December 04, 2013 Archive December 2013

Politico's useless new "magazine": Heavy on Politico, short on magazine

Report: Afghanistan, Somalia and North Korea most corrupt

Paul Ryan's Tea Party nightmare: The perils of delivering a mini-budget deal

Gwyneth Paltrow and her trainer make a tone-deaf lifestyle series

Wal-Mart has data on most U.S. adults, and could sell it, charges report

Catholic hospitals' grim hypocrisy: Letting women suffer in the name of "life"

ALEC tries to claw back support lost after Trayvon furor

Alabama law firm blasted over racist ad

Silicon Valley's scheme to trick carnivores into eating fake meat

The Guardian editor should not have to love his country

Wal-Mart selling "Destroy Capitalism" Banksy prints

Michele Bachmann: Obama has "rewritten the Constitution"

Report: 'Abrupt' effects of climate change may sneak up on us within decades

A birth control pill for men could soon be a reality

The Wall Street Journal's pathetic attack on Elizabeth Warren

Scott Walker campaign aide fired for racist tweets

"August: Osage County's" Margo Martindale: "I'm really pretty versatile. Now people are allowing me to be"

Holograms, algae drugs and androids: TV's technology problem

Nelson Mandela: A life in pictures

David Lowery: Silicon Valley must be stopped, or creativity will be destroyed

The top 10 oral sex scenes

GOP debunked on food stamps: Everything they say about SNAP is wrong

The right's core dishonesty: How Obamacare became its own culture war

Bones, fobbits and green beans: The definitive glossary of modern U.S. military slang

Spill it, Wall Street liars!: How to make these crooks finally come clean

The hidden price of your Amazon shopping spree: Skyrocketing unemployment

Egypt's antiquities fall victim to political chaos

Exclusive: Corporate cronyism under fire, faces existential threat

Former Alabama Klansman and mother arrested in 2009 cross burning

Could the NSA make Edward Snowden disappear?

Study: Music lessons boost emotional, intellectual development

African and Asian states reach landmark deal to save elephants

Common Core standards yield odd political allegiances

Katie Couric gets called out for promoting bogus science on HPV vaccine

Surveillance footage that busted Aaron Swartz released

Must-see morning clip: Fox News is threatened by the word "holiday"

Group sues government of El Salvador over treatment of critically ill pregnant women, ban on abortion

Our current warming limits are way too high, scientists warn

House Republicans yearn to impeach Obama

Movie theater in Florida accidentally plays "Nymphomaniac" trailer ahead of Disney movie

House Republicans want to let unemployment benefits lapse

New York grand jury resistor denied appeal for freedom

Be careful who you slur as a "techie"

A university's terrible "black Santa" question

Max Blumenthal: I knew Alterman would freak out

New York Times' blind spot on Clinton and race

Austerity is Americanizing European labor markets

The Sahara's experiencing a "catastrophic collapse" of its wildlife

NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly to get 10-man, 24/7 security detail upon retirement

Justice Department tries to set aside controversial coal mining regulation

Electric car owner arrested for "stealing" 5 cents' worth of electricity

Sad fact: America's silent films are disappearing

Academics should boycott Israel: Growing movement takes next step

Are we in for a season of Jennifer Lawrence haters?

Green Swag: A lunchbox for people who take their lunch very seriously