August 15, 2017 Archive August 2017

The day has finally arrived: America's pathological liar-in-chief has turned to nuclear saber-rattling

These are the crazy climate records from 2016 you haven’t heard much about

If we keep subsidizing wind, will the cost of wind energy go down?

Ultimate clean-slate handbook

He ruins everything: Trump is having a negative effect on the workplace

Why didn’t sanctions stop North Korea’s missile program?

The Grand Old Party’s over. Make way for the Trump Party

The Antarctic ice sheet conceals 91 volcanoes. Should we be afraid?

White people calling for “unity”: Your good intentions aren’t enough

Donald Trump and the Lost Cause: President finally disavows racist violence — but he applauded the movement behind Unite the Right

It took just one distorted study for the media to freak out over health risks and marijuana

Thinking beyond Trump: Why power companies should be investing now in carbon-free electricity

Anthony Scaramucci rails on Steve Bannon to Stephen Colbert

How cops target transgender people: "They will often read gender nonconformity . . . to embody disorder"

What if the DNC Russian "hack" was really a leak after all? A new report raises questions media and Democrats would rather ignore

Donald Trump's terrible reaction to Charlottesville has rejuvenated the alt-right

More CEOs distance themselves from President Trump’s manufacturing council

Donald Trump's mojo will be tested in an Alabama Republican primary

Baltimore votes to get rid of its four Confederate statues

The Charlottesville attack shows homegrown terror on the right is on the rise

Jimmy Fallon finally gets off the fence, blasts Trump over Charlottesville

Paul Krugman: Trump won't denounce white supremacists for one obvious reason

"The Walking Dead" producers sue AMC, could get as much as $1 billion

After Charlottesville, HBO doubles down on "Confederate"

Fired Google employee defends position that women aren't good at tech

Wait, did George Pataki just back Kid Rock for Senate?

Netflix co-founder: Pay $10, go to one movie a day, every day

The Department of Justice wants to know who’s been visiting an anti-Trump website

Texas officials "don’t care about white people," says White Lives Matter event planner

Another member of Donald Trump's campaign tried to reach out to Russia: report

Surprise! Louis C.K. directed a secret film, "I Love You, Daddy"

Steve Bannon is the adviser Donald Trump can't seem to quit

White supremacists don't think they have power? Look at the voting laws in the states they come from!

Radical right-wing darling Laura Ingraham circling Fox News' primetime slot

Paris Hilton: Women accusing Trump of assault want "attention and fame"

Fox News guest equates Confederate flag to LGBT pride flag: "The exact same thing"

"There's blame on both sides": Trump backtracks on Charlottesville, delighting David Duke

Trump's defense of Confederate memorials echoes Daily Stormer, Fox News

Can comedy save us in the "post-truth" era?

Love live storytelling? These 8 podcasts tell the good, bad and mortifying truth

"An Inconvenient Sequel" is good science with a fuzzy agenda

Taylor Swift owning her groper is great news — and it sets a powerful example for other women

My road trip with a Republican: 2 strangers spend 14 hours in a car to talk through America's political divide