Editor's Picks

Two scandals deflated, one persists

ABC's Jonathan Karl fails to defend erroneous Benghazi report, and IG report suggests IRS outrage is overblown

Joan Walsh Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:33 PM UTC 140
Media Benghazi, Associated Press, IRS

Conspiracy theorists flummoxed in face of actual scandals

The Benghazi/IRS/AP trifecta was the moment critics of Obama and the government had been waiting for. Or was it?

Alex Seitz-Wald Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 181
Media Rush Limbaugh, Michele Bachmann

Absolutely outrageous: Big Brother is watching

The Justice Department's abuse of AP phone records puts the media and truth-tellers on notice: We see everything

Marcy Wheeler Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 36
Technology Eric Holder, Associated Press

How one company controls your breast cancer choices

Myriad Genetics owns the genes that indicate breast-cancer risk – and the pricey test could be costing lives

Irin Carmon Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:59 PM UTC 18
Business Supreme Court, Angelina Jolie

Who doctored a White House email?

CNN appears to have undermined a scoop that damaged the White House

Joan Walsh Tuesday, May 14, 2013 5:36 PM UTC 114
Media Media Criticism, CNN, ABC news

Why I quit the Republican Party

Once called the future of the GOP, Latino outreach director Pablo Pantoja tells Salon how intolerance made him bolt

Adam Weinstein Tuesday, May 14, 2013 5:35 PM UTC 41
Elections Republican Party, RNC

When the IRS targeted liberals

Under George W. Bush, it went after the NAACP, Greenpeace and even a liberal church

Alex Seitz-Wald Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:32 PM UTC 129
Business IRS, George W. Bush, nonprofits

Angelina Jolie’s choice not the only one

Low-income and younger women especially need to know: Mastectomy is not only way to deal with breast cancer risk

Joan Walsh Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:28 PM UTC 41
Media Angelina Jolie, Breast cancer

Angelina Jolie’s choice need not be yours

Her decision was brave. But don't forget the healthcare industry is getting rich exploiting breast cancer fears

Mary Elizabeth Williams Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:07 PM UTC 22
Entertainment Angelina Jolie, Peggy Orenstein

Obama’s Cronkite moment

Did the president lose Jon Stewart -- and his millennial base -- last night?

Alex Seitz-Wald Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:01 PM UTC 142
Media Barack Obama, Jon Stewart

Stop holding Democrats to a different standard

The recent IRS flap shows an obvious double standard in Washington's reactions to Bush era and Obama era misconduct

David Sirota Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 100
Politics Barack Obama, George W. Bush

“24″ returns: Is Dick Cheney programming Fox?

"24" returns to prime time, reigniting a Bush-era debate over torture and terrorism that never really went away

Daniel D'Addario Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 21
Entertainment jack bauer, kiefer sutherland, 24

Gosnell: Still a local crime story

In the end, the criminal justice system worked, punishing a lone outlaw. It had nothing to do with legal abortion

Irin Carmon Monday, May 13, 2013 9:35 PM UTC 110
News Kermit Gosnell, Abortion

Seth Meyers pick: Why must late night be so white and male?

Seth Meyers is an affable, funny guy. But why in 2013 are we still looking for any diversity in late night?

Mary Elizabeth Williams Monday, May 13, 2013 7:41 PM UTC 32
Entertainment Jimmy Kimmel, Late Night

GOP reprises ’90s scandal playbook

With zero self-awareness, Beltway conservatives and journalists are salivating over a return to Clinton scandals

Joan Walsh Monday, May 13, 2013 7:39 PM UTC 121
News Editor's Picks, Bill Clinton

Good riddance, Barbara Walters

Veteran newswoman retires to spend more time with her craven obsession with power

Alex Pareene Monday, May 13, 2013 2:30 PM UTC 151
Media Opening Shot, Barbara Walters

Reports: IRS targeting was broader than just Tea Partyers

The agency reportedly targeted conservative groups that criticized "how the country is being run" [UPDATED]

Jillian Rayfield Monday, May 13, 2013 1:14 PM UTC 56
Politics Tea Party, Obama administration

Go away, 2016 presidential obsession!

The media fixate on the presidential race while sequester cuts fester and real questions about Libya go unanswered

Joan Walsh Monday, May 13, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 61
News 2016 Elections, Hillary Clinton

“She Left Me the Gun”: Her mother’s shocking past

What to Read: Behind a memoirist's idyllic childhood lies a story of a brave woman who had her own father arrested

Laura Miller Monday, May 13, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Entertainment What to Read, Memoirs

Cleveland: Ground zero for the housing bubble

The housing crisis that helped tank the economy started here. As usual, America paid no attention to the Midwest

Edward McClelland Sunday, May 12, 2013 9:00 PM UTC 11
Life Books, Cleveland, Housing bubble

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