Obama's oddly sunny SOTU took on the GOP blowhards and bigots -- but under the rhetoric lay an admission of failure
#IfIWonPowerball is trending—but from Shirley Jackson to "The Hunger Games," we know who really loses
Thursday, Jan 14, 2016 12:00 AM UTC 0Throughout his film career, Bowie's dangerous sensuality had a uniquely destabilizing effect
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 11:59 PM UTC 0From mass opt-out to action against the SAT requirement, progress was made against the test-and-punish movement
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 11:58 PM UTC 0The scorn heaped on "Fifty Shades of Grey" alone is insane, compared to some truly terrible movies from 2015
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 10:53 PM UTC 0Be careful what you wish for tonight. Seventy percent of lottery winners are financially ruined within seven years
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 10:53 PM UTC 0The GOP frontrunner is lying to his fans about the state of the economy, something Obama pointed out last night
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 10:00 PM UTC 0Obama denounced pandering to bigots in his State of the Union speech and Republicans quickly validated his warning
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 9:39 PM UTC 0Maybe the connection between 3 birthdays—two real, one fictional—goes deeper than we thought [UPDATED]
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 8:46 PM UTC 0The GOP's right flank was beside itself last night, finding impressive new ways to throw a temper tantrum
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 7:42 PM UTC 0Why baiting "politically correct" college students won’t save honorable conservatism or America. And what might
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 6:56 PM UTC 0The South Carolina governor became a target after using her speech to take on her party's own xenophobic base
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 6:06 PM UTC 0Gee wiz, just because an old white guy hates anyone non-white doesn't mean he's a racist does it?! Yes, yes it does VIDEO
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 12:43 PM UTC 0Kshama Sawant's city council victory shows voters are receptive to unapologetic leftist politics. Paging the DNC
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 8:30 AM UTC 0It depicts dead refugee babies as future "ass gropers," uses the n-word & makes fun of massacred Egyptian activists
Thursday, Jan 14, 2016 2:45 AM UTC 0Salon speaks to a Duke political scientist about fear, pessimism and the American need for happy endings
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 10:16 PM UTC 0U.S.-based corporations like Airbnb and RE/MAX make money from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied territory
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 10:00 PM UTC 0NBC executive Bob Greenblatt said Fallon "goes out and has fun. He’s had some accidents."
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 9:26 PM UTC 0A new study says long hours at the office don't necessarily spell doom for your relationship
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 8:54 PM UTC 0Sexist and racist chants should be banned—but what's wrong with good old-fashioned smack-talking rivalry?
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 8:26 PM UTC 0A report says yet another cop has been posting racist garbage on social media. Here's why the problem won't go away
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 8:25 PM UTC 0The co-optation of "Black Lives Matter" needs to stop VIDEO
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 7:44 PM UTC 0The Quran isn't the only sacred text that condones violence when taken out of context VIDEO
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 7:43 PM UTC 0One protestor called it "mind blowing"... no pun intended VIDEO
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 7:29 PM UTC 0Hip-hop star said controversial song referred to "lyrical assassination" and he'd never advocate violence on anyone
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 7:16 PM UTC 0"Impunity only generates more abuses," U.N. human rights experts say in a letter on Gitmo's 14th anniversary
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 6:51 PM UTC 0A-listers get millions to write books that don't sell enough to crack the top 100 of the year—and we all lose
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 6:51 PM UTC 0Republicans invited guests representing anti-contraception, anti-gay and anti-abortion views Tuesday night
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 5:31 PM UTC 0Personhood at conception is already Missouri law, making Mike Moon's attempt to troll Black Lives Matter shameful
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 4:58 PM UTC 0On the Oz show, Sheen reveals he went off his HIV medications—and even Oz was skeptical of the process
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 4:50 PM UTC 0Haley's condemnation of Trump is a sign the GOP knows he's hurting the party — but it's likely too late to stop it
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 4:36 PM UTC 0Eric Fanning, who is openly gay, steps down as acting army secretary after the GOP put his confirmation on hold.
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 4:00 PM UTC 0Ahmed Best opens up about backlash, who he beat out for the role, why haters can rest assured Jar Jar won't return VIDEO
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 3:40 PM UTC 0Why didn't Obama listen to his own advice? His State of the Union rhetoric directly contradicts his policies.
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 3:20 PM UTC 0The president's speech last night was full of bothersome contradictions & accurate but easily ignored admonitions
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 2:59 PM UTC 0Some of their answers will surprise you VIDEO
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 2:52 PM UTC 0Jonathan Shapiro explains why wasting your money "can make you happy even if you don't win"
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 2:02 PM UTC 0Nikki Haley's measured response to President Obama lacked the vile punch required to rile up the GOP base
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 1:38 PM UTC 0"Some people," she said, "think you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference" VIDEO
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 1:17 PM UTC 0The speech gives the president a chance to go out on a high note—and makes everything around him look so much worse
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 12:59 PM UTC 0Salon speaks to sexologist Carol Queen about the shifts in morality around an era of sex, drugs & rock 'n' roll
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