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
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Alex Jones: Conspiracy Inc.

Conspiracy theories can be big business. Here's how the multi-platform entrepreneur makes his millions

Thursday, May 2, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 130
Alex Jones

Diane Sawyer to host first televised interview with Malala Yousafzai

The unlikely 15-year-old women's rights icon will also publish a memoir

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 7:52 PM UTC
Malala Yousafzai, diane sawyer

Wisconsin church bans NFL star over tweet supporting Jason Collins

Leroy Butler's tweet to Jason Collins was an alleged violation of the "morality clause" of his speaking contract

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 4:58 PM UTC 42
jason collins, Homophobia

Chris Matthews to end “The Chris Matthews Show”

However, the host has forged a deal with MSNBC and will stay on as "Hardball" host

Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 10:15 PM UTC 17
Chris Matthews, MSNBC, Hardball

Mike Allen’s bizarre attack on Conan O’Brien

Politico's star reporter takes umbrage over O'Brien's joke about a Washington hotel

Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 6:54 PM UTC 33
Politico, Mike Allen, Washington

Breast cancer awareness is big business

Pink ribbon campaigns and other mainstream initiatives might be hurting women more than they're helping

, Feministing Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 5:49 PM UTC
Feministing, Cancer

Jason Collins: Black — and gay — like me

Why the race of NBA’s first openly gay player matters just as much as his sexual orientation

Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 45
LGBT, jason collins, Basketball

ESPN sportswriter Chris Broussard: Jason Collins is “walking in open rebellion to God”

The sports journalist denounced the NBA's first openly gay player for living in "unrepentant sin" VIDEO

Monday, Apr 29, 2013 8:37 PM UTC 109
Video, jason collins, LGBT Rights

NBA player Jason Collins comes out, Twitter reacts

He made history today as the first openly gay male professional athlete, Twitter cheered

Monday, Apr 29, 2013 4:36 PM UTC 34
Gay Rights, lgbt sports

Jason Collins becomes first openly gay male professional athlete

Collins made his historic announcement on the cover of this week's issue of Sports Illustrated

Monday, Apr 29, 2013 3:45 PM UTC 22
jason collins, LGBT, LGBT Rights

The Boston backlash is rooted in America’s paranoid past

Right-wingers who exploit the Boston tragedy to attack immigrants are replaying a script that goes back 112 years

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 84
Boston, Boston Marathon bombing

How to debunk George W. Bush’s attempts at revisionism

Your definitive guide to the Bush cronies' talking points, and why all of them are insane

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 248
George W. Bush

George Clooney teaming up with “Argo” journalist for another film

Several of Joshuah Bearman's magazine articles are being adapted for the big screen

Friday, Apr 26, 2013 3:41 PM UTC
joshuah bearman, Argo

Kathie Lee Gifford drums up support for Matt Lauer with letter meant to run as ad

Lauer axed the idea, saying he preferred to keep it "in the family"

Friday, Apr 26, 2013 1:48 PM UTC

George Bush: I won’t weigh in on gay marriage

"I’ve made the decision to get off the stage,” he told CBS News VIDEO

Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 5:12 PM UTC
Video, George W. Bush

Is the press too big to fail?

Today's media may be maddening, but the sobering truth is that there was no Golden Age of American journalism

, TomDispatch.com Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 1:02 PM UTC
TomDispatch.com, New York Times

“American women novelists” segregated by Wikipedia

Wikipedia's overwhelmingly male user-editors began the bizarre forced gender migration on Tuesday

Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 1:01 PM UTC 15
women, Women writers, Sexism

Is Saudi Arabia deporting men for being too handsome?

