“World War Z”: The zombie apocalypse gets super-sized

Brad Pitt's $200 million zombie epic is exciting cinema, but its sloppy, lazy script rips off many better films

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 6:45 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

Serena’s rape victim-blaming got everything wrong

The tennis star's apology for her comments about the Steubenville rape victim didn't help matters either

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 5:56 PM UTC 32
Life Serena Williams, Rolling Stone

Is the government screwing pornographers?

Adult movie producers and sex educators are taking the attorney general to trial over a record-keeping law

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 6:20 PM UTC
Life Pornography, Sex, Love and Sex

Paula Deen’s racism goes viral with #PaulasBestDishes

Perhaps the celebrity chef, who reportedly uses the N-word liberally, would like to chill some "Lynchin' Lemonade"

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 5:26 PM UTC
Entertainment Twitter, Paula Deen

Sean Hannity: “I’m not a Republican”

Hannity on his political affiliation, and other highlights from the Fox News host's interview with Playboy

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 5:24 PM UTC 24
Politics Sean Hannity, Republicans

Report: 70 percent of Americans “emotionally disconnected” at work

According to Gallup.com, nearly one in five hates work so much they sabotage their employers

, AlterNet Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 3:43 PM UTC 12
Business AlterNet, Gallup.com

Creepy pickup artist rakes in Kickstarter cash

Kickstarter campaigner Ken Hoinsky offers tips for overcoming women's "resistance"

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 3:42 PM UTC 51
Life

What if we demanded Ted Cruz’s papers?

Canada-born senator wants to require documentary evidence of citizenship for voting. Maybe he should think again

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 3:42 PM UTC 44
Politics Ted Cruz, Arizona, Supreme Court

Paula Deen reportedly wanted black people to play slaves at a wedding

When asked if she uses the "N-Word," the celebrity chef replied: "Yes, of course."

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 3:15 PM UTC 60
Entertainment slavery, Civil War, Paula Deen

WikiLeaks helping Snowden seek asylum

Assange said his organization has been talking to the whistle-blowers legal team about possible deal with Iceland

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 7:39 PM UTC
Technology Julian Assange, WikiLeaks

HPV vaccine leads to drastic drop in infection rate among teens

"The report should be a wake-up call to our nation," said CDC Director Thomas Frieden

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 7:18 PM UTC
Life hpv vaccine, HPV

Bitcoin tax time?

A U.S. Government report explores how the IRS should deal with the libertarian-beloved cryptocurrency

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 7:14 PM UTC
Technology Bitcoin, Taxes, IRS, libertarians

Poll: Americans despise their airlines

According to a new American Customer Satisfaction Index, it's the country's third most reviled service provider

, International Business Times Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 6:51 PM UTC
Business International Business Times

“Arrested Development” star Jessica Walter on frantic shooting schedules: “I’m not happy with it”

The star of Netflix's comedy revival implies that her experience on-set wasn't too happy

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 6:25 PM UTC
Entertainment jessica walter

Snowden’s real crime: Humiliating the state

Here's the reason the NSA leaker will never be forgiven or forgotten: He stood up to power and embarrassed it

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 6:15 PM UTC
Politics Edward Snowden, NSA

Brazilian demonstrators out in full force

Protests against low-quality public services continued to rage across São Paulo and Fortaleza Wednesday

, Associated Press Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 6:12 PM UTC
Business Associated Press, Brazil

National study finds discrimination against gay couples in housing market

The report found that gay couples -- particularly gay male couples -- experience unequal treatment by rental agents

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 6:01 PM UTC
Life housing discrimination, Housing

E.L. Konigsburg brought the city to the ‘burbs

The late author invited children to explore urban culture in "From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler"

, LA Review Of Books Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 5:48 PM UTC
Entertainment

Internet trolls love feminist writers

The irony is that for all their misogyny, they spend an inordinate amount of time reading about women's issues

, PolicyMic Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 5:25 PM UTC
Social PolicyMic, Feminism, Internet

Brazil “wakes up”

Protests across the country reflect a growing dissatisfaction with its political system and its public services

, GlobalPost Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 4:56 PM UTC
Life GlobalPost, Brazil

