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First Nations

What it Takes to Get Equal Health and Education on First Nations Reserves

More than a year after courts ruled that Canada discriminates against First Nations kids, agencies still argue over who pays for their healthcare and school.
Ntawnis Piapot
3.13.17
hate crimes

Video of trans woman’s torture goes viral as Brazil struggles with the highest rate of trans-related murders in the world

Louisa Oreskes
3.13.17
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Boaty McBoatface Is Finally Hitting the Seas

It should probably be called "Subby McSubmarineface," though.
River Donaghey
3.13.17
Execute Order 66

Reddit Is Engaged in a Highly Entertaining 'Star Wars' Meme War

Begun, the meme wars have.
Jason Koebler
3.13.17
DNA/IDK

We Should Be Talking About Human Gene Editing At the Dinner Table

CRISPR was used on viable human embryos last week and there's no going back.
Ankita Rao
3.13.17
Politics

Here's the Story Behind Kellyanne Conway's Claim that We're Being Spied on Through Our Microwaves

There's a pretty clear breadcrumb trail to Conway's paranoid assertion that there are cameras hidden in microwaves.
Jelisa Castrodale
3.13.17
freedom of press

Journalist faces 10 years in jail for violating an injunction to report on Labrador dam

Justin Brake was reporting on the controversial Muskrat Falls dam
Hilary Beaumont
3.13.17
STDs

Trump Could Undo All the Progress We've Made on AIDS

So much for having come a long way.
Jason Silverstein
3.13.17
last week in art

Neuroscientists Finally Cracked the Secret Behind Mona Lisa’s Smile | Last Week in Art

And a team of archeologists uncovered a 3,000-year-old statue in a Cairo slum.
Nathaniel Ainley
3.13.17
Corruption

Why Did Donald Trump Fire the Most Famous Anti-Corruption Prosecutor in America?

Donald Trump promised to keep Preet Bharara, the US attorney in New York known for going after shady Democrats and Republicans alike. This weekend, the president changed his mind.
Matt Taylor
3.13.17
TV

The Cast of 'Love' Talks About Bringing Its Brilliant Second Season to Life

Judd Apatow, Paul Rust, and Gillian Jacobs explain why the latest installment of their Netflix comedy isn't as awkward as you think.
Larry Fitzmaurice
3.13.17
travel ban

Even more states have joined forces to fight Trump’s new travel ban

Carter Sherman
3.13.17
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