Am I a TV writer yet?

I'm 30. I'm doing the 12 steps. Shouldn't I be scripting hot sitcoms by now? What gives? Where's my free gift?

Friday, May 3, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Life Since You Asked, Writers

Pick of the week: I was a teenage anarchist!

Pick of the week: Olivier Assayas' gorgeous "Something in the Air" explores the crumbling, crazy '70s Euro-left

Thursday, May 2, 2013 11:30 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Our Picks

Would we give up burgers to stop climate change?

A new report suggests that adjusting our diet can slow global warming. Now let's see if our politics will let us

Thursday, May 2, 2013 11:29 PM UTC 14
Politics Climate Change, Global Warming

Here’s the most ignorant Jason Collins column ever

A sports editor in Illinois suggests the gay NBA player is a sinner who needs to apologize and try to change

Thursday, May 2, 2013 10:52 PM UTC
Life jason collins, Brian Nielsen

Meet the pro-austerity hypocrites

The wealthy corporate titans behind Fix the Debt are using a loophole to avoid paying taxes, a new report charges

Thursday, May 2, 2013 10:22 PM UTC 13
Politics Fix the Debt, Bowles-Simpson

NRA is getting a new president

An Alabama attorney will replace David Keene as the head of the gun lobby

Thursday, May 2, 2013 10:21 PM UTC
Politics David Keene, Wayne LaPierre, NRA

Assata Shakur first woman named on FBI most wanted list

40 years after reportedly killing a state trooper, Shakur exemplifies the continued punishment of black power

Thursday, May 2, 2013 10:01 PM UTC
News assata shakur, black power

Georgia town allegedly diverting sewage to black neighborhood

Eartjustice.org claims that black Rochelle, Ga. residents do not get the same sanitation as whites

Thursday, May 2, 2013 9:51 PM UTC
News Georgia, Racism, Sewage

Pic of the day: World Trade Center reborn

Iron workers hoist the final section of a spire atop One World Trade Center

Thursday, May 2, 2013 9:29 PM UTC
Life Pic of the day

House GOPer: Romney was the kid who couldn’t explain his science project

Rep. Pete Sessions has a theory about why Mitt Romney lost the election

Thursday, May 2, 2013 9:17 PM UTC
Politics Pete Sessions, 2012 Elections

Send her your sexts

Karen Finley's exhibit at the New Museum will feature sketches and oil paintings of patrons' smutty sex pics

Thursday, May 2, 2013 9:16 PM UTC
Social Art, Sexting, new museum

Predictions for tomorrow’s jobs report

Given last month’s numbers, we can’t rule out the possibility we've actually lost jobs

, On the Economy Thursday, May 2, 2013 8:57 PM UTC
Business On the Economy, Jobs report

Hacker steals sensitive infrastructure data from U.S. military

The corrupted database contains comprehensive information about 79,000 dams across the country

, GlobalPost Thursday, May 2, 2013 8:34 PM UTC
Technology GlobalPost

Lil Wayne responds to family of Emmett Till over offensive lyric

The response comes two months after Epic Records pulled the track

Thursday, May 2, 2013 8:29 PM UTC
Entertainment epic records, Civil Rights

Shots fired at Houston airport

At least one person has been critically injured

Thursday, May 2, 2013 8:02 PM UTC
News Associated Press, Houston, Texas

Steven Spielberg to direct “American Sniper” film adaptation

The legendary director joins Bradley Cooper's project about Navy SEAL Chris Kyle

Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:38 PM UTC
Entertainment Bradley Cooper

Howard Kurtz and the Daily Beast “part ways” after Jason Collins error

After claiming that Jason Collins lied about or "downplayed" his past, the media reporter is out of a job

Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:34 PM UTC 41
News Howard Kurtz, The Daily Beast

Dutch police may get right to hack into computers

Under new bill, investigators would be able to hack into computers, install spyware, read emails and destroy files

Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:23 PM UTC
Technology Hacking, Holland, Spying

“This could be a career ender for Michele Bachmann”

The ethics questions swirling around the Tea Party lawmaker are a "big problem," experts say

Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:20 PM UTC 77
Politics Michele Bachmann

