TRIBES
Cutesters: the Horrific New Trend That's Consuming London
Tracing the origins of London's newest and most annoyingly infantile youth tribe.
Native American Reservations Can Legalize Weed Now, but Will They?
Not many tribes appear to want to go the way of Colorado and Washington state.
Tana Toraja Villagers Take Tomb Sweeping to a Morbid Extreme
The Tana Toraja regency on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has an unusual death ritual: Every few years, families reunite to exhume the bodies of their deceased relatives, clean up the inside of their coffins, and sometimes give their ancestors a...
Uncontacted Tribes Die Instantly After We Meet Them
Of those contacted, three quarters went extinct. Those that survived saw mortality rates up over 80 percent.
This Canadian Was Initiated Into a Remote Papua New Guinea Tribe
From hitchhiking across Canada and parts of the US, to backpacking through the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia, my friend John Fairfull is no stranger to stepping outside of his comfort zone.
Human Safari
Tourists on India's Andaman Islands are taken by the busload to watch the Jarawa tribe go about their daily lives.
Are American Drones Al Qaeda's Strongest Weapon in Yemen?
Things are getting really messy in Yemen at the moment. With soldiers being murdered in their sleep and embassies closing en masse in fear of an imminent wave of attacks and multiple drone strikes, the country seems to be the latest sandbox full of...
Is Chinese Big Oil Going to Destroy Ecuador's Amazon?
To oil and gas companies, the Amazon rainforest is one huge cash cow just begging to be milked. But anyone who'd rather not rid the world of 30 percent of its animal species would probably argue it's a region that shouldn't be destroyed by rich people.
Darfur’s Tribes are Killing One Another over Gold and Water
For the past seven months, warring tribes and armed factions have been waging an intense conflict in North Darfur over the region’s abundant gold mines and other natural resources.
Ten London Tribes From the Ten Years of Our Existence
Looking back at the clothes you've spent a decade putting on your bodies.