April 19, 2016 Archive April 2016

"Hamilton" wins a Pulitzer and Twitter finally explodes with joy rather than rage

As students sit-in demanding Columbia University divest from fossil fuels, Bernie Sanders shows support

Hillary's hot sauce long con: If Clinton is pandering with this latest food revelation, it's the most impressive suck-up ever

"Bernie Sanders wants higher cable bills": Fox News "reports" on Sanders joining striking Verizon union workers with nonsensical right-wing smears

"It keeps my immune system strong": Here's video proof that Hillary Clinton has been talking about hot peppers for a long time

Bernie Sanders gains in national polls as millions of supporters in two of the biggest states remain ineligible to vote for him

"There's not a rock station I'd ever, ever put on": NPR's Bob Boilen finds brilliance in podcasts instead

Don't write off Mississippi: Before you dismiss us as "a garbage state," listen to the queer Southerners you're leaving behind

Hollywood's gender-swapping problem: It looks like progress for actresses — but women of color are still mostly shut out

Having less fun in bed: 5 ways your sleep habits can sabotage your relationship

Ovechkin scores twice in Capitals' 6-1 Game 3 rout of Flyers

The GOP's crusade to punish women gains steam: Alabama is trying to make abortion illegal, without any exceptions whatsoever

Racism at the ballpark: Cubs star Jason Heyward allegedly called N-word, booed by fans in his return to St. Louis, report days

A week of election coverage melted my brain: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and America's terminal narcissism

Neanderthals for Trump: How our primitive brains are ruining American politics

The 5 best (and worst) states in America to fall ill

America can't survive like this: "We need a Better Deal for the working class"

There are no moral victories for Bernie Sanders at this point: Why he needs to win massively in New York

We don't need another Scalia: This is why liberals should embrace a 4-4 court

Donald Trump's avenging angels: How the orange-haired monster has rewritten the history of American conservatism

Bernie must forge ahead: Even if he gets crushed in New York, the best thing Bernie can do for Democrats is keep campaigning

It's too late to halt climate change and our society is doomed -- but wait, that's the good news

After four rounds of chemo and 27 days of radiation my mom is still one of the most joyful people I know

Stephen Colbert calls out Heidi Cruz: New York values are all wrong, again

David Brooks: Liberals are only capable of understanding "one true story" at a time — but the others are also true

The heartbreak of “Better Call Saul”: Season finale hints the series will be even more devastating than “Breaking Bad”

No end to the horror: Afghan casualties and displacement at record high while Europe deports refugees and U.S. war drags on

Big Top Trump: His yearning for "showbiz" quality at RNC hilariously illustrates how Donald Trump has turned the party into a circus

The mad king of New York: Why the Empire State lies at the heart of Donald Trump's sinister appeal

Samantha Bee gives Bernie Bros a "communal orgasm" with Elizabeth Warren VP prank

Fox News tasks Jesse Watters to roam the streets of NYC and find people unfamiliar with white popular culture — again

Donald Trump informs New York audience of the tragedy of 7/11

Danny Glover: Paul Krugman is "waging a one-man war against Bernie Sanders"

New York GOP Congressman: "I think I'll take cyanide if Ted Cruz gets the nomination"

Hillary dirty tricks? Sanders campaign accuses Clinton of breaking campaign finance laws in letter to Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Bill O'Reilly sounds off on those who called his racist remarks "racist" — because they were

The GOP has blood on its hands: How its anti-trans smear campaign is spreading not just hate, but violence too

What frat-boy "charity" looks like: Sorority women "humiliated in the name of philanthropy"

Bernie Sanders isn't a Democrat: And that's a real problem when he needs Democrats for his "revolution"

Stephen Colbert teaches Hillary Clinton the proper way to eat a New York cheesecake

A message to George Clooney: Hillary Clinton isn’t out to help down-ticket Democrats. She’s out to help Hillary Clinton

Let Colbert be Colbert: Don’t water down "The Late Show” host's unique strengths

Michael Bloomberg: It doesn't matter who becomes president, "the federal government does next to nothing"

Donald Trump won't go quietly: New campaign shake-up suggests he's digging in for the final stretch

White House threatens to veto 9/11 bill, saying it would put U.S. at "significant risk"

"Iraq all over again": Al-Qaeda is winner of U.S.-backed Saudi war in Yemen, says renowned journalist

"Satan ridicules faith, and they're taking Satan's side": Calm, cool, collected Pat Boone responds to SNL's "God is a Boob Man" parody

Forget the N.Y. primary, the Keystone state matters more: Pennsylvania could be the most important "forgotten" state to vote

"I'm not comfortable with Goofy Uncle Joe": Aboard Amtrak train, Joe Biden reflects on 4 decades in government, weighs in on election

Early retirement For Rush Limbaugh? His show is in peril, but the right-wing world he helped build will sadly live on

Sanders searches spike: More New Yorkers are asking Google about Bernie than Hillary

All eyes on New York: Voters sound off at the polls

"At least you got to start your own war!": Twitter unsympathetic to Donald Rumsfeld's woe-is-me flat tax tweet

Bernie inspired an art revolution

Male privilege at work: University basketball coach lands new job in immediate wake of sexual harassment scandal

Roger Stone still doesn't get it: Trump ally who ranted against Megyn Kelly, called Sharpton a "professional negro" doesn't think he's racist or sexist