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Zak Loves Mandy
Last year, porn star Mandy Morbid was diagnosed with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome. But through all of Mandy’s hardships, Zak Smith has never left her side. I talked with the couple about their love and how it exists so gracefully in a world of porn, art, and...
Mike Check: Reading Between the Lines of the Daisey Story
As an intern at the Believer in 2005, Jim Fingal was assigned to fact-check John D'Agata's article on the 2002 suicide of Las Vegas teenager Levi Presley. The article appeared in 2010, and the factchecking process forms the basis of the book "_The...
Operation Northwoods: The Time We Undeniably Planned to Trick the American Public Into Supporting a War Against Cuba
What’s undeniable about the Truther movement, all nonsense, pseudoscience and straight up hallucinations aside, is that there is historical precedent behind the idea of the U.S. government launching so-called "false flag"
The Truth About 'Catfish'
If “The Social Network,” a partly-fictional rendition of Facebook’s founding, is version 2.0 of “The Great Gatsby” or “Citizen Kane,” then “Catfish,” a clever new documentary about fantasy, desire, and the slippery place of truth online, is “The Wizard...
Golden Showers
The Gs, as they are known locally, have tapped into a previously undiscovered vein of gold in a massive quartz reef, which they say runs for about half a kilometre next to their village.