April 12, 2016 Archive April 2016

Sending them back into danger: Experts blast E.U. plan to deport refugees to Turkey, calling it illegal and immoral

Joe Scarborough is right, and that's terrifying: The Democratic Primary has been an undemocratic mess

"There is Kryptonite for Donald Trump": Rachel Maddow dishes on the ideal way to handle the GOP front-runner

Gen X needs to forget about Hillary Clinton: My generation is far too cynical about Bernie Sanders' message

The Bryan Adams factor: One singer canceling a show won't stop a hate bill, but these actions add up

Revelations from politicians' Spotify playlists: Paul Ryan digs Darius Rucker, Darrell Issa thinks Shaq is a good rapper

"The Virgin Mary was actually a prostitute": Cartoonist Chester Brown wants to open a debate about sex work, Jesus and the Bible

Where the boys are: Richard Linklater's "Everybody Wants Some!!" and what women's comedies can learn from the art of the bromance

Dear straight Springsteen fans: If you're shocked that Bruce canceled his North Carolina show, you haven't been paying attention

Wisconsin promises to seek stay of right-to-work ruling

We let the idiots take the wheel: Donald Trump, Fox News and how we let our democracy rot

Robert Reich: Bernie does have a plan to break up the big banks. That's why the establishment is so rattled

Noam Chomsky agrees with Sarah Palin: "When she mocks the 'hope-y, change-y stuff,' she’s right”

Let's audit the Pentagon: The U.S. military is lighting our tax dollars on fire

They'll always despise her: The media has its Hillary narrative, and they're sticking to it

6 reasons to believe Donald Trump could really blow this thing

The absurd torture debate: CIA Director John Brennan's remarks on interrogations shows how low the GOP has sunk

"This system is so rigged": Outrage as undemocratic superdelegate system gives Clinton unfair edge over Sanders

Sam Brownback declares war on Kansas: This is how extremists gut a state -- and democracy

What the hell was NBC thinking? Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter & the legitimization of the crackpot caucus

The Democrats have no soul: The Clintons, neoliberalism, and how the "people's party" lost its way

Bill O'Reilly demands to know how Trump can help blacks and Latinos get jobs when they all "have tattoos on their foreheads"

The Fed needs a revolution: Why America's central bank is failing — and how we can make it work for us

"Media can be the greatest force for peace on earth": Amy Goodman reflects on the 20th anniversary of "Democracy Now!"

Bernie is wrong about super-delegates: Why his tortured Dem Primary arguments try to have it both ways

"If you can't handle the Colorado delegate process, how are you going to handle the Chinese?" Charles Krauthammer unloads on Trump

Violence returns to the Trump campaign: Black protester assaulted by Trump supporters at "New York Values" rally

David Brooks: Political debate belongs within the American people's "galaxy of warm places"

That's odd — all the videos in the Jesse Watters' "Violence in the Classroom" segment share one feature

The superdelegate sh*tshow: Watch Samantha Bee perfectly unravel the baffling and ridiculous system

Please dump Trevor Noah now: This might be his laziest, most simplistic campaign media coverage yet

Seth Meyers wishes Jackie Chan and Vladimir Putin appeared in "Rush Hour 4: Russian Hour" rather than the Panama Papers

"Zero chance": Kasich rejects Trump's vice presidential offer to get him out of the race

"He should have been an adult and not a madman": Larry Wilmore panel sets Bill Clinton straight

"I'm not releasing individual names...yet": DC Madam's client details "could affect the 2016 presidential race"

Countdown to the GOP primary's final showdown: Why California could decide who wins the nomination, and why that's bad news for Republicans

Study finds that "male-dominated" professions are more at risk of being taken over by robots

Insurance companies “will happily kill people for profit": Rob Delaney on the UK’s "empirically better" healthcare, Bernie Sanders and parenting through the filth and joy

"They were selling hope to a lot of people in the middle of a recession": Retirees scammed by Trump Network speak out

Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon: "If anybody's trying to 'rig the system,' it's Senator Sanders"

Bernie Sanders vs. the plutocracy: Why General Electric's CEO is lashing out at the democratic socialist

Louis C.K.'s big gamble: "Horace and Pete" shows limits to unbundling, cord cutting and the solo entrepreneur approach

Drudge Report has "become the attack site for the Donald Trump campaign,” complains Ted Cruz

Bill O'Reilly's relentless racism: Revolting comment to Trump about African-Americans having "forehead tattoos" is the newest chapter in his long history of bigotry

Morning Joe panel admits discussing Clinton's tone is "a gender thing" — continues to do it anyway

Israeli extremist acquitted in attack on 2 left-wing Jews after saying he thought they were Arabs

Republicans' general malaise: David Ignatius wants military to liberate the GOP from Trump

Erykah Badu is wrong: Longer skirts won't "keep our girls safe" at school

David Barton, the man behind the movement to Christianize the government, believes Disney's cartoon animals turn kids to paganism

The next frontier in Cuba: American press is seeping into the country, shaking up nation's decades-long battle with free expression

Hope you can stomach this: Here is the best footage of the presidential candidates chowing down on the campaign trail

North Carolina begins to back off: Republican governor signs executive order allowing private businesses to opt-out of restrictive anti-LGBT law

"Let me be clear: I do not want, nor will I accept the Republican nomination": Paul Ryan says count him out for 2016

Stop piling on La’Porsha Renae: LGBT Americans don't need her approval, they need better legal protections