January 07, 2016 Archive January 2016

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is wrong: Young women care about their reproductive rights

Saudi Arabia funds and exports Islamic extremism: The truth behind the toxic U.S. relationship with the theocratic monarchy

The fanatical dogma of Alex Jones: How the right-wing huckster has made conspiracy theories into a religion

How not to say "I'm sorry": 2016 is already full of weak apologies, from the dumbest answer to #WheresRey to "sometimes we can get it wrong"

Media quiet as Saudi-led coalition bombs center for the blind in Yemen — along with wedding halls and hospitals

Still coddling the "affluenza teen": Ethan Couch's team confuses human rights with comfort

Sorry about your boyfriend, Internet: Why Oscar Isaac's Ayn Rand t-shirt broke a million heart-emojis

I went to a Ted Cruz rally -- and saw James Dobson, Steve King, white evangelical fervor and the scariest family band of all time

Pretty girls get better grades: Attractiveness does affect women's scores — but not men's

Legalization works!: Colorado legalized marijuana two years ago and the sky didn't fall, after all

Now you can worry: Trump's in it to win it, so it's time to drop fantasy that his campaign is all for show

Obama’s tears, America's tragedy: Behind Fox News mockery lies uncomfortable truth about our failed politics

This show flips all the scripts: A male prep school student, drugged and raped at a basketball party — and what happens next

Keep your man-child antiheroes: The new crush-worthy guy is the quietly competent, grown-up man

He's made the Middle East worse: Let's be honest, Obama bears as much responsibility for this mess as predecessors who shaped them

10 more reasons Wall Street would hate Bernie Sanders

Did the makers of "Making a Murderer" leave out key evidence against Steven Avery?

Bill Clinton is a political liability: In a race against Bernie Sanders, his neoliberal legacy could be toxic

I can beat Trump! Bernie rips Clinton talking point about his chances of beating GOP

He cries for Americans alone: Our wars and violence destroy families — those kids deserve Obama's tears too

Obama had good reason to cry, every single time: Watch 5 times the president was brought to tears

"There's a dude under a tarp, sitting in a rocking chair, holding a rifle": Seth Meyers on the weirdest part of the Oregon standoff

Wow, Stephen Colbert on guns and President Obama's tears is absolutely perfect

"Are you f**king kidding me?": Trevor Noah unloads on inhuman Fox News tear-truthers

To the 1 percent pouring millions into charter schools: How about improving the schools that the vast majority of students actually attend?

Secretary of schmoozing: How new Hillary emails reveal what friendliness in Washington really means

Rachel Maddow: Democracy has been hijacked, children have been poisoned in Michigan

"You're not going to talk about pot are you?": Rand Paul completely dodged a question about weed on Colbert

Larry Wilmore renames Fox News: This may be his crowning moment on guns and right-wing horror

“Portlandia"’s feminist bookstore owner takes a sexy European vacation: “When it comes to my erotic life, there are many details”

The new face of anti-gay bigtory: Roy Moore, the judge blocking same-sex marriage in Alabama, has deep ties to radical theocrats

Rachel Maddow: Kim Jong-Un, the Donald Trump of North Korea, is lying about hydrogen bomb

Paul Ryan is an endangered species: How congressional extremists could easily doom his speakership

Bill O'Reilly and Dennis Miller blame American decline on Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, and Melissa Etheridge

Missouri bill defines sexual relations between lawmakers and lobbyist as "a gift" with no "dollar valuation"

More trouble in Duggar-land: Family ally and founder of Christian institute sued over sex abuse allegations

Jimmy Fallon, evil genius: Even Billy Joel sounds good on his stage

Watch Trump supporters attack silent protesters with "America Is Already Great" sign

“Girls” is ending, not a moment too soon: Lena Dunham's breakout show has more than run its course

Rahm Emanuel's smoking gun: Why a new bombshell could end his career — for good

Sexist Fox News loves blaming the victim: Says women disrespected at work because they suck at email

"Outrageous war crime": Saudi coalition drops banned, U.S.-made cluster bombs on homes in Yemen capital

Rahm Emanuel is a national disgrace: Why he represents every worst instinct of the Democratic Party

Sorry, "Star Wars" fans: That Poe/Finn romance isn't happening

Listen up, Trump voters: Red states are the real moochers, and that's why you're better off backing Bernie