February 25, 2014 Archive February 2014

Piers Morgan, CNN's identity crisis, and how the network can rebuild

America's most dangerous workplace: How the federal government fails oil field workers

Here is the full trailer for HBO's "Silicon Valley"

Watch this video of Brooklyn Nets fans being totally excited about Jason Collins back when he first came out

Virginia Republican says pregnant women are "hosts," even if some people "refer to them as mothers"

Why the mainstream media fails writers of color

How 5 billion gallons of pig manure per year are poisoning Iowa's drinking water

Tim Gunn says he feels "conflicted" about transgender models

Republican lobbyist is drafting legislation to ban gay athletes from the NFL

So what if Pistorius watched porn?

Whitewashing reproductive rights: How black activists get erased

My lessons in autism

Hate your cable plan? Here’s how conservatives ruined the market

White America's "waiver mania": The right's plot to minimize its culture war defeat

5 hypocritical credos GOP uses to justify inequality

"True Detective" vs. film noir

Is the US backing neo-Nazis in Ukraine?

How Matthew McConaughey found his way

How playing Tetris could help you lose weight

Chris Christie update: Another major polling drop

Sugar is killing us, and it doesn't take much

14 protest videos that went viral and changed the world

The best thing about Seth Meyers on "Late Night": His funny friends

Eric Holder: State attorneys general are not obligated to defend discriminatory laws

Prison director spends one night in solitary, vows reform

Chinese man becomes first to sue government over the cost of fighting smog

Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee denounces anti-LGBTQ bill

Informants who helped U.S. capture drug lord say they've not been paid

Keystone operator TransCanada found "non-compliant" with federal safety rules

White House prepares for harsher, costlier wildfires tied to climate change

The NYPD is fine with Alec Baldwin moving to L.A.

A day after retiring from the public eye forever, Alec Baldwin is still tweeting

Brazil, EU plan undersea communications cable to skirt NSA spying

Rob Ford insists he has been an effective mayor

"The Daily Show" destroys Fox News libertarian Andrew Napolitano for blaming the Civil War on Abraham Lincoln

Why Harold Ramis' "Groundhog Day" is a perfect guide to life

Must-see morning clip: "The Daily Show" talks to Pussy Riot

"Post-racial America" is a dangerous lie: Why the fantasy is naive, insidious and deadly

Overhauled nutrition labels set to make their big debut

Texas Tea Party candidate Chris Mapp won’t apologize for anti-immigrant racial slur

We're being screwed by Spotify! David Byrne, R.E.M.'s Mike Mills and Cake's John McCrea on the fight for artists' rights

"Whore phobia" and Ashton Kutcher's creepy PSA: The problem with banning prostitution

Arizona bill's other outrage: Why anti-gay bigotry is just the beginning

Ted Nugent says Obama’s stoking a “power struggle between the different races”

Arizona Republican searching for example to justify anti-LGBTQ bill: Can I get back to you tomorrow?

Egypt names new PM ahead of vote

Anne Hathaway's long, quiet year, and how she should come back at the Oscars

Missouri prepares another execution amid lethal cocktail shortage

Republican senator derails vote on military sexual assault proposals by tying it to doomed sanctions

Deficit scolds distraught at Obama entitlement betrayal

Conservative hacks defend misleading political ads

Music premiere: Iceland's Ásgeir to release English translation of "In the Silence"