Elizabeth Bruenig

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ACLU files a lawsuit against a Catholic hospital for refusing to perform a tubal ligation.

America’s teens can’t stop punching America’s walls.

Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer charged with the murder of Laquan McDonald, pleads not guilty.

One guy showed up to an O’Malley event in Iowa, and he still isn’t sure about O’Malley.

Cleveland.com disables comments on all stories related to Tamir Rice to stem the “cesspool of hate.”

Critics slam Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish’s misuse of a Martin Luther King Jr. quote as unrest roils in the wake of the Tamir Rice non-indictment.

New research suggests football game days are associated with a 28 percent increase in reports of rape.

Donald Trump might not be featured in ISIS propaganda, but Rick Santorum is.

Defining $250,000 a year as “middle class” presents a policy nightmare for Democrats like Clinton and Obama.

Donald Trump ties with Pope Francis for second-most admired man in the world; Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama take first in their categories.

ISIS religiously sanctions organ harvesting, in keeping with its tradition of deplorability on every conceivable axis.

Texas’s new open carry law takes effect Friday, and churches, businesses, and 911 dispatchers are sweating it.

Maybe health care shouldn’t be a commodity, Sanders suggests.

Martin O’Malley inexplicably plays the age card; audience audibly groans.

No refugee religious tests for Clinton and O’Malley, thanks.

Amidst almost total agreement on commonsense gun regulations, Martin O’Malley has an O’Meltdown.

There goes your last chance to buy stock in ISIS.

Do 30 percent of Republican primary voters support bombing an imaginary Disney country?

Here are seven alternative Christmas movies for your holiday viewing pleasure.

All Augusta County, Virginia schools are shut down today, due to a homework assignment on Arabic calligraphy that spiraled into threats.