Donald Trump isn't "crazy" — but America might be having a breakdown
Allen Frances doesn’t think Donald Trump is "crazy." This is not comforting news. Last winter, the former the chair of the DSM-IV Task Force...
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12 episodes"They came for the nerd girls first": The price of ignoring Gamergate
Feminist writers and writers of color experienced extreme online harassment during the years leading up to the 2016 election, when the so-ca...
Why Trump voters will stand by their man
The mainstream media has an ongoing obsession with trying to find remorseful Donald Trump voters. Salon's Amanda Marcotte talks to psycholog...
Can video games promote empathy?
Can playing a video game teach someone what it's like to live in poverty, or as a transgender woman? Or is that outside of the scope of a ga...
The case for Donald Trump's impeachment
American University professor Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted the outcomes of every U.S. presidential election since 1984 — including...
Abortion on TV: No longer for Very Special Episodes
Although abortion has been legal in the United States since 1973, TV — both scripted and reality — all but ignored the issue for decades. Sa...
P.J. O'Rourke on Trump's impending doom: Be careful what you wish for
Veteran humorist and political pundit P.J. O'Rourke — who's been known to refer to himself as "the only intentionally funny conservative" —...
Black, female and autistic: Hiding in plain sight
Salon's Matthew Rozsa talks to Morénike Giwa Onaiwu of the Autism Women's Network about the intersectional roles gender and race play in aut...
"Luke Cage" and "Westworld" composers talk music
Salon talks to "Marvel's Luke Cage" score composers Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge and "Westworld" score composer Ramin Djawadi, who...
Female "Ghostbusters" sparked a Donald Trump-sized backlash
Amanda Marcotte talks with author Andi Zeisler about the year in feminist pop culture, and the backlash against it that helped Donald Trump...
"Lady Dynamite"'s Maria Bamford on TV's Best Year for Mental Illness
Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams spoke to "Lady Dynamite"'s Bamford via Skype to discuss visibility, turning mental illness into creative ins...
How Alex Jones' paranoia became a political force
Alex Jones, with his conspiracy theory media empire Infowars, used to be a fringe character, until Donald Trump's paranoia-driven campaign l...