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Europe

UK Authorities Sold Off Social Housing at a Discount — Now They Are Buying it Back at a Loss

As Britain's housing crisis escalates, at least nine local councils are repurchasing at market value homes they once sold off at low prices under Margaret Thatcher's controversial Right to Buy legislation.
Ben Bryant
12.16.14
2014 in Review

Ice Cube's 'The Predator' Was the Most Relevant Album of 2014 That Came Out in 1992

Twenty-plus years later, the hip-hop classic unfortunately still speaks to the social injustice in America.
Ron Knox
12.16.14
News

How the British Media Is Narrowing the Immigration Debate

The UK media has been becoming steadily more right-wing when it comes to talking about immigration and immigrants.
Joel Golby
12.16.14
Film

The Best Bad Guy Speeches in Movies

What makes an iconic villain moment? Sometimes it's evil, but more often than not, it's how they show their humanity.
Alex Denney
12.16.14
News

We Spoke to Tony Clement About Making the Harper Government More Transparent

Tony Clement is "quite willing to take credit" for improvements in Canada's Access to Information system.
Justin Ling
12.16.14
News

Jeb Bush Is Thinking About Running for His Brother's Old Job

It's official: Dubya's brother has "decided to actively explore the possibility" of becoming the third Bush in as many decades to run the country.
Allie Conti
12.16.14
Gaming

Zero-G Simulator Lets You Float Through an Oculus Rift Space Station

Virtual reality designer Martin Schubert's 'Weightless' uses Magic Leap motion capture software to give you virtual hands as you float through a space station in Oculus Rift.
Beckett Mufson
12.16.14
VICE INTL

The Most Expensive Dog in the World

In China, Tibetan Mastiffs have become a status symbol for a growing class of new­-money entrepreneurs.
VICE China
12.16.14
2014 in Review

DVS Runs Through His Favorite Things, Both Musical and Non-Musical, of 2014

Including musical soda, beatdown breakdowns in Game of Thrones-influenced metal songs, and the phrase "Peaky Blinders."
DVS
12.16.14
News

​Dead Migrants Are Vanishing at the Texas Border

Bureaucratic obstacles are making it next to impossible for families to find their lost loved ones, or even learn where they died.
Roc Morin
12.16.14
Stuff

Erin Gee Makes Feminist Robots That Respond to Human Emotion

The new media artist hooked some method actors up to biofeedback sensors, mapped the data to correspond to particular lights and sounds, and, in essence, made it so the robots reflect a live emotional, human performance.
Lauren Oyler
12.16.14
Art

It's Art: Corn Flake Portraits of Pop Stars

Sarah Rosado makes art for the 2%.
Emerson Rosenthal
12.16.14
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