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Why China fakes 488 million social media posts a year
China’s government fabricates about 488 million social media comments a year in a massive effort to distract its citizens from bad news and sensitive political debates.
By Shai Oster
J.K. Rowling shares powerful message about Donald Trump ... and those who oppose him
"I find almost everything that Mr. Trump says objectionable."
By MJ Franklin
Dept. of Education releases guidelines to help schools protect transgender students
Students may use the bathroom, locker room or wilderness cabin that corresponds with their recognized gender outside school.
By The Associated Press
Jimmy Kimmel enlists CNN anchors to announce very plausible vice presidential run
Can you even run for vice president? Not sure, but he'll get back to you.
By Chloe Bryan
The line in Loretta Lynch's defense of transgender rights that made everyone cry
One moment in particular stood out to transgender rights activists.
By Rebecca Ruiz
I'm a Democrat, he's a Republican. How do we talk to our kids about politics?
I gasped. There she was, my sweet darling baby, wearing a "Mitt Romney for president" t-shirt.
By Lyz Lenz
Mexico's ex-president is sorry (kind of) for Trump F-bomb, and wants an apology of his own
Vicente Fox has been an outspoken critic of Trump since the earliest days of his campaign.
By Megan Specia
Jon Stewart says he'd vote for anyone over 'man-baby' Donald Trump
The king of political comedy comes out of retirement, sort of.
By Proma Khosla
Conservative media downplayed on Facebook? What else is new, says conservative media
Gizmodo has alleged that contractors who worked on Facebook's trending topics section had purposefully blocked conservative media outlets from appearing in the trending news story list.
Obama admits the truth we all knew already: 'Beyonce runs the world'
All hail Queen Bey, says the leader of the free world.
Beyoncé speaks out on North Carolina's anti-LGBT law
The Lemonade singer encourages fans to donate to Equality North Carolina, an organization lobbying to repeal House Bill 2.
By Emily Blake
Trump's 'woman's card' insult inspires hugely successful Kickstarter campaign
Two enterprising siblings created a deck of cards that pay tribute to powerful and influential women.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Carp, the herpes fish, is trending in Australia for so many reasons
It has been a big day in Australia: Carp, carp and some more carp.
By Jenni Ryall
Check out Obama's full White House Correspondents' Dinner speech
Donald Trump, racist jokes and a perfect 'Game of Thrones' reference were all on the agenda.
'Daily Show' parody transforms Trump's best quotes into glorious rap masterpiece
The candidate has never looked more gangsta.
Hillary Clinton is sending her supporters 'Woman Cards'
"You'll be able to play the woman card anytime you want."
#Womancard takes aim at Donald Trump's controversial comments
Twitter users try to educate Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump on what it really means to play the "woman's card."
By Rebecca Ruiz
How 'bathroom bills' started an online war over transgender rights
The battle over access to public bathrooms is playing out with memes, videos, Facebook posts and tweets.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Relive the days of Carlos Danger with hilarious Sundance doc 'Weiner'
Anthony Weiner: "I did the dumb thing, but I did a lot of good things too."
By Proma Khosla
Donald Trump piñatas deliver smashing sales
If you've ever wanted to beat up Donald Trump, here's your chance.
Time names Priyanka Chopra, Gina Rodriguez, Taraji P. Henson among 100 most influential people
What other list contains Ta-Nehisi Coates, Nicki Minaj and Donald Trump?
By Proma Khosla
Australia says it can hack enemies as it invests $230 million in cyber security
The Australian government is watching and has the means to launch a cyber attack.
By Jenni Ryall
With odds stacked against him, DeRay Mckesson looks forward to mayoral election
Famed activist and Baltimore mayoral candidate DeRay Mckesson is almost certainly not going to be the city's 50th mayor.