It's unfair, but it's the sad truth: As black women on-screen, the stakes are so much higher when we mess up

Be careful what you wish for tonight. Seventy percent of lottery winners are financially ruined within seven years

U2's "Pop" reviewed by Charles Taylor.

In "Joe Millionaire," with its lumpen-wacky TV vision of the rich, pop culture finally faces inequality in "classless" America.

The only thing worse than the candidates this year is the shockingly biased liberal press. Plus: A frankfurter geography of America.

The psychology of why we're continually seduced by marketing ploys and slogans like, "Hey, you never know"

America may soon look a lot more like "Downton Abbey" than the Land of Opportunity

As more cities ban single-use plastic, Hawaii considers a statewide ban

"The time to fight like hell for democracy is right now. We may not get another chance"

Attention all writers! You're all writing the same thing over and over again. Now that's insanity

Sen. John Cornyn and Lt. Dan Patrick of Texas exploit the deaths of 10 people to push for anti-immigrant crackdown

Head "Late Night" writer spoke to Salon about the show's early days, the writers' room and Dave's notorious anxiety

Committee says evidence points to obstruction, fraud and possibly seditious conspiracy

Meet the sweet nothings of "Laguna Beach"! Learn why women are from Venus, but Veronica is from Mars! Plus: Watch empty non sequiturs barked at the candidates in HBO's "Diary of a Political Tourist"!