Stories by Laura Gottesdiener

Ann Romney told The View that her sons and her husband didn't serve, but they did spend a two-year tour proselytizing, which is pretty much the same thing.

Boston rapper Antonio Ennis has already battled gang members, rival artists, police departments and a prison stint. Now he’s turning his energy to the real enemy in minority neighborhoods: Wall Street.

Wisconsin rep. endorsed by Paul Ryan blames women for being so darn rape-able.

Apparently abortions are okay only when they're convenient for him.

There would be something romantic about conspiracy theorists' steadfast commitment to their wildly implausible ideas if it weren't so depressing.

In a series of videos, employees who work directly to maintain Romney’s luxurious neighborhood are speaking out about their frustration to be working to better the life of a man who couldn’t care less about them.

You know electoral politics have reached a new low point when the only thing to talk about post-debate is an oversized yellow bird.

Wielding 3D printers and the backing of the gun lobby, firearm enthusiasts hope to create a "private law society."

After two weeks of protests across the Middle East, the man behind the Anti-Islam film is behind bars--for parole violations.

The NYPD has expanded into a massive global anti-terror operation with surveillance and military capabilities unparalled in the history of local US law enforcement.

News Corporation corruption just keeps coming.

Fired by a union-busting boss, the workers occupied their restuarant and then opened their own sidewalk cafe--forcing their owner to cede to their demands.

Thousands of nurses win first time union contracts in Texas.

According to Rolling Stone's Taibbi, either we wise up to Romney’s game, or we succumb to “a prairie fire of debt.”

Amen! Declares Republican lawmaker. Guess what he was so excited about.

To celebrate two of the best athletes in history, the New York Times magazine online is running a video (shot by a man) about a photographer (also a man) taking photos of the two athletes who are not playing tennis and not wearing any shirts. 

Is the goal of breaking the glass ceiling preventing feminism from achieving its larger goals?

These activists aren't waiting for the law to catch up.

The expansion is a classic too-big-to-fail project -- and you or your kids may be picking up the $5 billion tab.