April 12, 2013 Behind the Kitchen Door
By Saru Jayaraman (April 12, 2013) - "How do restaurant workers live on some of the lowest wages in America? And how do poor working conditions--discriminatory labor practices, exploitation, and unsanitary kitchens--affect the meals that arrive at our restaurant tables?
April 12, 2013 The Interview:
Peter Byck is a documentary filmmaker whose latest project is 'CarbonNation.' The movie addresses climate change solutions and their impact onsocial economic and national security issues.
April 11, 2013 By Bill Maher
It turns out that Ben Carson is as stupid as every other conservative hero.
Last week, Dr. Ben was on Sean Hannity's program (Sean being the chief sponsor of the Draft Ben Carson for President movement), and he blurted out a bunch of stupid shit about gay marriage and had to apologize.
April 10, 2013 By Bill Maher
The NRA seems to have a new take on an old stance: "Guns don't kill people. Crazy people kill people." They've gone out of their way to say America doesn't have a gun problem; it has an inadequate mental illness detection and treatment problem. In lieu of universal background checks, the NRA says we just have to do a better job of identifying the criminals and the mentally ill under the current system, which, by the way, allows a full 40% of gun sales to go unchecked through a "private sales" loophole.
April 10, 2013 Journalist, author and filmmaker Sebastian Junger and his colleague Tim Hetherington were nominated for an Academy Award in 2011 for their documentary, Restrepo. In April of that year, Hetherington was killed while covering the conflict in Libya and Junger found himself making a film about his fallen friend.
April 10, 2013 By Miles Leicher
Check out what went on behind the scenes of the latest Real Time:
April 10, 2013 Every week, Bill lays down his own laws. Here is a web-exclusive New Rule for your enjoyment:
April 9, 2013 By Bill Maher
Idaho's professional standards commission is investigating a high school teacher named Tim McDaniel for using the word "vagina" in class -- in what's being called "the sexiest algebra lesson ever." No, he's a science teacher who was teaching human reproduction out of the textbook, but parents took exception to him using the v-word instead of the more appropriate pointing to his crotch and whispering, "Down there."
