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To end «30-year race to the bottom,» Janet Yellen calls for global minimum tax on corporations

New worldwide tax could «change the face of globalization by making its main winners pay more,» says Treasury head

Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Matt Gaetz scandal is «Deep State attack,» calls on GOP «to stand up»

Greene suggests the scandal is fake because no woman has come publicly spoken out against her fellow Republican

Half of Republicans think Jan. 6 siege was peaceful or staged by antifa, new poll finds

Only 3 in 10 Republicans say Donald Trump was «somewhat responsible» for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol

Bernie Sanders has “no problem with going to West Virginia” to pressure Manchin on Biden proposals

Joe Manchin's latest no: Now he's against Biden’s plan to raise corporate taxes to 28% to pay for infrastructure

White House offers rare public praise for Republican leader: «Senator McConnell is right»

«Senator McConnell is right — and we thank him for his leadership,» the White House says

Legal scholar Jennifer Taub on Trump as a symptom of America's massive inequality

Author of «Big Dirty Money» on the alternate universe where we had a fairer system and Trump had gone to prison

More lies we live by: How exactly did America come to love billionaires so much?

Our fawning attitude toward the super-rich would once have been anti-American. Now it's the essence of our nation

Welfare fraud is actually rare, no matter what the myths and stereotypes say

Stigma has power.«But if you ask about the things that welfare performs, you get support for it,» says Noam Chomsky

West Virginia helped America elect its first Catholic president. Now it's thwarting the second one

West Virginia gave John F. Kennedy a massive boost toward the White House. My, how times have changed

The best way to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s memory is to advance the work of economic justice

A painful irony of most MLK remembrances is that America's reverence for his memory actually undermines his legacy

My mother and I haven't talked about the Atlanta spa attacks

Does she even see herself, or us, in the Asian American women who were killed?

7 delectable deviled egg variations for springtime snacking

There's an egg for everyone, from an updated classic with frizzled shallots to one with a hit of secret Sriracha

William F. Buckley and the Birchers: A myth, a history lesson and a moral

William F. Buckley claimed he had banished far-right paranoia from the conservative movement — but look at it now

As voting issue gets white-hot, we can't afford to duck the moral implications

Faced with an existential threat to democracy, political reporters slide back into «both sides» bad habits

Goldman Sachs has made big promises on climate policy — but where does the money go?

Giant investment bank has loudly trumpeted its climate commitments. Its actual record tells a different story

John Boehner spills the beans on «a**hole» Ted Cruz, Fox «propaganda» and the GOP's «crazy caucus»

Boehner goes off on Fox News for turning the GOP into a party of «crazies,» «morons» and «reckless a**holes»

Texas GOP moves to “gerrymander” state courts after Democrats sweep key judicial elections

After 2020 defeats, Republican legislators across the country are trying to reconfigure or undermine state courts

Republicans have a dream: The end of democracy and the return of Jim Crow

Republicans can't win elections without a crackdown on voting. But their real vision is about rolling back history

From «Soul Train» to Don Shirley, new book celebrates the history of Black performance in America

Author Hanif Abdurraqib appeared on «Salon Talks» to discuss Black artistry, playing Spades & his COVID sneakers

Biden's infrastructure bill is popular — so Republicans are trying to make it a culture war fight

Green buildings and electric cars are the new Potato Head and Dr. Seuss in this round

«Damning» report exposes failures of Ivanka Trump's signature policy initiative

Government Accountability Office says the women's empowerment program suffered from massive implementation failures

Former GOP chair Michael Steele on saving his party after Trump: «Terraform» it, or destroy it?

Onetime RNC head says GOP faces a moment of truth: «Is it the party of Lincoln, or is it the party of Trump?»

Trumpers on the rehab trail: Does America just want to forget this happened?

Instead of facing disgrace, Trump regime officials are now deemed respectable. That's no way to defeat fascism

White supremacy and the filibuster: From John C. Calhoun to Mitch McConnell

Conservatives simply don't want majority rule. Since before the Civil War, the filibuster has been their weapon

Joe Biden is a war president — fighting plague, economic crisis and fascism

Biden has made rapid progress on the pandemic and the economy. But the fight for democracy will be his legacy

Georgia Republicans supported voting buses and drop boxes — until Trump and the GOP started losing

Voting rights groups say Republicans had no problem with the law until GOP lost elections amid record Black turnout

Cookie butter should be slathered on pretty much everything, including cookies

Salon chats with Hot for Food's Lauren Toyota about «accidentally vegan» snacks and other plant-based indulgences

Like father, like son: Andrew Cuomo, Mario Cuomo and the Supreme Court seat that never was

What role did Andrew Cuomo play in his father's legendary dithering — and how much did that change history?

Behind the dark-money web that put Barrett (and Kavanaugh and Gorsuch) on the Supreme Court

Neil and Ann Corkery have a mission: Load up the judicial branch with right-wing Catholics. It's definitely working

Everything you need to know about cascatelli, the new «perfect» pasta shape that's a viral hit

«Sporkful» host Dan Pashman started down the journey of making an ideal pasta shape three years ago

Why I want to be like Ramona Quimby, Beverly Cleary's patron saint of messy girls

Beverly Cleary's character inspires me to grab life by the toothpaste tube and really squeeze it for all it's worth

I want to be more like Ramona Quimby, Beverly Cleary's patron saint of messy girls, as an adult

Beverly Cleary's character inspires me to grab life by the toothpaste tube and really squeeze it for all it's worth

Philosopher Jason Stanley: Fascism's definitely not beaten — but there's reason for hope

Author of «How Fascism Works» on the question raised by Georgia's new voting laws: Do we live in a democracy?

True crime shows spotlight women as victims — but don't help improve women's safety

Popular true crime stories tend to focus on individual cases, rather than patterns and social factors

Ethnic studies pioneer Rudy Acuña on neoliberalism, Trump and the future of academia

Legendary Cal State professor Rudy Acuña on 50 years of a groundbreaking ethnic studies program, and what's next

«Big government» and other lies we live by: How one Orwellian concoction consumed America

Those who preached against «big government» just wanted to control it. Now they do — and look how that worked out

Candace Owens under attack: Pro-Trump Black conservatives go to war — against each other

Realm of Black MAGA roiled by infighting as foes compare Candace Owens to Rachel Dolezal (and the Fresh Prince)

Who will keep us safe in a world without police? We will

A more equitable experience of safety is possible, but you must become part of creating it
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