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Chris Matthews and Ed Rendell, working-class heroes -- in their dreams

A university reportedly kept Ghomeshi "off limits" from interns

Wall Street Democrats' wake-up call: Why center-right policies make for horrible politics

Supreme Court upholds law to prevent crisis pregnancy centers from lying to women

Alabama school district paid an ex-FBI agent $157K to monitor students on social media

Louis C.K. has mysteriously disappeared from Twitter

"People narrating their own experiences": Lena Dunham allegations overlook her sister's perspective

Newly surfaced, pre-Nirvana mixtape offers a glimpse into Kurt Cobain's mind

Grain mixed, livestock higher

Midterm elections carry high stakes for US economy

Ann Coulter blames "third-world peasants" for spread of respiratory virus

Lena Dunham reportedly threatens lawsuit over sexual abuse allegations

Robert Reich: A Republican Senate would be an epic disaster for women

What Dunham's defenders are missing: Her story about her sister could have been a teaching opportunity

This company is trying to make eating bugs sexy

Ingenious design: "The Drinkable Book" doubles as a water filtration system

Tom Magliozzi, host of "Car Talk," dies at age 77

How the Dow Jones industrial average fared Monday

Why conservative Christians would have hated Jesus

EXCLUSIVE: Rula Jebreal sounds off on Bill Maher Islam spat: "What he is doing is un-American"

Over 400 million birds have disappeared from Europe

The right's Lena Dunham nonsense just won't stop

What Richard Ford owes to David Chase: How Frank Bascombe turned into Tony Soprano

David Foster Wallace's amazing fiction syllabus: "We can talk about whatever you wish to — provided that we do it cogently and well"

Anne Lamott: "We stuffed scary feelings down, and they made us insane"

Strip clubs! G-strings! Sex work! The GOP tries to sell a new "war on women"

Miami joins list of schools deploying drones

10 Things to Know for Tuesday

5 things to watch for on Election Day

Family headstone spared by lava in Hawaii cemetery

Milk may not do a body good after all

A night of cable news hell: Salon's guide to surviving tonight's election coverage

Jon Stewart: Fake news can't save us

The right's scary turning point: Why this election matters more than you think

Rebecca Solnit: Feminism needs more Louie C.K.s and Chris Kluwes

I made the negative ads I hate: Our infuriating, anti-democratic system leaves no choice

GOP's vote suppression "fraud": Why voting rights leaders are ready for a showdown today

The sneaky power of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”: How Jerry Seinfeld cracks celebrities open

Stephen Colbert on voting: "It is your sacred duty if you agree with my politics"

Jon Stewart slams voter ID laws: "A lot of these laws smell pretty voter suppression-y"

WHO director condemns "profit-driven" pharmaceutical industry for failing to produce Ebola cure

Jimmy Kimmel mocks how much money is spent on terrible campaign ads

Amanda Bynes tweets conflicting stories of a bipolar diagnosis

College tells female students to practice facial expressions in the mirror to avoid being raped

Nate Silver breaks down the battle for the Senate: "It might be an election week or month"

Astronaut's mind-blowing cover of "Space Oddity" is finally back on the Internet

Spotify's bullying economy: Why the streaming service should stop guilt-tripping Taylor Swift

Born this way: Why people might be hardwired to become Republicans

10 t-shirts for gun nuts that will make you laugh-sob for humanity

Obamacare key to Democrats' turnaround: Why they must embrace it ASAP

Personhood isn't the only reproductive justice issue on the ballot today: Here's a California initiative to watch

Krauthammer's hackery, explained: Conservatives always win, no matter what!

Detainee brought from Afghanistan to US for trial

"The police of the Internet": Why the human costs of social media are greater than you think

90-year-old Florida man faces jail time for feeding homeless

Study: Women are less likely to tell pro-life friends about their abortions

Duke basketball coach: Fighting ISIS is a lot like coaching a basketball team...

Tinder's CEO demoted following sexual harassment lawsuit

Christian right's illegal ploy: Why they're electioneering from the pulpit -- and getting away with it

The top 10 books on Apple's iBooks

Texas vote suppression debacle: Why GOP's scheme is already working

Lena Dunham issues second response to sexual abuse controversy