Mike Pearl

From Mike Pence refusing to take the oath of office to fears of a "Cival War," we gamed out some plausible and bizarre scenarios.

The devastation of the vast majority of the world's marine life is much closer than we think.

"It's super painful to be a human being right now at this point in history."

The Bob Barker Company was once accused of profiting off sweatshop labor, among other strange and disturbing episodes in its past.

"It should not be necessary for all of us to work our asses off."

Democrats seem increasingly comfortable with "incivility," while Republicans are more shameless than ever about helping the rich. Where is this going?

People who get off on being wet blankets about the coming climate apocalypse are as bad for the cause as skeptics, if not worse.

Don't believe the story about Tide pulling the toxic little guys off the shelves.

The president is apparently super mad about reporting errors that outlets have already apologized for. Weirdly, he doesn't seem to care about errors that make him sound good.

And more stories that turned out to be nothing.

According to the latest research, fake news consumers are also real news junkies. Does balancing out your fake news with real news make everything OK?

A roundup of the year's ugliest, most damaging lies.