Media
See What Kanye West's 'Yeezus' Would Have Looked Like on Vinyl
During the release of 'Yeezus,' a Glasgow-based label was asked to make a spec of the record on wax.
The Ethics of Watching and Sharing Violent Viral Videos
Do we have a responsibility not to share those videos of the journalists in Virginia being killed? Or is the publicising of horrible images the only way real reforms can occur?
An Undetonated WWII Bomb Was Found in East London Today
The Luftwaffe's 100-year goal of destroying the East End finally seems to be over.
It's Time for Women to Rethink Naked Protests
At a recent protest against the Pamplona bull run, a British woman used her boobs to draw attention to animal rights. But when the cause is totally unrelated to gender equality, is getting your nipples out actually counter-productive?
Talking to a Chicago Crime Reporter About Covering the City's Murders
In early June, Michael Lansu was laid off from the Chicago Sun-Times after almost two years keeping tabs on the Windy City's notorious gun violence.
My Dad's Long, Frustrating Battle with the US Government to Learn About His Own Kidnapping
My dad was a journalist when he was kidnapped by Islamic militants in Beirut in 1985, three months before I was born. But it's American laws that have made figuring out what happened a nightmare.
Seeking Reality Through Fiction: A Chat with Cristina de Middel
The photographer believes that fiction can often give a clearer view of reality than photojournalism.
The Truth About Flakka: the Latest 'Cannibal Drug'
Last year it was bath salts, the year before that it was mephedrone – but there has always been bullshit.
We Talked to the Woman Behind #facesofprostitution
Tilly Lawless gave us her take on "empowerment" and why being a sex worker doesn't make her an authority on sex trafficking.
If We're Going to End Music Industry Sexism, the Dialogue around It Has to Change
Have we created a climate that’s just too overwhelmed by negativity?
What I Learned Writing About Bad Cops for a Year and a Half
I've been writing this Bad Cop Blotter column for more than 18 months, and the pre-Ferguson, post-Ferguson divide is palpable – if only in a media-giving-a-shit kind of a way.