October 15, 2014 Archive October 2014
McConnell's overlooked ACA lie: Lazy press coverage let McConnell get away with a whopper
GOP's "reparations" insanity: Why Thom Tillis' latest screwup is so important
Pepsi's lame "hipster" makeover: What it isn't saying about its new drinks
Emergency contraception is now something you can order online (for half the price!)
Scott Walker: the minimum wage "doesn't serve a purpose"
Updated: Uber calls what amounts to a 2-hour kidnapping an "inefficient route"
Arizona policeman threatens to kill immigrant in disturbing new video
Christian right's vile PR sham: Why their bizarre films are backfiring on them
Bill Gates takes on Thomas Piketty: Here's what's wrong with the billionaire's critique
Your infant is not a "stud muffin": Why do we insist on sexifying babies?
"Fury": Brad Pitt brings the macho back to WWII in this relentless battle flick
Supreme Court stop parts of Texas abortion law
Wounded AP reporter vows to return to Afghanistan
Democratic ads off the air in Kentucky Senate race
Hits and errors: A daily look at MLB postseason
"Down in the Hole, things get ugly": The harrowing story of Michael Anthony Kerr
20 disgustingly misogynist quotes from religious leaders
GOP's most desperate ad of 2014: Why this pathetic gem takes the prize!
Liberals' blind spot on rape: Why Jonathan Chait & co. miss the real point
How Bush opened the door for ISIS
Kill the "Sexiest Woman Alive": Close-reading the magazine world's weirdest canon
The right's Georgia disaster: How outsourcer David Perdue could really blow it
A tale of two Senate races: Dems pull back in Kentucky, but spend big in Georgia
Must-see morning clip: Stephen Colbert destroys sexist GOP campaign ads
Jon Stewart asks "how the f--k" indicted congressman Michael Grimm is winning
Stephen Colbert is forced to change his tune on same-sex marriage — now that it's popular
Emma Stone is a terrible liar on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon"
Jon Stewart slams cable news for not listening to their own Ebola experts
The world's first advertisement for sex is a work of art
Good news! Rick Santorum is threatening to run for president again
Ebola update: Second health worker diagnosed in Dallas
Michelle Obama's "Turn Down For What" Vine is the best thing you'll see all day
When gun rights trump public safety
Ben Carson thinks "political correctness" could lead U.S. to collapse like Rome
Tea Party's Ebola paranoia: Why GOP’s fear-mongering is just a cynical turnout strategy
"Just let me go": Atul Gawande on end-of-life care and making life meaningful
Marco Rubio changes his mind on ISIS... again
The sneaky feminism of Showtime's "The Affair"
HBO just answered the prayers of TV fans everywhere
Old men clamoring for war: Why pressure for ISIS escalation is rising
No, Bush was not right about Iraq: How conservatives misread new Times bombshell
John Oliver and Stephen Colbert's latest victory: Mocking GOP's lame play for millennials
Why the Whiteness Project is so endlessly mortifying
GOP's disturbing voter ID win: How a brutal Texas law just got reinstated
A transgender mom becomes Working Mother of the Year
Third Dallas Ebola patient was on plane the day before becoming sick
America's largest clown club is very upset about this scary clown on "American Horror Story"
Cornel West was right all along: Why America needs a moment of clarity now
Fox News doctor unloads on Obama in unhinged racial rant about Ebola
Cosmo editor Joanna Coles explains why breasts shouldn't get in the way of giving women raises