Curtis Sittenfeld: "It's not my primary goal to make my characters likable"

An excerpt from Curtis Sittenfeld's "Sisterland"

NSA reportedly spied on European Union offices

NSA reportedly has secret data collection agreement with several European countries

Gay marriage? Ca-ching!

"Do it again or I’m gonna call your wife”: Inside the world of financial domination

The Atlantic's latest silly idea is wrong: No, fast food won't cure obesity

SCOTUS: No right to remain silent unless you speak up

Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Female farmworkers sexually abused

Why is the Department of Justice not paying its assistant attorneys?

New York legislation will never be progressive

Prop 8 backers ask SCOTUS to halt California marriages

Thanks for nothing, college!

RNC Chair: GOP has been "lousy" at outreach to Latinos

Poet takes revolution from Facebook to the world

DOMA isn't dead yet

Neo-Nazi group to receive million-dollar coin collection

NOM lawyer: Prop 8, DOMA decisions were "judicial tyranny"

David Boies: Goal is marriage equality "in every single state"

Taming mother nature, one flight at a time

How Humboldt became America's marijuana capital

You are how you sneeze

NYT columnist Michael Powell slams NYT columnist Thomas Friedman

Pelosi: GOP needs immigration reform to win the presidency again

At the Skee-ball Super Bowl

Sunday shows: What you missed

App of the Week: Duck Duck Go

Will mercury be removed from vaccines?

Prop 8 backers lose another challenge

Debunking "unfair advantage" myths about trans athletes

Wendy Davis: Battle isn't over on Texas abortion bill