I don’t hate millennials anymore!

So they don't know John Hughes or the Cure or have a generational identity. This Gen Xer now sympathizes with Gen Y

Saturday, May 25, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 15
Life Books, Academia, John Hughes

GOP: Party of crybabies

Republicans insist that you please don’t criticize their policies or insult their donors

Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 25
Politics Republican Party, Criticism

What’s 2013′s “Gone Girl”? Here are this summer’s best reads

Why settle for the latest Dan Brown, when you can while away the dog days with these stylish page-turners?

Friday, May 24, 2013 11:30 PM UTC
Entertainment Books, What to Read, Fiction

Twitter talks back: Obama’s missed salute

The president failed to salute a Marine properly. Microbloggers respond VIDEO

Friday, May 24, 2013 9:51 PM UTC 61
All Salon Video, Obama, Military, Marine

A brief history of Jennifer Weiner’s literary fights

Claire Messud joins the many buzzy figures -- Jonathan Franzen, Lena Dunham, Jennifer Egan -- to earn Weiner's ire

Friday, May 24, 2013 6:31 PM UTC 24
Entertainment Books, Claire Messud

First look: Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard shine in “The Immigrant”

Cannes: Call it the anti-“Gatsby.” James Gray’s new film is a slow-burning 1920s parable of fall and redemption

Friday, May 24, 2013 6:30 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Film Festivals, Cannes

Ted Cruz against the world

The Texas senator’s escalating feud with McCain reveals his arrogance -- and the continuing crackup of the GOP

Friday, May 24, 2013 4:19 PM UTC 192
News Ted Cruz, John McCain, Tea Party

Must-do’s: What we like this week

Steven Soderbergh's last feature film arrives on DVD, and George Packer reports on the decline of America

Saturday, May 25, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV

Josh Ritter makes his “Blood on the Tracks”

The acclaimed singer-songwriter on his amazing new CD, which will always be known as his "divorce album" VIDEO

Saturday, May 25, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, Music, Josh Ritter

6 things you need to know about dark money groups

In the wake of the IRS scandal, a quick primer on social welfare nonprofits VIDEO

and , ProPublica Saturday, May 25, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Politics Video, ProPublica, IRS, nonprofits

You only hate grad school because you think you’re supposed to

So many publications are bashing the experience that it's almost become a self-fulfilling prophecy

, Pacific Standard Saturday, May 25, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Life Pacific Standard

Illinois’ fracking and coal rush is a national crisis

Illinois and its Mississippi River banks are becoming another ground zero in the war over climate change

, Alternet Saturday, May 25, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
News AlterNet, Illinois, fracking, Coal

Jester clowns Westboro Baptist Church

The notorious hacker transformed the hate group's "God hates Oklahoma" page into a Red Cross donation site

, International Business Times Saturday, May 25, 2013 12:00 PM UTC
Politics International Business Times

Fox executive behind “Does Someone Have to Go?” leaving the network

The mastermind behind "American Idol" -- and last night's cruel firing-themed show -- to depart

Friday, May 24, 2013 8:55 PM UTC
Entertainment does someone have to go, Fox

Developers evict historic women’s shelter to build luxury hotel

The 104-year-old Anna Louise Inn has ended its two-year legal battle with a Fortune 500 company and will now move

Friday, May 24, 2013 8:24 PM UTC 14
Business Women's Rights

Guantánamo prisoner on hunger strike cries for help on Twitter

Through the U.K. firm Reprieve, Shaker Aamer appeals to the public to call the U.S. embassy demanding action VIDEO

, The Daily Dot Friday, May 24, 2013 8:10 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, Twitter

Kaitlyn Hunt refuses plea offer, will go to court over high school relationship

The 18-year-old rejected a deal that would have labeled her a sex offender and placed her under house arrest

Friday, May 24, 2013 7:10 PM UTC 144
Life kaitlyn hunt, statutory rape

The secrets of cicada survival

A new brood is set to emerge this summer for the first time in 17 years. What's taken them so long? VIDEO

, Scientific American Friday, May 24, 2013 7:09 PM UTC
Life Video, Scientific American

Hillary Clinton memoir shows up on Amazon

The book, with thoughts on "challenges of the 21st century," is set to come out in June 2014

Friday, May 24, 2013 7:09 PM UTC
Entertainment Hillary Clinton, Memoirs

DHS admits “impossible” to control 3D-printed guns

A bulletin from the agency acknowledges what bit torrent sharers well know

Friday, May 24, 2013 6:25 PM UTC 13
Technology dhs, 3D-printed guns, Guns, Arms

3 possible solutions to international tax avoidance

Apple is the latest multinational to come under fire, but it's only taking advantage of what the law allows

