We Had a Pleasant Conversation with Freddie Gibbs
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How Indigenous Tribes in Central America Are Fighting Back Against Drug Cartels
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They never show my dinner on TV. The ubiquity of food TV has become gross. On any given week, scrolling through the TV listings can feel a lot like being strapped down and waterboarded with melted...
View ArticleThe Indigenous Girls Being Pushed into Canada’s Sex Trade Are Getting Younger...
Iqaluit. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Kimmy (not her real name) was just 12 years old the first time she gave a grown man a handjob for money. Her 13-year old sister helped, and the more they...
View ArticleComics: Blobby Boys - Part 6
Keep your eyes peeled for new installments of Blobby Boys every Wednesday from here until the end of time. Or until Alex gets sick of working with us.
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Heaven's Gate Was the Silicon Valley of Suicide Cults
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Dr. Rick Strassman, author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule, is responsible for groundbreaking research on dimethyltryptamine that reopened the legal doors for serious psychedelic study after decades of...
View ArticleNarco-Saints Are Melding Catholicism with the Drug War in Latin America
Since the 1970s, Mexico has been plagued with high-volume drug traffickers attempting to satiate the United States’ demand for low-cost narcotics, resulting in country-wide violence and guerrilla...
View ArticleThe US Just Can’t Stop Blowing Billions in Afghanistan
The US Just Can’t Stop Blowing Billions in Afghanistan
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After seeing our photos that prove what lovely places Bristol, Brighton and Wootton Bassett are, our Icelandic friend Hellcat sent us this set of pictures from his own hometown, Reykjavik. Turns out...
View ArticlePhotos of Rural Lithuanian Discos Reminiscent of Ancient Pagan Rituals
This article originally appeared on VICE Poland Photographer Andrew Miksys was born and raised in Seattle, but his family is Lithuanian. The first time he visited his homeland was to meet some distant...
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Some people who may or may not be experiencing the effects of oxytocin You don’t have a lot of time for rational thought after dropping a pill. Three Mitsis in and you’re almost entirely preoccupied...
View ArticleCan a Big Oil-Funded Regulator Fix Peace River, Alberta, Where Families Are...
The Baytex plant in Alberta. All photos by Alan Gignoux. In late January, residents of the rural Reno and Three Creeks communities testified before the Alberta Energy Regulator that they have been...
View ArticleParis Lees: Hey Politicians, Don't Be Ashamed of Anal Sex
Image by Sam Taylor People are still having sex. Paid sex. Drugs sex. Gay sex. And they love it. It’s happening every day, week, and month, possibly on the other side of that wall right next to you....
View ArticleA Guy from Toronto Made a Documentary About His Former Porn Obsession
Matt Pollack's porn glow portrait. Photo via by Dan Epstein. When Matt Pollack was 24, his desire to lose his virginity was so strong that he started making a documentary about it. Now the...
View ArticleUK Gang Members Love Social Media Too
The criminal underworld isn't shy when it comes to using social media. Mexican drug cartels intimidate citizens over Twitter, British extremists document jihad holidays on Instagram, and Brazilian...
View ArticleMiners Just Took 43 Police Officers Hostage in Bolivia
Photo by Juan Adolfo Apaza On Monday night, outside of Cochabamba, Bolivia, a conflict between police and miners protesting a new mining law left two miners dead and 50 people injured. The miners died...
View ArticleThe United States Moves One Step Closer to Full Oligarchy
Chief Justice John Roberts smiling upon the rich. Photo via Flickr user DonkeyHotey Convinced we don't have quite enough cash sloshing around the American political system already, the Supreme Court...
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