Grinding down the cracks in the system
Taxes don't pay for entitlements, they buy insurance -- and you get exactly what you pay for
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 8:00 AM EDTPolitics
Politics
On the greatness of Obamacare
There's plenty to criticize in Obama's signature legislation — but there's a reason Republicans can't get past it
Matthew Rozsa
Politics
Jason Chaffetz invents a housing crisis in D.C. — while ignoring a real one back home in Utah
Congressman quits because he can't make it on $174,000. In his home state, low-income residents can't find housing
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 7:00 AM EDTPolitics affordable housing, Congress
Salon Video
The Trump resistance vs. the Tea Party: So far, a story of immense potential — and great danger
The anti-Trump movement could transform politics more than the Tea Party ever did — or it could get Astroturfed
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 6:00 AM EDTPolitics Democratic Party, Democrats
NPR necromancers finally give “The Best of Car Talk” a rest
Sure, Tom and Ray taught me that anything was possible, but enough already
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 7:00 PM EDTEntertainment Car Talk, diane rehm
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are angry at Donald Trump now — but they’ve never apologized for promoting him
MSNBC's morning news duo loves bashing Trump. Why haven't they apologized for normalizing him?
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 6:17 PM EDTPolitics Donald Trump, Joe Scarborough
NASA denies Infowars claim that the agency runs a child slave colony on Mars
When Alex Jones hosted a guest who swore NASA uses children as sex slaves on Mars, the agency responded
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 5:34 PM EDTPolitics Alex Jones, alt right
Is Nancy Pelosi worth the trouble?
Democrats need to retake seats across the country but Pelosi may not help
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 9:59 AM EDTPolitics 2018 midterms, Democrats
An almost-forgotten moment of country over party: Bill Clinton’s 1993 strikes on Iraq
When Bill Clinton ordered air strikes in Iraq — because Saddam Hussein tried to assassinate George H.W. Bush
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 9:30 AM EDTPolitics Bill Clinton, Bipartisanship
Bill Maher wants to make summer great again
The comedian says that America has reached peak stupidity all the time, rendering the summer months pointless VIDEO
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 9:11 AM EDTEntertainment Bill Maher, Comedy, Late Night
WATCH: Why Bassem Youssef isn’t developing a new show about Trump
The "Jon Stewart of Egypt" is starting over in Los Angeles, and not taking the obvious path in political satire
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 8:30 AM EDTPolitics Al Bernameg, Arab Spring
Former Reagan adviser Richard Clarke tells Bill Maher that Russia hacking is far worst than people realize
The national security adviser said that the U.S. has done nothing to prepare for the next hack VIDEO
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 8:18 AM EDTPolitics Bill Maher, Comedy, Cybersecurity
This week in Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest
Trump's hotel is just one of the many focuses of new conflicts of interest controversies
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 6:30 AM EDTPolitics
Aubrey Plaza: “I’m way more boring than people would hope”
Salon sat down with Plaza to discuss "The Little Hours," "Ingrid Goes West" and becoming a producer
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 6:59 PM EDTEntertainment actors, aubrey plaza
“Playing House” gets serious — and keeps us laughing
When an unwelcome visitor enters the house, everyone gets involved. Fortunately the playfulness continues
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 6:58 PM EDTEntertainment Breast cancer, playing house, TV
See Alec Baldwin playing George Washington as played by Donald Trump
Alec Baldwin trolls Trump again — this time dressed as George Washington
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 4:25 PM EDTMedia Alec Baldwin, Donald Trump
Jeff Sessions wants the Russian investigation to end “sooner rather than later”
As Democrats complain that the Attorney General violated the terms of his recusal, he calls for Russia probe to end VIDEO
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 3:52 PM EDTPolitics "Fox & Friends"
Tucker Carlson’s absurd defense of Trump’s Brzezinski tweets: “Barack Obama vacationed with rappers”
The Fox News host claims that the left "doesn’t hate Trump because he’s vulgar" but because "he's a nationalist"
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 3:18 PM EDTPolitics Barack Obama, Donald Trump
Failure of America’s flagship “clean coal” plant proves it was always a myth
So much for President Trump's much hailed "Energy Week"
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 2:46 PM EDTPolitics Coal, Donald Trump, partner video
So much for the idea of a Trump-Putin “bromance”
National interests have a way of prevailing over personal friendships
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 8:29 AM EDTPolitics AlterNet, Donald Trump
What happens if Trump’s White House invokes executive privilege?
