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Dodging Water Cannons and Sound Bombs at Israel's Catastrophe Day

I arrived in Jerusalem on Nakba Day. Nakba (a word that translates as "catastrophe") Day commemorates the 750,000 Palestinians who were forced from their homes when Israel became a state in 1948. I expected shit to get wild, but the speed with which the demonstration went from zero to full throttle shocked even me. Full story

Alabama’s Strip Clubs of Death

Most of the time, shootings in strip clubs are rare occurrences, the result of a drunk who’s thrown out of the club and comes back with a gun for revenge. But in Alabama the strip-club murder rate is completely out of control. Curious to see the sites of such strange violence, I… Full story

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Skateboarding's Most Violent Team Manager Has Mellowed Out

Deluxe Distribution's Mic-e Reyes has never kicked anyone off his team for smoking pot, but he has kicked a lot of ass over the years. Full story

Papua New Guinea Is Still Burning "Sorcerers" at the Stake

Some of the people who live in the more remote regions of Papua New Guinea possess an extreme belief in the power of the occult. They take it seriously enough that, in the past couple of weeks, some of them have formed an armed mob and attacked two women accused of sorcery in PNG… Full story

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The Warrior State

Guerrero is one of the poorest states in Mexico and the site of some of the worst violence in the battle between the drug cartels and Mexican authorities. As a result of the violence, hundreds of civilians have armed themselves with machetes, rifles, and shotguns, put masks on, a… Full story

What Was the South African Military Doing in the Central African Republic?

There is much speculation over why South African President Jacob Zuma deployed his forces to support the Central Africa Republic's clearly failing, dictatorial government. The most popular theory is that both the ANC and its members have private-mineral and natural-resource inter… Full story

Pen Pals

Dying of a Dirty Mouth

Don’t think appearance matters? I once saw an old man get killed in prison for having bad breath. He was Puerto Rican, but we called him Miagi 'cause he had a very Asian look and resembled Pat Morita. Unfortunately, his mouth was completely decayed and smelled like sweltering gar… Full story

A People’s History of April Fools' Day

Many date the day’s origins to the Persian holiday of Sizdah Be-dar, or “Day of Far Too Many Puddings.” In Scotland, a medieval holiday evolved into Hunt-the-Gowk Day ('gowk' meaning "Jew" in Scots). Whatever you call it, April Fools' is a tradition forever intertwined with class… Full story

Watch This Eerily Erotic and Pretty Fucked-up 'American Ecstasy' Trailer

There isn't too much information available about 'American Ecstasy,' besides the fucked-up and strangely sexy trailer. To glean a little—and I mean just a little—insight on what the new film is about, I hit director Jonathan Leder up for a chat on the phone. Full story

Explaining Bangladesh's Month of Massive Street Protests and Violence

The Shabagh protests are a liberal street festival with a morbid demand. Nooses and chants calling for accused war criminals to be hanged have become shorthand in a battle of what defines the nation, an unfinished struggle of identity for a pluralistic liberal society fused with Full story