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Articles November 2014
The $44 Million Teflon Don of the NFL
Dispatch From USC Protests over Ferguson
Did ISIS Attack Kobani from Turkey?
Will the Swiss Quit Cooking their Kittens and Puppies?
‘The Babadook’ Is the Best (and Most Sincere) Horror Movie of the Year
China’s Nicaragua Canal Could Spark a New Central America Revolution
The Student Loan Crisis That Isn’t About Kids at Harvard
Putin’s Health Care Disaster
Kotkin Biography Reveals Stalin's Evil Pragmatism
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Nov 24-30, 2014
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama
Chernobyl Drones, Star Wars and More Viral Videos
Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira Vs. Boko Haram
American Rock Gods: Guy Webster's Intimate Portraits
Heed the Warnings: Why We’re on the Brink of Mass Extinction
Tour New York’s Underground Art Museum
Dear Evangelicals: You’re Being Had
In New Brothers Grimm 'Snow White', The Prince Doesn't Save Her
A Rallying Cry Against the Oversexualization of Our Youth
The Barefoot Contessa Knows How To Make Us Crumble
The Modern Artists the Nazis Favored
We Need More Ferguson-style Grand Juries
Pope Bids Refugees to EU ‘Bienvenido’; Europe Says ‘Non’
America's Long History of Racial Rage
GOP Flack Throws Shade at First Teens
Mubarak’s Acquittal Signals Complete Triumph of Military Over Arab Spring
The Hunger Games Economy
How to Fight Corruption With Game Theory
Russia’s Freest Website Now Lives in Latvia
Make These Barefoot Contessa Chicken Pot Pies
New York’s MIA Mayor Faces Tough Choice Between Protestors and Police
Sexism Begins in the Toy Aisle
How Porn Twists Teens’ Brains
Headmasters Behaving Badly
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero
Seven Must-read Stories About the Chuck Hagel Meltdown, Hitler’s Favorite Dictator and the Continued Failure of Health Insurance
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor
Week in Photos: November 29, 2014
Inside a Female Circumcision Ceremony in Kenya (PHOTOS)
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Angelina Jolie in Your Life
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Taylor Swift in Your Life
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Richard Hendriks in Your Life
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Andy Warhol in Your Life
OMG, I Want This House: Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos (Photos)
How Immigrants Will Save Social Security
Science-Fiction TV Finds a New Muse: Feminism
‘Asteroids’ and The Dawn of the Gamer Age
The Secret to Tracking Ebola, MERS, and Flu? Sewers
Have Sperm, Will Travel: The ‘Natural Inseminators’ Helping Women Avoid the Sperm Bank
Christie Bows to Iowa’s Pork Kings on Gestation Crates
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Trailer: Stormtroopers, John Boyega, and the New Millennium Falcon
Black Friday: Hell Is Other Shoppers
Colorado Weed Dispensaries Celebrate ‘Green Friday’
Ukraine Militias Warn of Anti-Kiev Coup
Extreme Weather? Blame the End Times
Team Peeta or Team Gale: Why the ‘Hunger Games’ Love Triangle Ruins ‘Mockingjay – Part 1’
Takashi Murakami’s Art From Disaster
From Church of Christ to Pansexual Rapper
The Golden West Up for Grabs: ‘Painted Horses’ Is the Next Great Western Novel
The Mole Man’s Tunnel to Nowhere
Why Voters Love Common Core
Prosecutor Used Grand Jury to Let Darren Wilson Walk
It’s Always Black Friday for Clerks
Why Harvard's Asians Are Invisible
Paris, City of Light, in Black and White (Photos)
Jaw-Dropping Shots of Earth From Above
Make These Barefoot Contessa Salty Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Hell Hath No Fury Like Valerie Trierweiler, the French President’s Ex
Nitehawk Shorts Festival: ‘Brute,’ a Twisted Take on Playing in the Dark
Inside the Greatest Porn Parody Factory: From ‘Game of Bones’ to ‘The Humper Games’
Shia LaBeouf Claims He Was Raped During His Performance Art Project #IAMSORRY
The Baptism of Michael Brown Sr. and Ferguson’s Baptism by Fire
The Barefoot Contessa’s Tasty Trip to Paris
Ferguson, Immigration, and ‘Us Vs. Them’
The Birth of the Novel
Patriotic Philanthropy: Not an Oxymoron
We’re All Carnies Now: Why We Can’t Quit the Circus
Ex-Spy Anna Chapman, From Russia Unloved
Bubonic Plague Is Back (but It Never Really Left)
Allah, Mom, and Baklava: Turkish President Uses Mothers and Kids as Political Pawns
Up to a Point: Thanks to the Biggest Turkey, Uncle Sam
12 Thanksgiving Diet Hacks That Actually Work
Rand Paul’s Many Leather-Bound Books
From Socially Isolated Nerd to Jeopardy! Bad Boy: A Thank You Note
Creed Singer Scott Stapp’s Fall From Grace: From 40 Million Albums Sold to Living in a Holiday Inn
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Risky Heart Surgery
‘Why Have I Lost Control?’: Cory Booker in ’92 on Rodney King Echoes Ferguson
What Does It Feel Like To Be Catcalled?
