February 24, 2015 Archive February 2015

"Stupid and irresponsible": Glenn Greenwald slams Neil Patrick Harris' "treason" joke

Edward Snowden responds to Neil Patrick Harris' "treason" joke: "I laughed"

Study: Marijuana is even less dangerous than we thought

Scott Walker's media cowardice: Why the media needs to ask him more "gotcha" questions

Patricia Arquette doubles down on equal pay: "Why aren't you an advocate for equality for all women?"

We're finally getting non-white emoji

Glenn Greenwald blasts Hillary Clinton: "The ultimate guardian of bipartisan status quo corruption"

Sesame Street's "House of Cards" parody is the perfect political primer

Secrets of the right-wing "brain": The hilarious wingnut scheme to pretend Jeb Bush is a squishy liberal

YouTube's attitude about drunk people is that drunk people are great, according to science

Bikram yoga founder accused of multiple counts of sexual assault in "cultish" training environment

Here's what we learned from the "Citizenfour" Reddit AMA

You have George Washington all wrong: Why he was more like Reagan or Clinton than you think

"I’m hung like a toddler": Meet a man with a micropenis

Just let them kiss already: Why are TV shows so weird about male relationships?

Robert Reich: America is winning the race to the bottom

The 21st century belongs to China: Why the new Silk Road threatens to end America's economic dominance

My week at the "American Sniper" trial: Chris Kyle, two deaths and a Texas town's search for truth

Alaska becomes 3rd state with legal marijuana

Bill O'Reilly's latest outburst — threatens NYT reporter

Lynching epidemic's reign of terror: A reminder that white lives matter -- and black lives do not

"It gets super morbid and weirdly dark": Veteran "Parks & Rec" writer memorialized in heartbreaking podcast

Let's talk about vaginas: Salon's guide to where things (don't) go when you swallow them

Sexual assault scandal rocks UN climate science panel

"You don't own 9/11": Jon Stewart tears Rudy Giuliani apart

Aaron Schock's high-flying lifestyle: GOPer enjoys private planes and Katy Perry concerts — paid for by donors and taxpayers

"Giuliani is a Kardashian now": Martin Short's blistering "Nightly Show" takedown

"People are really getting angry": How Bernie Sanders just electrified Iowa -- and what it means for '16

Mike Huckabee: There's no such thing as the Palestinians

Alaska becomes first red state to legalize recreational weed

AP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africa

Pat Robertson gets hot and bothered over "Fifty Shades" (but not in the good way)

“Where there are more guns, more women die”: A Harvard public health expert breaks down the data on firearms and women's safety

These are the foods most likely to make you sick

Scott Walker's economic mess: How worker wages were gutted in Wisconsin

Karl Rove's bizarre new obsession: Why he's using Elizabeth Warren to troll Democrats

Veterans Affairs secretary has his own Brian Williams problem

Joan Rivers' daughter breaks silence on glaring Oscars "In Memoriam" snub

This is what the measles virus actually does to the body

Orrin Hatch's grotesque lie: Shockingly bad-faith arguments of a key Obamacare foe

Missouri is considering a bill that would ban plastic bag bans

Sheldon Adelson signals he'll bankroll effort to stop Rand Paul

"I am coming after you": Why Bill O’Reilly's train wreck has the right unhinged

GOP's mortifying shutdown cave: Mitch readies surrender on DHS funding

Scientists successfully trolled conspiracy theorists

Farewell to "Parks and Recreation," the quirky comedy that bet on its cast and won