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Pete Wentz Is the Last True Punk

In addition to being Colin Powell's grand nephew and the leader of Fall Out Boy, Pete Wentz used to be in a black nationalist powerviolence band called Racetraitor. All this confused us, so we talked to him about it. Full story

Nivek Ogre Is Totally Doomed

Skinny Puppy’s Front Man Is Obsessed with Weapons

Nivek Ogre (né Kevin Graham Ogilvie) is best known as the guttural screech that is synonymous with Skinny Puppy, who arguably invented electro-industrial in the early 80s. I recently spoke with Ogre about such joyful matters as the Fukushima meltdown and mass murderer Jeffrey Dah… Full story

Hannah Pierce-Carlson and the Line Between East and West

American-born Hannah Pierce-Carlson lives in Vietnam, where she spends her time teaching English to middle class children and photographing their daily lives. Those daily lives seem to mostly be made up of Dora the Explorer, American-style video-game arcades, and overweight child… Full story

South Korean Parents Are Making Their Kids Get Plastic Surgery

The plastic surgery trend has become a running joke in Seoul, with girls laughing about the fact they probably all have the same doctor and teasing one another about not having their eyelids torn apart enough. Parents are also pressuring their daughters into having cosmetic proce… Full story

Talking to Andrew Ucles Barehanded

He saw a man get attacked by a baboon. That was pretty hectic. Full story

The Department of Justice Secretly Spied on the Associated Press

In what is being called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into a news organization, the Department of Justice has admitted that it seized two months' worth of phone records from the Associated Press. That's bad. Full story

Interviewing South African Rape Victims Isn't Easy When You're Disfigured

Late last year, I spent a week in South Africa's townships researching the jolly topic of masculinity and child rape for an article. Being my first foreign assignment, I was expecting a bit of a rough ride into an unknown territory and the horribly distressing subject matter with… Full story

Introducing Hate, the Map

In many ways, the Geography of Hate affirms what we already know: Americans are fucking racist. Homophobic and ableist, too. But while that may not come as a surprise, the map reveals a startling bigotry coursing beneath our preconceived notions of just where in the US hate is ha… Full story

International Cyberthieves Stole $40 Million from a Bank in Ten Hours

In December 2012, and again in February of this year, a couple of highly coordinated cyberattacks targeted two Middle Eastern banks—Oman’s Bank of Muscat and the United Arab Emirates’ Bank of Ras Al Khaimah—in a $45 million dollar heist that evidently surprised the shit out of au… Full story

Pen Pals

The Trials of Job

After my sweet release from prison last year, I struggled for about a year looking for a decent job. I badly wanted to work, but I quickly became discouraged when my first ten applications were shot down, probably thanks to my status as a felon. Those were some tough times. Full story

Weediquette

T. Kid Versus Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves

For the avid pot smoker, planning a vacation always comes with the caveat of finding a place where trees will be plentiful and the laws regarding them lenient enough that you can avoid the hellish prospect of a third world prison. By and large, I’ve found most European countries… Full story

Animal Penises Are Super Weird, You Guys

Hello. I am a duck. See that thing coming out of what looks like my butt? That's my weird penis that cockscrews out of my body really, really fast when I want to rape a lady duck. P.S. The only sex I have is rape because no way does any lady duck want this thing inside her. Full story

A JPEG Interview with Douglas Coupland

Author Douglas Coupland is pretty tired of email interviews, and who can blame him? To keep things fresh, Nadja Sayej interviewed him with JPEGs of handwritten questions, and Douglas responded in kind. Full story

Dogmageddon

Obama Governs Like Bush on Reproductive Rights

The Obama administration overturned the FDA's recommendation for women of all ages to have access to Plan B and restricted Plan B only to those at least 15 years of age with a photo ID. This is the kind of move we've come to expect from the red-staters, but not our progressive pr… Full story