We must hate our children

We crush them with debt to go to college -- and today, rates are actually set to double. Are we out of our minds?

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 555
Student loan interest rates

Six amazing signs from the “Stand with Texas Women” rally

Thousands of Texans turned out on Monday to support reproductive rights -- and get cheeky with some poster board SLIDE SHOW

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 10:53 PM UTC
slideshow, Texas, Wendy Davis

Edward Snowden releases statement from Moscow

The NSA whistle-blower says he left Hong Kong once it "became clear my freedom and safety were under threat"

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 10:26 PM UTC 20
Edward Snowden, Russia

X-ray vision, coming soon

An MIT professor and her student have devised technology that lets us track a person's movements through walls

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 10:20 PM UTC
WiFi, superman, x-ray vision, Wi-Vi

Dark money group lies to IRS about being dark money group

A Better America Now is the latest right-wing nonprofit to fail to report millions spent on campaign ads

, ProPublica Monday, Jul 1, 2013 9:27 PM UTC
ProPublca, election

Report: Computer user believed to be Adam Lanza discovered

He had a "fetish" for a certain type of bullet and obsessively corrected Wikipedia articles about killers

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 9:13 PM UTC 14
Adam Lanza, Newtown, Sandy Hook

Hey, GOP: Mexican immigrants aren’t necessarily Democrats

New research suggests they're all over the political spectrum -- and that right-wingers are more likely to vote

, Pacific Standard Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:30 PM UTC
Pacific Standard

Texas Senate meets, promptly votes to recess until July 9

The opening day of the hotly anticipated second special legislative session lasted all of 30 minutes

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 7:56 PM UTC 10
Wendy Davis, Texas, Abortion

Erick Erickson, Internet comedian, jokes about reproductive rights

He'll be here all week, folks

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 7:43 PM UTC 19
Erick Erickson, Media, Twitter

Bodies of Arizona firefighters recovered

Flags in Prescott, Ariz., are flying at half-mast to commemorate the 19 lives lost in the wildfire

and , Associated Press Monday, Jul 1, 2013 7:20 PM UTC
Associated Press, Arizona

Report: Snowden asks for political asylum in Russia

The Interfax news agency claims Snowden's representative handed over his request Sunday

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 10
Associated Press, Interfax

Planned Parenthood gets the Tami Taylor seal of approval

Connie Britton has partnered with the women's health service provider on a campaign to "stand with Texas women" VIDEO

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 5:03 PM UTC
Video, tami taylor

Ohio governor signs budget laced with antiabortion provisions

The two-year budget also includes amendments to defund Planned Parenthood and cut funding to rape crisis centers

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 4:14 PM UTC 21
Rape, rape crisis centers

Will Egypt’s army stage another coup?

The military has given the country's rival forces 48 hours to resolve the current political crisis

, GlobalPost Monday, Jul 1, 2013 3:49 PM UTC
GlobalPost, Egypt, Middle East

Putin: Russia won’t turn over Snowden

But the leaker should stop harming "our American partners"

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 3:37 PM UTC
Putin, Vladimir Putin

The high cost of giving birth in the U.S.

The U.S. model encourages "more expensive care, rather than care that is good for the mother,” says one expert

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 3:30 PM UTC
birth, Childbirth, Pregnancy

Vatican monsignor questioned in corruption plot

Monsignor Nunzio Scarano has been arrested in a $26 million corruption plot

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 1:05 PM UTC
Vatican, Rome, pope

Wendy Davis gears up for round two of Texas abortion battle

Davis and her Democratic colleagues prepare for the second special session on Monday afternoon

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:53 PM UTC 16
Wendy Davis, Texas, Abortion

Obama, Bush heading to the same African city

Both will be in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania at the same time, though it's unclear whether they will meet

, Associated Press Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:45 PM UTC
From the Wires, Barack Obama

Report: NSA spied on European diplomats

Der Spiegel says that secret NSA documents show that the US bugged offices in Washington, New York and Brussels

, GlobalPost Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:39 PM UTC
NSA, Spying, Europe

