Lily Salter's Blog, page 1063
July 4, 2015
“I won’t see the end of the year”: Backstage at Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead’s final shows
The Grateful Dead were exhausted in spring '95, Garcia most of all. Here's the band's story of those last days
Genevieve: “I wanted to do it in my own way”
The former Company of Thieves frontwoman on her newly minted solo career and the joys of going pop
America’s July 4 military nightmare: With our recent history, could we even beat the British today?
America used to win wars. Then came decades of quagmires, stalemates and fiascoes. Are we doomed to failures?
Ann Coulter is white supremacists’ new hero: The most nauseating revelations from “Adios, America!”
A close examination of her new book's end notes reveals the conservative pundit routinely cites white nationalists
America’s real founding moment: Why we get Independence Day all wrong
The black fight for freedom is the key American narrative -- and the U.S. as we know it is younger than you think
July 3, 2015
Why hadn’t I read about the scary side of parenting?
During a time meant for joy, I fell into despair. You shouldn't have to lose yourself to be a mother -- but I did
“Oh, girl, get up. You got this”: Why the “strong black woman” stereotype is an albatross
"People perceive you as not completely human--you don’t have vulnerabilities, you don’t hurt, you just soldier on"
“No one knows if New Orleans will live again”: A digital diary of Hurricane Katrina, 10 years later
When the sh*t hit the fan, New Orleans stayed in touch digitally. Here are some of their heart-wrenching stories
“Why grow up?” is a political question: Our cult of youth is no accident — and it has dire consequences
A philosopher argues that we can't blame our arrested adolescence on the '60s — or even entirely on ourselves
From negging with a pick-up artist to leather hounds: A sex writer’s greatest hits
After 9 years of covering — and uncovering — sex for Salon, I'm moving on. Here are my favorite stories
