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Design

This is What We Should Do with Old Oil Tankers
A Dutch design team wants to transform them into floating villages.
Roy Schutte
2.20.17
Design

A Robot Challenged a Sword Master to a Battle of Blades
The Yaskawa Bushido Project gives new meaning to the term "samurai code."
Beckett Mufson
2.20.17
how to

Sweet How-To Turns Candy Dots Into Pop Art Portraits
Candy art made from this instructable looks great—but keep it away from the ants.
Beckett Mufson
2.20.17
Fashion

Girl Power Ruled the Runway at NYFW
Inspired by the energy around January's historic Women's March, this season's shows advocated for women's rights in the era of Trump.
Erica Euse
2.20.17
LGBTQ

A New Documentary Series is Dismantling LGBTQ Racism One Story at a Time
'Other Boys NYC', premiering today, aims to combat racism in the LGBTQ community by combatting the whiteness of its media.
Manuel Betancourt
2.20.17
Music

Kneebody Ventures into Politics with Their Latest Song, 'For The Fallen'
We hopped on the phone with the entire band to talk about the challenge of making message-driven instrumental music and how has jazz lost its political ties.
Patrick Lyons
2.20.17
veterans

America Has Been Screwing Over Its Veterans Since the Revolutionary War
A dive into the long history of the US government making promises to soldiers, then breaking them.
Mark Hay
2.20.17
LGBTQ

The Next Generation of Doctors Will Be Better at Treating Trans Patients
Too few schools have trans-specific content in their curriculum, but things are changing for the better.
Keren Landman
2.20.17
Views My Own

Why I Became a Socialist
After Bernie lost and Trump won, I realized the Democrats weren't going to win my battles for me.
Rick Paulas
2.20.17
Crime

A Case of Grammar, Severed Fingers, and the Law
A strange case about how much protection people who get released from jail are owed by the government. The answer: Not very much.
Ken Armstrong
2.20.17
Environment

One Woman's Long, Dangerous Fight for the Environment in Mexico City
Her son's been kidnapped, her husband beaten, and her daughter threatened. But Claudia Zenteno Zaldívar isn't giving up her fight to protect the precious wetlands she loves.
Jesse Alejandro Cottrell
2.20.17
Art

These Mescaline-Inspired Paintings Are a Trip
Journey from the contemporary geometries of Tofer Chin to the darker side of the mescaline-fueled art of the 1950s.
Noémie Jennifer
2.20.17
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