January 10, 2014 Archive January 2014

Florida is trying to put Marissa Alexander back in jail

GOP's poverty scam: Why does it suddenly "care" about the poor?

Obama weighs NSA reform, but our surveillance state is going nowhere

#DisneyFracked takes Radio Disney to task for its pro-industry propaganda

Christie's "inaccurate claims": Jersey City Mayor slams governor's honesty after press conference

Swearing toddler video inspires terrible, racist response

EPA to require offshore frackers to disclose the chemicals they dump into the ocean

Chicago cops accused of raping man with a gun

Transgender teenager faces criminal charges after defending herself against bullies

"SNL's" best move yet: Hiring black female writers

Alleged rapist in Maryville case won't face sexual assault charges

Watch this polar bear cub take his (very awkward) first steps

Activist author Amiri Baraka dead at 79

Reefer sanity takes hold in Colorado

"True Detective" director Cary Fukunaga explains the show's dark humor

Open letter from Dani Shapiro: "Dear Disillusioned Reader Who Contacted Me on Facebook"

Can shop class save small-town America?

A Look at Spike Jonze's Offbeat Romance film Her

The truth about charter schools: Padded cells, corruption, lousy instruction and worse results

Climate change madness: The fate of the planet now depends on Kickstarter

America's next crisis: Tens of millions falling into poverty

Paul Krugman: Why the war on poverty has failed

Robert Reich: GOP's divide-and-conquer strategy is backfiring!

Dieudonne M'bala M'bala: French anti-Semites' favorite comedian

Tweeting a lot doesn't necessarily mean you're a #narcissist

Christie "knew this was bull****" and "obviously there’s been a coverup," N.J. ex-gov tells Salon

State of emergency declared in West Virginia chemical spill

Why this satanic goat statue has the Christian right so freaked out

Must-see morning clip: Stephen Colbert rips Chris Christie over his "someone else-a culpa"

Ripoff nation: How Verizon and AT&T stacked the deck against cellphone users

Jobs report bummer: Another lousy batch of employment numbers

"The Daily Show" slams Chris Christie's pathetic "NeverEnding Sorry" and his political rage

It's time to stop buying the New York Post

Gas pump warning labels would caution drivers to fill up at the planet's risk

Chris Christie: Dimwitted dupe or demented liar?

Rachel Maddow unveils riveting Christie theory

An atheist finally finds someone to take his money

U.S. pork producers move to reform factory farm abuses

Being forced to view an ultrasound doesn't change women's decisions about abortion

No, really: It’s over for Christie in 2016

TV critic mad because the nudity on "Girls" doesn't titillate him

Unseasonably harsh weather kept a quarter of a million Americans home from work last month