America hates science

A student scientist is arrested for experimenting with Drano. No wonder we're falling behind the rest of the world

, Scientific American Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:04 PM UTC 45
Technology Scientific American

Drone victim: U.S. strikes boost al-Qaida recruitment

A young Yemeni whose village was targeted by a U.S. drone strike tells Salon about the experience, and its effects

Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 43
Politics al qaeda, Drones, Drone Attacks

“The Shelter Cycle”: Raised in a cult

Two adults remember their childhood in a doomsday sect in Peter Rock's remarkable novel of faith and meaning

Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Entertainment The Listener, Audiobooks, Fiction

U.S. calls for amnesty of American prisoner in North Korea

Analysts believe the sentencing could be an effort by Pyongyang to win diplomatic concessions

, Associated Press Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:58 PM UTC
News Associated Press, North Korea

Google Earth as art

In his latest installation, Jeroen Nelemans views a suburban home through the lens of virtual technology

, Hyperallergic Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:56 PM UTC
Technology Hyperallergic, Google

California’s disappearing health care reform

The single payer health care bill has passed both of the state's legislative branches -- twice. Why is it now dead?

, LA Review of Books Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:54 PM UTC
Politics LA Review of Books, California

Poll: Background checks vote could improve Dems’ 2014 chances

Sens. Kay Hagan and Mary Landrieu could get a boost for supporting gun background checks

Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:43 PM UTC
Politics Mary Landrieu, Kay Hagan

Maryland bans the death penalty

A repeal bill won final passage from the House of Delegates on Friday

Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:28 PM UTC
News Associated Press, Maryland

Are millennials delusional?

New research suggests that members of "Generation Me" are warped by a profound sense of entitlement

, Pacific Standard Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:25 PM UTC 170
Social Pacific Standard, millennials

“Iron Man 3″ box office hit in China

The movie raked in around $21 million on opening day

Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:15 PM UTC
Entertainment iron man 3, China

Why conservatives should support immigration equality

Jonathan Rauch calls GOP opposition to including gay binational couples in immigration reform a "suicide mission"

Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:11 PM UTC
Life Gay Marriage, Immigration

6 insidious ways you’re getting ripped off

And how to fight back

, Alternet Thursday, May 2, 2013 5:53 PM UTC 15
Business AlterNet, Business, U.S. Economy

“Iron Man 3″: A playboy grows up

Robert Downey Jr. is funny and moving, and Ben Kingsley makes a delicious techno-Osama, in summer's first big hit

Thursday, May 2, 2013 5:45 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

Fracking ourselves to death in Pennsylvania

For the "downwinders," big energy means big pollution

, Tom Dispatch Thursday, May 2, 2013 5:10 PM UTC 15
Business Tom Dispatch, fracking, Business

Americans to government: Hands off our civil liberties

In a pleasant surprise, voters are more concerned about retaining basic rights in wake of the Boston bombing

Thursday, May 2, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
News Boston Bombings

Chris Broussard doesn’t matter

Unpacking his hateful remarks about Jason Collins, and why it's in our best interest to simply ignore them

and , The Classical Thursday, May 2, 2013 4:55 PM UTC
Social The Classical, jason collins

Tsarnaev texted friends “LOL” after bombing

Details emerge about the involvement of the bombing suspect's three college friends

Thursday, May 2, 2013 4:24 PM UTC 22
Media Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

What anti-LGBT activists say “off the record”

A listserv for leaders in the "ex-gay" movement provides a revealing look at how anti-LGBT activists really talk

Thursday, May 2, 2013 4:12 PM UTC 32
Life Gay Rights, LGBT Rights

Hillary Clinton is still the clear favorite in a potential Dem primary

A new poll shows Clinton has a huge lead over other potential Democratic opponents

Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:52 PM UTC 10
Politics Hillary Rodham Clinton

U.S. citizen sentenced to 15 years hard labor in North Korea

Korean-American Kenneth Bae has been convicted of unspecified crimes against the regime

and , GlobalPost Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:47 PM UTC
Social GlobalPost, North Korea

Audit finds Scott Walker’s job creation agency repeatedly broke law

The two-year old Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. was strongly criticized in a state audit

Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:45 PM UTC
Politics Scott Walker, Wisconsin, audit

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