February 20, 2014 Archive February 2014

"Where do you get that nonsense?" Jesse Ventura unloads on millionaires, "Duck Dynasty" and drones

Georgia cops reportedly shoot dead teen holding Wii control

The era of "smart guns" may soon be upon us

The right's union-busting disgrace: How it won Tennessee's high-stakes auto fight

Sochi's popularity problem: Why haven't the Olympics been bigger?

Venezuela opposition leader jailed over ongoing protests

Georgia approves Confederate Flag license plate

Cops reportedly beat, Tasered deaf man who tried to sign

Tech's "feel-good" promises: Why Silicon Valley's charity isn't enough

Much needed reforms to solitary confinement come to NY

Another toxic spill is contaminating North Carolina's coal-infested river

Idaho GOPer responds to outcry, pulls two virulently anti-gay laws from consideration

Tell Us: What are you reading or watching this weekend?

GOP congressional candidate Cresent Hardy says ENDA is like "segregation laws"

Chipotle's new Hulu series is actually just a very long and very expensive ad

"Child's Pose": A gripping mother-son thriller

The scary bold desperation of Facebook's WhatsApp shocker

Addicted to my cycling class

"Marry Him" author Lori Gottlieb: "I don’t think anything I’ve written is controversial"

GOP's chilling new assault on voting: Why this man wants to scale back early voting in Georgia

David Foster Wallace is an exception: Artists aren't so tortured after all

How long Americans last in bed, state by state

How Lupita Nyong'o won Oscar season

McDonald's workers' horror story: 25-hour shifts and bunking in their boss's basement!

The Texas bullet: Y'all aboard!

Sochi Olympics: The 9 figure skaters you need to watch today

How the religious right is interfering in medicine and putting patients in danger

Chris Christie update: Guv buddies up with Wal-Mart and readies for his first post-Bridgegate town hall

Jordan Davis' mother to Michael Dunn: "You took my future"

Nebraska just made things a lot harder for Keystone

Must-see morning clip: America needs a drone intervention

Watch Brian Williams rap "Rapper's Delight"

New, highly radioactive leak is Fukushima's worst since August

Coming soon: The Starbucks of weed

Joyce Carol Oates: Twitter suffers from "lynch mob mentality"

Swine flu is killing young people at epidemic levels

U.S. drone strike on Yemeni wedding may have violated laws of war

Alex Jones and Phyllis Schlafly agree: Immigrants are going to “literally” make Americans "their slaves”

Angry crowd runs George Zimmerman out of Miami

The man who really brought hip-hop to late night: Arsenio Hall

Obama administration struggles to convince Democrats that its Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal isn’t terrible

GOP loses the minimum wage war: Why their position is clueless and doomed

No truce: At least 70 reportedly killed in Kiev

Colorado state GOPer leaves loaded gun in Capitol

5 billionaires who are making life miserable for ordinary Americans

Fox producer emails climate blog looking for "the very best arguments" against man-made global warming

Catholic archdiocese closes school citing lack of funds, then builds lavish vacation home for bishop

Climate change could spark a major increase in crime, study finds

Your newest fraudulent poverty crusader is the Tea Party's Mike Lee

GOP's Social Security disaster: Conservatives just lost their chance to cut benefits