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Why color may not objectively exist

Ask a simple question, undermine your entire reality

Salon · Nov 16, 2024

Trump's trans threats alarm queer people

The incoming administration's message to trans people is clear: "You are not safe anywhere.”

Salon · Nov 15, 2024

Abortion funds prep for Trump admin

Even in the face of a hostile administration, abortion funds are prepared to help people access care

Salon · Nov 14, 2024

Is cannabis harmful in pregnancy?

Cannabis is not recommended in pregnancy, but experts say stigmatizing mothers for it introduces additional risks

Salon · Nov 11, 2024

How Black liberals fought a "dark age"

Scholar Keidrick Roy on the lessons of 19th-century Black thinkers who resisted racist notions of "liberty"

Salon · Nov 10, 2024

Strange consciousness of comb jellies

If simple organisms like comb jellies can form a single new being, what does that say about sentience?

Salon · Nov 10, 2024

Earth on track for hottest year recorded

Climate scientists have long identified 1.5º of global temperature rise as a grave milestone for avoiding disaster

Salon · Nov 9, 2024

How Dems blew it on Black, Latino vote

"Democrats are really going to have to try to connect back with" working-class Latinos and young Black men

Salon · Nov 9, 2024

Can states protect abortion from Trump?

Those who voted for Trump "nullified" their votes to expand access to abortion in their states, one expert says

Salon · Nov 9, 2024

Why tech billionaires dress like that

Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk have ditched minimalism for a flashier wardrobe

Salon · Nov 9, 2024