Nicholas Kristof Still Disagrees With Bill Maher On Radical Islam
Nicholas Kristof was sitting next to Ben Affleck in October of 2014 as the actor famously sparred with Bill Maher over the principles of radical Islam. When Affleck accused Maher…
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Court Tosses Out Prostitution Conviction For Trans Woman Who Was Just Walking Down The Street
An Arizona appeals court has vacated a conviction against a transgender woman who was profiled for sex work, creating new hope that she might receive justice. Monica Jones, a transgender…
Five Guys Wage War In Awesome Bubble Wrap Battle, Make Us Green With Envy
To celebrate Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day (yes, that’s apparently a thing), the five guys of YouTube’s Dude Perfect channel organized a Bubble Wrap battle of epic proportions — and it…
High School Senior Asks Selena Gomez To Prom In Epic Lip Sync Video
Prom has long been known as a night to remember. For Enterprise High School senior Cole LaBrant, such a night might just include his celebrity crush. – Follow HuffPost Teen…
Bill O’Reilly Dubs Megyn Kelly ‘The Only One The New York Times Likes’
Sorry Bill, but it looks like Megyn is winning the Fox News popularity contest. – H/T Raw Story
Native Americans Upset Over Pope Francis’ Decision To Canonize Junípero Serra
A story about conquest, religion and the Americas, central to a founding myth of California, will end this year with the pope bestowing sainthood on a man many see as…
Newspaper Front Pages Totally Freak Out Over Winter Storm Juno
While we were all freaking out about the coming of a potentially historic blizzard, so were newspaper front pages:
This Map Shows Which States Are Utterly Obsessed With Mountain Dew
America’s heartland is keeping Mountain Dew alive, even if the coasts ignore it. – Read more about how Mountain Dew will survive the death of soda here.
23 Easy Valentine’s Day Crafts That Require No Special Skills Whatsoever
From classroom cards to home decorations, Valentine’s Day brings all kinds of crafting opportunities. Luckily, you don’t have to be a DIY genius to get creative with your kids this…
U.K’s Selfridges Department Store Goes Gender Neutral
London’s iconic Selfridges Oxford Street department store, known for revolutionizing fashion that left lasting impacts on British society, is set to stock its shelves with unisex clothing. – Sign up…
Little Boy Hilariously Tries To Stop Words From ‘Leaving’ The TV — But The Result Is Bad News
This cute little boy might as well learn early that there’s no stopping the news. Watch above as he attempts to keep the words of the ticker from “leaving” the…
Roger Goodell’s Season From Hell
On almost any other morning, Roger Goodell would have welcomed an impromptu chat with Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots. But this was the morning of September…
RIP Toystory, The Bull Who Was Daddy To 500,000 Offspring
Who’s the biggest daddy of them all? Ismail Ibn Sharif, who took the throne as the king of Morocco in 1672, is said to have fathered more than 1,000 children,…
All Jokes Aside, ‘The Bachelor’ Has A Diversity Issue
It’s no secret that “The Bachelor” doesn’t have a great track record with diversity. This past weekend, “Saturday Night Live,” joked about the fact that minorities often get eliminated early…
These NYC Snow Photos Show Us What New York Looks Like Without All The People
Winter Storm Juno hit New York City Monday night, but the “potentially historic” snowfall Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke of kinda forgot to make a showing. Not that we’re complaining…
These Are The 25 Best Jobs In America, If All You Care About Is Numbers
The rankings are in for the best jobs in America. Career website Glassdoor has compiled a list of the most desirable occupations in the country, based on an analysis of…
NFL’s ‘Deflategate’ Investigation Almost Certainly Won’t Conclude In Time For Super Bowl Suspensions
If you’re hoping for some closure on the “deflategate” scandal by Super Bowl Sunday, tough luck. The lawyer hired by the NFL to investigate the controversy said Monday that he…
A Skittles Pizza Was Just Invented To Honor Marshawn Lynch
It’s yet to be seen whether the Seattle Seahawks will shower Marshawn Lynch in Skittles after Super Bowl XLIX, but in the meantime, the running back can enjoy this Skittles…
CHAIT: Political Correctness Is ‘Perverting Liberalism’
After political correctness burst onto the academic scene in the late ’80s and early ’90s, it went into a long remission. Now it has returned. Read the whole story at…
CNN’s Brian Stelter Gives Upside Down Report During Blizzard
Conflicting reports concerning the severity of Tuesday’s blizzard have left many New Yorkers feeling confused. But CNN’s Brian Stelter may have come through with the most disorienting report yet. –…
Oxfam: Rich Countries Must Support Ebola Victims Who Have ‘Gone Through Hell’
Rich countries must act swiftly to repair battered health systems and get cash to millions of families in the three countries hit hardest by the world’s worst Ebola outbreak, the…
Everything You Need To Know About The Oscar-Nominated Short Films
A lot of people haven’t seen the Best Picture nominees this year, so we can assume that possibly no one — maybe not even Academy members themselves — has seen…
The Powerful Message That Helped Condoleezza Rice Thrive Amid Racism In The ’60s (VIDEO)
Long before Condoleezza Rice served as America’s first female National Security Advisor and the first African-American female Secretary of State, she was a child growing up in the racially charged…
Pamela Anderson Says She ‘Never Felt Pretty Enough To Be A Model’
She’s graced the cover of Playboy more than any other woman to date, but Pamela Anderson doesn’t think of herself as model material. – The blonde bombshell has been a…
Activists Create Subversive ‘Dream Pods’ For Homeless To Highlight Poor Living Conditions
It’s not a coincidence that several homeless people in Tuscon, Arizona, have chosen a highly trafficked park downtown to stake their territory. – “We have to navigate the judge’s injunction…
Your Next Bible Will Be A Hologram
Microsoft this week unveiled HoloLens, an augmented-reality headset that overlays text and images on the real world and, in particular, anchors them to precise locations in space, as if they…
Guy Doing Doughnuts With A Snowplow Is Handling The Blizzard Brriliantly
Weeeeeeeeeeeeee! … Is definitely what this guy in Stony Brook, New York, said on Monday night. While many in the Northeast stayed indoors during winter storm Juno, this driver was…
New ISIS Video Appears To Show Japanese Hostage Kenji Goto
Senior Japanese officials are meeting to try to authenticate a new video purporting to show Japanese ISIS hostage Kenji Goto, Reuters reports. The new video reportedly features a picture of…
Photographer Crisscrosses America To Bring Small-Town Reporting Back To Life
The small town reporter is practically a mythological figure these days. Communities gather in town halls and cafeterias across America, but unless someone in the crowd loves to tweet, it’s…
Obama Remembers Liberation Of Auschwitz-Birkenau On 70th Anniversary
President Barack Obama released a statement Tuesday on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, citing the recent attacks in Paris as “a painful reminder of our obligation to…