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Big Ag Basically Wrote Trump’s Order to Keep Meatpacking Plants Open During COVID

05.13.22

By Paul Blest
News

Pig-Poop Lagoons Are Huge Polluters. A ‘Green’ Solution Might Make Them Dirtier.

10.06.21

By Emma Ockerman
News

Coronavirus Is Forcing Farmers to Give Their Pigs Away on Craigslist — And Even Euthanize Them

05.08.20

By Brooke Sweeney and Valerie Kipnis
News

Food Workers Are Dying at Meat Processing Plants Where Social Distancing Is ‘Almost Impossible’

04.24.20

By Paul Blest
Food

50,000 Pounds of Meat Destroyed After Worker Caught on Camera Peeing Under Conveyor Belt

10.17.18

By Jelisa Castrodale
Food

There’s Something Suspicious About This Lifetime-Supply-of-Bacon Contest

09.11.18

By Lauren Rothman
Food

Meet the Regulars at One of London’s Oldest Pie and Mash Shops

05.12.16

By Maya Oppenheim
Food

Ag-Gag Laws Prevent You From Knowing How the Sausage Gets Made

06.03.15

By Jesse Hirsch

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Gaming

‘Infinity Nikki’ and Guys Feeling Defensive Over Enjoying “Girl Games”

Fellas, let’s have a chat. So, you find yourself being madly in love with ‘Infinity Nikki.’ It’s okay! I promise it doesn’t make you “lesser”!

12.08.24

By Dwayne Jenkins
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Life

Actress Dead at 33 After Consuming Frog Venom at Spiritual Cleansing Retreat

Marcela Alcázar Rodríguez died after she ingested Kambo, a poisonous secretion from the Amazonian giant monkey frog.

12.08.24

By Paige Gawley
Photo by WILLIAM EDWARDS/AFP via Getty Images

News

Nick Fuentes Charged With Misdemeanor Battery After Pepper-Spray Incident

Nick Fuentes has been charged with a misdemeanor after he allegedly pepper sprayed a woman who showed up at his house.

12.08.24

By Paige Gawley
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Music

Pearl Jam Announces 2025 Tour Dates

Pearl Jam is continuing their Dark Matter tour into next year, playing two shows in five Eastern U.S. cities.

12.08.24

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
Illustration by Reesa

Horoscopes

Weekly Horoscope: December 8-14

It’s time to reanalyze your investments and consider where you can give a little more, or, conversely, need to pull back.

12.08.24

By Melanie A. Davis