6 Fast Facts About the FBI's New Hate-Crime Report
Hate crimes against persons decreased in 2015 over the previous year. Anti-black, Jewish, and gay-male sentiment was most common.
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Politicians vs. Tasty, Delicious Food: Q/A with "Food Freedom" Advocate Baylen Linnekin
New book Biting the Hands that Feed Us says too many dumb laws get in the way of a sustainable, freer, better food system.
Biting the Hands that Feed Us: Food Laws vs. Culinary Reality
"Food Freedom" advocate Baylen Linnekin says fewer, smarter laws would make our food system more sustainable.
There Is No Violent Hate-Crimewave in 'Trump's America'
Please stop spreading unsubstantiated stories of Trump-induced terror.
Colleges Canceled Exams for Students Traumatized by Trump's Election
Lack of ideological diversity left campuses unprepared to cope with reality.
Porn-Regulating Prop 60 Faces Final Showdown Tonight in California
Condoms-in-porn measure pits adult-film industry and public-health groups against public hysteria and a would-be porn czar
Americans Are Still Freer Than Most, But the Trend Line Are Worrying
Freedom of the press, government accountability and transparency, and economic freedom have all been trending down, while corruption is trending up.
Single Mother Facing Prison for Selling Homemade Mexican Dish to Undercover Cop
Prosecutor: 'I don't write the laws, I enforce them.'
The Go-To Reference for People Afraid of Mass Culture
And one of many go-to references for pundits trying to explain Trump
Seeing Trump on the Silver Screen
What A Face in the Crowd and Meet John Doe tell us about populism, pop culture, and fear.
Election Focus on Food Policy Is Lacking
As the presidential race drags into the home stretch, food issues don't even rate as a blip on the polls.
Get Your Tabloid Television On and Revisit Serial Killers, Karen Carpenter
Tired of prestige dramas? These two guilty pleasures have you covered.
Movie Review: Doctor Strange
Benedict Cumberbatch pumps new life into the ever-expanding Marvel universe.
Of Course People Should Have Access to Their Genetic Data!
I don't want to have a "conversation" with regulators; I want them to get the hell out of the way
Chicago Cop Arrested for Sex Trafficking and Child Porn, Accused of Paying Teens—Including Braces-Wearing 14-Year-Old—for Sex
A 26-year veteran of the department, William Whitley's record reveals 28 complaints against him, going back to 1991.
Fred Flintstone Confesses: I Participated in a Genocide
The Flintstones weighs in on the election.
Why Clinton Cash: The Graphic Novel Topped the Charts and Got Millennials' Attention
Comics artist Brett Smith (Avengers, Hulk, Guardians of the Galaxy) says Hillary and Bill Clinton's corruption needs to be seen to be fully appreciated.
Federal Judge Calls for More Citizen Oversight over NYPD's Surveillance Programs
Lawsuit settlement over city's unwarranted snooping of Muslims temporarily rejected.
Johan Norberg: 10 Reasons To Look Forward To the Future (New Reason Podcast)
From increased life expectancy to reduced levels of violence to greater personal freedom, things are going in the right direction.
Bad Food Data and Science Still Make for Bad Food Policy
USDA's diet guidelines are a mess because the information it uses is suspect.
Conservatarian Novelist Brad Thor: ISIS Exemplifies Islam, Trump and Clinton are Terrible
The 'Foreign Agent' author flirts with a "Salman Rushdie moment," doubles down on his #NeverTrump, #NeverHillary stance, and explains how America has "cancer."
Chicago Aldermen Whine and Skip Work Because They're Not Getting Cheap Cubs World Series Tickets
80 percent of Chicago aldermen blew off the annual ethics board hearing after it ruled they had to buy tickets on the open market like everybody else.
The Punk Show at the Mental Hospital
Friday A/V Club: One of the most sublime rock documentaries ever made
Movie Reviews: Inferno and Gimme Danger
Tom Hanks returns to Dan Brown land, and Iggy and the Stooges rage again.
Archie and Jughead Get Weird
Liberated from the Comics Code, the Riverdale gang finds new ways to be strange.
Man Found Not-Guilty of Rape Charges by Two Juries Still Required to Report All New Sex Partners to Police
British 23-year-old Nicholas Crawshaw is subject to a civil "Sex Risk Order" after cops weren't content to let his trials-by-jury stand.
Operation Cross Country X: Everything You Need to Know About the FBI's Annual 'Underage Human Trafficking' Sting In One Chart
Sex workers and their customers made up 72 percent of arrests in this "underage human trafficking" operation. Human traffickers? One percent.
NYU Cancels Milo Yiannopoulos, Feared 'Attacks' on Islamic and Gay Students
Not a justification for campus censorship
King Dork Speaks! Frank Portman on High School, Individualism, and the War on Free Speech
Sorry kids, life "doesn't get better" after high school, says best-selling novelist. You just get better at navigating it.
Donald Trump Accused of Kissing Porn Star Jessica Drake Without Her Consent, Offering to Pay Her $10,000 for Sex
Drake did not agree to Trump's advances said lawyer Gloria Allred on Saturday.
The USDA's Synthetic Oversight of Organic Food
As an ongoing lawsuit makes clear, the regulations are a joke. How do we fix them?
Samsung Tries to Use DMCA to Take Down GTA V Mod with Exploding Note 7
Copyright claims as censorship.
Movie Review: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Tom Cruise going through the motions in a mild, unmemorable thriller.
UPDATED! Gary Johnson on Jimmy Kimmel Live: Millennials Are Getting "Screwed"
Hey kids! You're paying for entitlements you won't get, subsidizing health care for old people who are rich, and fighting senseless wars.
California Christians Should Go to Jail Rather Than Post State-Mandated Abortion Signs, Says Focus on the Family Founder James Dobson
"If California attempts to enforce this law, then do not comply."
Michael Moore Releasing Trump Film as 'October Surprise' Thanks to Citizens United
Moore can also be honest about the point of his film now that the Supreme Court has freed him to do so.
Stepping in for the State in Detroit
When the government can't or won't provide services, residents step in.
Overzealous Washington State Gambling Regulators Target Popular Video Game Developer
Valve's Steam platform's been used by players to facilitate games of chance, and the company is in hot water with regulators who want their skim as a result.
Electoral Politics Is a Horrible Context In Which to Talk About Sexual Consent
People excited to see sexual-consent issues dominating cable news probably won't like where this is going.
Why the World Health Organization is Wrong on Soda Taxes
WHO's proposal that countries enact steep fees globally is wrong and unjustified.
Future Nobel Laureate Warns: The Antichrist Is Coming!
Friday A/V Club: The Devil and Bob Dylan
