Donald Trump isn't going away: Why his performance in Thursday night's debate should terrify Republicans

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Hillary Clinton's abortion game-changer: Why her call for abandoning the Hyde Amendment is so important

"Hillary’s look is a practical one": Can we stop talking about Clinton's clothes now?

Air Force forced to yank ad for Martin Luther King Jr. Day "fun shoot" target practice

Ted Cruz has a huge birther problem -- and it is much bigger than Donald Trump

"Ya we got problems," Louisiana state treasurer says after state is named "Worst in the Nation"

HBO's upscale "Sesame Street": Why Elmo and Grover in the land of "Girls" and "Game of Thrones" makes perfect sense

“Writing about sex may have led me to writing about religion”: Tom Perrotta on theocracies, “The Leftovers” and why “The Scarlet Letter” is a coming-out story

David Bowie was my North Star: My peace and escape was in his music, especially side two of "Hunky Dory"

Moving beyond Obama: How a transformational president became an impediment to change

The 7 most nauseating lies of the sixth GOP debate

This is the religious right's radical new plan: The very real efforts to create an American theocracy in plain sight

Bill Maher slams "bloodthirsty" GOP: "The party of impotent white rage is also the party of concealed carry and stand your ground"

“Sean Penn can get an interview with El Chapo, but I can’t get the president": Bill Maher begs Obama to appear on his show

Stephen Colbert's GOP debate recap is the only one you really need to see

Bernie Sanders is America's spirit animal: Why this country is much more progressive than you think

The scary truth about inequality: Why the GOP has little reason to reconsider its dangerous politics

All Trump, all the time: The Donald dominated the airwaves in 2015

We have always been good haters: Our Donald Trump problem goes all the way back to the Founding Fathers

The latest threat to the rainforests: A Peruvian highway could displace the Amazon's last uncontacted tribes

Uber and Lyft's big new lie: Their excuse for avoiding regulation is finally falling apart

Martin Luther King, Rachel Dolezal and Donald Trump: The recurring story of race that has shaped our history