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salon.com — Sick societies normalize the aberrant and abhorrent behavior of their leaders and other elites. This behavior in turn becomes a type of pathology the infects the general public.

salon.com — (Bobbi Lin/Food52) Alone for New Year's this year? Same. Here's how I'm celebrating. Abra BennettJanuary 1, 2020 1:00AM (UTC)This story first appeared on Food52, an online community that gives you everything you need for a happier kitchen and home – that means tested recipes, a shop full of beautiful products, a cooking hotline, and everything in between! A solo New Year’s Eve presents an unexpectedly wonderful opportunity.

salon.com — Team Trump is sharpening its teeth on a new, nationwide crackdown on homelessness. Though the details are not known, we do know a bit about Robert Marbut, who has been named essentially czar for homelessness for the White House. Marbut built a reputation for making the homeless earn admittance to shelters while clearing the streets to gather them in central holding facilities. Marbut puts emphasis on an approach that is less about empathy and closer to the model we know as jail.

salon.com — Close-up of low-cost, web-connected personal surveillance camera from smart home company Wyze isolated on white background, August 21, 2019. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Wyze Labs lets consumers surveil their own homes — and its huge data breach doesn't inspire trustNicole KarlisJanuary 1, 2020 12:00PM (UTC)If you invest in an internet-connected security camera system, one might expect that the  makers would take security extremely seriously.

salon.com — (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images) The ball drop will honor NYC science teachers and students who have been working hard to address the climate crisisRachel RamirezJanuary 1, 2020 2:00AM (UTC)This post originally appeared on Grist. Tens of thousands of people gather in and around Times Square every New Year’s Eve, many braving the winter cold for several hours, just to witness New York City’s world-renowned ball drop to ring in the new year.

salon.com — It was another year in which natural disasters occurred with unnatural force and frequency: Mozambique was submerged by two deadly cyclones, some of its worst storms of record; Japan, Australia, and the southern U.S. sizzled in heat waves; and even the Arctic was on fire. Of course, the consequences of climate change are bound to get worse. What was different about 2019 was the response.

salon.com — Capt. Jahmar Resilard and Capt. Austin Smith were hurtling over the Pacific Ocean at 280 miles per hour. From inside the cockpit of their U.S. Marine Corps fighter jet, they kept their eyes on the hulking fuel tanker flying ahead. Off to their right, two Marines in a second jet assigned to Fighter Attack Squadron 242 did the same. The moon was below the horizon. The lights on all three aircraft were turned off.

salon.com — The Trump administration quietly used loopholes built into the 2017 tax cuts to give big corporations an even bigger tax savings. The tax cut bill passed by Republicans in 2017 overwhelmingly benefited the wealthy and big corporations, according to a House Budget Committee report issued earlier this year. The law gave individuals a modest short-term tax cut while permanently slashing corporate taxes from 35 percent to 21 percent.

salon.com — Last July I sat on the patio of Disney California Adventure’s new Lamplight Lounge, overlooking a roller coaster-rimmed lake erected on the grave of an orange grove. Waiters with trays of frothing, jittering cocktails — drinks already famous on Instagram Stories — weaved their way through tourists wearing plush mouse ears and matching T-shirts. I raised my glass to my own celebration: my good friend Jessica, whose 40th birthday we were celebrating on this over-the-top girl’s weekend.

salon.com — The end of the year marks a milestone for Salon: the launch of our very own food vertical curated by a team of editors across our award-winning website. As a successful first year comes to a close, it is time to pause for a moment to look back at the recipes our readers read the most. The top recipe of 2019 revealed how to make the very best Irish brown bread in all of Ireland. Chef Alannah Thorington divulged her coveted recipe, which is made daily at Clonbrock Castle in County Galway.