Chris Rock's poisonous legacy
Respectability politics isn't new. But with Charles Barkley and Bill Cosby now joining in, here's why it's so toxic
“There is but one way out for you”: Read the uncensored letter J. Edgar Hoover wrote to MLK
Historian discovers unredacted copy of longtime FBI chief's chilling letter
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 4:23 PM UTC 0News Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tea Party legislator pushes to add a “license to discriminate” to Texas constitution
State Senator Donna Campbell introduced an amendment for the second time that could codify anti-LGBT discrimination
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 6:56 PM UTC 0News Donna Campbell, Texas
Nightmare: Window washers are stuck outside the 69th floor of World Trade Center
UPDATE: The workers have been rescued
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 6:55 PM UTC 0Life wtc, window washers, emergency
Rachel Maddow trolls anti-science Tea Party school board members in the best way possible
The MSNBC host finds a brilliant way to stop Arizona conservatives from censoring biology textbook VIDEO
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 5:53 PM UTC 0Media Video, Rachel Maddow, Education
EXCLUSIVE: Jon Stewart’s Salon interview: Humanizing torturers, our dysfunctional politics, and why we view our political enemies as X-Men
"Daily Show" host tells Salon about Islam, nuance, his new film, and seeing Iranian kids impersonate his TV persona
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 5:45 PM UTC 0Entertainment Movies, rosewater, Jon Stewart
Tea Partyer’s messaging mistake: Admits executive orders don’t stop GOP from writing legislation
Sen. Ron Johnson is introducing some immigration bill? Well this complicates the "poison well" chatter
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 5:00 PM UTC 0Politics Immigration, Senate, Ron Johnson
Bye-bye, blue dog “Democrats”: What the end of conservative Dems means for America
Now that John Barrow of Georgia has lost, an old species is facing extinction. Here's what the Dems should do
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 4:30 PM UTC 0Politics Democrats, Conservatives
All the things we project onto Kim Kardashian’s butt: How one woman’s rear end came to mean everything
The Instagram comments on Kim's post of her new Paper mag cover offers a wide-ranging catalog of culture anxieties
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 4:15 PM UTC 0Entertainment Kim Kardashian, Paper Magazine
Watch live as a spaceship tries to land on a friggin’ comet [updated]
The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission landed on Comet 67P! VIDEO
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 3:40 PM UTC 0Innovation Video, Rosetta
Why America is the most unequal society in the developed world
The reason we're not more upset about the ever-expanding pay gap? We're clueless about how big it really is
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 12:15 PM UTC 0Business AlterNet, Wall Street
Why do female orgasms exist? The reason may be more complicated than you think
A new study suggests that orgasms help women choose better partners -- but it's a subject that is hotly debated
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 12:00 AM UTC 0Life Sex, Love and Sex
Woman pretends to be drunk and asks for help, is approached by gross men being gross
As with the catcalling video, people seem to be responding to this "social experiment." But what about real stats? VIDEO
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 10:07 PM UTC 0Life Sexual assault
Republicans’ fake wish granted: Obama calls GOP bluff, gets China to act on reducing carbon emissions
Landmark climate agreement between U.S. and China is excellent news for Republicans -- if GOP were actually sincere VIDEO
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 5:52 PM UTC 0Politics Video, Mitch McConnell
A spaceship landed on a comet! The world reacts to this momentous occasion
Twitter erupted at the news; we need to harness this excitement for more exploration VIDEO
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 5:51 PM UTC 0Innovation Video, NASA, Philae lander, Rosetta
Mike Huckabee 2016? Why the Fox Newser should be taken seriously
The former Arkansas governor quickly flamed out in 2008. In 2016, he'll have a lot more staying power
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 5:50 PM UTC 0Politics Mike Huckabee, 2016 election, GOP
This is how you are supposed to swallow pills
Heroes: 151 volunteers swallowed a bunch of pills for science
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 5:08 PM UTC 0Sustainability pills, Medicine, Science, Research
Ladies, your lady cab company has arrived
Are you ready to hail a "SheTaxi"?
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 4:26 PM UTC 0Life women, transportation, Feminism
Police accidentally shoot man who called 911 to report suspect sighting
Seriously?
