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Interviews

Meet Grace Mitchell: the Oregon Teen Poised to be the Next BANKS

Teens sound so damn assured these days…
Casey Lewis
11.24.14
Science

Research shows hummingbirds hover like insects

Scientists from University of North Carolina and Vanderbilt University show how the hummingbird flies
Alexandra Ossola
11.24.14
Football

It's Time for the NFL to Ban Cheerleaders

What purpose is NFL cheerleading serving other than dehumanizing women and entertaining the male gaze with ever-shrinking costumes?
Smriti Sinha
11.24.14
defense & security

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Being Told to Step Off, Get Under Bus

As a rare anti-Iraq War Republican, Hagel was brought on to oversee the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, but has faced a wide array of crises around the world.
Ryan Faith
11.24.14
Canada

Kurdish Fighters Say They Need Higher Tech Weapons to Beat ISIS

Apache helicopters and new assault rifles are on their list of things to get.
Justin Ling
11.24.14
africa

Anti-Slavery Campaigners Arrested in Mauritania, the Country With the World's Highest Slavery Rate

Human rights groups are concerned over the fate of ten detained activists now awaiting trial on charges of incitement to racial hatred for trying to highlight the plight of the Black Moors, or Haratin.
Melodie Bouchaud
11.24.14
Cheese

Comté Is a Bad-Ass Cheese Aged in Old Military Bunkers

During France’s many wars, bunkers housed the artillery and weapons for armies. Now, they are the perfectly chilly aging houses for the coveted Comté—a stoner’s wet dream on the joy ride of flavor explosion.
Charlotte Kamin
11.24.14
Film

Witness a Drone's Eye View of Chernobyl's Urban Decay

Filmmaker Danny Cooke offers an aerial perspecive on 30-year decay of Chernobyl.
Beckett Mufson
11.24.14
officer involved

Anonymous Crashes Cleveland City Website in Retaliation for Police Killing of 12-Year-Old

Tamir Rice was shot in the torso by a police officer after brandishing a pellet gun at a playground outside a rec center.
VICE News
11.24.14
Tech

Hackers Are Attacking Canadian Government Websites to Exonerate an Alleged Teen Prankster

A group calling itself Aerith has launched DDoS attacks against the Ottawa and Toronto cops because they say the police arrested the wrong kid in a "swatting" case.
Patrick McGuire
11.24.14
israel

Critics Brand Israel's 'Jewish State' Law as Racist, Undemocratic

The Israeli government is pushing ahead with the controversial bill that would establish Israel as the nation-state of Jewish people.
Harriet Salem
11.24.14
Stuff

Naked Stoner Girls Are Giving Away a Year's Worth of Free Weed

Stoned Girls—a fetish site featuring pictures of hot, often naked, ladies getting high—is giving away free weed.
Mary Emily O'Hara
11.24.14
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