Salon.com: Ghost shops and farting corpses: How viral conceits became Trojan horses for brilliant dramas

July 8th, 2017 ["A Ghost Story"] [Ghost shops and farting corpses: How viral conceits became Trojan horses for brilliant dramas]( Max Cea A24 has ushered in a renaissance of bizarre indies that tap strange, headline-catching ideas for very good purposes [Spoon] [Britt Daniel on Spoon’s new album, Prince and a quarter century of indie life]( Annie Zaleski The co-founder talks staying young, getting old, learning from the masters and the emotions behind "Hot Thoughts" [Ivanka Trump; Paul Ryan] [Can you define “appropriate attire?” The Speaker’s Lobby dress code is a reminder that the sartorial is always political]( Erin Keane Banishing women for bare shoulders is a power play. Female reporters should push back against vague House rules [René Descartes; Donald Trump; Plato; William Shakespeare] [Donald Trump and the decline of the West: Ten thousand years of civilization and we end up with this guy?]( Andrew O'Hehir Trump appoints himself the defender of Western civilization. Such deep irony! So much horror! What if he's right? [People take part in a protest near the Trump tower against Donald Trump] [Staggering right-wing hypocrisy: America is not going to “come together” under GOP politics of division]( David Masciotra Republicans need to stop begging Americans for "unity" while they pursue unjust policies [Trump CNN fight on Phone] [Forget fake news — alt-right memes could do more damage to democracy]( Sophia A. McClennen Just like talk radio before it, growth of alt-right social media is the real crisis behind Trump's CNN tweet VIDEO [Mark Zuckerberg] [Mr. Zuckerberg, please don’t run for president: The last thing America needs is a Facebook technocrat]( Keith A. Spencer The same absurd logic that swept Trump into the White House could bring us the Zuck. You shouldn't "like" this [Donald Trump] [America votes the way it eats]( Lucian K. Truscott IV You can learn a lot about how the voting public thinks based on what's available to eat in chain restaurants [Donald Trump] [Trump’s alt-right Poland speech: Time to call his white nationalist rhetoric what it is]( Amanda Marcotte After two years of flirting with overt white nationalism, Trump jumps the alt-right shark in his Warsaw speech [Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Hillary Clinton] [Why we need the left-wing critique of liberalism: Because liberals got us where we are today]( Conor Lynch Too many American liberals have betrayed FDR's legacy — and the attacks from both left and right have some merit [Vladimir Putin; Donald Trump] [Trump administration officials do not dispute Russia’s claim that Trump accepted Putin’s word on election meddling]( Taylor Link An anonymous Trump official told CNN Friday that Trump did not accept Putin's claims, but that story has changed [Nina Simons, co-founder Bioneers] [LISTEN: Embracing feminine leadership could save humanity from itself]( Lauren Schiller Bioneers co-founder Nina Simons talks to "Inflection Point" about feminine leadership, "The Burning Times" and more [Knight Groping Investigation] [FBI investigated coach Bobby Knight for allegedly groping women employees at a U.S. spy agency]( Taylor Link The FBI investigated complaints that the basketball coach inappropriately touched women who worked at the agency [Germany G20] [Ivanka Trump sat in for the president during a G-20 summit meeting]( Taylor Link Ivanka filled in for President Trump on Saturday, sitting in with world leaders as if she was next in line [Donald Trump, Angela Merkel] [Every nation, except for the U.S., reaffirmed the Paris climate accord at G-20 summit]( Taylor Link World leaders came together to fight climate change, but President Trump once again refused to join them [Mark Zuckerberg] [10 years ago: Parents take over Facebook!]( Farhad Manjoo From the Salon Archives, an analogy that aged weirdly: Facebook was John Mayer; MySpace was Jessica Simpson [Young man with headphones] [LISTEN: 12 podcasts that explore the human side of tech]( Ma'ayan Plaut, RadioPublic Technology is a ubiquitous part of human life now. How do we make sense of how that makes us feel? [Hillary Clinton] [The day democracy got hacked: To this “old spy,” all signs in the DNC email leak pointed to Russia]( Malcolm Nance Someone was playing 3-dimensional chess with our democracy. Experience taught me there could be only one source [COVER_PHOTO-BishopNedd] [WATCH: Bishop explains why churches should stay out of politics]( Carrie Sheffield Bishop Council Nedd joined Salon Talks to weigh in on the separation of church and state in America [Donald Trump] [This week in Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest: When the watchdog leaves]( Matthew Rozsa Donald Trump goes abroad, and his interests get a lot murkier follow salon Most Read - [[Donald Trump] Trump's alt-right Poland speech: Time to call his white nationalist rhetoric what it is]( - [[Alex Jones] Alex Jones is freaking out about "humanoids" who are "80 percent gorilla, 80 percent pig"]( - [[Rick Perry] "Here's a little economics lesson": Rick Perry fails to explain supply and demand]( - [[Donald Trump] Trump's Russia lies keep on coming — and so do his hollow, hypocritical attacks on Obama]( - [[blue_lives_billboard] Fox News uses misleading statistics to push an authoritarian agenda]( - [[Mitch McConnell; Donald Trump; Paul Ryan] Massive political pain lies ahead for the GOP — and it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of guys]( - [[Jeff Zucker] Trump's advisers feed him stuff from neo-Nazi websites — but we're talking about CNN and a Reddit troll]( - [[Johnny Depp] Johnny Depp collected islands with "no plumbing, sewage facilities, or electricity"]( - [[Signing of the Declaration of Independence] NPR's Declaration of Independence tweetstorm angered some Trump supporters]( - [[Man Headphones] More millennials are having strokes]( [Help]( | [Advertising Information]( Copyright ©2017 Salon Media Group, Inc. 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