October 12, 2014 Archive October 2014

The absurd history of English slang

We must stop praying to our iPhones: Dissent and critical thinking in the Internet era

Fine dining with my infant

Hits and errors: A daily look at MLB postseason

The 2014 Nobel Prizes at a glance

California's war on endangered species: Why its most water-dependent creatures are worth saving

Climate change, Benghazi, the Fed: The science behind the right's irrational obsession with conspiracies

EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Warren on Barack Obama: "They protected Wall Street. Not families who were losing their homes. Not people who lost their jobs. And it happened over and over and over"

The Obama administration's shameful defense of Amazon's low pay

Ebola: How it spreads

Liberia nurses threaten strike over Ebola pay

The dangerous truth about Wall Street's favorite new company

AP NewsAlert

How to explore a new city: A wanderlust guide to tourism

Dallas health worker 2nd in U.S. to test positive for Ebola

Dan Cortese responds to Stefon: I'm watching Winger at Hooters!

Must-see morning clip: "Saturday Night Live" mocks Kim Jong-un's mysterious absence

"Saturday Night Live": For only 39 cents, you can barely help a starving African village

Bill Maher's horrible excuse: Why his defense of Islamophobia just doesn't make any sense

Deadly force, in black and white

"When that cop killed Michael Brown, and when George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin, they were killing Barack Obama"

Obama's stealth oil wars

How to avoid being "too hot hire"

Google makes us all dumber: The neuroscience of search engines