Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar Open the 2016 BET Awards With 'Freedom'
Beyoncé opened the 2016 BET Awards with a ferocious performance of “Freedom.”
For the Second Time in February, Speaker Paul Ryan Has Quoted Braveheart
The year is 1280, and House Speaker Paul Ryan is not going to let Mel Gibson get hanged, drawn and quartered!
3,000 Upstaters Want to Commit Economic Suicide by Seceding From New York
That attractive graphic up there represents a plan put forth by a group of liberty lovers who’d like to see New York state split into two “autonomous regions”: New York, below, composed of the city plus Long Island and Westchester and Rockland Counties, and New Amsterdam, above, composed of everything else. If that…
Hey, Pharrell's New Song Sounds a Lot Like My Fave Classic House Song
Pharrell has previewed his new track, “Freedom,” and while it seems the message will be timely, the production sounds more than a little familiar—namely, it’s very close to “Hot Music,” the classic 1990 house track by Soho, aka New York dancefloor legend Pal Joey.
The First Thing Michelle Obama Will Do When She Leaves the White House
When her husband took office, First Lady Michelle Obama was notoriously reticent about moving into America's most famous address. And though she's warmed to it a bit, the thing she's most excited about doing when she's out of the White House may surprise you: as she told Ellen Monday, she really just wants to open…
French Burqa Ban Has Succeeded In Making Things Worse
France instituted a ban on wearing face coverings in public in April, and the first fines may be handed down this week. In the past six months, authorities have been hesitant to enforce the measure, and many police officers are simply looking the other way when they see a woman in a veil. While the ban was ostensibly…
Two Women Arrested Protesting France's Face-Covering Ban
This morning, two women were detained at a protest of France's veil ban outside Notre Dame Cathedral. France's ban on women covering their faces — effectively preventing women from wearing the niqab or a burqa — goes into effect today. Violators of the ban must pay a fine of 150 Euros.
Jonathan Franzen Loses Book Award To Some Lady
Accomplished novelist Jennifer Egan won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her fascinating, innovative book A Visit From the Goon Squad. But one newspaper seemed more concerned with who didn't win: namely, Jonathan Franzen.
The Solitary Male Genius Is A Work Of Fiction
The kerfuffle over Jonathan Franzen's Freedom prompts one critic to ask, "Can a Woman Be a 'Great American Novelist?'" But maybe it's time to change how we think of greatness.
Why Books By Women Aren't "Serious"
A kerfuffle over Jonathan Franzen's new book has exposed a controversy in the literary world: to hear some writers tell it, women may get the money, but men get all the praise. Except when men get both.
My Name Is LenaLamontable21, And I'm An Internet Addict
On today's Salon, Rebecca Traister goes cold turkey.
Kathryn Jean Lopez Dislikes Facts, Women Who Don't Regret Their Abortions
The subject of Kathryn Jean Lopez's latest NRO column is the abortion piece in the new Glamour that many are talking about. Thing is, it seems Lopez read a different piece.
