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The Greek Government Tried and Failed to Close Their PBS
Protesters gathering outside the ERT building in Athens. On Tuesday, it was announced that the ERT—Greece's public television network—would be shut down by Antonis Samaras' New Democracy government...
View ArticleSao Paulo Is Burning
During the Brazilian National Free Fare Fight Day in 2012, a mass demonstration against the rising cost of public transportation, the Movement for the Free Pass (MPL) in São Paulo warned that if...
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A Father's Day Gift Guide
To the Aka Pygmy people of Central Africa, or as I like to refer to them, “the best fathers in the world,” a good dad is someone who spends every goddamn hour all up in your personal business and even...
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Marque Cox Has Prize-Winning Roach Clips
Photo via Active Ride Shop Cha Cha is a bar in Los Angeles that skateboarders flock to like degenerate humming birds to a humming bird feeder filled with rotgut whiskey. It's been called the Max Fish...
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Why Are the British Obsessed with Sheds?
The finalist for Shed of the Year from the Workshop/Studio category and owner Luke Hollingsworth. All photos via readersheds.co.uk. Remember when you were a kid and you went to your friend’s house and...
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Weediquette: Getting Chased by the Cops
Photo by Scott Davidson, via Flickr I like to think of myself as a fairly responsible pothead. I keep my blazing in the street to a minimum, I’ll go to lengths to hide it when kids suddenly appear in...
View ArticleAmid the Chaos of Taksim Square
Screams gave way to the quiet of early morning on June 11th. After many days of cheerful protest, the Istanbul police began the “clearance” of Taksim Square. Protestors anticipated such a strike, gas...
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Toppling a Delicate World
Illustrations by Nick Gazin Bharati Mirchandani’s face hurt from smiling. She was standing under a spotlight, arms locked with her fiancé’s, at the Bukhara Grill and Restaurant. Waiters in gimmicky...
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Snitch on Snitch on Snitch - What to Expect from the Whitey Bulger Trial
via Wikimedia Commons This week, the racketeering and murder trial for infamous Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger finally began roughly 18 years behind schedule. Bulger fled Boston based on a tip...
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The Mare
Photos by Sorryimworking I met Velveteen when I was 45, but I felt still young. I looked young too. This is probably because I had not done many of the things most people of that age have done: I’d...
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The Battle for the Heart of Istanbul Rages On
Photos by Oren Ziv Early on Saturday night, the protest village of tents and flags that had been set up in Istanbul's Gezi Park was razed, and its inhabitants emphatically tear-gassed and cleared, at...
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We Interviewed Flag, the Keith Morris Version of Black Flag
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The IMF's Admission That Austerity Has Failed Is Going to Make the G8 Pretty...
David Cameron at the G8 in Canada. Image via Today, David Cameron will chair the G8 in Northern Ireland. While he's there, he'll be dodging awkward questions about why Britain spied on many of its...
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James "Whitey" Bulger Isn't Very Popular in His Hometown
James "Whitey" Bulger's 1953 mug shot. The reformed drug dealer and I are sitting in his silver Lexus, across the street from the building where he says he saw James “Whitey” Bulger beat a guy with a...
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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 Lets 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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Medical Weed Growers in Canada Are Ready for a Fight
Mik Mann, taking his medicine. If you haven’t heard of marijuana activist and grower Mik Mann, he’s the articulate hippie and Frank Zappa look-alike we interviewed for our documentary BC Bud. He lives...
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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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