March 28, 2016 Archive March 2016

SCOTUS' shameful eugenics history: "We don’t provide the kind of justice that we claim to in our society"

The queering of Pee-wee Herman: How the gay icon redefines queer boundaries beyond sexuality

We had to get beyond irony: How David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers and a new generation of believers changed fiction

The "bitch" we come to love: Summer's "O.C." evolution taught me to appreciate this kind of TV heroine

My body doesn't need a cure: Sizeism, classism and the big-business hustle of the clean-eating industry

“Zootopia” in the Year of Trump: The parallels between a Disney cartoon and the 2016 election continue to surprise

The truth about Bernie Sanders' youth movement: The future could be a progressive one — but only if we make it

Will Ted Cruz dump Trump? What would it take for him to finally disavow his one-time buddy?

What Donald Trump really represents: America's addiction to competition

Behind the music on "Vinyl": Elvis enters the building, and "the king of rock and roll is singing about lettuce"

Paul Krugman: If the GOP doesn't abandon its "superpower delusion," the U.S. is doomed

Fox News' Charles Krauthammer unloads on Donald Trump: "He's obviously a good candidate, but he's going to be terrible for the country"

Bernie Sanders challenges Hillary Clinton to a debate on her home turf

North Carolina's anti-LGBTQ law challenged: "H.B. 2 violates the most basic guarantees of equal treatment under the U.S. Constitution"

Dear members of the media, do your job already: Trump isn't a Teflon candidate, the press must expose his lies and nonsense

"Religious freedom" fight finally dealt a blow in the South: GOP Georgia governor to veto anti-LGBT law

Anti-vax film isn't being "censored": Andrew Wakefield is not entitled to a prestigious platform for his discredited autism claims

5 worst right-wing moments of the week -- Michele Bachmann belongs with these lunatics

"I expect that from a 12-year-old bully on the playground": Wisconsin radio host crushes Trump over wife battle with Cruz in glorious interview

"Inchworms in the bag of chicken": Fast food employees warn of food items you should NEVER order in amazing Reddit thread

Sparrows, parrots and eagles: This election season is so bonkers that people have resorted to listening to birds

What's it like to shower with Trump? A former classmate recalls Donald Trump's military school days

Bigotry is bad for business: Georgia's anti-LGBT "religious freedom" bill met its match in Hollywood's bottom line

Rock-paper-scissor SCOTUS: Orrin Hatch has a new ludicrous justification for obstructionism

Little Red Riding Hood packs heat in this NRA fairy tale designed to get kids interested in guns

Democrats need to be worried about Hillary's FBI problem: The looming political fight could cause real damage in November

Donald Trump proxy Roger Stone claims to have seen women Ted Cruz allegedly had affairs with: He's "copulating with rodents"

Fight for $15 scores its biggest victory: California set to see a massive minimum wage hike

Paul Ryan is still a grifter: The GOP has become a tax-avoidance scam for the 1 percent

They'll have to leave their guns at home: Secret Service says Republican National Convention will not be open-carry utopia

Sex can be worth a longer wait: Apparently, the third date is no longer the magic number

A message to the media and GOP elites: You didn't build that. Here's who's really responsible for Donald Trump

How to beat the right: The gay rights victory in Georgia shows the power of fighting conservatives' bad-faith arguments

Listen to Adele, Jamie Oliver: Guilt-trips over how "easy" breastfeeding is just pile pressure on vulnerable moms

There have been 2 large ISIS-linked attacks in the week since Brussels

Congress on lockdown after gunshots confirmed in Capitol Hill Visitors Center

Harper Lee really didn't like Donald Trump's Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, letter reveals

Beyond "the eternal feminine": Novelist Dawn Tripp reimagines the life and work of Georgia O’Keeffe