Before Edward Snowden: “Sexual deviates” and the NSA

When the last major defection hit the NSA, the government smeared the leakers as gay. New documents show they lied

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 13
NSA, Edward Snowden

U.S. to Europe: Our snooping is the same as yours

The intelligence community pushes back against anger from allies over American surveillance abroad

and Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:29 AM UTC
NSA, Spying, Edward Snowden

Arizona tragedy: 19 firefighters killed in out-of-control wildfire

It's the deadliest fire involving firefighters for at least 30 decades. Some 200 homes have also been destroyed

and , Associated Press Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:09 AM UTC 24
Arizona wildfire

It’s not just Whitey Bulger: Meet another Mafia killer aided for decades by the FBI

The Colombo family killer stopped counting after 50 murders. A deal with the feds helped him get away with it all

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 8:25 PM UTC
Books, Gregory Scarpa Sr., FBI

Debunking “unfair advantage” myths about trans athletes

Why attack arguments like "higher testosterone levels" and "greater bone density" are simply wrong

, Outsports Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 81
Fallon Fox, outsports

NSA reportedly has secret data collection agreement with several European countries

UPDATE: The Guardian has taken down its story on the NSA's deal with EU countries "pending an investigation"

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 9:33 PM UTC 89
NSA, Europe, data collection

NSA reportedly spied on European Union offices

According to a "top secret" document obtained by Edward Snowden

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 10
NSA, Edward Snowden, EU, Spying

Biden to Ecuador: Don’t grant Edward Snowden asylum

The NSA whistleblower is reportedly in a Moscow airport, looking to go to a country where he will not be extradited

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 7:33 PM UTC
Joe Biden, Ecuador

Off the beaten track: Subway kiosks are the new artist hangouts

From Brooklyn to Los Angeles, select underground newsstands have begun hawking literature from indy publishers

, Hyperallergic Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 6:30 PM UTC
ALLDAYEVERYDAY, Art, newsstands

Phantom noise could spark diplomatic dispute

An engineer is bent on uncovering the origins of the mysterious "Windsor hum" that's driving Ontario residents mad VIDEO

, OnEarth.org Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 19
Windsor hum, Audio, Ontario

Russian police arrest gay rights activists under new “gay propaganda” law

The statue prohibits public displays of homosexuality

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 4:13 PM UTC 16
From the Wires, Gay Rights

When exfoliation kills

Microbeads used in many skin products are polluting the Great Lakes and directly harming marine life

Scientific American Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
Scientific American

Remember the Minutemen

The movement collapsed on itself, but its legacy lives on with the "secure the border" fantasists

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 3:30 PM UTC 19
Border, Minutemen, Louis Gohmert

American college student killed amid protests in Egypt

Andrew Pochter, 21, interned at a nonprofit and worked towards "the pursuit of peace and understanding"

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 3:02 PM UTC
Egypt, Mohamed Morsi

Obamas visit Nelson Mandela’s family in South Africa

The president urged leaders to follow the example set by the ailing former South African president

, Associated Press Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 1:37 PM UTC
Barack Obama, Michelle Obama

McDonald’s refuses to open branch in the West Bank

Settlers in Ariel are now threatening to boycott the fast-food chain

, GlobalPost Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 28
GlobalPost, ariel, west bank

Without full-time jobs, workers flock to temp towns

Short-term work has become a mainstay of the American economy, intensifying the rise in income inequality

, ProPublica Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 12
ProPublica, Unemployment, Temps

GOP and the Voting Rights Act: Can these Republicans do the right thing?

Once upon a time, brave Republicans helped make the Voting Rights Act law. Its future depends on similar courage

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 68
Voting Rights Act, Republicans

Gay marriage is back in California

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals took an "unusual, but not unprecedented" step in freeing couples to marry

, Associated Press Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 12:55 PM UTC
Gay Marriage, prop 8

Is Chile the next Brazil?

A new protest movement picks up where the student mobilizations of 2006 left off

, International Business Times Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 12:00 PM UTC
International Business Times