Should Iranians Be Celebrating Their New President So Soon?

On Friday British Iranians lined up around the block to vote at the Iranian consulate in London, ID in hand. I wanted to speak to some of those who voted (and some who didn’t bother), so I headed to West Kensington, home of the city's biggest Persian community. Full story

Fringes

Cowboy Capitalists - Part 1

For maverick entrepreneur Ian Cox, Africa is the last frontier of free enterprise. In 2011 he nabbed a lucrative United Nations contract to transport equipment from South Africa to South Sudan, a country on many countries' embargo list. The other problem: the journey north entail… Full story

Costa Rican Drug Addicts Are Killing Turtles and Conservationists

At the end of last month, Costa Rica witnessed its first turtle-conservationist murder. On the evening of May 30, Jairo Mora Sandoval and four other conservationists were abducted while carrying out their checks on Moin Beach near Limon, a city on the east coast of the country. W… Full story

Molly Crabapple Sent Us Sketches from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s Pretrial Hearings at Gitmo

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s military commission 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 to justice. These are the only visuals of the pretrial hearings that exist other than the dra… Full story

Is the Mexican Government Failing to Protect Journalists?

Anabel Hernandez Thinks So, and Fears for Her Life

Anabel Hernandez has been exposing corruption at the highest levels of Mexican law enforcement since 2008 despite numerous threats against her and her family. I talked to her about the Mexican government's lack of effort to protect journalists like her. Full story

James "Whitey" Bulger Isn't Very Popular in His Hometown

Whitey Bulger’s long-awaited trial started last week. Until his 2011 arrest, Bulger was one of America's most-wanted men (second only to Osama bin Laden after 9/11), living on the run for 16 years before authorities eventually caught up with him in Santa Monica, California. I spo… Full story

Bad Cop Blotter

Stop SWAT Raids

Introducing Bad Cop Blotter, a new column where dangerous, arrogant, and stupid police behavior gets shamed, and good officers—on occasion—get praised. This week, we're looking at horrifically botched SWAT raids and more than one case of cops shooting mentally ill homeless men… Full story

Medical Weed Growers in Canada Are Ready for a Fight

Mik Mann is the articulate hippie and Frank Zappa lookalike we interviewed for our documentary BC Bud. He lives out in Port Alberni, a pretty remote town on Vancouver Island where he grows medicinal weed from… Full story

The IMF's Admission That Austerity Has Failed Is Going to Make the G8 Pretty Awkward

Today, David Cameron will chair the G8 in Northern Ireland. While he's there, he'll be dodging awkward questions about the virtues of austerity—a couple of weeks after the culprits behind the biggest experiment in austerity's history admitted that it was built on a false premise… Full story

The Battle for the Heart of Istanbul Rages On

What was set to be a relatively calm weekend in Turkey turned into a sleepless one. The past few days have been filled with death, teargas, and political grandstanding. And the atmosphere on the street and in people's apartments, remains incredibly anxious. Full story

We Spoke to Some Iranians About Why They Voted for Rouhani

We spoke to a bunch of Iranians, some in Australia and some in Iran, to find out why so many people are ecstatically celebrating Rouhani’s election victory. Full story

Snitch on Snitch on Snitch - What to Expect from the Whitey Bulger Trial

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 from a childhood friend that the Feds were finally coming after him. And now his former associates are… Full story

Amid the Chaos of Taksim Square

On Saturday, June 15, riot police fired tear gas, water canons, and rubber bullets effectively clearing Gezi Park in Istanbul of occupiers. Having photographed previous police raids of the park, I was struck by the kind of support and unification between protesters and civilians… Full story

Sao Paulo Is Burning

Since June 1st, the streets of Sao Paulo have played host to a series of violent clashes between police and civilians protesting the rising cost of public transportation. First-hand reporting, photos, and video from three massive and chaotic demonstration on the streets and below… Full story