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 4:20 PM UTC 0Social Police, Washington, Shooting, Guns
GOP leaders collectively freak out over U.S.-China climate deal
McConnell, Inhofe and company blasted the announcement and vowed to block the EPA VIDEO
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 4:06 PM UTC 0Sustainability Video, Senate Republicans
GOP already in lame excuse mode: Republicans can’t pass an immigration bill, and somehow that’s Obama’s fault
Republicans say Obama's action on immigration would kill any chance of reform. Let's stop pretending this is true
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 4:05 PM UTC 0Politics House Speaker John Boehner
America’s post-midterm inferno: Tea Party garbage, media nonsense and economic hell
Our notion of American exceptionalism and superpower status is blinding us to reality. Here's what we need to admit
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 3:58 PM UTC 0Politics Tea Party, Midterms
Heavy marijuana use could change the shape of your brain
A new study indicates that heavy teenage smokers have smaller orbitofrontal cortexes and lower IQs
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 3:30 PM UTC 0Sustainability marijuana, Teenagers, Brain
Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart is disgusted by “curtain of sound dampening smog” in Beijing
The APEC Summit was held in Beijing where the environment was a key topic VIDEO
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 3:24 PM UTC 0Innovation Video, Jon Stewart
Surprise! U.S. and China announce historic climate pledges
In a major breakthrough, the two nations agreed to make significant cuts to greenhouse gas emisisons
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 3:20 PM UTC 0Sustainability Barack Obama, China, Xi Jin Ping
RIP “storytelling”: How online marketers and tech bros destroyed the word
"Serial" is proof that the act of storytelling is alive and well -- but make no mistake: The word itself is dead
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 3:00 PM UTC 0Media storytelling, Serial
Stephen Colbert slams Breitbart: “You are craven political hatchet men”
Colbert mocked the site for its botched Loretta Lynch story VIDEO
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 2:35 PM UTC 0Entertainment Video, The Colbert Report
Chris Hayes slams CNN and Fox News’ Ebola coverage: “You’d never know we were Ebola free”
"I'm so glad all of us, everyone, collectively, kept our cool" VIDEO
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 2:32 PM UTC 0Sustainability Video, All in with Chris Hayes
GOP notches another Senate pickup
The party has now picked up eight Senate seats -- and another one is likely on the way
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 2:21 PM UTC 0Elections Mark Begich, Dan Sullivan, Alaska
Wall Street’s radical new rival? Why this investment firm says it’s catering to the 99 percent
Former White House aide Andrei Cherny tells Salon he's building a new investment firm devoted to the middle class
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 1:30 PM UTC 0Technology Wall Street, Inequality
“Your anti-immigration ideology is harming our cities”: An urbanist’s open letter to Ted Cruz
We share a name but not a basic sense of decency. A plea, from a Guatemalan immigrant to the son of an exiled Cuban
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 12:00 PM UTC 0Politics Creative Time Reports, Ted Cruz
Robert Reich: Americans are convinced the game is rigged
The former secretary of labor explains why the economic recovery is misleading -- and how we can affect real change
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 11:45 AM UTC 0Politics RobertReich.org
A slow walk into the amazing now
How a day with a sick friend brought me back to my senses
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 12:00 AM UTC 0Life Life stories, Small Victories
The subtle class politics of “High Maintenance”: Welcome to young, bougie, weed-smoking New York
A slight Web series on the community around dealing, buying and smoking pot returns for Season 2
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 11:59 PM UTC 0Entertainment high maintenance, vimeo
Lydia Millet: “If men’s cruel tyranny over women is the matter at hand, there’s a bored disinterest of the liberal literary establishment”
The author of "Dept. of Speculation" grills the author of "Mermaids in Paradise" on literary women, comic novels
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 11:58 PM UTC 0Entertainment Books, jenny offill, Lydia Millet
Joe Lieberman is pretty sure history will record that George W. Bush was just swell
The former senator trashes President Obama while heaping praise on his predecessor VIDEO
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 11:00 PM UTC 0Politics Video, Joe Lieberman
Update from Brownbackistan: New numbers show Kansas’ budget woes are even worse than initially realized
One week after Kansas narrowly reelected right-wing Gov. Sam Brownback, the state's outlook worsens
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 10:45 PM UTC 0Politics Sam Brownback, R-Kan., Kansas
Colorado is at the mercy of the tumbleweeds
They are everywhere. The tumbleweeds are everywhere
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 9:50 PM UTC 0Sustainability tumbleweeds, Colorado, Storm
