A Highly Subjective and Inadequate Look Back at a Jam-Packed Year Full of Crazy (Part 2) A Highly Subjective and Inadequate Look Back at a Jam-Packed Year Full of Crazy (Part 2)
Your humble cartoonist goes crazy trying to catalog a year's worth of crazy.
Dec 17, 2012 / Tom Tomorrow
A Highly Subjective and Inadequate Look Back at a Jam-Packed Year Full of Crazy (Part 1) A Highly Subjective and Inadequate Look Back at a Jam-Packed Year Full of Crazy (Part 1)
This week: from Rick Santorum's "blah people" to Todd Akin's "legitimate rape." Next week: more crazy!
Dec 17, 2012 / Tom Tomorrow
Walmart VP: When Workers Ask About Unions, Management Tells Them Benefits ‘Might Go Away’ Walmart VP: When Workers Ask About Unions, Management Tells Them Benefits ‘Might Go Away’
Did a Walmart vice president just reveal illegal union-busting?
Dec 17, 2012 / Josh Eidelson
House Republicans’ Three Big Lies About the Volcker Rule House Republicans’ Three Big Lies About the Volcker Rule
It’s past time for the rule to stop banks from making making risky bets with consumers’ money. But a House committee hearing devoted itself to stalling and lying about ...
Dec 17, 2012 / Alexis Goldstein
After Shooting, Gun Control Petition Breaks White House Record After Shooting, Gun Control Petition Breaks White House Record
There is an unusually large, organized drive for gun control after the murder at Sandy Hook Elementary.
Dec 17, 2012 / Ari Melber
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Five Assault Weapons You Can Pick up at Walmart [PHOTOS] Five Assault Weapons You Can Pick up at Walmart [PHOTOS]
High-powered weapons you can buy with your groceries.
Dec 17, 2012 / Francis Reynolds and George Zornick
Newtown: Home of the Gun Nut Newtown: Home of the Gun Nut
The site of Friday’s massacre is also headquarters for a main gun lobbyist.
Dec 17, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Our Walking Hearts Our Walking Hearts
The fear of losing children can help save them.
Dec 17, 2012 / Jessica Valenti
Josh Eidelson: Right-to-Work Laws Are Good for Corporations, Not Workers Josh Eidelson: Right-to-Work Laws Are Good for Corporations, Not Workers
Governor Rick Snyder ignored the interests of Michigan workers to please his corporate backers.
Dec 17, 2012 / Press Room
The NFL Responds to the Sandy Hook Massacre. Should We Listen? The NFL Responds to the Sandy Hook Massacre. Should We Listen?
The NFL cannot be a force for nonviolence because its popularity is the perfect reflection of what we’ve become as a country.
Dec 17, 2012 / Dave Zirin