August 22, 2016 Archive August 2016

The straight-washing of “Ben-Hur”: Remake of the '59 epic drops gay subtext — and beefs up religious themes

Trump should reconsider his tax plan: Architect of Reagan tax cuts on why it's a mistake

A comedian walks into a "mob": "Inside Amy Schumer" writer's rant against antirape culture deserves a backlash

She's a gamer, I'm not: How Pokémon Go helped my marriage

Madam President: What social science says about how a female president might lead

5 worst right-wing moments this week: Rudy Giuliani suffers brain meltdown

What would Joseph Campbell say about Donald Trump? He should've already been exposed as Darth Vader

Trump's campaign shuffle: The problem isn't who's working for The Donald — the problem is him

Trump in Virginia: The GOP nominee fights a losing battle in the Old Dominion

America's prison problem: The conversation we need to be having about our broken criminal justice system

"The Night Of" recap: Are we closer to discovering the truth?

Judicial Watch vs. Hillary: The conservative group has a long history of spreading Clinton lies

Carmelo Anthony's awakening: The making of Team USA's elder statesman

WATCH: John Oliver really did his homework on failing charter schools

Lyft allegedly tried, and failed, to sell itself to Amazon, Apple, Google

The return of Bad Lip Reading: Dubbed video parody hilariously remixes the Democratic National Convention

Trump threatens to "tell the real story" of Joe Scarborough-Mika Brzezinski romance "when things calm down"

How to make a lie worse: Try to get away with not calling it a "lie"

Speedo USA, Ralph Lauren end sponsorship deals with Ryan Lochte

Mike Pence shocks Fox News host after laughing off Trump's claim to 95% of Black support in 2020

Wagatwe Wanjuki wants justice for sexual-assault survivors, but she also wants an apology

John Oliver gives Trump a parachute out: "Simply drop out and tell America this entire candidacy was a stunt"

Gallup poll: 52 percent of Republicans say voter fraud is a "major problem"

The Clinton BS files: The right wing's long history of obsession with the Clintons' sex lives

Airbnb to transform Japanese fishing village into experimental community

Federal judge in Texas blocks President Obama's new trangender policy for schools

David Duke’s show cheers Trump-Breitbart merger: “We appear to have taken over the Republican Party”

Roger Stone has reached a new low — somehow: He claims Chelsea Clinton had 4 plastic surgeries to look less like "her daddy" Webb Hubbell

Jimmy Carter thought he had just weeks to live during cancer fight

The scandalous truth about CEO severance: Philippe Dauman, Viacom, and the corporate trend of rewarding major failure with major payouts

"Good Morning America" host Amy Robach apologizes for discussing the diversity of "colored people" in Hollywood

"There was a market for white resentment": Tim Wise on Trump, David Duke and the bigotry that's risen from the shadows