January 23, 2016 Archive January 2016

Nobody has to “man up” here: Feminist shows “Jessica Jones” and “Transparent” are also a win for men

Own it, conservatives: Palin and Trump are the faces of the GOP — and despite its outrage, the right must accept it

Don’t shoot the rescuer: U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition likely targeting medical workers with “triple tap” strikes in Yemen

Bill Gates should be ashamed: His back-room, charter-school power play hurts kids, public education

The media has a Bernie Sanders problem: What the elites miss about politics the rest of us understand

Clinton faces challenge in Iowa caucus reminiscent of 2008

The Oscars' race problem isn't going away

In case oddly similar to Sandra Bland's, 16-year-old found dead in custody

Toxic gun culture at work: “13 Hours” theater shooting accident a sobering sign of our concealed-carry times

Britain's Royal Military Academy is paid millions to train officers for repressive Gulf dictatorships

Oscar diversity reforms announced: Academy pledges to double women and minority members by 2020

This is the Ted Cruz "birther" dilemma: He's certainly an American. But "natural born" is a real question

Stephen Colbert just laid waste to the idiocy of Donald Trump

Sarah Palin’s feel-bad politics: The dark allure of right-wing nihilism, self-pity and curdled nostalgia for a once-"great" America

Don't let Obama off the hook: Anti-immigrant hysteria isn't just a Republican problem

Ted Cruz has a very real birther problem: The law is not settled -- but the history is

Conservatives in a meltdown: National Review's confused "Against Trump" issue is an amazing testament to the right's implosion

Amy Winehouse's mom opens up: "I did not expect to lose Amy when I did"

"Boys for Pele" turns 20: Revisiting the year when Tori Amos truly came into her own

Eleanor Friedberger on leaving Brooklyn, approaching 40 and why she’d be happy to sell out: "I don’t think that attitude really exists anymore"

Pro-life fanatics want you to think abortion clinics are terrifying places; here's what one really looks like

White Hollywood meltdown: Now Julie Delpy says it's harder to be a woman than to be black in Hollywood

Hillary's big healthcare con: The cynical myth she keeps repeating about Bernie Sanders and single-payer

GOP's deal with the devil: The donor class will forever regret allying with Trump

Dissecting Paul Krugman's Bernie backlash: Being a Sanders skeptic doesn't make you a hack

Hillary has nothing to brag about: Her foreign policy record is a disaster

Bill Maher slams "morally sloppy" Sarah Palin: "The Obamas are just so much better parents"

If you’re so tough, "go fight ISIS": Bill Maher blasts Bundy siege's "wackadoodle militiamen"

The secret meanings of "Trump": Why it's time to give Donald the "Rick Santorum" treatment

The truth about Flint: Kids drank poisoned water because of the GOP's radical, anti-democratic "reforms"

4 simple ways to radically improve your Internet security

They're still lying about Ronald Reagan: What Trump, Cruz and the GOP field won't tell you about Reaganomics

Hillary just can't win: Even mixed poll results mean she's choking

The Bundy fallacy liberals must reject: Why reforming our broken criminal justice system means less violence, not more

The GOP's Trump meltdown hits critical mass -- but can the right's empty suits stop him now?

Lissie: "I genuinely want a politician who challenges the corruption of our system"