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Billions of cicadas will soon emerge after spending 17 years underground. John Oliver fills them in on what's happened since 1999.

Nightly Show resident blegghead Felonious Munk weighs in on whether Georgetown University owes a debt to the descendants of its former slaves. 

Donald Trump started on a lie seven years ago: a challenge of Pres. Obama’s birth certificate. Lawrence O'Donnell looks at the evolution from birther to presumptive nominee. 

Puerto Rico is suffering a massive debt crisis. Lin-Manuel Miranda (author of the musical Hamilton) joins John Oliver to call for relief.

Full Speech: Bernie Sanders Rally 'A Future to Believe In' in Springfield, OR, April 28. Bernie challenges the Democratic party to find its soul. 

As the U.S. quietly commits troops to Syria, Larry cuts through President Obama's military jargon with the help of references from "Game of Thrones" and Beyonce's "Lemonade." 

A mind-bending, fantastic question: how did life on earth begin? This is a subject not only for speculation, but also for scientific investigation. We explore the leading theories for the origin of life on our planet.

You'd think updating currency to replace mega-haired genocide practitioner Andrew Jackson with slave liberator Harriet Tubman would be uncontroversial.

Bernie and Mark Ruffalo walk through Brooklyn, discussing how his upbringing affected his worldview and policies.

Flashmob filmed at the public library in Valladolid, Spain, breaks the studious quiet and delights the library-goers.