crime Wild footage released of shootout between bus driver and passenger upset he can't get off between stops Rob Beschizza

History What is American Exceptionalism, anyway? Elías Villoro

guns FBI training video describes how to survive an active shooter: Run. Hide. Fight. Jennifer Sandlin

parody Every American sci-fi movie from the 50s summed up in 90 seconds Thom Dunn

florida Florida hospital sends debt collectors after 4-year-old child Rob Beschizza

cars New bulletproof SUV for suburban moms comes with pepper spray cannons and more Thom Dunn

History The long arc of counter-revolution to fascism, according to historian Gerald Horne Elías Villoro

mistakes School staff "notified of a possible gun" before 6-year-old shot teacher with it Rob Beschizza

prison No Human Involved: a documentary about Perryville women's prison in Arizona Elías Villoro

politics Foreign tourists paid $4500 a person for a safari-like "U.S. Election Tour" Thom Dunn

America MRE mystery: What are these 'patriotic' sugar cookie shapes? Rusty Blazenhoff

America Google "July 4" and a fireworks animation plays over breaking news of a mass shooting Rob Beschizza

History Today is the birthday of abolitionist John Brown Devin Nealy

Business Is it possible for America to thrive without Chinese manufacturing? Devin Nealy

America Watch Star-Spangled Banner singer at Saturday's "Awaken America" conference in Dallas get the words wrong David Pescovitz

America Searches are far more urgent for missing women when they are white Jason Weisberger

trump The "Freedom Phone" that has Trumpers all excited is actually made in China David Pescovitz

religion U.S. church membership plummets Rob Beschizza

America David Cross on how much America actually sucks Gareth Branwyn

economics Tracking the Rise and Fall of the American middle class with shopping malls Thom Dunn