As the government shutdown drags into its third week, more and more people are finding themselves unwittingly…
Pushing through a plan that failed to pass in Congress, the Trump administration is imposing more restrictions on…
Thousands of low-income people are at risk of losing the ability to buy fresh produce at local greenmarkets because…
One year and a lifetime ago, American society was vaguely stable and fundamentalist Mormon cult leader Lyle Jeffs…
On Tuesday, Donald Trump’s $4.1 trillion budget proposal will be officially introduced, but we already know some of…
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker isn’t going to be president, or vice president, or anything else other than…
Missouri State Representative Rick Brattin, who’s presumably run out of every other better thing to do, is…
There's nothing Tea Party freshman and ace troll Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin hates more than a handout: he's vocal…
Have you ever met a person who says something so backwards that you have to double check to make sure they even knew…

Last month, Cory Booker announced that he'd be living off food stamps for a week, and today was his first day on…
Sharon Hailey Aceta, an 8th grade math teacher at Rawlinson Road Middle School in Rock Hill, South Carolina, posted…
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor David Paterson have asked the federal government to make sugary drinks ineligibl…
Some people think that Nadya Suleman, the mother of octoplets and six other kids, is not being celebrated because…
- Armed gunman in India today attacked 7 different sites in Mumbai in a reported attempt to kill as many Americans and…
- Laura Bush gave a speech about Burma a.k.a. Myanmar and disaster preparedness and Jenna's wedding. Her lipstick was…
Americans! We are not exactly not known for excess! But on this, the first of April, perhaps it is time to start a…