August 29, 2016 Archive August 2016

Inclusion is key to better TV: It's time to reframe the "diversity" conversation

The great Mexican wall deception: Trump’s America already exists on the border

Ranking the best TV shows: "I certainly could have been talked into 'The Wire' or 'The Sopranos'"

My face is catfish bait: I'm the "40-year-old man" face of deceptive online dating — and I think I know why they do it

A life in limbo: The 'doubly invisible' Mexican immigrants

Partial list of winners of Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards

Quotations in the News

I can’t wait for my kid to go back to school: Rising child care costs make summer a killer

5 dumbest right-wing moments this week: Eric Trump’s ridiculous assertion

Robert Reich: Trumpism will continue after Trump loses, but can any good come out of the wreckage?

Cashing in on Cuba: Why the U.S. tourism industry isn't waiting for Congress to lift the embargo

Cindy Sheehan on Khizr Khan, Clinton's hawkishness, and why she votes third party

Pickle Jar Truthers: Alex Jones' latest Hillary health conspiracy is extra "twisted"

Mike Pence's Virginia pitch: Trump's running mate tries to reassure nervous Republicans

Roadside bombs kill 9 civilians in Afghanistan

"The Night Of" finale: At least we know the cat didn't do it

Paul Krugman: The economy of race prevents Medicaid and Obamacare expansion

Beyonce dominates an Olympic-sized VMA awards

Six astronauts return after year-long mission to Mars

Rise of the drones: More lenient regulations on drone flights go into effect today

Comedy Central's impromptu roast of Ann Coulter: "The only man you'll ever make happy is the Mexican digging your grave"

Hillary's hate hypocrisy: She denounces the alt-right while enabling the human rights travesty that is Iran

Rihanna's VMA triumph has nothing to do with her love life

Rudy Giuliani, Fox News attack Beyoncé over VMA performance: "It’s a shame"

Huma Abedin announces separation from Anthony Weiner after latest sexting scandal

The Clinton BS Files: "Lock her up" isn't really about emails — the right's been accusing the Clintons of murder for decades

The Latest: Turkey-backed Syria rebels take 10 more villages

Left-wing conspiracy theorists connect Bill O'Reilly's impromptu vacation with accusation in sexual harassment suit

An authoritarian nightmare: Trump in the White House is a threat to American democracy as we know it

Nate Parker talks about rape charges with "Ebony," claims not to have known much about consent in 1999

WATCH: Ann Coulter says she's "surprised it took so long" for Huma Abedin to leave Anthony Weiner

Strong keeping Texas quarterback starter a secret

Look Again: The day's most compelling images from around the globe

Amazon to test full-time, full-salaried 30-hour work week

White man crashed into black woman's car, then shot her to death, Ohio police say

Gene Wilder, star of Mel Brooks movies, dies at 83

Traffic deaths rose a whopping 7.2 percent in 2015

Trump campaign affiliate warns of continued "assault on the unborn" if Hillary Clinton is elected