July 16, 2015 Archive July 2015

Is kale making people sick?: The dark side of everyone's favorite superfood

Get your first look at David O Russell's latest J-Law Oscar-bait

Anthony Bourdain absolutely destroys Guy Fieri: "He’s 52 years old and still rolling around in the flame outfit"

The 12 most age-inappropriate romantic pairings in Woody Allen’s career

My daughter's not wearing pink: Enough with sparkly, princess clothes

Donald Trump puffs out his chest, asserts that he's worth $10 billion

Donald Trump's "Morning Joe" meltdown: The epic immigration debate that riled Mika, Halperin and The Donald

Satanists are masters at trolling conservatives -- just ask Megyn Kelly

Atticus Finch was never a hero: "This book taught white people how to talk about race, and it did so badly"

"Clueless" and the end of Gen X: How Cher Horowitz taught us to stop worrying and embrace millennial optimism, post-racial fantasy and the 1 percent

Lies I learned as a Southerner: Racism, the Confederate flag and why so many white Southerners revere a symbol of hatred

Uber tops taxi use for business travelers, new report shows

9 of the religious right's most laughable attempts to be cool

12 small things that can have a very big impact on your sex life

If the GOP tries to sink the Iran deal, it won't be the first time

Christie offering proposals to alter criminal justice system

6 ways to cut down your energy bill -- and help the environment

Russia’s Air Force is crashing and burning at an alarming rate

Netanyahu does not speak for us: Jewish liberals should fight the Cheney wing, stand up for Iran deal

The GOP's apocalyptic tradition: How anti-communist hysteria paved the way for a calamitous "War on Terror"

10 Things to Know for Today

Caitlyn Jenner accepts Courage Award at the EPSYS: "It's about what happens from here"

"Trainwreck": Amy Schumer's a comic genius, but this lumpy Judd Apatow rom-com doesn't do her justice

"There has to be a change in policing": The unfinished business of criminal justice reform

Rich people love Jeb Bush: The proof is in his campaign donations

Right-wing racist whack-a-mole: Confederate flag comes down, Donald Trump pops up

Video shows that African-American woman who died in custody did not assault an officer as police claimed

Bill Clinton apologizes for 1994 crime law that created current mass incarceration crisis: "That only made it worse"

Amy Schumer and Jimmy Fallon acting “fake nice” to each other is your must-see morning clip

House GOP launches investigation of Planned Parenthood's fetal tissue donation program

John McCain unloads on Donald Trump: "He's fired up the crazies"

Rachel Maddow praises President Obama for treating prisoners like actual human beings

50 Cent strikes back at bankruptcy skeptics: "You get a bullseye pinned on your back when you’re successful publicly"

Obama exposes Iran critics: Netanyahu and the GOP work to get back on the path to war

TLC cancels "19 Kids and Counting" in wake of Josh Duggar sexual abuse scandal

Wingnut congressman cuts off donations to GOP campaign fund to protest gay candidates

Zoë Kravitz told she was too "urban" for "Dark Night Rises" role

Donald Trump hate-tweets Penn Jillette at 3 a.m. Here's the petty backstory

Chris Hayes wonders: What made Bill Clinton apologize for his crime bill?

Why Amazon's Prime Day failed: The only company big enough to take the giant down is Amazon itself

Bill Maher takes "*sshole" Major Garrett down a peg: If you want to get a rise out of Obama, "why not just shout the N-word?"

TLC isn’t done with the Duggars just yet: Network announces "one-time special"

This one photo explains a lot about racism in 2015

Emma Stone speaks out on "Aloha" whitewashing controversy: "I've become the butt of many jokes"

Resisting the mystery of "Go Set a Watchman": Why I'm not reading Harper Lee's "new" novel

Wipe the Confederacy out now: Southern haters have a sick new lie designed to hold onto Confederate flags, memorials

Austerity will wreck Europe: Greece and the scary new European ultra-nationalism

The most remarkable thing about Caitlyn Jenner's breathtaking ESPYs speech: A few years ago, it would have been unthinkable

2015 Emmy Award nominations announced: “Game of Thrones” dominates with 24 nominations

What the Planned Parenthood hoax really proves: Right-wing extremists have no qualms about destroying peoples' lives

Support for Hillary Clinton eroding among eligible Democratic voters

All eyes on Chuck Schumer: Why the Iran deal may hinge on the Dems' future Senate leader

Ban the bump-watch: Beyoncé's belly scrutiny is sexist, invasive and bad for all women

Amy Schumer hijacked Katie Couric's phone and sent the raunchiest text message imaginable

Gina Rodriguez snubbed, Tatiana Maslany finally in: The disappointments and delights of the 2015 Emmy nominations

Operation Jade Helm 15: Brave tweeter valiantly documents life in Obama-occupied Texas

John McCain snipes at Marco Rubio on immigration: The grand tradition of GOP cowardice lives on

#JusticeForSandra and #SandraBland trending on Twitter as answers are demanded of Texas police who allowed her to die

List of Emmy Award nominations in major categories

The Emmy nominations are as confusing as ever: Parsing the hard-earned victories, tired hang-overs, fickle shut-outs and sheer WTF-ery of the annual awards

"X-Men" director Bryan Singer weighs in on sexual abuse allegations: "Complete, absolute bullsh*t"

Celebrities react to Emmy nominations on Twitter

AP NewsAlert

Bad news for polar bears: Why the endangered species may not be able to adapt to a warming Arctic, after all

Republicans allegedly knew about controversial Planned Parenthood video weeks ago -- so why did they wait to launch an investigation?