August 09, 2017 Archive August 2017

How affordable housing can chip away at residential segregation

Why the NAACP said "enough" to school privatization

Slouching toward Mar-a-Lago

Vote or lose your rights: Justice Department sides with Ohio in controversial voter purge case

America can move past the toxic politics of the Trump era — but it won't be easy

Affirmative-action hypocrisy: Foes hope to use Asian-Americans to attack racial diversity on campus

Ending Iraq’s humanitarian crisis

Alphabet turns to molten salt to store clean energy

Hong Kong’s democratic struggle and the rise of Chinese authoritarianism

Will Trump turn to Bannon's tax-the-rich faux populism, to save a sinking ship?

WATCH: Laurie Penny on why "all politics are identity politics"

A terrifying axis of idiocy: Kim Jong-un baits Trump, who falls for it

Jim Jefferies explores how the U.S. and North Korea ended up on the verge of nuclear war

President Trump is now trying to suck up to Robert Mueller

Sean Hannity instantly breaks pledge to avoid "petty political disagreements" for 12 hours

Fired Google employee turns to alt-right Youtube figures for first interviews

LISTEN: George Romero's groundbreaking casting "was either colorblind or -aware, or both"

"You're going to get us all killed": Stephen Colbert begs Trump to shut up about North Korea

The Koch brothers go to Hollywood: Republican megadonors have quietly invested in films like "Wonder Woman" and "Dunkirk"

Sorry, folks, but you may be getting another "Twilight" movie

FBI raided Paul Manafort's home — the same morning Trump tweeted his transgender ban

Why saying "Shut up and act," just makes Jennifer Lawrence more powerful

Cynthia Nixon: "A lot of people would like me to run" for governor — Really? Who?

WATCH: Asia expert Gordon Chang on the North Korea nuclear crisis: It may be time for direct diplomacy

Just like everyone else, the Coen Brothers have signed up for a Netflix series

Gone missing: New ad campaign targets GOP lawmakers who refuse to hold a town hall

A show based on RuPaul's life is coming to Hulu — you're welcome

Trump’s spiritual adviser says God supports conflict with North Korea

"Broad City" is releasing a line of sex toys that is so on-brand for them

Study: The Milky Way is swarming with black holes

Leah Remini calls for a federal investigation into Scientology's "abusive practices"

5 Technical Difficulties All '80s Kids Are Still Recovering From

Can You Survive the '80s Arcade Life?

Big Brother Mickey: Class-action lawsuit alleges Disney spied on children through several apps

WATCH: Hip-hop has a generational divide — and it's completely understandable

Louisiana congressman helping lead GOP effort to limit federal definition of gender

Destin Daniel Cretton makes another sincere beauty with “The Glass Castle”

Trump’s desperate Vietnam gamble

Babies are losing sleep — and touch screens are to blame

The science of desert water

17 apps and websites kids are heading to after Facebook

Why crowds aren’t always wise: Lessons from mini-flash crashes on Wall Street