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With less than 40 days to Election Day, Hillary Clinton is clinging to a razor-thin lead against Donald Trump for Leader of the Free World. The race has tightened in the past few weeks, with some polls actually showing...

On debate night, some girded themselves with yoga, feel-good podcasts and couch-lock strains. Others fired up Snapchat and let laughter distract them from the inanity. Then there were those of us who decided to tune out altogether. In the latter...

Regulating and taxing marijuana is proving to have many unexpected consequences -- both good and bad. But here's one that nobody saw coming. Legal Colorado weed is flying off the shelves at such a high rate that it has created a...

Nurses work on the front lines of America's health care system and have a close-up view of how cannabis is a useful medicine for a variety of ailments. So a full-throated endorsement of California's marijuana legalization proposition is not a...

Yesterday was National Register to Vote Day, which means celebs and politicians of all types were encouraging people to check their registration. Keeping with the theme was The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert, who, with the help of some famous guests,...

During last night’s Yankees-Red Sox game, a Yankees fan patiently waited until the stadium camera panned to him (which he’d arranged by paying a $100 fee), took out a ring to propose to his surprised girlfriend, and then he…dropped...

Sometimes in life, you're flying high above all of your troubles. The sun's out, the sky's blue, and you can see for miles in every direction. And then your plane spontaneously falls the fuck apart and you're in the awkward position of...

If you think your group chat stories contain juicy tales, then perhaps you should check out Sunday Night Sex Talks. The Los Angeles-based comedy show creates a space for women to share their dirtiest one-night flings and hot messes of...

If you've noticed more people than usual standing in your path with clip boards, begging you to lend a hand in this crazy little thing called democracy, that's because it's National Voter Registration Day. It's like Christmas or Hanukkah, except...

They're called BYOC bars, but you're not actually responsible for bringing in your own pre-made cocktails (we're way past bottled Bacardi mojitos, after all). The liquor is the only thing you're responsible for. Or as the Standard puts it: The point is...