“Russia said on Thursday it was sending warships to the Mediterranean, but denied it was beefing up its naval force there as Western powers prepare for military action against Syria.” Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) host of The Young Turks discusses this tension building move by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read more: …

“Scientists said Tuesday they have achieved the first human-to-human mind meld, with one researcher sending a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motion of a colleague sitting across the Seattle campus of the University of Washington.” Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian and Jayar Jackson of The Young Turks …

With football season underway, Matt Ufford celebrates the wonderful sports bar triumvirate of drinking beer, cheering for violence, and eating unhealthy food. MORE IMPORTANTLY: bar food power rankings!

Full Interview here: http://youtu.be/3QVHX-sSmvE Jody Armour, Professor of Law at USC and author of “Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism” sits down for a frank, in-depth interview with Cenk Uygur. Professor Armour treads potentially controversial territory, including hard realities of race, social class, crime, and more. Are hope and opportunity enough to …

“Hyon Song-wol, a singer, rumoured to be a former lover of the North Korean leader, is said to have been arrested on Aug 17 with 11 others for violating laws against pornography. The reports in South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper indicate that Hyon, a singer with the Unhasu Orchestra, was …

In lieu of a nonsensical, bizarre Vergecast description, we’re just going to play it straight this time. Just these words and a link to the time zones. Nope, we’re not going to be weird — which, in this case, might be the weirdest description we’ve done. Is it? Think about …

“The NFL has agreed to spend close to $800 million to diagnose and compensate potentially thousands of retired players who develop dementia and other brain disorders they blame on the violent, bone-crunching collisions that pro football has long celebrated in its highlight reels. The settlement, which is subject to approval …

“The Christian Broadcasting Network, which has alternately apologized or defended Pat Robertson a lot lately, reportedly edited out a comment by the 700 Club co-host from the archived version of today’s broadcast. The host, responding to a question from a viewer who was concerned about an HIV-positive church member, claimed …

Well all know that China’s state-run media is way to critical of the Chinese Communist Party. I mean, with articles like, “Xi Jinping, a caring listener,” you just know journalists are taking an unreasonable hardline with China’s leaders. That’s why all 307,000 official journalists, producers, and editors have been order …

“The United States government took a historic step back from its long-running drug war on Thursday, when Attorney General Eric Holder informed the governors of Washington and Colorado that the Department of Justice would allow the states to create a regime that would regulate and implement the ballot initiatives that …