violence
MMA Is Too Brutal for the Olympics and That's Why We Love It
What would casual Olympics fans do the first time they saw an MMA competitor grab an opponent in a Thai clinch? Can you imagine—the stunned looks, the open mouths, the covered eyes, the horrible silence, the scandal?
Filibustin' with Willie D - The NYPD Can Stop-and-Frisk These Nuts
What more proof do we need that this program is basically institutionalized racial profiling?
Could Violence Interrupters Have Prevented the UK Riots?
Violence interrupter Jason Featherstone is taking on London's gang problems.
Taliban Holiday
The Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan, was bombed six months prior to my arrival.
Caaaaam On Then, You Faggot Cunts!
On December 10, 2010, photographer Henry Langston and I were beaten up by a riot squad. We were in the middle of a protest described by the BBC as "the most violent British public demonstration since 1987."
The London Skate Scene
The summer passed in waves of gnarly violence. Bombs started going off in town almost every single week. There were seven in Zone One in July. Sometimes suicide bombs, sometimes car bombs, sometimes bombs left in a bin or a bag.
Man Fight
Backstage, a grizzled older man is standing on a foldout table saying, "Listen up, here are the rules!" The young, sweatsuited fighters look up politely from their massages and hand-taping.
The Guatemalan Lady Killers
While Mexico fights a war against the drug cartels that control much of its northern border, a lesser-known struggle is talking place in Guatemala, its neighbor to the south.
Dressed to Kill (or Be Killed)
One of the key elements of bullfighting is the costume. Brightly colored and intricately embroidered with real silver and gold, appliqué and sequins, in Spanish they’re known as trajes de luces (“suits of lights”).