August 01, 2017 Archive August 2017

Jeff Bezos is untouchable

Why Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on foreign steel is a bad idea

Patriarchy and toxic masculinity are dominating America under Trump

We shouldn’t trust tech industry billionaires to lead the way on immigrants’ rights

America has a policing problem and Trump is making it worse

Anti-choice activists ramp up the aggression — and Louisville is at the center of the storm

Defining presidential deviancy down: Trump builds on Nixon and Clinton's legacy — and multiplies it

Wildfire season is scorching the west

Trump isn’t letting Obamacare die; he’s trying to kill it

Mooch out, Kelly in: Beltway swoons over another "new sheriff in town" — but don't get too used to him either

Distraught late-night comedians say farewell to Anthony Scaramucci

Conservatives target Ben Carson: Why is the HUD secretary, once a right-wing darling, under attack?

According to the friend of a murdered Russian watchdog, Putin is one of the richest men in the world

See the trailer for Sean Hannity's faith-based film starring Kevin Sorbo

An "email prankster" has been duping White House officials

Donald Trump, Sean Spicer colluded to make up Seth Rich conspiracy stories

WATCH: What is the future of health care in America?

How R. Kelly may be paying a financial price for those "Sex Cult" allegations

J. K. Rowling apologizes for anti-Trump tweet, but not to Trump

Los Angeles strikes deal to host 2028 summer Olympics — is that a good thing?

Robert Reich: Republicans think Donald Trump is "out of his gourd"

Jared Kushner says Trump campaign was too incompetent for collusion

Watch Paul Ryan's cringe-worthy attempt to talk about Donald Trump's border wall

Donald Trump's White House was considering hiring disgraced Fox News exec Bill Shine

Kentucky ACLU sues Gov. Matt Bevin for blocking critical social media users

NAACP warns that women, people of color, LGBT "may not be safe" in travelling to Missouri

Jordan abolishes 'marry the rapist' loophole

Ex-White House ethics lawyer: Trump helping his son draft a misleading statement could be witness tampering

Why are two old socialists like Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn leading the 21st Century left?

Rex Tillerson's new goal for the State Department: Drop democracy promotion abroad

Republicans want to use the debt limit to pass tax cuts

See the chilling trailer for David Fincher's new Netflix series, "Mindhunter"

LISTEN: "People are lying to themselves in both parties"

Amid HBO's "Confederate" fallout, Amazon introduces alt-history show "Black America"

WATCH: “First woman Marine to fly in an F-18 in combat” releases powerful campaign ad against Kentucky Republican

WATCH: Who benefits from gentrification?

Salon's author questionnaire: Inside Tom Perrotta's "Mrs. Fletcher" and more summer must-reads

The violent policing of Black motherhood: How and why cops target mothers of color

Prestige television post anti-hero is a world of pure good and evil

CBS gets grilled on diversity by reporters, but there may be hope for it yet