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Conservative Twitter hate-loves Organizing for Action’s new Obamacare meme
Elias Isquith
OFA's latest attempt to meme-ify Obamacare was greeted with widespread ridicule on the right
Hack List No. 5: Richard Cohen
Alex Pareene
Our annual list is here! This time, we channeled each hack's unique voice -- and let them "write" their own entries
North Carolina GOPer: Obamacare is worse than Hitler!
Elias Isquith
North Carolina state Sen. Bob Rucho goes the full wingnut
10 worst right-wing moments of the week — white Santa edition
Janet Allon
Megyn Kelly feels VERY strongly about Santa's ethnicity, while Donald Trump loses it, again, over birtherism
2013 was the Internet’s worst year ever
Daniel D'Addario
Everyone was dug into their own respective internets this year; any mass event was just an opportunity for trolls
Richard Rodriguez: “New Atheism has a distinctly neo-colonial aspect”
Scott Timberg
Provocative thinker Richard Rodriguez challenges orthodoxy on religion, liberals and class, Pope Francis and more
White supremacy’s long shadow: Why the myth of “race” still haunts America
Jacqueline Jones
Decades removed from the lows of segregation, black America still struggles against its twisted logic
The Christian right wants civilization to collapse
Amanda Marcotte
The reason they're so obsessed with apocalypse? If they can't have the country, they don't want anyone else to
The sexism of “selfie-gate”: America’s dangerous suspicion of women working with men
Carolyn Edgar
Too many Americans still believe attractive women in the workplace are sex objects and home-wreckers
The real US policy toward Nelson Mandela
Jean MacKenzie
The recently deceased South African leader is revered worldwide. But until 2008, he was on a terrorist watch list
Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart scolds media for inciting controversy during Nelson Mandela memorial
Prachi Gupta
The media fixated on a handshake between President Obama and Cuba's Raúl Castro
Twitter’s racist and sexist reaction to Michelle Obama and the presidential selfie
Elias Isquith
A few innocent photos taken out of context lead to a stereotype-filled Twitter bonanza
Ron Paul: Rand Paul will “probably” run for president
Elias Isquith
The former congressman says his son is handling himself "quite well" in the run-up to 2016
Travels with right-wing nuts: My road trip on Route GOP with Paul Ryan and Michele Bachmann
Eric Lutz
One liberal, three GOP strongholds: What a drive through Ryan and Bachmann country says about America right now
Our outrageous media created the Tea Party
Jeffrey M. Berry, Sarah Sobieraj
How "melodrama, misrepresentative exaggeration and mockery" became the dominant tone on cable and talk radio
Fight the right-washing of Nelson Mandela’s legacy
Joan Walsh
Much of the American right supported apartheid, almost to the bitter end. Why we must remember that
Nelson Mandela Dead At 95
Peter Finocchiaro
"We've lost our greatest son," South Africa's president Jacob Zuma said
Counterpoint: No, Chris Matthews’ Obama interview doesn’t matter
Alex Pareene
Is tonight's MSNBC interview "crucial" for the president? No
The American media has no idea how to talk about race on-screen
Sydette Harry
But they're (slowly) learning, thanks to social media campaigns that are forcing difficult conversations
Common Core standards yield odd political allegiances
Philip Elliott
"President Barack Obama working in tandem with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and energy giant Exxon?"
Obama pledges $100 million to AIDS research initiative
Katie McDonough
The president also announced $5 billion in additional funding to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS
“Homeland: “American exceptionalism” at its worst
Jean MacKenzie
Saul's maneuverings in Iran are a diplomatic disaster in the making -- and betray the show's toxic politics
10 worst right-wing statements of the week — Marxist pope edition
Janet Allon
Pope Francis came down on the dangers of trickle-down economics -- and conservatives promptly lost their mind
Ask “Col. Manners”: A satiric advice column about the security state
Tom Engelhardt
The esteemed officer answers your questions on war etiquette, nuclear threats and surveillance
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