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Cars. They're noisy and ugly. They smell terrible and cause disease on an epidemic proportion. They move way too fast, take up an extraordinary amount of space, are a leech on the economy, and have

Oct 27

"This is a wondrously thought-provoking book. Unlike other social theorists who either mindlessly decry or celebrate the digital age, Rushkoff explores how it has caused a focus on the immediate ...

Oct 27

A French film crew visits a ghost town on Baltimore's harbor

Once again, The Brew heads down the Patapsco River to another world - the world of Sparrows Point, where the industrial remains of that once-mighty empire impress a French film crew doing a ...

Oct 27

WikiLeaks Cables About a Tiny Country Like Iceland Expose the Dark Depths of

A Chelsea Manning-leaked cable showed how Iceland asked the US to stop European "bullying," just the first of a deluge of revelations detailing how America throws around its weight. As Chelsea ...

Oct 27

Even The Daily Show Was Shocked by This Racist GOP Leader's Responses

The Daily Show's "field reporters" have dealt with a fair amount of hilariously oblivious responses from interviewees over the years, but on last night's show, correspondent Aasif Mandvi appeared to

Oct 27

The REAL 'Lone Ranger' Was An African American Lawman Who Lived With Native

The real "Lone Ranger," it turns out, was an African American man named Bass Reeves, who the legend was based upon. Perhaps not surprisingly, many aspects of his life were written out of the story,...

Oct 24

Every Yemen Drone Strike Creates 40 To 60 New Enemies For U.S.

NEW YORK -- A former State Department official in Yemen says every U.S. drone killing there of an al Qaeda operative creates 40 to 60 new enemies of America. In an article for the Cairo Review ...

Oct 22

Is this the stomach-turning truth about what the Neanderthals ate?

It was the tell-tale tartar on the teeth that told the truth. Or at least, that is what it appeared to do. Researchers - after studying calcified plaque on Neanderthal fossil teeth found in El ...

Oct 22

Keiser Report: Post-Kaboom Period (E512)

Oct 22

Growing up poor and stressed impacts brain function as an adult

Childhood poverty and chronic stress may lead to problems regulating emotions as an adult, according to research published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Our ...

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A French film crew visits a ghost town on Baltimore's harbor

WikiLeaks Cables About a Tiny Country Like Iceland Expose the Dark Depths of

Even The Daily Show Was Shocked by This Racist GOP Leader's Responses

The REAL 'Lone Ranger' Was An African American Lawman Who Lived With Native

Every Yemen Drone Strike Creates 40 To 60 New Enemies For U.S.

Is this the stomach-turning truth about what the Neanderthals ate?

Keiser Report: Post-Kaboom Period (E512)

Growing up poor and stressed impacts brain function as an adult