speeches Dick Van Dyke re-reads the Rod Serling speech he read at a 1964 MLK civil rights rally Gareth Branwyn

comedy David Cross gives hilarious speech at Bob Odenkirk's Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony Gareth Branwyn

writing Read Joan Didion's entire "lost" university commencement address from 1975 David Pescovitz

clinton Watch Hillary Clinton's presidential victory speech David Pescovitz

Innovation Listen: Inspiring commencement speech from Astro Teller, X's captain of moonshots David Pescovitz

music Listen to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream," the deep house mix David Pescovitz

politics Hot mic/camera footage of Nixon joking around moments before resigning David Pescovitz

trump Donald Trump sadly mistaken about delivering the most-watched State of the Union in history Rob Beschizza

awards Stranger Things' David Harbour's fiery SAG Awards speech and Winona Ryder's fantastic facial expressions David Pescovitz

trump All the best parts of Donald Trump's speech to the Republican National Convention Rob Beschizza

politics Melania Trump's convention speech plagiarized from Michelle Obama Rob Beschizza

Funny Watch this very funny parody of a TED Talk, any TED talk David Pescovitz

happy mutants Gene Luen Yang's inaugural speech as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Cory Doctorow

Funny Ronald and Nancy Reagan share their enthusiasm for drugs and alcohol (video) David Pescovitz

hanukkah First-ever permanent White House menorah unveiled at Hanukkah reception Rusty Blazenhoff

politics The origins of student debt Elías Villoro

experimental music Making music out of human speech Gareth Branwyn

corruption Why are America's elites so needy? A.E. Gómez

politics Mississippi gave $1m of welfare money to Brett Favre for "speeches" he never made—and has just fired an investigator looking into it Rob Beschizza

pride A school board continues to ban Pride flags by calling them "political" Jason Weisberger