, On the Economy Friday, May 24, 2013 6:17 PM UTC
Technology On the Economy, Apple, Google, GE

“I just want the U.S. to send my father home”

The family of a Gitmo detainee twice cleared for transfer remains pessimistic, despite Obama's speech vowing reform

Friday, May 24, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 11
Politics Guantanamo, gitmo, Yemen

Journalists file suit against Manning trial secrecy

Plaintiffs including Glenn Greenwald and Julian Assange demand press, public access to trial and documents

Friday, May 24, 2013 5:06 PM UTC
Media Bradley Manning, journalists

Russia: Syrian regime ready to talk peace

Damascus has not issued a definitive statement of its own on the proposed talks

, Associated Press Friday, May 24, 2013 5:03 PM UTC
News Associated Press, Syria, Russia

Catholic Church in market for more exorcists

A spokesman for the archdiocese in Madrid says it has only one such priest and is considering a plan to train more

, Associated Press Friday, May 24, 2013 4:47 PM UTC
Life Associated Press, Catholicism

Report: Nearly a quarter of all Americans struggle to afford food

The report notes deprivation in the U.S. is "closer to that in Indonesia or Greece rather than Britain or Canada"

Friday, May 24, 2013 4:29 PM UTC 56
Life Poverty, hunger, world hunger

Army weapons engineer tied to white nationalist organizations

Rising GOP operative John Stortstrom was a member of Youth for Western Civilization, a racist student group

, Southern Poverty Law Center Friday, May 24, 2013 4:25 PM UTC 24
Politics Southern Poverty Law Center

Wikipedia’s anti-Pagan crusade

A rogue editor targeted witches, warlocks and psychedelic scientists -- and cast doubt on the site's judgment

Friday, May 24, 2013 4:18 PM UTC 78
Technology wikipedia, pagans, paganism

David Vitter’s hypocritical, punitive, horrible new amendment

Senator's new measure denies food stamps for life to certain classes of ex-convicts (solicitation not included)

Friday, May 24, 2013 4:16 PM UTC 80
Business David Vitter, Farm Bill

No women allowed: Summer music festivals are dudefests, again

Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and the Austin City Limits festivals have something in common: very male lineups

Friday, May 24, 2013 4:15 PM UTC 15
Business Music, Editor's Picks, VIDA, Wilco

Vivica A. Fox tapes anti-gun PSA in front of poster for her movie

The actress and "Dancing With the Stars" alumna looks Hollywood glam in her "Cool Cat" anti-gun ad VIDEO

Friday, May 24, 2013 4:05 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, vivica a. fox

Louie Gohmert: Women should be forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term

Gohmert went on to accuse a woman who had a medically necessary late-term abortion of "ripping apart" her fetus VIDEO

Friday, May 24, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 62
Life Video, Abortion, abortion care

2 men arrested for endangering commercial aircraft

U.K. officials say the threat to a Pakistan International Airlines flight does not appear to be terror-related

and , Associated Press Friday, May 24, 2013 3:52 PM UTC
News Associated Press, Pakistan

Could hackers destroy the U.S. power grid?

Although critics say reports of cyber attacks are overblown, energy providers tell a more harrowing story VIDEO

, The Daily Dot Friday, May 24, 2013 3:39 PM UTC
Social Video, the daily dot, Internet

Oversized load blamed for bridge collapse

Initially, it wasn't clear if the Interstate 5 bridge north of Seattle gave way on its own

and , Associated Press Friday, May 24, 2013 3:15 PM UTC
News Associated Press, Seattle, Oregon

Democrats may be even worse than Republicans at regulating Wall Street

A new bill making its way through Congress permits the kind of derivatives trading that bankrupted our economy

, ROBERTREICH.org Friday, May 24, 2013 3:08 PM UTC 16
Business RobertReich.org, Democrats

This is what Guy Fieri looks like as a balloon

A balloon tribute to the mayor of Flavortown and lover of wraparound shades

Friday, May 24, 2013 3:07 PM UTC
Life Guy Fieri, Food Network

Mariah Carey’s rambling, cursing, dress-popping “Good Morning America” concert

The pop singer loses her dress in a Central Park appearance that shows just how tough live TV is VIDEO

Friday, May 24, 2013 2:52 PM UTC 13
Entertainment Video, mariah carey, ABC

I do not fear death

I will pass away sooner than most people who read this, but that doesn't shake my sense of wonder and joy

Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 3:01 PM UTC 203
Life Memoirs, Cancer, Books

Nobody “needs” to rape

Jose Canseco joins the long list of men who resort to the idiotic defense that they can "get" women without force

Friday, May 24, 2013 6:58 PM UTC 61
Life Jose Canseco, Rape