Meet polymath Nakhane Touré
Gay South African musician shines in a queer love triangle at play in the Xhosa culture of circumcision and manhood
Pretty woman told the future
Salon talks to author Carina Chocano about what has and hasn't changed for women over 5 decades of pop culture
GOP: from frying pan to fire
House conservatives are still trying to avoid a "clean" increase of the federal debt ceiling, will Trump help them?
POTUS Shield
Christian dominionists around the president are interested in bringing US policy in line with "their worldview"
"Walking Dead" creator bolts
The hit series creator Robert Kirkman will develop new projects exclusively for Amazon
NRA roots for nukes on CA
Right wingers love to bash California, even if it means joking about mass murdering its residents
Palin vs. New York Times
A victory for former GOP vice presidential candidate in lawsuit over NYT editorial falsely linking her to shooting
Is "The Simpons" a boy's club?
Mimi Pond points to bro culture as the reason for her departure
Emoluments watch: Trump hotel
The Trump International Hotel was supposed to be in the red for much longer than this
Jay-Z's all-black "Friends"
The full video for "Moonlight" starring black luminaries as the friends of "Friends" is even better than you think
ATVs on public roads
Researchers noted the use of ATVs on paved roads, “especially among adolescents, increases the mortality rate."
It's time for single-payer
The rising Missouri Democrat makes clear that universal health care is a patriotic goal
Avoiding war with China
Many American leaders have grown cavalier about nuclear war, but there is risk of a devastating conflict with China
Hear war drums on North Korea?
While the world cringes, America’s right wing media is practically giddy over the president’s escalation of rhetoric about North Korea
is this the real Taylor Swift?
She's pop music's privileged Chicken Little — but she stood strong when the sky actually fell
Brietbart's Vogue conspiracy
Seeing an image of J. Law standing near the Statue of Liberty was too triggering for the alt-right snowflake
Trump, Reagan and nukes
Reagan was elected as a tough-talking foe of diplomacy, and then an ABC special turned him into a peacenik
Right-wing media defend Lord
"No apologies," CNN's biggest Trump supporter vows after tweeting "Seig Heil"
Boycott the NFL
I love football, but I won't support a hypocritical corporation that punishes peaceful protest
Where is Guam anyway?
To help ease tensions and allow American to sleep better at night, O'Brien brought out his guitar
Jr. read "Maoist insurgency"
How the president’s son is involved in controversial "deep state" memo that upended the National Security Council
Worse than fire and fury?
Colbert suggested that a "paper cut and a lemon" may be a worse threat for Trump to make
Bill Hader scores as the Mooch
The "SNL" alum just became Anthony Scaramucci
Google fears retaliation
Employees of the search giant fear being targeted by right-wingers for criticizing James Damore’s views