January 09, 2016 Archive January 2016

Rocking the vote: Bands release anti-Trump, pro-Sanders T-shirts that are, let's say, very metal

Of course Ethan Couch took his dog when he fled to Mexico: Why start being responsible now?

"El Chapo" captured: Notorious drug lord who feuded with Trump caught in Mexico

Women in California are taxed $20 million annually for feminine hygiene products: Here's what you need to know about the "tampon tax"

They just don't like him: Jeb's favorability tanks to the bottom of the GOP pack

SCOTUS v. the American worker: The upcoming Supreme Court case that could explode inequality

The GOP's reign of gubernatorial terror: Here are the small-government zealots who made their states considerably worse

"Attack on democracy": TransCanada suing U.S. gov't is chilling sign of dystopian TPP era we live in

A "Hamilton" miracle: I lost the ticket lottery, but discovered something priceless

Ted Cruz is worse: The only thing scarier than Trump winning the nomination is him losing it

How these 5 little words can jump-start an illicit sexual affair

This is how Ted Cruz wins: Why the formerly unthinkable could really, actually happen

7 of 2015's most outrageous drug war killings

New twist in Bristol Palin's baby drama: The abstinence mascot now needs proof he's the dad

"Poor people lose": "Making a Murderer," reality television and our shared mythology of a classless society

"The Sopranos" at 17: After watching all six seasons, I'm left with the queasy feeling that the legions of fans of the show have been played

How Margaret Cho revives "Fashion Police": Performing fashion snark as "a woman of color, as a queer woman, as someone who is plus-sized and very proud of my fat"

The Donald circus comes to Vermont: Trump smears Bernie in his own hometown

Karl Rove is a bad historian: Race, the South and the real story he doesn't tell about William McKinley and 1896

When money matters more than lives: The poisonous cost of austerity in Flint, Michigan

This is on the Republican Party: The missing context of Obama's executive action on gun control

What the media can learn from Bill Maher: 1 year after Charlie Hebdo attack, satirists still taking risks news outlets won’t

"Is that a toy turtle in your pocket or are you just really bad at running for president?": Colbert asks Jeb

Mustard Republicans: Jimmy Fallon's dig at candidates for being "mild, spicy, brown and yellow"

This is how they'll gut American democracy: Scott Walker and the Kochs want to f**k America as bad as they did Wisconsin

Four superior excuses Gov. LePage could have given for his racist rant about white girls and drug dealers

Small debt is destroying black lives: Institutional racism and the wealth gap America still refuses to acknowledge

This is the end of John McCain: Why the Arizona senator could finally be facing retirement

We're onto the phony education reformers: Charter school charlatans and faux reformers take it on the chin

Palestinian says New York Times edited and censored his quotes to shine positively on Israel

Oil, money, politics and evil: Our leading Middle East ally is the worst country imaginable