Finding Recovery in an Addiction Epidemic
As much of the South began to feel the effects of a spike in opiate addiction, Metro Atlanta emerged as one of the…
An Arizona Border Town's Decade-Long Fight Against Militias
Arivaca, AZ, about 10 miles from the Mexican border, is a magnet for colorful characters, from ranchers and barflies to…
How Old Is Too Old to Be President?
Donald Trump is 72, Bernie Sanders is 77, and Joe Biden is 76. While most of us will be lucky to remember the URL to…
How Political Dynasties Are Ruining America, in Two Minutes
America has so many problems. It also has so many ossified political dynasties. Maybe these things are connected????…
Why Trump's Glorious Economy Is a Myth
“In just over two years since the election, we have launched an unprecedented economic boom,” Donald Trump said during his…
How to Stop Toxic Masculinity, in Two Minutes
Toxic masculinity has seeped into every aspect of the world around us. In this video, Jules Suzdaltsev explains where…
Who Could Be the Next Black President?
In 1992, when Tupac first recorded his posthumous-mega-hit-to-be, Changes, he included a poignant line about the state…
The Biggest Myths of White Supremacy
White supremacy sustains its rhetoric, and its power, through many lies and myths, ranging from reverse racism to…
Indigenous Vet Harassed by Maga-wearing High School Students Responds
As he played a traditional drum and sang an intertribal song at the Indigenous Peoples March on Friday, Native American…
Trump Plans to Ply the Clemson Football Team With Unholy Trinity of Fast Food (Plus Pizza)
If you were a champion athlete in the prime of your life (or in this case, the Clemson Tigers), there’d be only one…
Trump: 'If There's a Concrete Wall... Go Through It!'
“If there’s a concrete wall in front of you, go through it!”
A younger, yet equally subtle Donald Trump proclaimed those…
Here Is Donald Trump Struggling to Breathe for 36 Long, Agonizing Seconds
On Tuesday night, our big, dopey, wet president put on his big boy pants and his struggling-to-keep-a-meal-down-while-tr…
Trump's Attorney General Nominee Used to Be Deeply Skeptical Of a Border Wall
This is awkward: former Attorney General William Barr, who is Donald Trump’s current nominee for the same role, said on PBS…
What's the Matter With Establishment Democrats?
It’s become overwhelmingly clear that there are now two types of Democrats: new-school progressives and old-school…
The Splinter Morons Try to Wrap Presents
Splinter is great at many things. Wrapping gifts might not be one of them. So we had a contest to see which of our…
The GOP's Weird Obsession With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is living rent-free in the minds of Republicans and conservative pundits across the country.…
5 Reasons George H.W. Bush Was a Bad President
Racist campaign ads, warmongering, and crack cocaine photo ops in the Oval Office. America is forgetting a few things…
How to Fight the Alt-Right
This Thanksgiving, don’t waste your time with those guides about how to show your racist uncle a better way. Watch our…
How Racism Won the 2018 Midterms
The 2018 midterms saw incredible highs and debilitating lows, and there are many things to learn from them. But one of…
Donald Trump's Long History of Pretending He Cares About Women
When the Trump administration shared a doctored video of CNN journalist Jim Acosta’s brief contact with a White House…