Trumbot delivers actual Trump speeches
And, it's unsettlingly accurate
GOP tax plan doubles down
A big part of that check is being drawn from middle-class accounts
Trump continues endless media rant
Trump is angry that the media has been critical of the GOP's tax reform bill
Ivanka's school visit falls flat
Some parents pulled their children from the school due to their dislike of the Trump family's politics
Paul Ryan flops on his victory lap
Ryan promised workers better wages and more jobs, as corporate executives have explicitly said otherwise
Poor kids lose out on insurance
Nine million children are without health insurance because Congress hasn't funded CHIP since September
The Arctic will never be frozen again
The Arctic as we once knew it is no more
Donald Trump Jr. is paranoid
Trump is opposed by "people at the highest levels of government," the president's son says
Haley warns UN: US is "taking names"
As a rare General Assembly emergency session approaches, Haley warns countries that Trump will be watching
Rex Tillerson: What are human rights?
In a flashback to Henry Kissinger, U.S. foreign policy no longer even pretends to care about human rights
Americans hate the GOP's tax bill
For the first time since 2013, Americans say Democrats have a better understanding of the economy
Police shoot more people than we thought
A new investigation reveals that the number of people being shot — and shot at — by police is troubling
Will the FEC shut down?
Agency could lose quorum just as liberals, conservatives find sliver of common ground
Paul Ryan gets a big win: Now what?
Republicans seem ready to squander their big success on taxes by hunting the white whale of welfare reform
Fox News too liberal? Here's the remedy!
Upstart conservative network has tried to grow through unquestioning loyalty to Donald Trump and Roy Moore
ACLU sues Louisiana district over prayer
Louisiana student reports coerced prayer, mandatory sermons and a teacher describing evolution as a "fairy tale"
Trump the flamethrower
The president plays with matches and the whole world burns
Mexico not so race-blind after all
Inequality in Mexico has long been viewed as a problem related to ethnicity or socioeconomic status, not race
How polluters silence activists
Corporations are setting a dangerous new precedent
The science of growth
Fruit fly eggs are revealing clues about how we grow, and what that means, too
The 10* best TV episodes of 2017
*Except this list actually goes up to 11
West failed to "ether" Ta-Nehisi Coates
Coates did end up deleting his Twitter account, though — points to West?
25 stocking-stuffer books
You may want to buy a few of these for a present to yourself. It’s been a hard year — you deserve it!
David Bazan's crisis of faith
Bazan got his start in Christian rock, but he woke up one day and found himself questioning his beliefs