August 18, 2015 Archive August 2015

Comedians are calling out "The Fat Jew" for theft: Why the online backlash against stealing jokes is long overdue

Ben Affleck's nanny scandal, monetized? How Christine Ouzounian is set to milk her ambiguous role in his divorce for all it's worth

Hillary's in danger, Trump is sunk: The hard truths America is ignoring this election season

8 food myths that just won't go away

Africa's great awakening: Amid capitalist plunder and environmental catastrophe, a new consciousness rises

Paul Haggis on "Show Me a Hero" and bringing the politics of fear to life: "That’s still what we do all the time. It’s how politics is practiced in America"

So, college “p.c. culture” stifles comedy? Ever hear a comedian sh*t on the American Dream at a Wal-Mart shareholders meeting?

"Fox & Friends" doubles down on its deeply bizarre Sex-Ed course with a deeply uncomfortable conversation about food

15 things to avoid if you actually want to have good sex

The 15 most utterly reviled bands of the last 30 years

6 imaginative new ways America has found to punish its poor

The great pesticide drift: What your favorite McDonald's food is doing to the environment

The ballad of Bernie & Donald: How two unorthodox candidates caught fire — because Americans are mad as hell

Presidential libraries, an all-American scam: Why these overpriced vanity projects are bad for politics, the economy & history

The CIA's grotesque secret: How it's partnering with human rights abusers -- and sparking blowback

The secret Republican love affair with Planned Parenthood: A history

Scott Walker's sad comeback strategy: A halfhearted Donald Trump imitation

George Zimmerman partners with Florida "anti-Muslim zone" gun shop owner to sell customized Confederate battle flag paintings

Fox News' Jesse Watters proposes sending undocumented immigrants on "a Trail of Tears" to build Trump's Mexican border wall

We are all "Amabots" now: Jeff Bezos just perfected the "burn and churn" philosophy that's sucking American workers dry

Larry Wilmore mocks Donald Trump over ridiculous helicopter theatrics: “How small is this guy’s penis?”

Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte is now going to contain real pumpkin and it's probably going to be disgusting

MSNBC's Chris Hayes tackles the big Donald Trump question: "What exactly is Trumpism?"

Heidi Klum mocks Donald Trump's claim she's "no longer a 10"

Patrick Stewart shares a big, wet smooch with Conan O'Brien because why not

Hillary Clinton condemns Shell's Arctic play: Drilling "not worth the risk"

Facebook explodes at Michigan Tea Partier who hopes his fake gay sex scandal doesn't cause people to lose faith in God

Melissa McCarthy's fashion revolution: Tear down the plus-sized section and "stop segregating women"

Team Taylor or Team Miley? Zayn Malik and Calvin Harris fight it out on Twitter

The Great Drought is upon us: Why California is America's barren new normal

Jeb's humiliating weakness: Americans like him even less than Donald Trump

Preventing movie theater gun violence: Why extra security — even if we're willing to pay for it — isn't the answer

Try not to cringe as you watch Marco Rubio hit a kid in the face with a football

Robert Reich: America is a nation of Amazons

The GOP's birthright citizenship test: The simple way to tell who actually wants to win the White House

Your must-see clip of the day: Key & Peele deliver a cringeworthy "mom rap"

The EPA just proposed new rules to slash methane emissions from fracking

Cara Delevingne is quitting “hollow” modeling industry: “If you hate yourself and your body and the way you look, it just gets worse and worse”

That big Fox News debate meant nothing: Trump continues to dominate his cowardly rivals

The GOP plot to destroy "birthright citizenship": Everything you need to know about Trump & Walker's hideous plans

Stop what you're doing and watch the enticing first teaser for “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah"

Watch Black Lives Matter activists confront Hillary Clinton: "You don’t tell black people what we need to know"

This NSFW book club is taking a stand for gender equality — by reading topless in public spaces

#BlackLivesMatter activist tells CNN that "all lives matter" is a "violent statement"

Black activists send clear message to Palestinians: "Now is the time for Palestinian liberation, just as now is the time for our own in the United States”

Being Blunt: Modern-Day Butlers with Multiple Skills in Demand

Women, practice saying "vagina" out loud: Your life could depend on it

This video demonstrates how rats can swim up your toilet bowl and will turn you into a life-long squatter