August 28, 2015 Archive August 2015

Bobby Jindal pleads with Obama not to mention the climate crisis during Hurricane Katrina commemoration

Donald Trump loved Miley Cyrus' #TwerkGate

Spike Lee's dubious honor: Is the Honorary Oscar a way for the Academy to say "this is as close as you'll ever get?"

Scott Walker's hostile waters: The destruction of Wisconsin's universities damages more than the liberal academic elite

What some of the richest people in America say about the poor when they think no one is listening

"Being black and gay in America both come with heavy doses of self-loathing": Actor Darryl Stephens opens up about typecasting, visibility and telling his own story

The computer geek, Pablo Escobar's hippos and all that aluminum foil: "I Touched All Your Stuff" is the weirdest true-crime tale ever told

Stop judging Anna Duggar: Concern trolls want punishment for Josh, not what's best for his wife

The GOP's stunning new attack on America's national forests

12 ways to show Southern pride without flying a Confederate flag

Make salad great again: Why the recent salad backlash completely misses the point

Jeb Bush is losing, and the GOP establishment has no one to blame but itself

The pivotal climate-change challenge that America isn't talking about nearly enough

Dick Cheney's staggering Iran hypocrisy: Why we need to ignore his sinister war games at all costs

7 tips for better sex that you haven't heard a thousand times before

Alex Jones' latest deranged Hillary Clinton tirade: "Listen witch! You turned Libya over to al-Qaeda "

Paul Krugman: "Talking nonsense" is job requirement for GOP presidential nomination

Chasing the high: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gregory Pardlo discusses why he writes

Bill O'Reilly: Rampant "nihilism" and "secular-progressive" beliefs to blame for the murders of Virginia journalists

Jimmy Kimmel lampoons Donald Trump's plan to make America great again in pitch-perfect campaign ad

The modern news conference is a scripted farce: Why Jorge Ramos' badgering of Donald Trump was a necessary corrective

Cruz's cynical Trump detente: They're good buddies now, but wait until The Donald's support drops

Thousands of walruses again forced ashore by melting Arctic sea ice are still all the proof we need that the planet is in crisis

"Key & Peele" brilliantly reimagines the genesis of "Gremlins 2"

The latest "Game of Thrones" fan-theory about Jon Snow is just about insane enough to be right

Senator powerfully indicts colleagues for gun control cowardice: "We are essentially sending a message of quiet endorsement of these murders"

Don't get butthurt over the OED's awesomesauce — ephemeral slang in the dictionary has a rich and delightful history

Donald Trump plays a dangerous game: The dark side of making America great again

Donald Trump's shameless immigration flip-flop: Chris Hayes remembers when he told DREAMers "you've convinced me"

Sarah Palin won't rule out serving as Donald Trump's vice president: "He's shaking it up the way it should be"

Don Lemon slams CNN for homophobic coverage of shootings of Virginia journalists

Amy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence danced on top of Billy Joel's piano so you don't have to

Rachel Maddow eviscerates the Bush administration's incompetent Katrina response: "A natural disaster became a manmade disaster"

Jeb Bush bags Eric Cantor's endorsement -- playing right into Donald Trump's hand

A Tea Party hero comes undone: Why Paul LePage's days may finally be numbered