Hunger Games Comes to New York State’s Public Schools
For Ricky Jackson, a Just Verdict—But 39 Years Too Late
Drawing on the Memories of Syrian Women
The Disappearing Cops of East St. Louis
Thanksgiving Favorites, With a Twist
Was Justice Served in Ferguson?
Ferguson Protesters Across the U.S. React on Instagram
A Turkey's View of Thanksgiving
The Renegade: Robert Downey Sr. on His Classic Films, Son’s Battle with Drugs, and Bill Cosby
90 Seconds of Fury in Ferguson Are the Key to Making Peace in America
‘Sailor Moon’ Is an Oasis for Superheroes Who Can Save the Universe in Heels
Talking Tofurky With Newly Vegan Cory Booker
What Trait Do Bill Cosby’s Defenders Share?
Lovable ‘Madagascar’ Penguins Are Known to Rape and Torture in Real Life
The Ultimate Thanksgiving Weekend TV Guide: Must-See Marathons, Specials, and Parades
The Most Insane Weapons Seized at JFK (Photos)
Congress Debunks Congress’s Nuttiest Benghazi Theories
The Race to Be Hillary’s Karl Rove
Confessions of a Turkey Killer
How to Make It Through Thanksgiving Alive
Walmart Lifts Black Friday’s Curse
Amanda Knox: A Mother’s Obsession
The Three Biggest Unanswered Questions About Ferguson
Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells All
Movies to See or Skip Thanksgiving Weekend: ‘Foxcatcher,’ ‘The Hunger Games,’ and More
Day 2: Ferguson Protesters Take to the Streets Across the U.S. (Photos)
Pope’s Blistering Attack on ‘Haggard’ Europe
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room
Badass Women of Science History
The 14 Teens Killed by Cops Since Michael Brown
Sovereign Citizens Are America’s Top Cop-Killers
In Jerusalem Home Demolitions, the Biblical Justice of Revenge
Tearful Kate Weeps After Meeting Mother Whose Baby Died
Chris Rock, Katy Perry, and More Celebrities React to Ferguson
The IRS Email Double Standard
I Blame People Who Blame the Media: Robert McCulloch’s Tone-Deaf Speech
Michael Brown’s Stepfather Tells Crowd, ‘Burn This Bitch Down’
Raging Protesters Set Ferguson on Fire
America's Front Pages of Ferguson Aftermath (PHOTOS)
To Stop ISIS, Britain Is Set to Stop Free Speech
Millions Promised for Ebola Not Adding Up
The Coming Battle for a New SecDef
Anna Kendrick on Feminism, #GamerGate, and the Celebrity Hacking Attack
Whip It: Secrets of a Dominatrix
Americans Drink Too Much, But We’re Not All Alcoholics
How the Property Brothers Became Your Mom’s Favorite TV Stars
The Liberal Case Against Illegal Immigration
James Patterson Goes Full ‘Fahrenheit 451’ With Burning Book Video
The Veteran Who Took Home the National Book Award
‘Girlhood’: Coming of Age in France’s Projects
The Death of the English Eccentric
Silicon Valley Interns Make a Service Worker’s Yearly Salary In Three Months
U.S. Hasn’t Even Started Training Rebel Army to Fight ISIS
Darren Wilson Wasn’t Indicted—the System Was
Fury at the Ferguson Decision (Photos)
Mike Brown Dies, a Generation Comes Alive
Justice Was Served in Ferguson—This Isn’t Jim Crow America
Ferguson’s Grand Jury Bought Darren Wilson’s Story
Justin Bieber Isn’t Even 21, Yet Makes More Money Than Meryl Streep
What It's Like To Be Ambiguously Ethnic
Hagel Takes a Bullet for Obama: Inside the Defense Secretary’s Sudden Firing
Rocking The AMA Red Carpet: The Winners and Losers
Why Were Cosby Reports Ignored For So Long?
It's No Surprise Chuck Hagel Is Stepping Down
SNL Parodies Schoolhouse Rock Hilariously, Gets A Lot Wrong
‘Archer’ Season 6 Exclusive: Watch Six ‘Certified’ Videos and See the FX Series’ New Key Art
An Ivy League Frat Boy’s Shallow Repentance
Should the U.S. Arm Ukraine’s Militias?
My Insurance Company Killed Me, Despite Obamacare
#YesAllWomen, but Not Really: How Feminism Leaves the Disabled Behind
The Black Hole Tango
From ‘The Good Wife’ to ‘The Imitation Game’: Matthew Goode Wages His Charm Offensive
Bill Cosby’s Long List of Accusers (So Far): 18 Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Between 1965-2004
Want Blue Eyes With That Baby?: The Strange New World of Human Reproduction
With Immigration Move, Obama and the Welfare Party Strike Again
Want President Hillary? Then Primary Her
The Incredible Art of Christmas Windows
The 20th-Century Dictator Most Idolized by Hitler
Freedom From Fear for Dreamer Kids
How Clausewitz Invented Modern War
Mrs. Manson, Hometown Antihero
How I Stopped My Rapist
Drawing Room Coup at Brideshead House Forces Out Simon And Becci Howard
Rand Paul Declares War on ISIS—and Allows Boots on the Ground
Solar Powered Ski Lift
Roberta’s Restaurant Owner Brandon Hoy Unleashes His Inner MC
Garbage In, Power Out
The Good Wife’s Religion Politics: Voters Have No Faith in Alicia's Atheism
The Walking Dead’s ‘Crossed’: The Stage Is Now Set for a Bloody, Deadly Midseason Finale
Obama has the authority on immigration and Rick Santorum focuses on the wrong numbers. PunditFact checks the talking heads against the record.
