June 23, 2015 Archive June 2015

Rich people are the f**king worst: The 1 percent's vile new war on us all

Desperate Republicans scrambling to prove that large swaths of their base aren't racist

What we can't afford to forget about Rachel Dolezal: A master class in white victimology

Mile-long pizza sets Guinness World Record

Hillary Clinton is going to lose: She doesn't even see the frustrated progressive wave that will nominate Bernie Sanders

Jon Stewart made Megyn Kelly cry: 6 fascinating takeaways from the Fox News star's new in-depth interview

"A master of triangulation" or a bold leader? Twitter divided after Nikki Haley backs removal of Confederate flag

A tale of two tweets: Conservatives try to punk Salon, end up getting pantsed by reality

Jon Stewart doesn't give a damn anymore: Why the "Daily Show" host has never been more watchable

The Jam's Paul Weller on the music industry today: "I can’t think of any other job or art form where people don’t get paid for what they do"

Dear white allies after Charleston: Please understand this about your privilege

Ana Sofia Peláez: "Food is a way of telling our history"

4 horrible ways capitalism is slowly destroying us

7 reasons you should throw your chicken dinner in the garbage

Gay mentor, belief in dignity at roots of Kennedy's views

Robert Reich: Medicare isn't the problem -- it's the solution

Fox News' denial is pathological: Race, guns and the lies the network tells itself

America is terrorizing itself: Dylann Roof, James Holmes and the violent epidemic we (still) won't acknowledge

The curious case of Nikki Haley: What the Republican governor can tell us about American racial identity

Political reporters tackle the election's biggest question yet: Where should Hillary Clinton go on vacation?!

"This is starting to feel like a trend": Why Uber's recent court loss matters — but not for the reasons you think

Hillary Clinton's big challenge: Here's how she matches this populist moment

Megyn Kelly on journalistic standards: Fox News hasn't "been proven wrong on every single subject"

Texas is ground zero for GOP's Obamacare civil war: Ted Cruz & Rick Perry can't agree on how to screw the poor

Ann Coulter vs. reality: "The Klan and Stormfront only have, like, seven members"

Bill O'Reilly jumps the shark: The Confederate flag represents "bravery in the Civil War"

Larry Wilmore shuts down media’s "n-word" frenzy: “You honestly think Obama was the first president" to say that word?

EXCLUSIVE: Rhett Miller's new video for "Most in the Summertime"

It's not Fox News' America anymore: Americans want a dialogue on race and gun violence after Charleston

"Does this offend you?": Don Lemon hits peak Don Lemon with giant n-word sign

Sustainability Podcast: Listen to what happened when Salon reporters ate bugs

No, I won’t praise Nikki Haley: It shouldn't have taken a massacre to do the right thing on the Confederate flag

"A bunch of stupid, transphobic bitches": "Orange Is The New Black" takes a devastating look at trans prison violence

Jon Stewart calls out Fox News for Charleston hypocrisy: It’s only “politicizing a tragedy” if Fox doesn’t like it

Last night's "Bachelorette" featured the most bizarre date in the show's history

After Charleston, Walmart dumps the Confederate flag: Can they stop selling guns next?

Threaten family planning, raise hell: #BirthControlHelpedMe challenges congressional lunacy

It's awful being Chris Christie: His approval rating just hit a record low -- and he's trailing Donald Trump

African American scholar: Whites should be able to use the n-word in contextually appropriate circumstances, just like Obama did

CNN guest: To remove the Confederate flag would be "cultural genocide"

Former Mississippi Governor repeatedly refuses to admit he has an opinion about the Confederate flag

The GOP's delusional Charleston outrage shows just how desperate it has become

We're still a nation of cowards: The Confederate flag, guns & a political class that barely functions

Maya Rudolph finally offers up the Rachel Dolezal impression everyone has been asking her for

Mexican artist designs Donald Trump piñata, invites fellow Mexicans to take a swing

Another attack on poor women: Texas ousts Planned Parenthood from cancer screening program

"The Bachelor" in the White House: Lindsey Graham's story is a reality show — or even a mystery novel — in the making

The "Duck Dynasty" American dream: A cynical self-parody of Southern whiteness, whistling Dixie while Jindal's Louisiana crumbles

GOP's Obamacare repeal effort hits major snag: Even their special math doesn't make the numbers work

"I'd like to buy the world a Coke" send-up highlights how terrible soda is for you

The war of Southern digression: Republican 2016 hopefuls sideline themselves on Confederate flag

David Brooks' baffling assessment of the pope's encyclical: Too much Christian love

TPP is closer to becoming reality: Here's what you need to know about today's Senate vote

AP NewsAlert

Fired "SNL" cast member fires back: "I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t mad" at Lorne

Let Bill Nye explain climate change to you using emojis

Europe wants Greece to suffer: The truth about the never-ending financial crisis & the cult of extreme austerity

Two cheers for Nikki Haley: Bringing down the Confederate flag is laudable -- but not nearly enough

Satanists file "urgent" federal lawsuit over Missouri abortion restrictions

This is not a test: Kevin Spacey and Megyn Kelly are developing a TV show together

Abortion drones: How technology is breaking through restrictive laws

The Obama administration just made a big move toward a sane medical marijuana policy

The 10 Commandments of Litchfield: "Make a reek, my sisters, make a reek to last one thousand years!"

P. Diddy arrested for UCLA kettlebell assault

10 careers with the most psychopaths per capita