Nicaragua's $40 Billion Canal Would Fulfill Two Centuries of Ambition
Nicaragua's $40 Billion Canal Would Fulfill Two Centuries of Ambition
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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-Hijacking Soccer Fans About Their Role in the...
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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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 I went over to Leister Square to take in...
View ArticleDie Antwoord's New Video for "Cookie Thumper!" Will Probably Creep You Out
Die Antwoord's New Video for "Cookie Thumper!" Will Probably Creep You Out
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I Auditioned to Be a Disney Princess
At the age of 14, I had dreams of being a theater kid. Like all awkward children, I imagined transcending my station in life and being the center of attention. This didn't work out—I only auditioned...
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East End Girls
PHOTOGRAPHER: RICK INDEO STYLIST: CHARLIE INDEO HAIR: RONNIE DAG MODELS: CLAUDIA & MOUNA Left to Right Hat: Milkcrate Athletics Pants: K-Way Socks: Stylists Own Shoes: Nike Top: Nike Sports Bra:...
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Happiness
Photos by Sorryimworking M y mother bought a house with her prayer group. The house was built in the early 1980s, a spacious single story with a wraparound porch. The prayer group hung a banner over...
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A$AP Ferg, Bodega BAMZ, the Underachievers, and the Flatbush Zombies
Hip-hop is having a renaissance right now in the city of New York, where it seems like every other day a new MC rises up out of the five boroughs with an even more unique style and approach to the...
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Nazis Were Once Tortured in the Heart of Kensington, London
Kensington Palace Gardens, former home of the "London Cage." Photo via All things considered, the London boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea are not places for frumpy ironic T-shirt wearing tourists...
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