Despite Crack and Graft, D.C. Loved ‘Hizzoner’ Marion Barry
Iran Nuke Deal: A Matter of War or Peace
‘Mockingjay’s’ Mastermind: Francis Lawrence on the Book vs. Movie, ISIS Parallels, and More
Pot-Smoking Grannies, Jimmy Fallon Covers U2, and More Viral Videos
The Many Lives of Artist David Hockney
American Dreams: How Bush Shaped Our Reading of Roth’s ‘The Plot Against America’
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear
What It Takes to Fix American Education
The Godfather of Right-Wing Radio
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Nov 17-23, 2014
How a GOP Senate Can Help the Poor
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World?
Inside the Metropolitan Opera’s Insane Year
No Wonder Cosby's Keeping Quiet: He Could Still Be Prosecuted
A Navy Vet’s Case for Gun Control
Dismembering History: The Shady Online Trade in Ancient Texts
Catholic Church: Religious Freedom Trumps Civil Rights
Pregnant Kate Could Vist China Early Next Year
Politics End In Halifax As Democratic and GOP Senators Seek Common Ground on National Security
Stephen Merchant Talks ‘Hello Ladies’ movie, the Nicole Kidman Cameo, and Legacy of ‘The Office’
Harry Chats With Ginger Spice Geri At F1 In Abu Dhabi
Meet the Rescue Pilots of 'Ebola Air'
The Moms of Monster Jam Drive Trucks, Buck Macho Culture
Why 2016’s Hopefuls Are Hopeless
Days of Mafia Mayhem Are Wracking Italy Once Again
The Outrageous Celibacy Requirement for Gay Blood Donors
I Felt Like Showering After the First-Person Sex in ‘Grand Theft Auto’
Week in Photos: November 22, 2014
Inside ‘The Sex Factor’: Where 16 Men and Women Vie For Porn Immortality
The Nuclear Deal That Iran’s Regime Fears Most
Why We Can’t Quit Calling Presidents ‘Kings’
Do They Know It’s Time To Stop Band Aid?
Boris Johnson’s Churchill Man Crush
The Stacks: Pauline Kael's Talking Heads Obession
Papers, Please: Police State Cigarettes
Prisoners in the Congo: 50 Years After the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis
Team Clinton Prepares for the Other Side of If
Why Darren Wilson Will Walk
How Bill Cosby Allegedly Silenced His Accusers Through A Tabloid Smear Campaign
The Immigrants Obama Left Out
Legal but Still Poor: The Economic Consequences of Amnesty
Ferguson Protesters Harass Black Police, Call for Darren Wilson’s Death
Death Metal Angola: Heavy Metal in War-Torn Africa
How A Muslim Dad Reacted To His Daughter Coming Out
Hillary Adviser: Bush-Portman Ticket Could Doom Dems in 2016
Iran’s Blogfather Walks Free After Six Years in Jail
Is Cricket Flour the New Protein Powder?
Ferguson Tensions in Black and White
Mexican Protesters Look to Start a New Revolution
Beyonce’s New “7/11” and “Ring Off” Will Give You Reason to Live (And Dance)
Why Did Obama Flip-Flop on Immigration?
The Latest "Celebrities Read Mean Tweets"
Intifada 3.0: Growing Unrest and a Plot to Kill an Israeli Minister
The Punk Behind Iran's Only Vampire Spaghetti Western-Style Love Story
Six Must-read Stories About Isis’s Last American Hostage, Ebola Scaremongering And Hollywood’s Long, Sordid History
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead
Will 5 Million Undocumented Immigrants Take Obama's Tough Love Immigration Deal?
The Internet Embedded in Your Head
Feminism Has Gone Too Far
The FBI’s Bogus ISIS Bust
How WWI Produced the Holocaust
Inside Hebron, Israel’s Heart of Darkness
Is India’s Fallen ‘God-Man’ So Different From a Megachurch Pastor?
