May 20, 2014 Archive May 2014

1.8 million pounds of beef recalled in multi-state E. coli outbreak

Rush Limbaugh says Obama is like Lenin, Stalin, Hitler and Castro

Republicans in North Carolina want to make it a felony to disclose fracking chemicals

"It’s total moral surrender": Matt Taibbi unloads on Wall Street, inequality and our broken justice system

Minnesota becomes first state to ban risky chemical from antibacterial soap

AP NewsAlert

How Louis C.K. became the Oprah of comedy

“The Bachelor"’s Chris Harrison: "It sucks out there. The dating life sucks."

80 great '80s one-hit wonders: Because sometimes only "Safety Dance" and "Tainted Love" will do

Experts: Online gambling slowed by illegal action

Rangers upend Canadiens 3-1, take 2-0 series lead

10 biggest pot myths, debunked by science

It's all a lie: Inside John Boehner's twisted immigration cowardice

No trigger warnings in my class: Why you won’t find them on my syllabi

Efforts to end rampant prison rape stall out -- again

"Louie" has a black ex-wife, but is she anything more than a type?

In Germany, no still means yes

Peter Dinklage beautifully sums up "Game of Thrones" in 45 seconds

"The Maya Rudolph Show" proves the pitfalls of the variety show

A super PAC for the poor: How to actually get something done about economic suffering

Must-see morning clip: Our leaders suffer from Post-Bureaucratic Stress Disorder

Racist police commissioner resigns after calling President the n-word

Panicked workers abandoned Fukushima as the nuclear disaster unfolded, report reveals

"Lost rights cause harm each day": Utah ordered to recognize the unions of 1,300 married gay couples

Valcke expecting 'busy days ahead' of World Cup

McConnell's humiliating conundrum: How he could win a majority but be axed as leader

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Miles O'Brien slam CNN for giving equal airtime to science deniers

Put a fork in Chris Christie: He will never, ever be president after this bad month

Terry Crews and Jimmy Fallon performed a shirtless duet

Glenn Beck's supporters revolt! How an inane event became a massive headache

Have the Duggars stopped "counting"?

10 food companies that are making the climate crisis worse

Watch Maya Rudolph crush Andy Samberg in a dance-off

Rep. Lewis: Obama judicial nominee "is in direct opposition to everything I have stood for during my career"

Stephen Colbert explains ridiculous inequalities in drug testing: "Male is default human"

5 ways privatization is fleecing American taxpayers

Sketches and notes from "The Art of Neil Gaiman"

Condi Rice vs. the hipsters: All of you should know better!

Claire McCaskill wants to make it really expensive for colleges to ignore sexual assault

Alaska's climate denial fiasco: Joe Miller's battle to be the state's biggest kook

The filmmaker who gave birth to blaxploitation: Sam Greenlee's complicated racial legacy

Watch Bright Eyes frontman rock out on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon"

Run, Bernie, run! A Sanders presidential candidacy is exactly what Dem Party needs

The fantastic world of Neil Gaiman: Take a peek into the author's personal archive

Rick Santorum's bogus "populist" reinvention: Why he's still terrifying

Weak results at retailers drag US stocks lower

Pat Sajak's vicious climate change denial, and the world of conservative game show hosts

The right’s sad VA hypocrisy: Limbaugh and co.'s desperate Obamacare ploy

Poll: The Tea Party is driving distrust of science

"Men explaining things to me had been happening my whole life": The author behind "mansplaining" on the origin of her famous term

The "300 sandwiches woman" did not have to make 300 sandwiches to get engaged

The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store

Sharing economy's revolving door: NYC Taxi regulator moves to Uber

Vote for atheists!

Sarah Palin tries her Benghazi conspiracy on Hillary Clinton

ABC's recent ratings success says diversity is good business

Activist-blogger arrested for photographing Sen. Thad Cochran's bed-ridden wife

High School class VP was suspended over nerdy joke

Energy exec admits fracking has a methane problem

"A matter of death and death": Confronting anti-black racism among Latinos