January 19, 2016 Archive January 2016

Racism is "America's original sin": Unless we tell the truth about our history, we'll never find the way to reconciliation

Birds are going extinct: Entire species are hanging on by their wingtips

Dr. Ruth loves happy endings: “Most people want to be in a relationship, and not just have a one-night encounter"

Glenn Frey of the Eagles dies at 67

"A few weeks after I graduated, I tried to jump in front of a train": My bipolar disorder nightmare

The unromantic gift that saved my marriage

Mediocrity is for white kids: Debates over Asians and the academic "ethnic divide" are about white entitlement, not oppressive immigrant parents

Wow, even Lester Holt is mocking sad Martin O'Malley now

Stephen Colbert unloads on DNC: "They're going to show the next Democratic debate after the credits of the Fantastic Four"

The only way to stop the next El Chapo: Why America needs to legalize all its drugs

Bernie Sanders and David Brooks, both wrong: This year of Fox News and Donald Trump-fueled rage can't be fixed by any candidate

The "Bayghazi" bust: Michael Bay's new movie is a crass exploitation of Benghazi politics

Trevor Noah's love letter to Donald Trump: Thanks for "making Ted Cruz look like a d*ck"

Even without an endorsement she still has an impact: Elizabeth Warren's powerful influence on the Democratic race

Cracked Magazine comes up with the perfect solution to America's gun problem in this hilarious parody video

Paul Krugman: Progressives would be stupid to attempt Bernie Sanders' proposed "do-over" of liberal's biggest victory

The GOP's Obama dogwhistles are out of control: How Trump, Christie & Cruz have sunk our discourse to new lows

Bill O'Reilly slings nonsense at Democratic candidates: "Sanders makes Trump look like Lincoln"

Hillary Clinton "black friends" Obama: Larry Wilmore explains the Democratic debate strategy

Karl Rove has a secret plan to ratf*ck Hillary

Marco Rubio leads GOP candidates in shrugging off Flint water crisis: “That’s not an issue that, right now, we’ve been focused on"

Rachel Maddow grills Hillary Clinton about decision to put Democratic debates "in TV Siberia, on weekends and holidays"

Chris Rock probably won't snub the Oscars -- but he won't fix them either

Trump at Liberty University: "I dedicate my record-breaking crowd to Martin Luther King, Jr."

Ted Cruz's warmongering, hypocrisy: "A good day for Obama only lasts the seven minutes before Republicans sh*t all over it"

Ted Cruz gets even more slimy: A new campaign-finance controversy should derail his campaign—but it won't

Jesse Watters goes to Iowa to harass students who vote in their best interest, praise evangelicals who do the same

The media's dangerous Hillary-centrism: Why our obsession with frontrunners is hurting the Democratic Party

Cruz's big attack: He's is coming hard after Trump, but the Donald is still the champ at slimy pandering to the right

#BoycottTheOscars: Here is the list of celebrities pledging to snub the very, very white awards show

Stephen Colbert checks his white privilege, switches seats with DeRay McKesson to discuss race, police, #blacklivesmatter

Guns, ISIS and fear mongering: Marco Rubio, the GOP's candidate of a hopeful future, takes a disturbingly dark turn

Trevor Noah gets it now: His takedown of Ted Cruz shows he's only growing sharper on American politics

Stephen Colbert’s radical vulnerability: Talking frankly about race could be a game-changer for his moderate white audience

It's not really about the Oscars boycott: The feud between Will Smith and Janet Hubert has been going on for decades

Campus rape in Montana: What a small town tells us about sexual assault, rape culture and the prevalence of false accusations

5 worst right-wing moments of the week -- Megyn Kelly will never be a voice of reason

Fox News goes all out to save Michael Bay's Benghazi flop "13 Hours" from its own lies and awfulness