The Pope’s Risky Trip
The Multimillion ‘Clairvoyance by Mail’ Scam
Natalie Dormer Talks ‘Hunger Games,’ Feminism, and Why ‘Game of Thrones’ Needs More Dick
Hillary Gets a Challenger and He’s a Marine
‘The Hunger Games’ Stars Silent on Thai Protesters
Jeopardy! Champion Julia Collins’s Brain Feels Like Mush
The Agony of Cosby’s Biographer: Why Mark Whitaker Ignored Rape Allegations
To End HIV, Stop Violence Against Adolescent Girls
Eminem’s Rape Fantasy with Iggy Azalea: The Tired, Juvenile Misogyny Needs to Stop
How UVA Is Failing Its Women
Women Share Their Secret Abortion Stories For 1 in 3 Campaign
Newsflash: Bill Cosby Is Not Cliff Huxtable
What We Know About the FSU Shooter
Out of the Birdcage: How Mike Nichols Made Gay Culture Mainstream
The Witty Wisdom of Mike Nichols
Understanding Tracy Morgan’s Traumatic Brain Injury
Adiós to the Diva Duchess
Annie Leibovitz's 'Pilgrimage' (Photos)
Mike Nichols' Greatest Hits: 'The Graduate,' 'Angels in America,' 'The Birdcage,' and More
The Grisly History of Japan’s “Black Widows”
The Sham, Scaremongering Guide to Ebola
The Coming GOP Freakout Over Immigration
The Problematic Hunt for a ‘Gay Gene’
Annie Leibovitz Talks About ‘Pilgrimage,’ Susan Sontag, Vogue & More
'Mockingjay—Part 1’ Is the Most Violent ‘Hunger Games’ Yet
The Rancid Ballad of Johnny Rotten: His Memoir Seethes With Anger—And Charm
Wyclef Jean Talks Lauryn Hill, the Yele Haiti Controversy, and Chris Christie
Could This Be the First Pro-Choice Republican on a National Ticket?
Sex, Suicide, and Homework: The Secret World of the Telephone Hotline
Media, Dress Smart For Kate
Ashton Kutcher’s History of Idiocy: Ubergate, Brownface, Joe Paterno, and More
When the Religious Right Attacked ‘The Little Mermaid’
An African Dictatorship’s Friend in D.C.
The Insane Swedish Plan to Rate Games for Sexism
Florida Cops on What Ferguson Can Learn From Trayvon
The Postman Who Built a Palace in France…by Hand
The Fight to Ban ‘Birth of a Nation’
Mary Lambert: Spoken Word Poet (And World-Class Singer)
Behind the ‘Today’ Show’s Latest Meltdown
These Female Contemporaries Weren’t Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Bill Cosby Foe Hannibal Buress Joked About Date Rape
The Shocking Death of Miss Honduras
Don Lemon and the Rest of Society Don’t Understand How Rape Works
Why the Keystone XL Pipeline May Not Be Built
All Hail Shingy, AOL’s Goblin King
East Ukraine: Back in the USSR
‘Pick-Up Artist’ to Be Banned from UK
WATCH: "Lake Effect" Snowstorm Batters Buffalo
A Year of Snow Dumps on Buffalo (PHOTOS)
After the Israel Synagogue Massacre: A New Intifada?
Could El Chapo Go Free?
Commando Colonel Accused of Exposing his Lover to HIV
Rand Paul Beats Ted Cruz, Saves NSA From ‘Reform’
George Clinton on Industry ‘Mobsters’ and How Nobody Wants to Listen to a Crackhead
The Most WTF Covers of ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside,’ Everyone’s Favorite Date-Rape Holiday Classic
Christopher Nolan Explains Interstellar’s Big, Hotly Debated Twist
The Man Who Invented the Word ‘Genocide’
Wanted: Less Terrible Political Coverage on TV
Short Stories From the New China
Sight Unseen: Cezanne’s Mysterious Wife
The Radicals Who Slaughtered a Synagogue
Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy to Democrats: Grow a Pair
This Republican Loved Taxes & Modern Art
Get Ready to Start Hearing About ‘Executive Amnesty for Anchor Babies’
It’s Not Just Cosby: Hollywood’s Long List of Male Scumbags
A Doctor Explains Why Cruise Ships Should Be Banned
The Definitive List Of Uber Horror Stories
Keystone Senate Failure Is Environmental Kabuki Theater
Is Pope Francis Backpedaling on Gays?
White House Orders Review of Hostage Policy
Tax Dollars to Care for Ebola Docs
Alibaba’s Dark Side: Censoring Customers
ISIS' Latest Beheading a Betrayal
Harry Reid Is Tight With the UFC
What Should I Call the Man I Love?
Charles Manson, Ted Bundy & Other Notorious Jailhouse Weddings
Kissy-Face The Nation: Washington’s Power Elite Smooch Bob Schieffer
Pope Francis Raffles Off His Swag to Help the Poor
Showing the Faces of Its Murderers, ISIS Shows Its Global Reach
The Odd Couple: Jerry Seinfeld and Rapper Wale
TRAILS: The Tool That Tracks Truth and Lies On Twitter
Mass Murder in the Holy City
Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels
The Republican Rainbow Coalition Is Real
Drone ‘Shortage’ Hampers ISIS War
Rape, Lies & Videotape in Ferguson
Testing Cosmo’s (Awesome) New Lesbian Sex Tips
‘My Crazy Love’ Reveals the Craziest Lies People Tell for Love
The Valerie Jarrett I Know: How She Saved the Obama Campaign and Why She’s Indispensable
To Kill the ISIS Monster You Gotta Do More Than Cut Off Its Money
The Next Greatest Generation
Local Truces Are Syria’s Sad Little Pieces of Peace
Killer Classic Movie Stills: ‘The Shining,’ ‘Casablanca’ & More
Call Her Miss Ross, Fashion Superstar
Can Condon's Freak Show Win Broadway?
