A True-Life Comic Hero
The new book by Guy Delisle relives the abduction and survival of a real-life hostage in bold strokes
"Handmaid" Isn't All About You
While you’re binge-watching prestige TV, millions of women are living their own real-life Gileads
Trump and the Palestinians
"Since the 1970's, every administration has taken a weaker and weaker position towards the [Israeli] settlements"
Career advice for grads
College may have provided us a fine set of books but it doesn't school us in the nuances of the modern workplace
Family Tragedy's Funny Side
Josh Crockett's new film starts with a plane crash and blossoms into funny, angry sibling rivalry
What Is "Blasphemy" Today?
What's at stake when ancient ideas of heresy collide with the modern notion of free speech?
Walking contradiction
Trump and Fox News blasted former President Barack Obama for bowing to the Saudi king, so Trump does it anyway
Freedom of what press?
"It is an attack against the freedoms that are guaranteed in our country.”
Let the wild romp-us begin!
I, for one, welcome our new adult-baby overlords. Take the man-romper as a sign of optimism for a brighter future
Johnson: “The American press no longer behaves properly, and they need to be held to account”
Trotsky explains Trump to you
How Trump's ludicrous rise mirrors the process that brought Stalin to power — and, mercifully, how it doesn't
Wage Gap Lies
Carlson’s misleading portrayal of wage gap research blames pay inequity on women’s career choices
Trump dogged by more leaks
The president had two damning stories dog his foreign trip
in defense of mike pence
Pence can't be perceived as trying to destroy Trump's presidency, but he also must avoid tarnishing himself
Impeachment predicting game
The author of "The Case for Impeachment" tells Salon why he's now predicting Donald Trump's ouster
Dear Leader Elon Musk
The public’s cult-like infatuation with billionaires like Elon Musk explains a lot about the tech industry
Questions About Impeachment
Jacob Neiheisel, assistant professor at the Univ. at Buffalo, SUNY answers 5 questions about how impeachment works
Maher: Trump won't make it
The "Real Time" host said that Trump might not be president by the time he gets back from his trip
Booing DeVos isn’t enough
It may be fun to shame Trump's education secretary, but we're all to blame for the state of our public universities
DeVos's Budget War
Under Trump proposal, student loan forgiveness and Special Olympics would get axed to fund private schools.
100 ruble bet
Bill Maher bets a notable Trump surrogate that the president will be out of the White House by Christmas
D.L. Hughley's surprising role
In the CBS pilot “Brothered Up," comic D.L. Hughley plays a police officer. See how he hopes to make an impact
You can't be serious
Trump has shaken the capital's social elite to it's core. This is his most dangerous game
Floods Ahead
“Imagine what it might feel like, where not only your home, but your entire nation might be drowned.”