Although Cook's sexuality has been an open secret for years, this is his first public acknowledgement

Starfish have a mysterious body plan — and scientists figured out that it's because they're basically walking heads

TTers weigh in on home sweet home, and the pride and peril of being an American today.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine said the December 12 "hate crime" was meant to "terrorize Black people"

A plea for tolerance motivates a high-schooler to enlighten his mom

Long-dead animated reality-show spoof revived as smutty, dubious movie. Must! Drink! Tequila!

Crazed right-wing moralists, take note: Before SpongeBob, there was Snagglepuss ... and Huckleberry Hound ... and even Popeye.

Yang probably won't be president. But his positive rhetoric on neurodiversity has been a breakthrough for autism

Despite the dismal poll numbers, Donald Trump is still threatening to up the ante to get his border wall

Rick Gates told investigators that Hannity was a "Trump supporter who publicly applauded Manafort's hiring"

Paul Pelosi's attacker tried to plead being stupid and gullible — turns out that's not a viable defense

Speaking out against the oppression of women in the Muslim world is not Islamophobic — it's pro-human rights

The former Pretenders frontwoman lost her temper at the "lynch mob" response to her comments on sexual assault

Salon talks to the outspoken host of "Real Time" about being a politically incorrect progressive, Islam and Trump