When Your Comic Hero Is an Alleged Rapist
GOP States’ Hitlist: Abortion, Unions & Hillary
Charles Dance on Tywin Lannister’s S5 Return, A ‘Game of Thrones’ Movie,’ and Sexy Peter Dinklage
Foxcatcher’s Real-Life Psycho Killer
The Truth About ‘Friends’
The Bill Cosby Controversy Stages of Grief
The Hot and Cold of Everyday Life (NSFW)
The Most Inspiring Bits of Temple Grandin’s Reddit AMA
Madonna, Carla Bruni & Obama Abandoned Pledges To Rebuild L'Aquila After The Quake
Exclusive: Obama Orders Hostage Policy Review
‘Ask a Lesbian’ Something Different
The White House Reactivates Its Army of Celebrity Obamacare Endorsers
ISIS: We Nabbed an Iranian Drone
How Far Does $1 Go Around The World?
Was Flying Hero Doctor With Ebola to the U.S. the Wrong Call?
Solange Knowles Fashion Lookbook
Bill Maher’s Newest Rule: Vote!
Why Prince George Won't Be Coming To NY and DC With Will And Kate
The NFL Runs on Piles of Painkillers
Azealia Banks Opens Up About Her Journey from Stripping to Rap Stardom
A 26-Year-Old Woman Is ISIS’s Last American Hostage
How Liberia Is Beating Back Ebola
The Nurse Coaching People Through Death by Starvation
Eastern Ukraine Braces for ‘Full-Scale War’
Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’ Will Change Nothing
There’s No Conspiracy in Ferguson’s Secret Jury
The ‘Morning Joe’-ification of Eric Cantor
The New Cruzians Are Ready to Make Life Hell for Mitch McConnell
Stepford Sororities: The Pressures of USC’s Greek Life
How Your Pacemaker Will Get Hacked
Greil Marcus Talks About Trying to Unlock Rock and Roll in 10 Songs
Hip-Hop Psychology: Using Music to Fight Mental Illness
Blessed or Cursed? Child Prodigies Reveal All
Is Obama Done Playing Footsie With Assad?
From POTUS to SCOTUS: Obama’s Big Move?
It’s Time to Stop Hating Katherine Heigl
Rage Against GamerGate’s Hate Machine: What I Got For Speaking Up
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: November 16
The Most WTF Music Video of the Year: Wang Rong’s ‘Chick Chick’ is ‘Gangnam Style’ on MDMA
Murder Videos Recruitment Tools for ISIS
The Progressives’ War on Suburbia
How Sicko Priests Got Away With It
I Shot Bin Laden
For Rent: Priceless Historic Sites
Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford, and Others Crowdsource A Dylan Album
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper
Cumberbatch Impressions, Dad Sings ‘Blackbird’ to Dying Son, and More Viral Videos
RFRA Madness: What’s Next for Anti-Democratic ‘Religious Exemptions’
Digital Doublethink: Playing Truth or Dare with Putin and Assad
Awaiting the Grand Jury, Dread in Ferguson and America
As Michael Brown Grand Jury Winds Down, Is Ferguson on the Brink of War?
Beijing's New Stealth Jet: Made in China
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Nov 10-16, 2014
God vs. the Internet. And the Winner is…
How the Religious Right Scams Its Way Onto the New York Times Bestseller List
How Monty The Penguin Won Christmas: Britain’s Epic, Emotional Commercials
How Aasif Mandvi Became Jon Stewart’s Favorite Jihadi
Watch Out, Scotland! Japanese Whisky Is on the Rise
What ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ Has in Common with ISIS Videos and Killing Bin Laden
Think You’re Invincible? Here’s Why Open Enrollment Matters
Heart of Darkness: Americans Alone in The Taliban Valley
Living in Louisiana’s Tragic Health-Care Limbo
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day
Journalists + eBay Billionaire = Chaos. The Troubles at Pierre Omidyar’s First Look Media
The King of Postmodern Cool Is Reborn in ‘Ash Vs. The Evil Dead’
The Good Old ‘Mad Men’ Days of Photographer William Helburn (Photos)
Sotheby’s for Sex: The Problem with Auctioning Off Sex with A Porn Star
Now Gay Marriage Is a GOP Problem
Week in Photos: November 15, 2014
Pyongyang Primer: Kenneth Bae Comes Home
‘The Prince of Chocolate City’: When Gil Scott-Heron Became A Music Icon
7 Must-Read Stories About Vladimir Putin, America’s Biggest Prescription Drug and a Night With a Libertarian Porn Star
The Pipeline From Hell: There’s No Good Reason to Build Keystone XL
For Obama, Hell Week Has Arrived
Why the FBI’s Suicide Note to MLK Still Matters
Honoring the Late John Doar, a Nearly Forgotten Hero of the Civil Rights Era
Model Prisoners: Australian Mug Shots From the ’20s
Erect Nipples, Blindfolds, and ‘50 Shades’ of Deja Vu
Can American Adults Label the 50 States?
