July 08, 2017 Archive July 2017

Why Congress should let everyone deduct charitable gifts from their taxes

How anti-choice zealots cry censorship whenever they are challenged

A Wisconsin Republican looks back with regret at voter ID and redistricting fights

If we stopped emitting greenhouse gases right now, would we stop climate change?

3 of the biggest misogynists to reach the oval office before Donald Trump got there

Why it’s important to understand social media’s dark history

Why we need the left-wing critique of liberalism: Because liberals got us where we are today

This week in Donald Trump's conflicts of interest: When the watchdog leaves

Trump's alt-right Poland speech: Time to call his white nationalist rhetoric what it is

"WTF?!" Tech moguls' scheme to hijack progressive resistance against Trump is fooling no one

America votes the way it eats

How the homeless create homes

WATCH: Bishop explains why churches should stay out of politics

Mr. Zuckerberg, please don’t run for president: The last thing America needs is a Facebook technocrat

The day democracy got hacked: To this "old spy," all signs in the DNC email leak pointed to Russia

LISTEN: 12 podcasts that explore the human side of tech

China and WWII’s “Sarajevo” moment

Forget fake news — alt-right memes could do more damage to democracy

10 years ago: Parents take over Facebook!

Staggering right-wing hypocrisy: America is not going to "come together" under GOP politics of division

Every nation, except for the U.S., reaffirmed the Paris climate accord at G-20 summit

If Ben & Jerry’s is progressive, why won’t it protect its farmworkers?

Donald Trump and the decline of the West: Ten thousand years of civilization and we end up with this guy?

Ivanka Trump sat in for the president during a G-20 summit meeting

Election experts see flaws in Trump voter commission’s plan to smoke out fraud

Can you define "appropriate attire?" The Speaker's Lobby dress code is a reminder that the sartorial is always political

From public good to personal pursuit: Historical roots of the student debt crisis

Britt Daniel on Spoon's new album, Prince and a quarter century of indie life

FBI investigated coach Bobby Knight for allegedly groping women employees at a U.S. spy agency

LISTEN: Embracing feminine leadership could save humanity from itself

Ghost shops and farting corpses: How viral conceits became Trojan horses for brilliant dramas

Trump administration officials do not dispute Russia's claim that Trump accepted Putin's word on election meddling

"The Defiant Ones": Two hip-hop legends made human at long last

Tension high in Charlottesville, Virginia where KKK marchers were met by protestors

The breakthrough: A reporter crosses borders to uncover labor abuse

Blondie's "Heart of Glass" and the punk rock myth of "Death to Disco"

WATCH: The science of being awkward — and why that's "awesome"

How Jay-Z's "4:44" went platinum instantly and why it's meaningless

Why eating meat in America is like going on a trip to the drug store

My aging parents smuggle medical marijuana