British Columbia Should Keep an Eye on the Fukushima Disaster
An aerial photo of the Fukushima nuclear plant being buit. Via WikiCommons. This week, Japanese authorities released terrifying new information about radiation leaking into the Pacific Ocean from a...
View ArticleThe RCMP Has Stopped Responding to Information Requests
Some highly decorated Mounties who will never return your information requests ever again, so don't ask. via WikiCommons. In March of this year, the RCMP increased their budget for dealing with access...
View ArticleConor Lamb's NYFW Photo Blog: Day Two: Tocca, Tadashi Shoji, and the Fashion...
New York Fashion Week is a mindfuck that can't be described by words, so instead here are some pictures. Keep up with this column throughout the week for more NYFW photo updates! TOCCA Friday,...
View ArticleMinistry Frontman Al Jourgensen's Craziest Stories
Ministry Frontman Al Jourgensen's Craziest Stories
View ArticleVICE News: Ghost Rapes of Bolivia - Trailer
For a while, the residents of Manitoba Colony thought demons were raping the town’s women. There was no other explanation. No way of explaining how a woman could wake up with blood and semen stains...
View ArticleThis Week in Racism: Apparently if You Make a "Ghetto Tracker" App, People...
Welcome to another edition of This Week in Racism. I’ll be ranking news stories on a scale of 1 to RACIST, with “1” being the least racist and “RACIST” being the most racist. - I’ve decided to give...
View ArticleMeet the Nieratkos: Geoff Rowley Returns to Liverpool
When someone says Liverpool, most of the world’s kneejerk reaction is to think of the Beatles. (I’ve talked a lot about the Fab Four in the past, mostly because of the joy they bring my wife’s...
View ArticleWe Watched Women on Motorcycles Eat Hot Dogs Out of the Air
I was hanging out with my Dad and his rowdy motorcycle friends one day, and they told me about a bike rodeo event called a "Hot Dog Pull" where girls grab hot dogs stringed from the sky while on...
View ArticleI Went to a Vibe-Tastic Bookstore in the Middle of LA's Woods
All photos by Jordon Sullivan. For the past year, BOOK STAND, an art book shop based in downtown Los Angeles, has been quietly exploring the emerging small-press art book scene, coupling beautiful...
View ArticleLive Streaming the Black Bloc Anarchists' Protest in Rio
Since June, millions of activists have taken to Brazil's streets to protest rising bus fares, the costs of hosting the 2014 World Cup, and Rio Governor Sérgio Cabral Filho. Violent black bloc...
View ArticleJust Before Dawn at a Berlin Swinger Club
We’re about three gin and tonics deep when my friend Hanno and I come to a decision: We should go to a swinger club. We’ve spoken vaguely about heading over to Zwanglos III before—the way thousands of...
View ArticleTaji's Mahal: This Skateboard School Is Keeping Kids Out of Trouble in...
For this week's Mahal, I checked out the Summer Skateboarding Program at Mt. Ollie Baptists Church in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The program is a a collaborative effort between the Harold Hunter...
View ArticleWe Spoke to Innocent Men Who Were Stopped-and-Frisked
Image via Flickr user j-No. In New York City, your skin color can get you stopped. Between January of 2002 and June of 2012, the New York Police Department conducted about 4.4 million stop-and-frisks,...
View ArticleHere's the Pakistani Rapper Adil Omas Video for 'Saza'
Here's the Pakistani Rapper Adil Omas Video for 'Saza'
View ArticleVladimir Putin Is Charming the Pants Off the G20
At this weekend’s G20 summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin has invested a substantial amount of his time rallying nations to stand against American efforts to engage in military action against...
View ArticleMusic World: Metal Church
On a busy side street an hour from the center of Bogotá, Colombia, the Communidad Pantokrator meets every Saturday to rock out in the name Jesus Christ. We spent an enthralling evening in...
View ArticleBob Odenkirk’s Page: Show Us Your Pit Stains
Click to enlarge. More from the Hot Box Issue: How Do You Kill Giant Cats? Get Some Giant Dogs The Nine-Year-Old Romanian Strongman and His Pissed-off Dad Sweden’s Shitty Sewage-Sludge Debate
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