Melissa Cronin · 03/19/16 01:15PM

“ I care deeply for the principles the United Nations is designed to uphold. And that’s why I have decided to leave.” writes Anthony Banbury, who until very recently was a United Nations assistant secretary general for field support. Banbury explains the internal crises facing the intergovernmental organization in a searing New York Times op-ed this weekend, and why the “United Nations is failing.”

A Complete List of Donald Trump’s Business Disasters

Ashley Feinberg · 03/18/16 07:00PM

As debate moderators introduce every other candidate by their political credentials (Governor, Senator, what have you), Donald Trump comes to us only as “businessman.” So considering it’s his one and only qualification for the candidacy, you’d think he’d be better at it.

Apparently, Keith Richards Once Nearly Pulled a Knife on Donald Trump

Andy Cush · 03/18/16 02:18PM

Are you, like many Americans, feeling increasingly frustrated, impotent, and scared about the rise of Donald Trump? It’s true that there’s basically nothing you can do about it at this point, unless you’re a Republican primary voter, I guess. But one night nearly 30 years ago, there was one man who could do something about Donald. Let us take a moment to live vicariously through him.

Will This Guy Be Hillary's VP? 

Hamilton Nolan · 03/18/16 12:44PM

If Hillary Clinton secures the Democratic nomination, who will be her vice president? I have no idea. Some people think: Tom Perez.

KKK Grand Dragon Has a Clever Plan to Make People Think He Doesn't Support Trump

Andy Cush · 03/18/16 11:25AM

What do you do when you really want one person to win an election, but you understand that by saying that out loud, you’re actually making him more likely to lose? You pretend to support the other person, obviously. And if anyone asks you why, you say, uh, well, I don’t like my guy’s toupee.

Hamilton Nolan · 03/18/16 11:10AM

New data from Seattle, Los Angeles, and other cities that raised their minimum wage recently show little to no negative effects on hiring after those wages went up. Don’t believe the hype.

This Is the Most Wrong-Ass Shit Bernie Sanders Has Ever Said

Jordan Sargent · 03/18/16 11:00AM

Last night in Arizona, Bernie Sanders held a rally in a Navajo casino. As you might expect from the venue, his speech was heavy on issues that directly affect American Indians. One controversy Sanders briefly touched on was the Washington Redskins, the National Football League team with a slur right there in their name. Perhaps because he was wading into an issue on which he has little experience, Sanders inadvertently made a deeply offensive remark. Via the Washington Post:

Peggy Noonan Consulteth Her Chauffeur About Matters Political 

Hamilton Nolan · 03/18/16 08:30AM

These times we live in—they are troubled, are they not? What hath the commoners wrought upon our noble republic, with this “Trump” whose gaudy habits offendeth the senses? Whose common voice shall explain to one and all the unknowable thoughts of the peasantry?