According to reports, leaders fear female visitors could fall for them too easily VIDEO

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 10:11 PM UTC 12
Saudi Arabia, Facebook

Glenn Beck to conspiracy critics: “Bring it on”

Adding, "Would you like some more, because if you want another helping, we'll give it to you" VIDEO

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 8:21 PM UTC 19
Video, Glenn Beck

Politico reports that New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson is mean, Twitter reacts

Dylan Byers' writing about women has created a Twitter maelstrom yet again

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 7:37 PM UTC
Sexism

Fired TV news anchor A.J. Clemente booked for Letterman, “Today” show

He was let go for cursing on-air -- then his video went viral

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 1:06 PM UTC
A.J. Clemente, letterman

CNN’s “Crossfire” talk shows CNN still doesn’t get what’s wrong with CNN

In case you were hoping for the new incarnation to be smarter, CNN is talking to Newt Gingrich and Stephanie Cutter VIDEO

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 12:15 PM UTC 19
Video, Opening Shot, CNN

Religion’s media persecution complex

There is no secular conspiracy to curb religious news coverage. Audiences just aren't all that interested

, Religion Dispatches Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 10:01 PM UTC 15
Religion Dispatches, Religion

Happy birthday, YouTube

To celebrate: Eight classic videos and what they taught us VIDEO

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 10:00 PM UTC
Video, YouTube

Rush Limbaugh: Boston bombing suspects influenced by “liberal elite intellectual thought”

Limbaugh says the Tsarnaev brothers were hanging around the "wrong people" in Boston: Other Bostonians VIDEO

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 8:03 PM UTC 75
Video, Rush Limbaugh

Twitter turns AP hack into comedy

An AP hack briefly terrified Twitter and the markets, then became comedy in record time: "@AP: Glee is a good show"

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 6:06 PM UTC
Associated Press, Twitter

CNN’s John King on Boston bombing news coverage: “We made a mistake”

"It's my city, too, so it's sort of a double kick in the head to me," King said

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 4:54 PM UTC
CNN, john king, Boston Explosions

Glenn Beck: “The burden of proof is on the federal government” to disprove my conspiracy theory

The government "can't prove" that Glenn Beck is wrong, and this makes Glenn Beck right, says Glenn Beck VIDEO

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 4:43 PM UTC 63
Video

NBC terrorism analysts need more transparency

Network rarely discloses that its security commentators are also U.S. government contractors

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 3:22 PM UTC
Terrorism, Counterterrorism, NBC

Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart rips CNN’s Boston coverage

The network stayed on the scene in Watertown, Mass., despite having nothing new to report VIDEO

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 1:19 PM UTC
Video, CNN, Must see morning clip

Well-off people soon to finally be inconvenienced by sequestration

Why scheduling changes to the DC-to-New York air shuttle might finally end sequestration

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 49
Opening Shot, Sequestration

Biggest myths from the Boston Marathon bombing

From "false flag" paranoia to alleged Saudi ties, the worst fear-mongering to come out of the Boston tragedy

Monday, Apr 22, 2013 10:07 PM UTC 41
boston marathon explosions

“How can the brain understand itself?”

The host of the new show "Brain Games" tells Salon the organ's biggest mystery, and how to make yours work better

Monday, Apr 22, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Brain, Neuroscience, Television

Murdoch’s horribly irresponsible tabloid is doomed

He (and it) won't be around forever

Monday, Apr 22, 2013 2:48 PM UTC 18
Opening Shot, newspapers

Koch brothers’ real plan for media domination

The conservative brothers would make money off owning newspapers. Just not in the straightforward way they claim

Monday, Apr 22, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 23
newspapers, Koch Brothers

In Boston, our bloated surveillance state didn’t work

Beefed-up expenditures and laws failed to stop the Boston bombing, and did little to help capture the suspects

and Monday, Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 84
Boston Explosions, Surveillance

The huge, unanswered questions post-Boston

Why did some seem giddy that suspects were Muslim? Will good police work change our treatment of public employees?

Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 284
Boston, Boston Explosions

How Boston exposes America’s dark post-9/11 bargain

Why did this story drive the whole country nuts? Because we traded rights for "security," and didn't get either

Saturday, Apr 20, 2013 9:20 PM UTC 241
Boston Marathon bombing

Czech diplomat: Please stop confusing Chechnya with the Czech Republic

His statement read: The Czech Republic is a Central European country; Chechnya is a part of the Russian Federation

Saturday, Apr 20, 2013 8:13 PM UTC 40
Boston Marathon bombing

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