Trump doesn't believe the rules apply to him
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 7:29 AM EDTPolitics FBI investigation
A dangerous anti-immigrant policy O’Reilly dreamed up on Fox’s airtime could become the law of the land
More than just rhetoric: Congressmen borrow policy ideas from Fox News
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 7:29 AM EDTNews anti-immigration
Media boosts Trumpcare promoter without asking who’s writing his checks
Avik Roy's sudden rise as the face of the otherwise faceless GOP plan deserves some scrutiny.
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 5:59 AM EDTPolitics AlterNet, avik roy, Health Care
Sunnier skies driving Greenland surface melt
Greenland's ice sheet has become the biggest single contributor to rising sea levels
Saturday, Jul 1, 2017 5:58 AM EDTInnovation Climate Central, Climate Change
States betting on giant batteries to cut carbon
Are large batteries the new weapon against fossil fuels?
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 9:00 PM EDTInnovation Batteries, carbon pollution
Would you believe it? TSA is requiring you to pull out every piece of paper in your bags
The ACLU believes the policy likely violates passengers' First Amendment rights
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 8:00 PM EDTPolitics AlterNet, First Amendment
Trump’s Mika Brzezinski tweets show that he hates women — especially members of the press
President Trump attacks Morning Joe hosts and gets personal
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 7:46 PM EDTPolitics Media Matters, Mika Brzezinski
GOP health bill: How we got into this mess
When Republicans vote on health care, they won't be thinking about Johnson's legacy on the War on Poverty
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 7:30 PM EDTPolitics AHCA, Great Society
Exclusive: Seymour Hersh dishes on new exposé upending the official story about Trump and Syrian chemical attacks
The veteran investigative reporter is turning the narrative upside down with his latest investigation
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 7:29 PM EDTPolitics AlterNet, assad, Foreign policy
Meet the 20-year-old reporter who’s firing questions at President Trump — From the White House
By the time he entered high school, Kyle Mazza was already on the front lines of independent journalism
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 6:23 PM EDTPolitics independent journalism
Kirsten Gillibrand becomes latest Democrat to come out in favor of single-payer health care
Democrats respond to their base as the GOP's plan to repeal Obamacare looks poised to fail
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 5:42 PM EDTPolitics "Medicare for All" bill
Senate Republicans’ Medicaid spending reductions even larger than previously reported, CBO finds
Republicans have suddenly stopped talking about how their Medicaid cuts aren't really cuts
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 5:24 PM EDTPolitics aca
Jay-Z’s mom comes out as a lesbian in his touching “4:44″ song “Smile”
Gloria Carter's revelation comes in the form of a poem
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 4:05 PM EDTPolitics 4:44, Beyonce, Entertainment
Harry Potter and the chamber of owls: the boy wizard’s popularity may be affecting the black-market owl trade
From “Harry Potter” to “Finding Nemo,” a brief history of fiction and celebrity affecting nature
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 3:53 PM EDTInnovation animal trade, Biology, bird trade
Trump stacks his voter integrity commission with the nation’s leading voter suppression architects
Kris Kobach has already demanded voter rolls from every state -- the same data that Russia tried to hack last year
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 2:20 PM EDTPolitics Donald Trump
Yup, “Wonder Woman” just beat “Batman v. Superman” at the U.S. box office
The Amazonian has now stepped ahead of her male teammates in domestic receipts
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 2:02 PM EDTPolitics
See the first trailer for season 2 of Issa Rae’s brilliant “Insecure”
The hit series is back for another round of unapologetic — if sometimes awkward — blackness
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 1:24 PM EDTEntertainment Entertainment, HBO, Insecure
Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough dump dirt on Donald Trump: He used the National Enquirer to blackmail us
Trump casually admitted to as much on Twitter, claiming that he can decide which stories get published in the paper
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 1:23 PM EDTPolitics Donald Trump, Joe Scarborough
The new trailer for “Rick and Morty” season 3 is wonderfully nihilistic
The trailer keeps promising that things will get even darker in Season 3. The clips back it up
Friday, Jun 30, 2017 1:06 PM EDTEntertainment Adult Swim, Animation