The year in Jon Stewart: Still the king of political comedy
The comedian was in the public eye for more than just "The Daily Show" in 2014, and it was pretty refreshing VIDEO
Wednesday, Dec 31, 2014 12:00 PM UTC 0Innovation Video, The Daily Show
The former secretary of labor on our newest spending bill -- and why it's everything that's wrong with Washington
The comedian was in the public eye for more than just "The Daily Show" in 2014, and it was pretty refreshing VIDEO
Wednesday, Dec 31, 2014 12:00 PM UTC 0Remember this guy?
Wednesday, Dec 31, 2014 11:59 AM UTC 0Once seen as either sure things or formidable contenders, these candidates flopped -- big time
Wednesday, Dec 31, 2014 11:58 AM UTC 0Where I live in East Baltimore, everything looks like "The Wire" and nobody cares what a "selfie" is
Wednesday, Dec 31, 2014 12:00 AM UTC 0J.C. Chandor's gloomy '80s crime epic pairs two hot stars in a blend of Shakespeare, Dreiser and "The Godfather"
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2014 11:59 PM UTC 0Pop stars aren't the only musicians who steal. Our most iconic rockers stand on the shoulders of Otis Blackwell
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2014 10:00 PM UTC 0Be very afraid.
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2014 7:00 PM UTC 0From "Time is a flat circle" to Henry and Eliza's near-kiss on "Selfie," these are the moments that stuck with me VIDEO
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2014 5:00 PM UTC 0Spellbinding pairings of great writing and great acting that stopped me in my tracks this year
Wednesday, Dec 31, 2014 1:30 PM UTC 0From some unexpected losses to unforeseen political developments, here's what threw us for a loop
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2014 3:00 PM UTC 0His resignation shows he was lying to voters all along -- to bargain a lighter sentence. Inside his shady last ploy
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2014 1:37 PM UTC 0If 2014 was the year of the ignorant white guy, then this racist Nevada rancher might have been its standard bearer
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2014 1:30 PM UTC 0Why 2014 was a banner year for clueless rich people saying horrible things on television VIDEO
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2014 12:00 PM UTC 0Want to know which critical deadlines Republicans will sneakily try to exploit? Bookmark this timeline as a guide
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2014 11:59 AM UTC 0Visiting on the eve of the Irish famine, the great leader stayed silent on British oppression. A new book tells why
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2014 11:58 AM UTC 0Institutional racism. Rampant income inequality. A broken justice system. America may never be a great society
Monday, Dec 29, 2014 11:00 PM UTC 0She hijacked a plane and planted a bomb that took Brian's life. But our strange correspondence freed us both
Monday, Dec 29, 2014 10:59 PM UTC 0Aided and abetted by Twitter and Instagram, it's been a big year for celebrity disses, beefs and brawls
Monday, Dec 29, 2014 9:30 PM UTC 0We lost "The Colbert Report" in 2014, but gained "Last Week Tonight." Here were our favorite segments VIDEO
Monday, Dec 29, 2014 8:00 PM UTC 0From Ebola to ISIS to the vanishing airplanes, televised fearmongers were out of control in 2014 VIDEO
Monday, Dec 29, 2014 6:30 PM UTC 0Don't believe the haters! From a Texas family epic to class war on a train, it was an amazing year at the movies
Monday, Dec 29, 2014 4:30 PM UTC 0What can we say this year about sexual violence that couldn’t have been said before? Here's the good and bad of '14
Monday, Dec 29, 2014 3:00 PM UTC 0Why BIll Maher's horrible campaign against Islam was one of the lowlights of 2014
Monday, Dec 29, 2014 1:30 PM UTC 0Geraldo Rivera, Bill O'Reilly and Charles Barkley all took respectability politics to odious new lows
Monday, Dec 29, 2014 1:00 PM UTC 0O’Reilly, Hannity and a defiant NYPD are fighting battles of 50 years ago. The chaos ended but the backlash endures
Monday, Dec 29, 2014 12:00 PM UTC 0To help sort through the year-end flood, we reached out to critics and tallied the totals for this definitive list
Monday, Dec 29, 2014 11:59 AM UTC 0For too many men, my weight is a problem, or a fetish. But I want somebody who will hold my hand -- and more
Monday, Dec 29, 2014 12:30 AM UTC 0Podcast hosts Corinne Fisher & Krystyna Hutchinson discuss sex, slut-shaming and what "comedy with a purpose" means
Sunday, Dec 28, 2014 10:00 PM UTC 0From period fetishists to manservants, these pieces told stories about love and sex that we just couldn't forget
Sunday, Dec 28, 2014 7:30 PM UTC 0The animals disappeared from Taiwan decades ago, but conservation efforts have made the island habitable once again
Sunday, Dec 28, 2014 6:00 PM UTC 0Television critics spoke to Salon about the particular episodes that stood out from the rest in 2014
Sunday, Dec 28, 2014 4:00 PM UTC 0From social media failures to snappy comebacks, these were the tweets heard 'round the world
Sunday, Dec 28, 2014 3:00 PM UTC 0From domestic violence jokes to the Auschwitz selfie, viral tweets showed us the awful side of social media
Sunday, Dec 28, 2014 2:00 PM UTC 0Google Glass has become a punchline, while Ello will be remembered as the anti-Facebook revolution that wasn't
Sunday, Dec 28, 2014 1:00 PM UTC 0Acclaimed philosopher Daniel Dennett explains why free will is much more complicated than many people believe
Sunday, Dec 28, 2014 12:00 PM UTC 0From "Planet Hillary" to Kim in Paper, the magazine covers featuring women that sparked controversy this year
Sunday, Dec 28, 2014 11:59 AM UTC 0Move over, cows and chickens
Sunday, Dec 28, 2014 11:58 AM UTC 0Johnathan was on death row when we fell in love. Nothing could have prepared me for witnessing his execution
Sunday, Dec 28, 2014 12:00 AM UTC 0If there's one way 2014 introduced texture and variety to the cultural landscape, it's in the realm of hair
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