October 01, 2014 Archive October 2014
ISIS takes control of Iraqi wheat supply
The 8 most tabloid-y things Piers Morgan did as a CNN host
California makes history by banning plastic bags: Here's what we should take on next
How the Dow Jones industrial average did Tuesday
Science explains if the war in "Star Wars" is physically possible
UPDATED: First Ebola case in U.S. confirmed: Here's why there's (probably) no reason to panic
The South's victim complex: How right-wing paranoia is driving new wave of radicals
Tracy Morgan can't believe that Wal-Mart is blaming him "for an accident that they caused"
Freelancers aren't slackers! The New York Times gets Portland -- and "Portlandia" -- wrong
"Men, Women & Children": Hollywood's Internet lameness reaches new lows
My feminist dilemma at the peep show
Stop telling women not to "take things personally": Ed Champion and the plague of gendered criticism
10 Things to Know for Wednesday
8 disturbing ways the Kochs have amassed their fortune
Wal-Mart's new scheme to prey on America's poor
The American family is a myth: Why our national moral panic must stop
From 9/11 to ISIS: The massive failure of U.S. intelligence
Pennsylvania trooper shot dead during gun training
Chris Christie tanks: Why new numbers could spell doom for his 2016 run
"You think we’re this dumb?": Inside the sick, cynical mind of Mitch McConnell
Wall Street's P.R. whopper: How its big new lie can trigger another crisis
Politico Magazine: Obama might need to be assassinated before we can get Secret Service reform
Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart updates "Schoolhouse Rock" classic "I'm Just a Bill"
Stephen Colbert mocks the wrongful penalty against Muslim NFL player
Jon Stewart dubs Indian PM the "next Ronald Reagan for the world"
Djokovic extends China Open winning streak to 21
Issa's dumb Secret Service farce: Oversight hearing devolves into typical circus
Stephen Colbert mocks Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal in epic Values Voter Summit takedown
"Morning Joe" wonders if the Secret Service hired a woman because it's "good for the brand"
Midterms Digest: Could America’s “most unpopular governor” survive?
Elisabeth Hasselbeck is very upset that doctors won't spread irrational Ebola panic
Oh, the irony! Starbucks' fake pumpkin products may have created a real pumpkin boom
Why would a woman try to buy a used IUD on social media?
Far-right birther's secret funders: Look who's backing Islamophobe Frank Gaffney
What would happen to the Earth if humans became extinct?
California abolishes "gay panic" defense for LGBT hate crimes
Doctors "don't know" if Tracy Morgan will ever perform again
This is climate change: 35,000 walruses forced ashore by melting Arctic sea ice
The NYPD's shameful message to black teens: "Get out of the neighborhood"
Women respond to sexist category on "Jeopardy!": This is what we really want
Religious right haunts GOP: Why party's Christianist problem won't go away
7 disgustingly racist anti-Obama cartoons
Christie's cowardly immigration dodge: Ducking the issue to hold off conservatives ahead of 2016
21 famous song lyrics that are shockingly scientific
Seriously?! American Ebola patient was mistakenly released from hospital
I am a woman who agrees with the GOP that all women are dumb
Gun nuts' tragic confusion: Why "open carry" groups don't get police brutality
AP Top Sports News At 3 p.m. EDT
Secret Service chief Julia Pierson resigns after major security breaches
California just entered its fourth year of drought: Why things could soon get much worse
Florida cop tases 62-year-old woman in the back
College is ripping you off: Students are cash cows, and schools the predators