Help keep Salon independent

Showing results for: offs

Tire toxicity faces fresh scrutiny after salmon die-offs

Jim Robbins
One analysis found that a car’s tires emit 1 trillion ultrafine particles per kilometer

Great Salt Lake “not that far off” from an ecosystem collapse: Toxic dust storms, die-offs loom

Eric Schank
As the Great Salt Lake continues to dry up, the ecological future of the region may be bleak

Climate change is causing “mass die-offs” of animals

Kelly McClure
Hundreds of little blue penguins are washing up on beaches in New Zealand

Behind the scenes of “Fire Island,” from filming sexy rain encounters to endearing dance-offs

Gary M. Kramer
Director Andrew Ahn on the performance of queerness, finding power in race and capturing "beautiful beings" on film

Georgia GOP senators demand GOP election chief resign after failing to outright win their elections

Igor Derysh
“Trump is gonna cost the GOP the Senate,” one conservative commentator predicted ahead of Georgia's run-offs

Who’s coming to the aid of undocumented workers amid restaurant closures and lay-offs

Ashlie D. Stevens
The hospitality industry relies on over 1 million undocumented workers, who are operating without a safety net

Buy American — or else: GOP plan to kill import cost tax write-offs has retail industries alarmed

Angelo Young
Republicans say the tax adjustment protects American jobs. Apparel and footwear businesses especially are nervous

Faking it: Does the forged Vermeer that fooled Goering belong in a museum?

Noah Charney
Han van Meegeren was arrested after WWII for selling his "Vermeer" to a Nazi. Should we collect his knock-offs now?

Gawker says goodbye: Farewells combine nostalgia with irony

Scott Timberg
The controversial site goes down with eccentric sign-offs and elsewhere some overreaching

The 7 worst rip-offs you’re still falling for

Lynn Stuart Parramore
From "germ-fighting" household cleaners to college textbooks, buyer beware

NOAA study: The BP oil spill almost definitely killed a whole lot of dolphins

Lindsay Abrams
The link between the Deepwater Horizon spill and the Gulf's dolphin die-offs just got even stronger

“Mad Men” spoilers, conspiracy theories, and blatant fan service denied: Matthew Weiner will keep teasing us to the bittersweet end

Anna Silman
Weiner's "finale clip" gag on Conan last night is the latest in a long line of the his stand-offs with hungry fans

These 7 corporate rip-offs will make you want to scream

Paul Buchheit
How JPMorgan and Xerox are making money off of American misery

7 rip-offs you need to know about

Lynn Stuart Parramore
From "germ-fighting" household cleaners to college textbooks, buyer beware

New technology spots designer knock-offs

SHAUNACY FERRO
Scientists are using radiation to determine the exact textile makeup of fabrics that look and feel alike

The fracking trade-offs

David Sirota
The oil industry is muscling through pro-drilling legislation by tying it to appealing tax cuts and education bills

Obama’s radical charity plan

David Sirota
How a proposal to modestly reduce wealthy tax write-offs on donations could challenge our nation's oligarchy

Pop Torn: 10 pieces of cultural ambivalence

Drew Grant
This week we're on the fence about: Mister Rogers spin-offs, more Sarah Palin TV and terrible John Wayne analogies

The honey-baked hams of “Chef Academy”

Heather Havrilesky
Bravo takes one eccentric French chef, mixes in a room full of colorful show-offs and brings it to a rolling boil

Reality is tough

Amanda Cochran
We've compiled the teariest goodbyes and saddest send-offs from our favorite shows.

An inconvenient bottle cap

Andrew Leonard
The decision by a beer brewer to move from twist-off caps to pry-offs is a radical challenge to American consumer capitalism.

Where the girls are — bamboozled

Lori Leibovich
The New York Post reports that "girls only" travel packages are really just rip-offs.

Why can’t we be “Friends”?

Heather Havrilesky
Among the new fall TV sitcoms are predictably miserable rip-offs ("Coupling"), dubious star vehicles (Kelly Ripa, anyone?) and cartoon families -- and a few that seem to get the tricky comedy formula just right.
« Previous
Page: 1
Next »