Why Vermont Paid Gruber $400K
MTV’s Diem Brown Dies: When Reality TV Starts Getting Real
ISIS Changes Its Communication Strategies
In Rome’s Riots, Cries for Mussolini and Attacks on Refugees
Guys Recreate the Kim K Butt Photo
Putin Is Lying on Ukraine—and the West Can’t Stop Him
Catch Him If You Can: Reliving Banksy’s New York Invasion
Kate Middleton, the Preggers Fashion Princess
Can the President Be Impeached Over Immigration?
David Bowie Goes Big Band in New Music Video
ISIS Keeps Getting Better at Dodging U.S. Spies
Kids Eat the Darndest Things: Laundry Pods, Teething Necklaces, and More Of The Weirdest Stuff Sending Kids to the E.R.
Chicago’s Real-Life 'Nightcrawler'
Think Putin’s Bad? Wait for the Next Guy
Kirk Cameron Saves Christmas from Abominable Killjoys (Other Christians)
The Rise of Jack Antonoff, the Taylor Swift Whisperer
The Unbelievable (True) Story of the World’s Most Infamous Hash Smuggler
The Real-Life Raiders of the Lost Ark
Didn't Obama Hear Oregon’s Warning Shot on Immigration?
What If the United States Had No Attorney General?
Charles D’Ambrosio’s X-Ray Vision Is On Full Display In His New Essay Collection.
Chuck Todd’s Lousy Obama Takedown
Knowing Where the Bodies Are Buried: An Excerpt From 'Lives in Ruins'
The Singular Artist of New Yorkistan
The Klan’s Call to Violence in Ferguson Blows the Lid Off Its Hypocritical Rebrand
Meet Kip Thorne, the Man Who Crafted the Artful Science of ‘Interstellar’
#FixTheInternet: The Hashtag That Beat Back Kim Kardashian’s Butt
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
A Reminder: Our Justices are Politicians in Robes
UK Reporter’s Anti-Banker Rant Goes Viral
Americans Tricked Into Using Foreign Accents (NSFW)
The Pentagon Is Officially Clueless About the ISIS War
‘Clueless’ Then and Now
What Are We Protecting with Gun Laws?
Ted Cruz saves America in This Right-Wing Coloring Book
Young Elephant Takes on 14 Lions and Survives!
Liberia’s Ebola Famine
Wrongly Imprisoned for 15 Years Thanks to an Innocence Project
Elizabeth McGovern on the ‘Downton Abbey’ Xmas Album and Lady Grantham’s Kiss with George Clooney
How a War-Weary Vet Created ‘The Twilight Zone’
Meet the Julia Child of Weed
Denis Johnson’s Beautiful Apocalypse
Feminist, Bae, Turnt: Time’s ‘Worst Words’ List Is Sexist and Racist
Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say Anything
McCain Helps a Business Partner of Iran
Can God Beat the NRA?
What the Hell Happened in Vermont?!
Hunting for a Real-Life Hagrid
Goldie Taylor―Reality Check: There Are No Swing Voters
Is Ready for Hillary Ready to Fold—or Work With Candidate Clinton?
How Obama Endangered Us All With Stuxnet
Riot Prep Could Fuel Ferguson Violence
How to Get Away With Stealing $2 Million in Jewelry in the Heart of New York
Illustrator Maira Kalman Selects ‘My Favorite Things'
A Respectable, Non-Exploitative Story About Kim Kardashian’s Bare-Naked, Greased-Up Ass
That Time Kim Kardashian Freaked Out About Being Captured Nude on a Magazine Cover
Rescue at One World Trade Center
China Is Financing Putin’s Aggression
The Mysterious Death of the Art World’s Favorite Sheikh
Earthlings, We Landed on a Comet
How Does Slang Become Slang?
On the Frontline of the Digital Battlefield
Is ‘The Lost Gospel’ Book a Fraud?
10 Magazine Covers You Should Look At Instead of Kim Kardashian’s Ass
Can Fareed Zakaria Survive A Plagiarism Firestorm?
The U.S.-China Climate Deal Is Mostly Hot Air
Obama and Xi Jinping Say They’ll Work Together to Save Environment
Occupied SUV Fired On With AK-47
Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of Pakistan
11 Children Shot in Milwaukee, One in Her Grandpa's Lap
How Straight World Stole ‘Gay’: The Last Gasp of the ‘Lumbersexual’
The Tragic History of Southern Food
How to Run a Statewide Campaign on $38
Will GOP Govs Really Rescue Obamacare?
My Bizarre Night With James Deen, Libertarian Porn Star
Valerie Jarrett, Obama Consigliere—and Democracy Killer
How Four Upstarts Built and Crashed the Anti-Facebook
Let’s Get Rid of ‘Plus-Size’ for Good
War Is About More Than Heroes, Martyrs, and Patriots
Ben Carson’s Bizarrely Serious, Seriously Bizarre Campaign Crew
Abortion in Missouri Is the Wait of a Lifetime
Freshman Year Sucks—and That’s OK
Liberia’s Ebola Corpse Squads (PHOTOS)
Undo Citizens United? We’d Only Scratch the Surface
Kim Kardashian Bares Her Shiny, Bounteous Butt, Breaks the Internet
Al Roker, Sleepless in 30 Rock for #Rokerthon
Jesus Christ, Baby Daddy?
