April 29, 2016 Archive April 2016

Don't call it maternity leave: Non-parents could use time off work, too — but it's not the same

Rahm Emanuel's political machine is overwhelmingly white. Here's why it matters — even beyond Chicago

Camille Paglia: "I’m a libertarian. That’s why I’m always freely offending both sides"

"Conspiracy theorist" in panda suit shot after allegedly threatening to bomb Baltimore Fox affiliate if it wouldn't cover his story

Stop saying you're sorry: "Women will apologize to inanimate objects for bumping into them"

The librarian who outfoxed Al Qaeda: "In one spasm of violence, they burned just about everything they could find"

"My p*ssy should be president next": How porn stars are voting this election

Has American pro soccer finally arrived? In this strange saga, the answer is "almost"

Amy Goodman agrees with Noam Chomsky: "The media manufactures consent for Donald Trump"

7 women the U.S. Treasury plans to honor not named Harriet Tubman

There will be pandemonium: The end of the old oil order has already begun

This is a public health crisis: America's sleep inequality matches its income inequality

Hillary Clinton's mysterious cough is back

Paul Ryan's health care fraud: The speaker previews the GOP's lousy Obamacare replacement

"Donald Trump is a dangerous individual": Larry Wilmore opens up to Salon about what's funny in Washington this year — and what isn't

A liberal case for Donald Trump: The lesser of two evils is not at all clear in 2016

Right-wing media civil war: How Donald Trump pitted Drudge against Fox News

This artist implanted an antenna in his skull to be able to "hear colors"

“All my life men have told me I wasn’t pretty enough": Lil' Kim's bleached skin and blonde hair are the tragic result of sexism, racism, colorism

"Daily Show": "Everything Trump says is straight out of a rapper's playbook"

"If a lizard dresses up in a suit, he can run for president": Seth Meyers has a brilliant comeback for Ted Cruz's intolerance

"It's like Disney gave the wicked stepmother her own song": Stephen Colbert gasps as Carly Fiorina serenades Ted Cruz's daughters

Donald Trump's new secret weapon: How the man who ran "The Torturer's Lobby" is securing the billionaire's nomination

Paul Ryan has an idea for replacing Obamacare, and once you stop laughing I'll tell you what it is

John Boehner's hilarious "Lucifer" burn reveals a bigger problem for Ted Cruz

David Brooks: The GOP doesn't realize "this is a Joe McCarthy moment" — history will judge them for where they stood

Paul Krugman: Trump is appealing to aggrieved white men by lying to them

Massive melee erupts outside Donald Trump's first campaign rally in California

WATCH: Megyn Kelly rakes North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory over the coals for his factually unfounded fear of transgender people

Bernie Sanders isn't a radical: Noam Chomsky is exactly right regarding how mainstream Bernie's policies really are

Kesha's turning point: "True Colors" looks and sounds like a triumphant return

The anti-Semitic invective this journalist drew for her Melania Trump profile will make you ill

Donald Trump thinks he can win over disaffected Bernie Sanders supporters

The 4 most disturbing revelations from the Miami Herald's new Ann Coulter profile

Failing the "DuVernay Test": 6 signs your on-screen black character is a tired stereotype

Watch out Ted Cruz, you've upset Bobby Knight! The Trump backer mocks Cruz for his basketball "rings" gaffe

Donald Trump can actually beat Hillary in November: Stubborn pundits still refuse to accept it

Ronald Reagan and Alzheimer's: There's rich material in his presidency, but dementia isn't a laughing matter

Bristol Palin rushes to defense of Curt Schilling, says he was "stating an obvious truth" when he shared anti-trans meme

Trump and Cruz aides worked for Guatemalan tycoon who wanted TV broadcasts of executions, report says

GOP's Trump delusion: Now that they've finally accepted the frontrunner, party elites are indulging in absurd false optimism

"Is Donald Trump Batman?" People are Googling the most bizarre questions about Donald Trump

"He died in the blackest way possible — with his hands up, with his mother watching": This poet demolishes Megyn Kelly for calling Jesus a white man

Watch Glenn Beck smear Cheetos all over his face in a quest to understand Donald Trump's appeal to John Boehner

Why Bernie must keep running strong: Strength is the only language the establishment understands

"She wrote lines that stung & hummed": Patton Oswalt honors his late wife, Michelle McNamara

Progress on Oklahoma's awful rape law: Backlash prompts pledge to have loophole "fixed next week"

Fox News host Andrea Tantaros quietly pulled from daytime show over contract "issues"

This week, Donald Trump reminded us of something very important: His disdain for women oozes from his pores