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Bad Cop Blotter: Stop SWAT Raids
Photo by author How many dead and injured cops and civilians will it take for police to reevaluate how SWAT raids are conducted? There are almost 150 such raids a day, mostly over drugs, and many take...
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Really, Ryan?: Try Not to Destroy Your Life
A few months ago I tried molly for the first time in the bathroom of a bar in Brooklyn. I dissolved the powder in water, drank it, and waited till I felt different. A short while later, fireworks...
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Pen Pals: There's No Sex in Prison Showers
Photo via Flickr user J. Todd Poling Let's talk about turning gay in prison. I feel like I’ve written about this before, but let me repeat myself, ’cause the gay/rape question is frequently brought up...
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I Wore Blackface in Quebec and Everybody Loved It
Mario Jean in blackface. via SRC. A Quebec media war exploded over the past few weeks after a Mario Jean a popular Francophone comedian wore blackface on national public television to impersonate...
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The Totally Unnecessary DJs of E3
Photos by Dave Schilling & Jamie Lee Curtis Taete I understand and appreciate the rise of EDM and DJ culture. I see how it brings people together, allows for personal expression, and gives you a...
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Is the Mexican Government Failing to Protect Journalists?
Anabel Hernandez is one of the most decorated journalists in Mexico, and currently reports for the weekly news magazine Proceso and the online magazine Reporte Indigo. She's been on the radar of the...
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Talking to the Bulldozer-Stealing Soccer Fans About Their Role in the Turkish...
Photos by Ekin Özbiçer I think it's safe to say that the YouTube video of a group of men wearing surgical masks and safety helmets, chasing the police and waving Turkish flags from the top of a...
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A Teacher and Her Student
Illustrations by Denise Nestor M arilynne Robinson was my fourth and final workshop instructor at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She is an intimidating intellectual presence—she once told us that to...
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It’s Lavish, Bitch: The Internet's Celebrity Bashing Brat King
Param Sharma is just a normal 17-year-old living in California’s Bay Area. But on the internet, he’s known as Lavish—the disgustingly rich brat who goads celebrities like Rihanna and Soulja Boy into...
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Costa Rican Drug Addicts Are Killing Turtles and Conservationists
Jairo Mora Sandoval, the murdered turtle conservationist. (Photo via) At the end of last month, Costa Rica witnessed its first turtle conservationist murder. On the evening of the May 30, Jairo Mora...
View ArticleFringes: Cowboy Capitalists - Part 1
For maverick entrepreneur Ian Cox, Africa is the last frontier of free enterprise. The former small-time hustler has been busting his ass on the continent for years, selling and moving merchandise. In...
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Molly Crabapple Sent Us Sketches from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s Pretrial...
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s military commision at Guantanamo Bay is a guarded affair. It will be the trial of the century—the first attempt at bringing a high-level war-on-terror detainee and four of his...
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Move Over Poutine: Pizzaghetti Owns Quebec
Baby girl you're so fine. Montreal has had like, two days of warm weather recently. The rest of 2013 has been dickered with cold and rainy weeks that have kept everybody indoors. I know what you're...
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Should Iranians Be Celebrating Their New President So Soon?
Rouhani supporters in Tehran. Image via At 11 PM on Friday night, voting in Iran's 2013 presidential election ended. By Saturday afternoon, the result was clear: Hassan Rouhani, a 65-year-old Shia...
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Don't Insult the Iron Sheik, Bubba
The trailer for Iranian Legend: The Iron Sheik Story If you know anything about professional wrestling, you know who the Iron Sheik is. The legendary heel started his WWF career back in the early 80s,...
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A Few Impressions: 'Man of Steel': The Super Movie
Image by Courtney Nicholas Last week I was asked to attend the London premiere of Man of Steel, so after working on my forthcoming little thriller at Pinewood studios, I went over to Leicester Square...
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