August 03, 2015 Archive August 2015

The FBI built a database that can catch rapists — almost nobody uses it

"Clueless" wasn't supposed to be a hit: "I don’t think they necessarily saw a teen female audience as being much of a boon"

How to fight back against irony: a guide

A taxonomy of summer jams: Here are the 8 types of songs that cure the summertime blues

All I wanted was one person to say, “Yes, you’re fat, but that’s not a bad thing": Coming to terms with my post-baby body

7 surprising ways porn is changing

10 Things to Know for Monday

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Asia

8 stats that reveal just how badly the police state hurts black women

Why we all need to learn the word “anthropogenic”

"Reform" makes broken New Orleans schools worse: Race, charters, testing and the real story of education after Katrina

Bayghazi won't sink Hillary: Michael Bay's new Benghazi movie has conservatives exploding with excitement

10 Things to Know for Today

6 worst right-wing moments of the week -- Donald trump is "disgusting"

Obama's election was supposed to usher in a new post-racial era. Why has racist expression grown more vicious than any time since the 1960s?

What to do with the Rockies' only Confederate memorial?

You're killing us, White America: How the Samuel DuBose murder exposes a system designed to destroy Black lives

Paul Krugman: No Greek "death spiral" for Puerto Rico so long as US rejects austerity

"True Detective" recap: A shocking death, a burning empire and a moment of comfort for Ani and Ray

Donald Trump aide fired over over-the-top racist Facebook posts

GOP's broken promises: Gridlock & dysfunction still rule the day despite congressional control

Big game hunter Sabrina Corgatelli defends killing giraffe: They "are very dangerous animals that could hurt you very seriously"

Chris Christie's violent fantasies: National teachers union deserves a "punch in the face"

John Oliver exposes the disturbing way Congress governs Washington, D.C.: “We’re the only democracy in the world that does this”

At Koch Brothers funded summit, Ted Cruz attacks Democrats and fellow GOP lawmakers for kowtowing to billionaires

The GOP crack-up continues: The raging civil war over the disgusting “cuckservative” slur

"Cosby Show" producer speaks out: "The show is kind of tarnished"

Bill Nye perfectly shuts down climate-denying Twitter trolls in "Mean Tweets" video

Kate Mara fends off sexist comments in "Fantastic Four" interview: A reminder that being creepy to a woman is not a "compliment"

Get ready for a GOP smackdown: Trump vows to "hit harder" if opponents attack him during debate

Ricky Gervais applauds #karmadillo for helping Texas man shoot himself in the face

Walt Disney was not an anti-Semite

"Don't worry, I'm on it": Amy Schumer and her cousin, Senator Chuck Schumer, propose legislation to stop gun violence

"We only get one planet": Obama launches Clean Power Plan on a global note

Watch Michael B. Jordan and Kate Mara respond to a racist and sexist interviewer like pros

Charles Koch's Messianic delusions: Industrialist says only conservative billionaires can save us

Gwyneth Paltrow consciously uncouples from the phrase “Conscious Uncoupling”

Wing-nut conspiracy theorists have done it again: The truth about the Planned Parenthood hoax revealed

College textbooks 1,041 percent more expensive now than in 1977

How not to talk about Bill Cosby: This week's edition

Biden 2016 is a media fantasy: Why he's almost certainly going to sit the race out

Rand Paul is basically doomed: How the man who was supposed to "reinvent" the GOP fell flat on his face

Climate activist masterfully punks Scott Walker: Now he looks like even more of a Koch stooge

"True Detective's" biggest problem: Its obsession with extreme violence

Free the ugly produce!: Business-savvy millennials are tackling food waste -- one cosmetically challenged vegetable at a time

"Fat Guy" biking across America: Why we believe only thin people deserve to be loved

A distressed-baby-shaming CEO: What you can never expect when you're expecting

The easy morality of Cecil the Lion: Our problem isn't too much outrage — it's that we can't summon enough

"The Daily Show" wasn't all politics: A look back at Jon Stewart's war against pop music

Unemployed Darren Wilson living off donations, only shopping "with like-minded individuals — where it's not a mixing pot"

Jeffrey Tambor and Jill Soloway tease "Transparent" season 2: "We're taking the gloves off"