mao: Donald Trump has led the Republican Party into a cultural revolution

Trump may not be president, but he's acting like a dictator — and purging internal dissent the way Mao once did

Don't turn away, and don't turn off the news: We need bravery, now more than ever

Political news is exhausting and often painful these days — but history teaches us what happens when we look away

Aloof, silent and disengaged: Why the Biden White House is in crisis

Does anybody know what's going on in the Biden White House? Do they have a strategy? It doesn't seem like it

Jan. 6 committee heats up as Liz Cheney takes center stage: Is it Watergate yet?

Cheney bids for stardom as House Jan. 6 committee begins to show its case for conspiracy — and public hearings

Text-gate fallout: Hannity, Ingraham and Don Jr. unveiled as whiny MAGA wimps!

Donald Trump loved every second of the Capitol assault. But his Fox News toadies — and his own son! — wussed out

HBO's «The Slow Hustle» director: «We're all carrying some level of mass grief as Black people»

Sonja Sohn («The Wire») appeared on «Salon Talks» to discuss a heinous chapter in Baltimore's dirty cop history

Jan. 6 committee just proved Fox News knowingly lies on air — but don't expect their viewers to care

Fox News' biggest hosts privately blamed Trump for the Capitol riot — but told a different story publicly

The execution of Julian Assange: He exposed the crimes of empire — and that can't be tolerated

The WikiLeaks founder's unforgivable sin was to expose the U.S. empire's war crimes. For that, he faces death

This man lives in the paranoid alternate universe of Fox News — so you don't have to

Researcher Andrew Lawrence marinates daily in the racist terror and apocalypse porn of Tucker Carlson and friends

Michigan high school massacre: Another tragic example of how white privilege kills white people

To argue that white supremacy hurts white people confounds many Americans. But the evidence keeps on mounting

How to cook Native American cuisine at home with chef Freddie Bitsoie

«If we don't share grandma's recipe, it's going to be lost one of these days if the lineage ends»

Vegetables can ragù, too

Who says meat has to be the main ingredient in ragù, anyway?

Raekwon opens up about life before and with the Wu-Tang Clan

Salon talks with Raekwon about his memoir and stories «too hard, too grimy» for «Wu-Tang: An American Saga»

Can American democracy escape the doom loop? So far, the signs are not promising

Republicans now believe they can subvert democracy. Democrats seem ready to surrender. What can change the dynamic?

Biden and Putin kick off Christmas season with «useful meeting» — while Trump plays Grinch

No one's saying whether the two presidents' «frank» conversation got anywhere — meanwhile, Trump wants your money

Jessica Seinfeld on being a part-time vegan: «If I can do it, anyone can do it»

The best-selling author on the joy of being plant-based . . . sometimes

Ghislaine Maxwell's trial is a sideshow — powerful, abusive men will not be held accountable

Jeffrey Epstein's star procurer is on trial — but the systematic sexual exploitation of girls and women will go on

Your mix-and-match guide for making the best mulled wine ever

Creative add-ins like Aperol, dried lavender and wildflower honey are all on the menu this year

Hillary Clinton was right about the «deplorables» — and about the end of Roe v. Wade

Still hate Hillary's guts? Fine. But let's admit that she saw all this coming — and way before the rise of Trump

Ahmaud Arbery and America: This fragile moment of justice doesn't mean «the system works»

Yes, a largely white jury convicted Arbery's killers, and that's historic. It should also be a source of shame

The «Guarantee Clause»: Could this one weird trick save American democracy?

This legal scholar argues the Constitution gives Congress a duty to overrule anti-democratic state law. Will they?

Preppy Kitchen's John Kanell reveals the one tool you need to conquer your baking anxiety

Want to be a better baker this holiday season? It's easier than you think . . .

Will Arizona's relentless Republican gerrymander decide the 2024 presidential election?

Arizona Republicans have worked long and hard to lock down a majority — and seize power over the state's electors

The Republicans had a plan for their judges — and it went way beyond Roe v. Wade

Yes, the GOP’s takeover of the judiciary was aimed at ending abortion rights — and keeping themselves out of jail

Joe Biden's Christmas reboot: A tightly wound presidency badly needs some holiday cheer

Here's my Christmas gift, Mr. President: Open the White House doors and talk to the media — or at least to me

Former federal prosecutor: We'll see «a tidal wave of criminal charges against Donald Trump»

Former D.C. homicide prosecutor Glenn Kirschner says Trump should face manslaughter charges for COVID lies

If America really surrenders to fascism, then what? Painful questions lie ahead

If the worst happens in 2024, will you stay or go? It's not too early to have a Plan B for life under fascism

How to make holidays any time, any place

Carve out time in an AirBnb somewhere with its odd miscellany of cookware

Paul Gosar's death-threat video is no joke — it's part of the Republican terror strategy

When fascists threaten you with deadly violence, they're not kidding. Americans may learn that lesson the hard way

Investigative reporter David Neiwert: Rittenhouse verdict a «green light for right-wing extremists»

Expert on right-wing extremism has a warning for America: «Normal is gone — and it's not coming back»

Former «Anonymous» Trump aide Miles Taylor: Let's unite to make politics boring again

Trump aide who spoke out says many Republicans want to ditch fascism — but the damage may take decades to heal

«The Offer»: A homeless Vietnam and LAPD vet gets an unexpected second chance

In this excerpt from the oral history «Mayor of the Tenderloin,» Del Seymour gets a chance to rebuild his life

«Colin in Black & White» writer on Kaepernick's parents & awakening: «They didn't see him as Black»

Michael Starrbury appeared on «Salon Talks» to discuss how he wants to increase awareness of privilege and reality

Experiment with wheat-free flours in cooking and baking

Plus a recipe for buckwheat flour flapjacks

Etching the pain of COVID into the flesh of survivors

“Memorial tattoos help us speak our grief, bandage our wounds and open dialogue about death”

Did the FBI order Malcolm X's murder? New revelations raise an old question

Two innocent men have been exonerated — but Malcolm was surrounded by FBI informants on the day of his death
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