December 05, 2014 Archive December 2014

DOJ releases scathing report on Cleveland police

House passes bill to block Obama's immigration action

Stephen Colbert on drugs: 14 classic segments on everything from legal weed to "Breaking Bad"

"Making women feel guilty is so f**king wrong": Pregnant hero tells off antiabortion protestors

"Sometimes 'being a writer' totally sucks": Why the year-end Notable Books race causes so much angst

Wall Street's secret new multi-billion dollar retirement scam

Republican's shameless cynicism exposed: Cory Gardner's post-election immigration flip-flop

Disturbing video provides a glimpse into the life of a factory-farmed chicken

U.S. Navy revokes Bill Cosby's honorary title

Figures on government spending and debt

Rand Paul just wrecked his '16 campaign: Watch his awful Eric Garner answer

GOP caught in own Benghazi scandal: Why they downplayed objections to House report

Bill Nye: "Despite our best efforts we’re all going to die, and I think that makes all of us a little nutty"

The year in TV: How 2014 remade the workplace comedy

From hefty histories to chick lit: What I learned from reading two decades' worth of NYT Notable Books lists

"She's Beautiful When She's Angry": The feminist revolution that shaped our world

Hate-watching "Peter Pan Live!": The funniest tweets during tonight's NBC musical

10 ways the system is rigged to protect cops who kill

The 4 most bizarre right-wing reactions to the Eric Garner decision

APNewsBreak: Arrests made in Balkan war massacre

China's real-life Walter White

Ben Carson's twisted appeal: Riding to the top of GOP politics through Nazi comparisons

Global warming's year of destruction: 2014's terrifying and pivotal climate events are impossible to ignore

Black America's pitiful allies: Why the Democratic Party needs to finally stand up on race

"Some of the worst racist tragedies in history have been perfectly legal": Kimberlé Crenshaw on Eric Garner, Broken Windows and police impunity

"Seriously?": Paul Krugman unloads on Chuck Schumer for Obamacare criticism

Erickson goes nuts on immigration: RedState's resident alpha male challenges Boehner's manliness

Eric Garner's daughter speaks out: "This is a national crisis"

Stephen Colbert will finally interview President Obama on "The Report"

The post-antibiotic future is here: Chilling report highlights the reality of a global crisis

Jon Stewart tears apart Rand Paul and Fox News' response to Eric Garner decision

"It's beyond stupid": Bill Maher responds to backlash against Islam views

Report: Navy investigating submarine after female officers filmed in showers

Don't get your hopes up for DNC's "autopsy": Operatives, not policy people, dominate new task force

"No conclusive evidence": Christie allies hail Bridgegate report -- but his '16 hopes are dead anyway

Cheryl Strayed: "I’m like the accidental self-help author"

America's grim identity crisis: What Ferguson & Garner tell us about the history we don't teach

Cosby hits back at his accusers

"A fan of blowing things up": Why new DefSec nominee Ashton Carter was ready to restart Korean War

Beyoncé gets snubbed: This morning's bizarre Grammys announcements

What happens when star athletes are accused of rape

Cruise ships dumped over 1 billion gallons of untreated waste into the oceans this year

The boggling mixed signals of "Peter Pan Live!": Why on earth did NBC decide to do this show?

Rand Paul's big "selling point" is dead: How Clinton schooled him on criminal justice reform

Which classic musical should be NBC's next live extravaganza?

Chicken farmer who spoke out about factory farm abuses immediately audited by Perdue

What's justice when the accused is 94 years old?

Community Discussion: Does Hollywood get climate change?

Study: Obesity can decrease life expectancy by 8 years