Milo's "Free Speech Week" was a flop
Milo Yiannopoulos wanted confrontation and even violence. He got neither, so his Berkeley event was a failure
SCOTUS saves Keith Tharpe from execution
Keith Tharpe’s execution — just stopped by SCOTUS — shows how racial bias works in the criminal justice system
Not all brand names are transparent
But new study shows some name brands are quite transparent
How World War III might be fought
The Pentagon issued a "sobering" assessment of the U.S.'s military capabilities, warning of a war with China
Puerto Rican farmers are in ruins
The direct hit on the Caribbean by recent hurricanes has farmers struggling
"Law & Order True Crime": No passion
Dick Wolf's tried and true "just the facts" formula does not fit all genres.
"Vice Principals" star redefines casting
Kimberly Hébert Gregory explains how creating categories across race and gender lines is better for us all
The secret to winning people over
Salon talks to Jay Heinrichs, a master rhetorician, about the essential art of persuasion
Holiday’s "God Bless the Child" at 75
Billie Holiday's signature standard continues to weave through ears, culture and covers
CEOs scolded Trump after Charlottesville
Many won’t commit to cutting off funding for Trump-related committees
North Korea seeks Trump psychoanalysis
North Korea has reached out to GOP-linked experts in an attempt to figure out what the president is thinking
Prez: I'm doing "amazing" in Puerto Rico
The president just discovered the U.S. territory is an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
Photos show scope of Puerto Rico crisis
The Trump administration says aid is on the way — for the moment though, things look apocalyptic in Maria's wake
Pastor: kneelers lucky not to be shot
Pastor Robert Jeffress suggested that those who take a knee would be executed if they lived in North Korea
NCAA coaches arrested in bribary scheme
Coaches allegedly steered young rising players into clothing contracts and financial advisory deals
Chicago Police take a protest knee
A Chicago community activist posted the photograph of two officers taking a knee and raising their arms in protest
Popovich: When does "decency" kick in?
The coach was among many to speak out against the president's statements this weekend
Guggenheim pulls controversial
One exhibit featured two restrained dogs worked to exhaustion on treadmills; another starred bugs eating each other
50 years before Kaep., MLK took a knee
Martin Luther King Jr. knelt to protest the treatment of African Americans several times throughout the 1960s
Trump and Iran's non-missile launch
Trump was duped by the Iranian government into thinking they were testing a ballistic missile
Trump's political "genius" exposed
Trump has sometimes appeared to be an idiot savant with brilliant political instincts. This time, not so much
The GOP's great tax cut pivot
Trump's tax plan will reduce the number of brackets and slash corporate tax rates — but raise the bottom tax rate
Puerto Rico gets Trump disaster visit
The president won't be going to Puerto Rico until next week, but they don't really need his presence right now
Clooney gets NSFW in anti-Trump slam
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