“The U.S. Army private accused of providing secret documents to the WikiLeaks website pleaded guilty on Thursday to misusing classified material he felt “should become public,” but denied the top charge of aiding the enemy.”* Bradley Manning is facing prosecution for giving military information to Wikileaks. He’s plead guilty to …

“They bound his hands to the rear of a van, and then sped off, dragging the slender taxi driver along the pavement as a crowd of onlookers shouted in dismay. The man was later found dead.”* South African police tied Mido Macia to the back of a car and dragged …

“For the past 18 hours Republicans have been giddily waving around a new article by Bob Woodward as a smoking gun that proves sequestration should be replaced with spending cuts and spending cuts only — and that President Obama once conceded the point.”* Republican journalist Bob Woodward is obsessed with …

“Nudity is provocative. It draws people’s attention, and sometimes it draws their attention to a cause. When a former SlutWalk-er at City University criticized the university cheerleading team’s “Naked Calendar” for breast cancer awareness, it started a heated debate about what it means to use your body to make a …

“Bloomberg Businessweek is a genuinely great magazine that does an amazing job of making business and economics news accessible and interesting, but this way of illustrating a cover story about the return of aggressive mortgage lending products is really something else. The idea is that we can know things are …

“An Indonesian woman drowned her nine-year-old son in the bath, claiming she was worried that his “small penis” would affect his prospects for the future, a police spokesman said Thursday. The 38-year-old woman from the capital Jakarta told police her son had had a small penis prior to being circumcised, …

“Fox News commentator Sean Hannity on Wednesday followed up on his heated exchange with Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), calling the progressive lawmaker “incoherent.” Hannity said Ellison “really started grasping at straws” when the Democrat was asked if it’s immoral to add to the national debt. Ellison responded to the question …

“The Republican-led House on Thursday passed the Democrats’ version of the Violence Against Women on Thursday, relenting after a painful battle over expanded protections for gay, Native American and illegal immigrant women. The final vote was 286-138, winning over 199 Democrats and 87 Republicans. It lost 138 GOP members. It’s …

Guerilla street artist Robbie Conal is famous for his brand of political commentary through his posters depicting U.S. political figures in grotesque, unconventional ways. Conal’s work has appeared in Time, Newsweek, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, as well as CBS’s This Morning and Charlie Rose. What are …

“Well, hello… who is this standing before me?” It was an owl. A talking owl, but an owl nevertheless. “Go on, speak up, young man! Don’t be shy.” “I’m quite sorry, sir,” the man said, tipping his hat. “I just don’t know what to say to a creature of your …