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
Who said it: Scrooge or Paul Ryan?
Take the quiz to see if you can you tell the difference between prominent Republicans and fictional holiday cranks
George Zimmerman threatens to beat Jay-Z
He said "I know how to handle people who f**k with me, I have since February 2012" — the month he killed Martin
Dems break Virginia GOP majority
For the first time in 17 years, Republicans will not hold a majority in the Virginia House of Delegates
Fox contributor: FBI may kill Trump
Conservative news personalities are intimating that assassination attempts and coups might be in the works
Dem Senators regret Franken resignation
Democratic Senators are torn on whether Franken's quick ouster was the right move
The GOP tax bill passed the House
More than a dozen congressmen reportedly couldn't name the different brackets in the tax bill