June 11, 2014 Archive June 2014

Listen to Spoon's new song "Rent I Pay" and hear details of upcoming album

When cable conglomerates go NSFW: The new Vice-Warner

"Microbeads" in soap are destroying the environment -- and Illinois just became the first state to ban them

Angelina Jolie: Shame the rapist, not the victim

Joe Biden: U.S. is only "non-xenophobic" major economy in the world

Gun extremists finally go too far: What will make the NRA realize they've lost America?

President Obama: "Our levels of gun violence are off the charts"

Shakespeare, magical realism and "House of Cards": A conversation between authors Alexi Zentner and Téa Obreht

From dirty sexts to amazing toys, sex's radical new golden age

"Evergreen" reveals the weird lessons of Washington's weed battle

Presidential checklist: jockeying for position

2016 campaign checklist: Chris Christie

Virginia shocker: Tea Party knocks off Eric Cantor in primary

Eric Cantor shocker: Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin and conservative Twitter celebrate as House leader goes down

Eric Cantor got what he deserved: A political fraud's stunning demise

John Boehner: "Eric Cantor and I have been through a lot together"

Brazil leader defends World Cup in speech

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10 things to recall about Simpson's trial on TV

Oil company, group agree on Congo park plan

5 products consumer like to scrimp on but shouldn't

"You are reading human words": The case for typos in the age of spellcheck

Washington Post's domestic violence mess: Horrendous column needs more than a headline change

Elizabeth Warren faces right-wing stooge: Here's who's quietly funding her top critic

5 biggest, weirdest food heists

AP Sportlight

The National Review's insane math: "Be not afraid" of global warming disaster

Cantor's demise brings huge lesson: Here's why the Tea Party is so coddled

11 amazing movies that will make you cry like a baby

Tea Party eats its own: Why Cantor's right-wing obstruction wasn't enough

The sustainable cars of the future may be made out of ketchup

Tea Party's overlooked blunder last night: How did it let Lindsey Graham survive?

Must-see morning clip: Why is the VA using technology from the 1980s?

He's King Midas meets Napoleon meets Rodney Dangerfield: All the analogies the media has used to describe Jeff Bezos

Sean Hannity thinks calling women "genitalia" is a pretty good joke!

Stephen Colbert: Artificial intelligence is "the most frightening minority activist of all"

The pathetic scramble to rationalize the Irish babies scandal

Here is the trailer for "Dumb and Dumber To"

Coal CEO says he's suing the EPA for "lying about so-called global warming"

Neil Gaiman: "I’m obviously pissed at Amazon"

Fox News' lone ranger: Why Brit Hume's show of decency got a ballistic response

Listen to Jerry Seinfeld tell David Letterman a joke that only comedians will get

Was Mark Zuckerberg the kiss of death for Eric Cantor?

Eric Cantor's victorious opponent doesn't want to answer basic policy questions

Cantor conventional wisdom is wrong: This didn't kill immigration reform (it was already dead)!

From Bush to Bergdahl: 5 disturbing truths about America's culture of war

A "Fargo" star's weight-shaming tweets get it right

Texas hospital reinstates abortion providers' admitting privileges despite pressure from anti-choice groups

10 Great Science Reads That You Can Take to the Beach

Wal-Mart and Costco are selling shrimp linked to slavery

David Brat's shameless new friends: Tea Party groups that ignored him now declare victory

Reports: Eric Cantor to resign as House majority leader

Creationist author asks: If evolution is true, "is rape wrong?"

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill's bro-mophobic "22 Jump Street" press tour

Amazon makes a mess with Lego

Video game developer: Adding female characters would have "doubled the work"

Karma for Eric Cantor: Ben "Cooter" Jones on the open letter that helped crush a "political hack"

Why CNN is so afraid of admitting that America's terror attacks are right-wing

Dave Chappelle: "I never quit -- I'm seven years late for work"

Watch these high school boys explain why men can and should be feminists