April 21, 2014 Archive April 2014

Tracie Thoms on “Veep,” typecasting and Washington cynicism

"Cubed": How the American office worker wound up in a box

My generation, living on the road

A frat boy's "gay experience"

8 most absurd lessons Americans teach kids about sex

James, Wade lead Heat past Bobcats 99-88 in Game 1

AP NewsAlert

Sharks take 2-0 series lead with 7-2 win vs. Kings

Sherpas consider boycott after Everest disaster

APNewsBreak: Africa land grabs endanger elephants

Cliven Bundy got one thing right: His claim is absurd, but challenging property law is not

The right's new racial math: How its view of nonwhite voters got so demented

Nate Silver's frivolous failure: What FiveThirtyEight can learn from Grantland

On "Mad Men," Dawn and Shirley are stealing the show

"Mad Men" recap: Just tell the truth

Scalia’s recusal dilemma: Is he conflicted on antiabortion “sidewalk counselors”?

"Game of Thrones" recap: The clutches of depravity

David Brooks couldn't be more wrong: What the New York Times still doesn't get about education "reform"

6 worst right-wing moments of the week — Fox News loves the "race card"

Paul Krugman: Old-money dynasties are destroying the American dream

Sherpas threaten to strike in wake of Everest tragedy

Paul Krugman on the latest major victim of "sadomonetarism"

South Carolina police chief allegedly fired for being gay: "I can't believe that we still have no equal rights"

Twitter responds to Terry Richardson news with a collective "Of course he did"

BP is refusing to pay for Gulf oil spill research

Is this the end of Terry Richardson?

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 update: A different Malaysia Airlines jet makes emergency landing

The White House responds to Justin Bieber petition

"You can't always trust people to do the right thing": How a law split pro-life GOPers in Tennessee

Listen to newly unearthed 2012 recordings of Tea Party candidate Greg Brannon sounding like a 9/11 truther

Worse than gasoline? New study delivers a major blow to corn biofuels

Google's plot for world domination now includes your credit cards

Tech billionaire Sean Parker plans to start donating to the GOP

Oprah Winfrey and Lindsay Lohan's mismatched, troubling reality TV experience

NBC analyzing poor David Gregory to see what makes his show so bad

Top Catholic official: It's OK to deny women healthcare because "all you have to do is walk into a 7-11" to buy birth control

Making the GOP pay for Medicaid obstruction

The Koch brothers are going after solar panels

"Game of Thrones" and the too-easy symbolism of TV rape scenes

Abortion as a career move

Tea Party hero Louie Gohmert wants to arrest Eric Holder

SCOTUS v. the Internet: How the Supreme Court could change TV and streaming video forever

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens slams John Roberts’ views on campaign finance

Tough love: An intimate look at Mexico City's retired (and semi-retired) sex workers

AP Top Sports News At 3:25 p.m. EDT

Grain lower, livestock mixed

Saudi prince hunts down 2,100 protected birds in 21 days