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Your Clothes Are Making Indian Cotton Farmers Commit Suicide

In the same month that 125 Bangladeshi fabric workers died in a factory fire, a film aiming to expose the tragedy of unrestricted globalized fashion called 'Dirty White Gold' reached its fundraising target of $27,000. The film begins by examining the hundreds of thousands of Indian cotton farmers who, saddled by economic hopelessness, have taken their own lives. It's a jolly little piece. Full story

Bollocks to the Hippocratic Oath

People Are Awful at Suicide

In general, failing at death is worse than failing at life. If you shoot yourself through the head at the wrong angle you end up retarded. Jump from one floor too low and you're paralyzed for life. One mouthful short of bleach and you’ll have to wait for your stomach to slowly me… Full story

The Mysterious and Depressing Case of Prisoner X

On Tuesday morning, the Australian news network ABC broadcast a story revealing the identity of the mysterious “Prisoner X” who died in solitary confinement in an Israeli prison in 2010. In fact, “Prisoner X” was the subject of a case so secret that ABC claimed even the guards in… Full story

The Holy War on Irish Wombs

Thousands of scared Irish women without options fly to England every year to get an abortion, largely thanks to the Irish Catholic Church’s war on reproductive rights. But things are changing. For women across the country, shame and intimidation are no longer enough to stop them… Full story

Let’s Face It

Writers are not generally celebrities, but I did have one delirious fan. He kept me on the telephone for hours every night, during a period when I was snorting heroin to cure my insomnia. He terrorized me with idolatry. According to him, I was the only writer in the world worth r… Full story

Aaron Swartz's Tragic Battle with Copyright

Aaron H. Swartz, one of our most vigorous champions of open access and copyright reform, committed suicide in New York City on Friday at the age of 26. He was a pioneer and a renegade, part of the team that built Reddit as well as the widely-used RSS protocol. Full story

Kody Maxson, Amanda Todd's Alleged Tormenter, Has Reemerged Online

Kody Maxson, the guy who won "Blackmailer of the Year" from a YouTube channel called The Daily Capper and has been accused by Anonymous as the guy who tormented Amanda Todd to death, has popped back up on the internet. Full story

Why Are So Many Gypsies Killing Themselves?

A recent report shows that travelers and gypsies are in significantly poorer health than other UK-resident, English-speaking ethnic minorities. They're also more likely to suffer from miscarriages and still births, and suicide rates among gypsies have grown to be six times higher… Full story

Japan's Suicidal Salarymen Are Dying for Work

A large amount of the population in Japan's biggest cities have a destructive relationship with work, literally, with many grinding themselves away to an early grave. The social phenomenon has its own word, karoshi, and it isn't death from digit-crippling labor in a sweatshop or Full story

The Suspicious Return of The Daily Capper

The preferred newscast for online pedophiles, The Daily Capper, has returned after over a year of silence to chime in on the blackmail of Amanda Todd. Full story