Religious police: Literally
What separation of church and state? Birmingham megachurch wants to hire its own cops, claims innocent motives
putin-breitbart-infowars axis?
Anti-Clinton and pro-Trump stories, including fake news, may have been promoted by Russian bots
a constitutional violation?
A Harvard doctoral candidate writes that Trump is misclassifying Steve Bannon, who should have Senate confirmation
The SCOTUS nomination charade
Why do we pretend this process isn't political? It's always dumb — and given how Gorsuch got here, it's offensive
Sustainable SpaceX travel
Elon Musk’s cost-conscious space transport company will attempt to reuse a rocket as early as next week
Assessing the interests and weaknesses of the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran in the Middle East.
If you care about the future of abortion rights, now is a good time to worry
Billions that should go to Obamacare are missing, thanks to senators like Marco Rubio
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said military action would be “on the table” if North Korea elevated threat level
How could a congressional probe unfold, and what would it mean for the administration?
Liberal shaming of Appalachia
Hit pieces like "No More Sympathy for Hillbillies" follow a predictable and glib pattern of othering and blame
An end to conversion therapy
There has been local progress making conversion therapy illegal, but now there's an effort to make the ban national
All hail Dave Chappelle
Netflix released two new comedy specials from Chappelle this week, reminding us what we've been missing
Biennial stand-out is musical
Could the director of a Kamasi Washington video be the next big thing?
affluenza teen sentence
Couch's 720-day sentence is too long, his lawyers say that he legally shouldn't be sentenced for that long
replace vs. repeal
Hardline Republicans point to a CBO report that finds simply repealing Obamacare is less harmful than Trumpcare
RuPaul talks politics
In the third portion of a four-part sit-down interview with Salon, RuPaul comments on LGBTQ issues
IJR in "crisis"
The young media outlet openly sided with President Trump's campaign, now that it has access to the State Department
iPhone red
Apple may not be innovating like it did in the Jobs era, but it is tweaking its approach to old products
Trumpcare: Ryan's shame
Paul Ryan is altering his health care bill at the last second — not to improve it, but to salvage his reputation
The Republican healthcare bill would actually kill people who need help most
Gorsuch, who owns a $500,000 "mountain property," is worth between $3 million and $7 million
disorder in fox news' court
The ex-judge is a longtime conspiracy theorist — but this time he caused Fox and the White House a major headache
gorsuch: no on voting
President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee could pose a threat to the voting rights of racial minorities