Bats’ Link to Ebola Finally Solved
On the Verge of a New Cold War
Star Wars Street Harassment: The Force Awakens
Thousands of Putin’s Troops Now in Ukraine, Analysts Say
Meditation Rugs, Swords, and Horse Head Fiddles: The Strangest Gifts Given to Government Bigwigs
Confused About Consent? Ask a Porn Star!
Ponzi-Scheming Pastor Fleeced His Flock Out of Millions
Neil deGrasse Tyson Breaks Down ‘Interstellar’: Black Holes, Time Dilations, and Massive Waves
Why We Won’t Stop Fighting Corruption
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Bill Bratton Scolds Giggling Audience at American Justice Summit
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Ohio Elementary School Teacher Charged With Raping Her Son
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Nicki Minaj’s ‘Only’ Lyrics Video Is Like a Loose Adaptation of ‘Mein Kampf’ ft. Drake
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Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Tay-Tay Scorned
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A New Intifada? Israel’s Arab Citizen Uprising Spreads
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Religion, Race, and a Broadway Hit: The Making of ‘Disgraced’
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Arkansas’s Blue Collar Social Conservatives Don’t Know What’s Coming
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Mick Hucknall Admits: Yes, I 'Probably' Have Slept With Over 1,000 Women
Here’s a Reform Even the Koch Brothers and George Soros Can Agree On
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Jon Stewart Talks ‘Rosewater’ and the ‘Chickensh-t’ Democrats' Midterm Massacre
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Jimmy Kimmel Pranks Kids (Again), Taylor Swift’s 1989 Aerobics, and More Viral Videos
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Why North Korea Released Two Americans
Anatomy of a Drone Porn: ‘Drone Boning’ Makes Sex Look Like Art
To Free American Prisoners, America’s Top Spy Goes to North Korea
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The ‘Stop Chris Christie’ Movement Begins. Good Luck With That.
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Using Art to Shed Light on the Forgotten Rape Epidemic (Photos)
Jon Stewart: Taylor Swift ‘Smart Choice’ For NYC’s Global Welcome Ambassador
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Jeff Daniels Defends Aaron Sorkin and the ‘Dumb and Dumber’ Toilet Scene
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The Other Side of Stephen Hawking: Strippers, Aliens, and Disturbing Abuse Claims
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Voters Remind D.C. That the Economy Still Sucks
To Make Their Victory Durable, the GOP Must Fix the Minimum Wage
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Welcome to Generation Overshare: Lena Dunham, Taylor Swift, and the Politics of Self-Disclosure
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In Press Conference, Obama Turns Conciliatory—Mostly
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Did Joran Van Der Sloot Fake His Prison Shanking?
NBC’s Today Show ‘Hires’ Pippa Middleton
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Darkness at Noon Prayers: Inside the Islamic Police State
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Can Congress Get Stoned Now That D.C. Has Legalized Marijuana?
Hey, Creeps, ‘Compliments’ Are Harassment, Too
Very Hot, Very Nude: Jeremy Kost’s Men
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Goldie Taylor―How the Lame Democrats Blew It
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Benedict Cumberbatch Announces Engagement in The Times
Mitch’s Brotastic Victory Bash
In Texas Cruz, Perry Crow Over GOP Rout
Kay Hagan's North Carolina Crash
Kansas Republicans Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback Lifted by Rising Tide
GOP Shocks Democrats in Governor Races
For Conservatives, Liberal Tears Taste Sweet
Blue Massachusetts Goes Red, Picks Charlie Baker for Governor
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Inside the Democrats’ Godawful Midterm Election Wipeout
Georgia Democrats Fall Hard
Republican Wave Carries Maine Governor Paul LePage to Victory
Tea Party Firebrand Wins Big in Iowa
A GOP Star Rises in Colorado, Beats Udall
Mary Landrieu-Bill Cassidy Louisiana Senate Race Heads to a Runoff
Fraudster Beats Faker as Florida Gov. Rick Scott Wins Re-Election
In Arkansas, The House That Bubba Built Crumbles
New Hampshire Says ‘No’ to Interloper Scott Brown
Cory Booker Wins Big in New Jersey
Can Obama and a Republican Senate Find Common Ground?
Amanda Knox, Cub Reporter: The Convicted Murderer Is Now Writing Theater Reviews for a Small Seattle Paper
‘Mike Brown Can’t Vote but I Can’: Casting a Ballot Against Police Brutality
Independent Greg Orman Stands Up Against GOP Attacks
Libyan Troops Go Wild in England
Everything You've Ever Wondered About Being a Lesbian
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Coach K: Obama Is a Bad Coach in the ISIS War
Judge Could Smash Marijuana Law
If You Think D.C. Is Awful Now, Wait Until Wednesday
U.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life
Will White Feminists Finally Dump Lena Dunham?
