More Evidence That Texas Wrongfully Executed a Man

Hamilton Nolan · 02/28/14 12:13PM

In 2004, the state of Texas executed Cameron Todd Willingham for the crime of setting fire to his own house, killing his three children. Today, evidence is stronger than ever that his conviction was a miscarriage of justice.

Taylor Berman · 02/28/14 11:16AM

[An Israeli police officer points his gun at photographers and Palestinian demonstrators on Friday afternoon in East Jerusalem. Image via Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]

Republicans Wail: We Cannot Swallow Any More Balls

Hamilton Nolan · 02/28/14 09:50AM

Though Democrats currently control the White House, we must remember that the pendulum will inevitably swing the other way eventually. So it behooves us all to hear the cry of Republicans: "We like balls in our face, yes. But not this many."

Gabrielle Bluestone · 02/27/14 10:52PM

Talking and texting are still illegal, but a California court of appeals ruled today that it's perfectly ok to use a cell phone while driving if you use it as a map. The court reasoned that because cell phones could only text and call when the handheld laws were enacted in 2006, only those functions are banned.

Here's What It's Like to Get Locked Inside a Canadian Department Store

Gabrielle Bluestone · 02/27/14 08:30PM

Last night, a Canadian woman shopping for sheets sets realized she might have to sleep in them when the mall closed for the night, locking her inside. Instead of taking advantage of having an entire department store to herself, she took a slightly more civilized route — Twitter.

How to Land an Interview With Charles Koch

Hamilton Nolan · 02/27/14 05:00PM

Evil cartoon villain Charles Koch, one half of the Amazing Billionaire Koch Bros., does not give a lot of interviews. You can hardly find a photo of the guy. But one outlet has landed a coveted Charles Koch interview "get"—the Wichita Business Journal. How did they do what so many other news outlets could not?

Here's The First Known Video Taken Inside the Supreme Court

Adam Weinstein · 02/27/14 04:55PM

An activist apparently managed to smuggle the first-ever known video recording of a Supreme Court hearing out of the storied building and posted it to YouTube yesterday as part of a protest against the court's pro-corporate Citizens United ruling.