Party line change?
Has outspoken Independent Fipp Avlon become a Democrat in the wake of the election? Bill Maher probes to find out
An American tragicomedy
The Trump era makes us laugh and cry at the same time. Until we understand why, we won’t be able to stop
Not for developers — the only way we get that is if corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes
Trump and Europe's far right
Trump is importing Europe's right-wing white nationalism — and it's different from standard-issue U.S. racism
this week in trump conflicts
Donald Trump has now been president for one week — and his conflicts are not going away
Trump's alternative economics
Going back to Reagan, Republican economic policies have been built on false premises. Trump just makes it obvious
The pains of the past carry into the future, especially for groups of people who have been mistreated for decades
West's largest coal-fired power plant may close — a symbolic blow to coal as America's chief source of electricity
Drug-resistant infections up
A worrying number of people in China may be infected with an antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Trump's new vetting measures
"We're no longer going to be the country that doesn't know what it's doing," Trump said
Trump’s populism, pulled from shadows of racism, sexism, economic jealousies and grievance politics, is ugly enough
Not exactly bedtime stories
When I was a kid, my dad didn't talk about surviving the Nazis. But now he shares a story of defiance with my sons
Midseason "Scandal" Surprise
Mellie Grant is poised to pull off what Hillary Clinton could not. But the D.C. of "Scandal" has a different plan
"Gold" delivers a bewildering yawn
An adventure story based on the true life saga of a scoundrel's gold fever underwhelms, but how?
Trump antagonizes media
Trum said media " is guilty of "dishonesty, total deceit and deception"
Administration or media?
In an age of “fake news," how should readers judge the credibility of a story whose sources aren’t revealed?
aclu gears up for trump fight
The president is going to have to face a lot of ACLU lawsuits if he doesn't check his own power
Look Again
Fascinating world views from a Trump protest rally in Washington Square Park to a paddle board race in Australia
It's no telling how far Trump will go in the legalization of marijuana
Trump: Twitter told me to
Trying to outdo George W. Bush in bad information, Trump goes after "voter fraud" based on random internet guy
Trump hasn't paid workers for their round-the-clock work before opening his D.C. hotel, they claim
The director hasn't explicitly said that it's Trump-inspired mayhem, but it's a world about a "Trump-like" leader
Look Again
Why Conan’s upcoming special could be a potent rebuke of the president’s xenophobia