Go ad-free with Premium

Latest (page 2847)

Archibald Cox; Robert Mueller; Richard Nixon (AP/Getty/Salon)

Are we close to a Watergate rerun?

Heather Digby Parton

Firing special prosecutor Archibald Cox was a massive blunder for Richard Nixon. But yes, it could happen again

((AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File))

McCain will miss vote. That won't matter

Matthew Rozsa

A new controversy has emerged about the tax reform bill — namely, how it will now benefit Trump's bottom line

Mitch McConnell (Getty/Drew Angerer)

What Jones' win means for McConnell

David C. Barker - The Conversation

Presumably, Republican discomfort with Moore did not outweigh their discomfort with losing power

(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Democrats trust the press and Republican

Matt Gertz - Media Matters

Donald Trump’s presidency has coincided with an unprecedented partisan divide in attitudes toward the press

(Getty/Jim Watson)

Guide to surviving authoritarianism

Kali Holloway, Martin Mycielski - Alternet

Rule #1: Always think critically and fight ignorance with facts

Trent Franks; Blake Farenthold (Getty/AP)

Right-wing #MeToo backlash is coming

Amanda Marcotte

Conservatives haven't found a way to strike back against the #MeToo movement yet — but they're working on it

Sarah Palin; Roy Moore; Steve Bannon (Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com/Getty/AP)

Republicans: Their own worst enemies

Matthew Rozsa

Roy Moore's defeat reveals an uncomfortable truth for the GOP — in triumph, it begins to destroy itself

Paul Ryan (AP/Susan Walsh)

Tax the rich, help the poor says Bible

Mathew Schmalz - The Conversation

Biblical principles have provided an understanding on how to help the needy

(Getty/baona)

Financial aid goes to rich

Jon Marcus

In an era of inequity, high-income students are benefitting as low-income students are forced to take out loans

(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Trump makes special ops great again

Nick Turse - TomDispatch.com

Elite commandos have been deployed to 149 Countries in 2017

(Getty/sturti)

Know what your kids are up to online?

Michael Robb - Common Sense Media

You can track them, friend them, and talk to them, but you still may not know what your teens are up to

(Getty/Juanmonino)

The states that may legalize weed next

Phillip Smith - Alternet

Next year should see more legal marijuana states and also the first state to legalize it at the statehouse

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Kill the Senate 60-vote rule

Daniel Wirls - The Conversation

The end of the 60-vote Senate may be a good thing for the country

(Getty/200mm)

Where have all the good male poets gone?

Bianca Sparacino - Thought Catalog

There are eerie similarities between contemporary male poets and there's nothing good going on

Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality by Jaron Lanier (Henry Holt and Co/Getty/Grandfailure)

How virtual reality proves we are real

Jaron Lanier

Jaron Lanier: Trying to define virtual reality means defining what it is to be human

(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-635707p1.html'>Eduardo Ramirez Sanchez</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Private prisons: Banks profit

Ilana Novick - Alternet

JPMorgan Chase stands to benefit from the Trump administration's mass incarceration of immigrants

Sherwan Haji and Niroz Haji in "The Other Side of Hope" (Pandora Film)

“It’s not obligatory to be nice”

John Semley

Like many of Kaurismäki’s films, “The Other Side of Hope” finds resonance in the individual's capacity for empathy

Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze (Getty/Michael Buckner)

Squeeze make it look easy after 45 years

Annie Zaleski

With a triumphant tour and a new album, "The Knowledge," the U.K. vets sail forward

(Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

The science of real lightsaber fights

Martin Archer - The Conversation

The likely result is that both you and your opponent would have body parts vaporized in a single clash

Tom Cullen and Kit Harington in "Gunpowder" (HBO/HBRobert Viglasky)

HBO's "Gunpowder": More sizzle than bang

Melanie McFarland

The "Game of Thrones" star's limited series traces the infamous Gunpowder Plot, which involved one of his forebears

(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-277009p1.html'>Photographee.eu</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Hustling makes you tired, not rich

Janne Robinson - Thought Catalog

9 ways to kill the game

Ralph Northam (Getty/Alex Wong)

Virginia governor-elect angers the base

Jeremy Binckes

A lesson for Democrats: Don't think about not expanding Medicaid

(Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)

Hollywood's year of the woman

Jennie Neufeld

With wonder women, sharp teens and engrossing killers, the future of Hollywood looked very female this year

(Getty/PeopleImages)

The art of good apologies

Nicole Karlis

Have bad apologies undermined the important social function of saying sorry?

« Previous
Page: 2847
Next »