House GOPer: Term “climate denier” offensive because it’s like “Holocaust denier”

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who is skeptical of man-made global warming, does not like the term "climate denier"

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 4:53 PM UTC 16
Politics Dana Rohrabacher

Delaware passes measure to protect transgender rights

Gov. Jack Markell plans to sign the bill, making Delaware the 14th state to pass such a law

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 4:48 PM UTC
Business transgender rights, LGBT Rights

Popularity boost for search engines outside NSA dragnets

DuckDuckGo among others are benefitting from never tracking user data in the first place VIDEO

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 4:30 PM UTC
Technology Video, DuckDuckGo, Prism, Google

The obsolescence of Steve Jobs

A remarkable video clip from 1994 captures the Apple founder pondering silicon ephemerality VIDEO

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 4:18 PM UTC
Technology Video, Steve Jobs, Apple

Another “sovereign citizen” sentenced in tax fraud scheme

A 70-year-old accountant faces 8 years in prison for filing false returns and encouraging others to do the same

, Southern Poverty Law Center Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 4:13 PM UTC
Business Southern Poverty Law Center

Elijah Wood goes dark

The actor talked to Salon about his role in "Maniac," and how he'd love to see "A Wrinkle in Time" onscreen

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 4:09 PM UTC 12
Entertainment elijah wood, maniac

What Obama’s global warming strategy could gain from Netflix

The president relies on minute-by-minute tracking to determine policy. Too bad his data isn't as good as Netflix's!

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 4:02 PM UTC
Entertainment Barack Obama, Netflix

Does Obama know what “transparent” means?

The president claims the court that oversees the NSA's snooping program is open, but it's anything but

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 3:44 PM UTC 10
Politics Barack Obama, FISA

Serena Williams blames Steubenville rape survivor for “putting herself in that position”

UPDATE: Williams issues an apology for remarks blaming a 16-year-old girl for getting raped

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 3:36 PM UTC 77
Life steubenville rape case

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski backs marriage equality

Murkowski is the third GOPer in the Senate to express support for same-sex marriage

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 3:34 PM UTC
Politics Lisa Murkowski, Republicans

Watch the trailer for “Anchorman 2″

The Will Ferrell comedy adds Kristin Wiig and James Marsden to the sequel VIDEO

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 3:30 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, anchorman 2, Comedy

UN: Global refugee crisis worst in decades

Number of displaced people tops 45 million with due largely to conflicts in Syria, DRC and Mali

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 3:11 PM UTC
News Refugees, UNHCR, refugee crisis

Must-see morning clip: The WWE weighs in on the immigration debate

"It's like C-SPAN with elbow drops," says John Oliver VIDEO

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 3:09 PM UTC
News Video, wwe, Wrestling, zeb colter

Why metadata really is the message

Top cryptologist explains for Wired that the NSA has a terrifying tool: a "a National Relationship Database"

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 3:08 PM UTC
Technology NSA, Matt Blaze, metadata

Archbishop: “May a lesbian marry a gay man? My answer is ‘yes’”

A cleric says gay people can totally marry -- as long as they marry someone of the opposite sex

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 2:42 PM UTC 26
Life LGBT, Catholic Church

Cher performs new music on “The Voice”

The 67-year-old sang "It's a Woman's World" on the show's season finale VIDEO

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 1:53 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, Cher, The Voice

Brazil lawmakers vote to lift ban on gay “conversion therapy”

The "gay cure" measure passed a vote by Brazil's congressional human rights committee

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 1:50 PM UTC
Life Brazil, Gay, Gay Rights

Darrell Issa is terrible at his job

As usual, the House Oversight Committee chairman is losing the plot on the IRS investigation

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 1:40 PM UTC 57
Politics Opening Shot, IRS scandal, IRS

GOP has learned absolutely nothing from 2012

Republicans are still trying to roll back the clock on abortion and immigration reform.

, ROBERTREICH.org Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 1:36 PM UTC 35
Politics RobertReich.org, Abortion

Dem congressman to sue IRS over “social welfare” rules

Rep. Chris Van Hollen says he wants to clarify the rules that allow groups to attain nonprofit status

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 1:10 PM UTC 14
Business Chris Van Hollen, Democrats, IRS