August 01, 2016 Archive August 2016

Susan Faludi on gender, feminism and her own "Transparent" story: "We’re at a moment when identity is the battlefield"

"Always be a fighter”: Sharon Jones reflects on her music, her health and her new documentary

Strange, but true: Pokémon Go is a ray of hope in a bleak world

Mothering, long-distance: There are no models for women who parent from hundreds of miles away

Cyberattack on America: How vulnerable to hacking is our election cyber infrastructure?

A record 65.3 million people were displaced last year: What does that number actually mean?

5 stupidest right-wing moments this week: Donald's prolonged temper tantrum

Media's political influence: We can bash Trump and his supporters all we want — but will it work?

Obama, Clinton and a permanent state of war: The never-ending bloodshed that no one wants to talk about

Bernie’s big lesson: Socialists should occupy the Democratic Party, not abandon it

Hillary's big risk: The dangers of building too broad a coalition

"The Night Of" recap: The defense gears up, the wild calls, and a slow burn erupts

Hillary Clinton's bogus war on poverty: Her proposed minimum wage hike would only hurt low-income families

John Oliver recaps last week's DNC: Trump's candidacy as baffling to foreigners as "the menu at Guy Fieri's American Kitchen"

"The Simpsons" are "with her": Watch scathing parody of "3.a.m ad" with Donald Trump

Team Trump has no bottom: Roger Stone is now attacking Khzir Khan as a "Muslim Brotherhood agent"

5 more quintessentially Franzen-esque reasons to hate Jonathan Franzen

WATCH: Sanders delegate behind Palestinian flag DNC protest vows to continue struggle for progressive change

Uber surrenders to Chinese rival after reported $2 billion in losses

Stop slobbering over Melania's model past: NY Post's photo fixation is insulting and irrelevant

Sorry John McCain, Donald Trump does represent the GOP: Will Republicans finally dump Trump after Khan attacks?

Hillary's big convention bounce: CBS poll shows Clinton with a 7% lead

"History will not forgive them": Khizr Khan's warning ought to shake Republicans from their stupor

"The English bulldog is doomed": Inbreeding has destroyed the genetic stock of the once noble breed

Co-author of GOP's 2012 autopsy, former longtime Jeb Bush aide, quits Republican Party over Trump

Trump's extremism has deep GOP roots: The correlation between corporal punishment and voting Republican

A challenge for Paul Ryan: Make the case for Donald Trump

"Amy's Place": Amy Winehouse Foundation to open London-based drug and alcohol rehab center for women

Lessons from Miss Teen USA: Being white, privileged and crowned means never having to say you’re sorry