Volume 22 Issue 8
Why Isn’t a Revolutionary HIV Medication Getting to Sex Workers?
Thanks to widespread stigma and cultural incompetency within the health-care system, Truvada is not reaching the people who may need it most.
New Zealand Made Trolling Illegal Last Month
Revenge pornographers and 4chan racists better watch out.
Endless Summer Numbers
Here are a bunch of stats to remind you what summer is in case you've been stuck in the office since May.
Everyone Wants a Piece of Karl Ove Knausgaard
How did a Norwegian writer who writes extremely long, introspective books about his own life become the toast of the literary world?
Azerbaijan Is Trying to Attract Tourism with Its Crude Oil Spas
While getting your crude oil all over the place is usually frowned upon, there's one town in Azerbaijan that's tied its fortune to dunking tourists in the stuff.
Why Chad's Muslim Population Didn't Oppose the Country's Burka Ban
In June, the government announced that burkas, turbans, and other religious face coverings would be banned nationwide. Interestingly, local Muslims raised seemingly little outcry.
Sri Lanka Massacred Tens of Thousands of Tamils While the World Looked Away
Sri Lankan soldiers recorded these terrible crimes on their mobile phones and camcorders—and over the past four years, more and more of this footage has emerged.
How NASA Developed the Psychedelic Blueprints for the First Cities in Space
Forty years ago, the first serious blueprint for building cities in space was drawn almost on a whim. The artists NASA hired ended up making something that looks like 2001: A Space Odyssey on ayahuasca.
A New Law Could Allow Norwegian Children to Legally Change Their Gender
In the past, to legally change your gender in Norway, you were required to go through psychological evaluations, sex-reassignment surgery, and sterilization.
Boi Wonder: Le1f’s New Album Tackles Racial Injustices, Trans Rights, and Clean Water
With his debut album, Riot Boi, slated for release this fall on XL Recordings, the hip-hop artist is bringing us something new and radical in everything from his music to his political sensibilities.
Photos of the Wolfpack's First Visit to Hollywood
The suddenly famous family of filmmaking recluses visited the origin of the movies they were raised on.
Review: Hot Tub Whore Machine
I tried to follow plot of this movie where a busty porn star goes back in time to get gangbanged by an 80s hair-metal band, but my mind kept trying to imagine what I might do if I had a time machine of my own.