Good intentions aren’t enough
Stop mourning Charlottesville with "this isn't us" and weak cries to "come together." Denounce bigotry instead
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Antarctica's volcanoes
A newly discovered volcano range in Antarctica has prompted a flurry of doomsday predictions
The GOP fractures
Donald Trump refuses to dance with the Republicans who helped get him to the ball
Why sanctions didn't work
North Korea has successfully created technologically advanced missiles — all while avoiding heavy sanctions
Trump at work
A study finds the president's toxicity trickles down to office life
School's back
These apps, sites, and books can help your kid with organization, academics and relationships for next school year
Should we subsidize wind?
The cost of wind electricity will fall from 5.5 cents/kilowatt-hour to 4.1–4.5 cents/kilowatt-hour in 2030
Climate records in 2016
During August, ice-free areas of the Barents Sea (north of Norway and Russia) were up to 20°F (11°C) above average
Nuclear saber-rattling
"We're in uncharted waters."
Charlottesville and the media
Too many journalists were complicit in the rise of Trump and refuse to call the terror in Virginia by its name
Bolling: media bites media
Salon spoke with Professor Jane Kirtley about the merits of the case and its implications for the media industry
A fantastic fall for movies
For starters, the fall slate includes three instances of top shelf directors paired with virtuoso casts
GOP furor towards Trump
Elite and grassroots Republicans are starting to turn on the president
Niecy Nash on TV diversity
Do more and do better, says the star of TNT's dramedy "Claws"
Trump’s Yeltsin moment
The dynamic between the Chief of Staff and President Trump harkens back to the Yeltsin-Putin dynamic of the 1990s
Helen Mirren calls out Ivanka
She's called out Trump many times before, but now she has words for Ivanka
Paul Ryan faces the public
Randy Bryce, known by his nickname as the “Iron ‘Stache,” has made issue of Ryan's refusal to meet with voters
Trump and right-wing extremism
Trump needed "3 days of crushing public pressure" to do the right thing after the Charlottesville attack
Sam manterrupts "GOT" history
What Sam did to Gilly is what men do to women every goddamned day
something fishy going on
Phillips Seafood's crab meat "mini-plants" in Indonesia are abusing women from rural areas in need of work
Right-wing terrorist
An alleged terrorist who tried to bomb a bank may be linked to the right-wing "Three Percenter" movement
The fakakta false flag
Alex Jones continues his streak of anti-Semitism in his latest conspiracy theory
the mooch hits bannon
Anthony Scaramucci is still lashing out at Steve Bannon
Bill Maher defends Lord
Lord recently wrote an editorial claiming that CNN fired him for denouncing left-wing groups that use Nazi tactics