Richard Ford’s Artful Survivalist Guide: The Return of Frank Bascombe
Ben McKenzie’s Journey From Reluctant Teen Idol on ‘The O.C.’ to Sheriff of ‘Gotham’
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Former Providence Mayor & Ex-Con Buddy Cianci's Redemption Tour Goes Bust
Relax—Both Parties Are Going Extinct
Mitch McConnell’s Big Day: A Turtle Suns Himself
With Ernst and Gardner, Republicans Think They’ve Found the Formula
Sharyl Attkisson: ‘I Don’t Care What People Think’ About My Reporting
Baseball’s Problem Is Politics’ Problem
Can Anyone Make Space Safe for Civilians?
Trans in the Holy Land: ‘Marzipan Flowers,’ Tal Kallai, and the Shattering of Israel’s LGBT Taboos
Taylor Swift Dumps Spotify, Igniting Turf War Between Spotify and Apple
Yazidis Face Genocide by ISIS After U.S. Turns Away
NSA Chief Bet Money on AT&T as It Spied on You
Return of the Northeastern Republican
Meet Your New ‘Hot Mugshot Guy’: Sean Kory, Fox News’ Public Enemy No. 1
Are Richard Branson's Expectations Unrealistic, Unproductive?
Kurt Cobain’s Moody 1988 Mixtape: A Wormhole into the Strange Mind of a Rock Legend
Can Richard Branson Bounce Back From His Space Disaster?
Why You Shouldn't Fear the Flu Shot
Colm Toibin Describes The Creation Of His Quiet Masterpiece ‘Nora Webster’
Q&A With Designer Rachel Roy
Home Depot Spoof Ad Shows That Robots Can’t Save Shoppers’ Marriages
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Time is Money: How to Fix Outrageous Political Spending
Hong Kong’s High-Flying British Psycho Killer Suspect
Picasso: Where Photographs Meet Art
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Ganja Vs. Geezers in the Sunshine State
Bernie Sanders Is Showing Us the Socialist Way to Run for President
John Kasich: The GOP’s Hobbled 2016 Dark Horse
Eddie Redmayne’s Time Has Come: On His Heartrending Turn as Stephen Hawking and Benedict Bromance
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’
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The Strangest, Cheesiest, Most Brazenly False Political Ads of 2014
The True Story of ‘The Elephant Man’
Why You Can’t Tell the Truth About Race
Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine
How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra Revelations
Is This the Beginning of the End for Blacks and Dems?
Ted Cruz, Accused of Being ‘Sidelined’ for the Midterms, Shows Off Schedule
The Pentagon May Finally Have a Plan to Keep America on Top
In North Carolina, GOP Overreach May Be More Unpopular Than Obama
Princess Beatrice Gives Up Her Virgin Galactic Dream
Parks and Regeneration
Hate Hyper-Partisanship? Support Redistricting Reform Now
The Walking Dead’s ‘Slabtown’: The Real Source of Terror Isn’t Walkers, It’s Rape
‘They Don’t Call It SEAL Team 6-Year-Old for Nothing’: Commandos Clash Over Tell-All Book
Clues From SpaceShipTwo’s Wreckage: Did the Crew Compartment Fail?
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: November 2
Megachurch Mars Hill To close Doors: What Does the Future Hold Now?
What's With This Surge in Jazz Bashing?
Deepwater Horizon: Life Drowning in Oil
Why You’re Happily Married and Having an Affair
Nik Wallenda’s Blindfolded Tightrope Caper: Defying Death Over The Chicago River
Harry Potter Raps, The Catcalls Heard ‘Round the World and More Viral Videos
OMG, I Want This House: Bridgehampton, NY (Photos)
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Is the Pope Catholic? Critics Rally Around Benedict As Talk of Schism Looms
The Barabbas Theory of Voting: Bible Story Shows Tough Choices for Midterms
A Conservative Explains Why The GOP Could Lose
Before Ditching His Top Aides, Obama Should Look in the Mirror
He Faces Jail for Rescuing Baby Eagles
The Sistine Chapel Gets Mood Lighting
Explosion of Cute: Inside the Superfan Mania of Hello Kitty Con 2014
Election Day In The Big Sleazy
Russell Brand’s Revolution For Morons
Why Did It Take So Long For Complex Life To Evolve On Earth? Blame Oxygen.
The Magazine That Made—and Unmade—Politicians
Who Controls the Senate Controls the Courts
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Ebola, ISIS, the Border: So Much to Fear, So Little Time!
Risky Business or None of Your Business? Gay XXX Films and the Condom Question
Virgin Galactic’s Flight Path to Disaster: A Clash of High Risk and Hyperbole
Where Does Obama Stand on Assad?
What If Meditation Isn’t Good for You?
America’s Fastest Growing Death Holiday Is From Mexico
Will Chris Christie Bow to Iowa’s Pork Kings?
New Orleans’ Carnivalesque Day of the Dead
The Queer Genius of Film Director Derek Jarman
Alright ‘True Detective,’ You Got Me: Taylor Kitsch Is a Woman’s Man
Day of the Dead Comes to New Orleans (PHOTOS)
Why Isn’t Prison Justice on the Ballot This Tuesday?
Blurred Lines at NY Sketchbook Museum
The Man Who Invented the Paparazzi: Elio Sorci
Assuming GOP Does Take the Senate, Dems Have Nothing to Fear
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