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White Student Union - Trailer

We recently went to Towson University to speak with Matthew Heimbach, the founder of a group that advocates for “persons of European heritage." We also met the students who want him off campus... or at least muzzled. 'White Student Union' is a documentary about race, class, and self-righteous college students yelling at each other. It premieres Thursday, May 23, on VICE.com. Full story

Public Transport Racists are Derailing Australia’s Racism Debate

In Australia, when the assaults against Indian students happened a few years ago, the government’s response was to remind everyone of their economic importance. Full story

'The Boondocks' Creator Aaron McGruder Tells Us About 'The Uncle Ruckus Movie'

I chatted with the creator of 'The Boondocks' about a live-action film starring Uncle Ruckus and a bunch of other things like black self-hatred, post-Obama race relations, and why Herman Cain is the real-life Uncle Ruckus. Full story

Determinism and Its Enemies Are Still Waging War Over the Soul of Science

Academics are fighting a battle over determinism that goes back to Darwin's bastardizers, the eugenicists. Full story

Ten Radically Futuristic Ideas in Obama's State of the Union Address

The president got a little sci-fi with some of the ideas he proposed in his big speech last night. SOTUs are notorious for being lofty wishlists, so consider these proposals Obama's wildest political fantasies. Full story

The Mercy Rule

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There’s no reason why anyone should talk about or listen to other people talking about sports for hours and hours every day. There is not necessarily that much to say about men running and catching balls under the best of circumstances, and necessarily not that much to say in mos… Full story

Rocky Anderson Knows Mitt Romney Well and Thinks He Has No Integrity

Ross "Rocky" Anderson is the former mayor of Salt Lake City who worked with Mitt Romney during the 2002 Winter Olympics. He's running for president as a candidate of the Justice Party, which he created to campaign on a platform of social justice. We met in his office to talk abou… Full story

Stupid Shit White Girls Say to Me

Commuting between my shitty backwater town in rural England and London freaks me out: I get lulled into this safety net of functional multiculturalism in East London, and then the second I get home the whole thing falls apart faster than you can say "fashion bindi." It kills me t… Full story

Hank Willis Thomas Has a New Show and We Went to the Opening

Hank filled up the whole space with his interesting brand of art, which comments on modern-day race relations. Given the current feeling by some that we are living in a post-racial society, Hank makes provocative statements and asks important questions about such views. Full story

They Shoot Horses Full of Drugs, Don’t They?

Here are the ways to get a horse more juiced up than the starting lineup of the 1970s Oakland Raiders. Full story