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How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Wednesday

The radical Bernie Sanders idea that could reclaim America for the 99 percent

Watch white people cry about white privilege in a new MTV documentary "White People"

Fox News built a f**ked-up Frankenstein, dumb, angry and divorced from facts. Now Donald Trump will devour them

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Advertising that (literally) gets under your skin: Latest "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" promo scheme wants to make you a permanent billboard

9 things you might not know about infidelity

"Boulevard": In Robin Williams' tormented final role, the beloved star still doesn't know what he's looking for

"OK, so what would convince you that racism is real?"

Radical austerity's brutal lies: How Krugman and Chomsky saw through dehumanizing neoliberal spin

Chris Matthews KOs Ted Cruz: "They seized the presidency in 2000 and you did not complain!"

First as scandal, then as farce: The absurdity of the Beltway media's Hillary email fixation

Racist subreddit thriving under new harassment policy

Gun nuts go after Bernie Sanders: NRA just reveals its radical paranoia

Donald Trump's long-overdue flameout: Why did it take so long?

"It's not a good record": When it comes to worker safety, Obama is a lot like Bush

"Castro is holding on by his fingernails": The long history of failure behind Rubio's Cuba policy

"We need global warming!" 13 of the dumbest things Donald Trump has ever said

"I don't regret anything": Donald Trump stands by everything he's done and said in his campaign

The Daily Donald: GOP now in full panic mode as Trump runs wilder

Stephen Colbert freaks the f*** out over NY Stock Exchange shutdown

Bill O'Reilly sends the vile Jesse Watters to grandstand in San Francisco over Kate Steinle's murder

Paul Krugman: It's conservative economics that will turn us into Greece

Patton Oswalt, Hannibal Buress & Betty White audition for "X-Men" in hilarious Conan clip

Conan O'Brien makes world's best Comic-Con entrance as a "Mad Max" Doof Warrior

US stocks gain in early trading; European, China markets up

"Fox & Friends": It's Obama's fault that "disgusting" millennials like Ariana Grande "hate America"

Diane Ravitch's devastating Arne Duncan critique: The education secretary earned his F

Kentucky official caught on camera refusing to issue a marriage license to same-sex couple

Poetic crime drama "Rectify" courts "Serial" fans with hard-nosed companion podcast

Anonymous aims for repeat Twitter performance -- warns people to "sell your stocks, feed the poor"

"He knows better than to lecture me": Donald Trump slams report that GOP chairman tried to silence him

Disgraced homeschool leader explains how Josh Duggar was "cleansed" after sexually abusing his sisters

GOP lawmaker descended from Jefferson Davis delivers incredibly powerful speech against Confederate flag

Your relatives really love Donald Trump: Here are the real reasons why

Alan Grayson lets both parties have it: "People's lives are circling the drain, and nobody's even talking about it"

The one moment that changed everything in the Confederate flag debate: "This flag comes down today!"

Donald Trump savages George W. Bush in one tweet and actually makes sense for the first time

"F*ck Lollapalooza": Bon Iver's Justin Vernon takes a stand against the music festival industrial complex

Watch Chris Matthews's epic smackdown of Ted Cruz in all its glory

Conservatives' Bernie Sanders lovefest: Why the right has the hots for a prickly socialist

Neo-Confederates' existential crisis: Why they can't hide their racism any longer

Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O'Malley cites satirical news article in policy paper

Federal benefits -- now available for same-sex couples!

It's more than just Trump: GOP's immigration disaster goes much deeper than The Donald

Patterson Hood on the Confederate flag, Southern heritage and slavery: "When our kindly Grandpa says 'states’ rights,' that’s the 'right' he’s talking about"

Donald Trump is the ultimate opportunist: Why his racist theatrics—and surging popularity—explain everything about the modern GOP

Black America's Bill Cosby nightmare: Why it's so painful to abandon the lies that he told

Hannibal Buress makes a shocking discovery about Amy Schumer in hilarious new sketch

Lindsey Graham is a dangerous narcissist: Why his stunted worldview is such a threat

"This is not love but abuse": Why I abandoned Evangelicalism

Donald Trump could hand the election to Hillary: Now he says he may go third party

Stephen Colbert drops a late-night bombshell on must-see episode of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee"

The explosive Runaways rape story: Will Joan Jett speak up for her bandmates now?

"What tradition does the Confederate flag represent? Is it slavery, rape, genocide, treason, or all of the above?"