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Interviews

Meet Emmanuel Jal, the Former South Sudanese Child Soldier Who Now Jams with Nile Rodgers

Emmanuel Jal has transformed his harrowing story into a triumphant new album.
Joe Zadeh
11.6.14
Hong Kong

I Ate Steak at an Underground Fight Club with Hong Kong’s Elite

I ate dry-aged steak at an an underground, illegal, bare-knuckle fight club dinner, where the worst (and richest) expats in Hong Kong were thirsty for blood and strippers.
Charley Lanyon
11.6.14
Premieres

Schwarz, Kilbourne, and Jeremiah Meece Share "The Special"

Perfect for the nightclub scene in the Cronenberg-esque body horror film that is your daily life.
Ezra Marcus
11.6.14
Film

Here's the Tumblr Cataloging Art in Film

Art directors and set designers work hard to create the paintings and sculptures featured in movies and TV. Martin Cole curates their in a brilliant blog called Art In Film.
Beckett Mufson
11.6.14
Europe

France Enacts Controversial New Anti-Jihadist Law

France is the largest source of western jihadists and its parliament passed strong anti-terror laws this week. But critics warn they could be anti-democratic.
Virgile Dall’Armellina
11.6.14
The Score

The Score: Mapping the Music, Style, and Everything Else of "Jem and the Holograms"

She was a prehistoric Beyoncé.
Kathy Iandoli
11.6.14
Girl Writer

What It's Like to Have Mommy Issues

Having a Jewish mother is like having a mother times ten. Not only does she have to know what you're doing today, but she also has to know whom you're doing it with, why, where, and will it cost money?
Alison Stevenson
11.6.14
Science

Human-Neanderthal Lovemaking Was Short-Lived

But the winters that followed it were not most definitely not. Upshot: early Europeans were tough as hell.
Becky Ferreira
11.6.14
Premieres

PREMIERE: Get the Best Kind of Weird with Vision Fortune's "Dry Mouth"

Hear the first single from the London experimental trio's upcoming record 'Country Music.'
Eric Sundermann
11.6.14
News

Can Former Mayor and Two-Time Felon Buddy Cianci Come Back? Again?

Former Providence Mayor and two-time felon Buddy Cianci was on his way to a political redemption, until he lost the city's mayoral race on Tuesday. But don't count him out just yet.
Noah Davis
11.6.14
defense & security

US Army Reverses Its Decision to Allow the Use of the Word 'Negro'

The controversial word choice appeared in an Army regulation document that was published on October 22, in a section on "race and ethnic code definitions."
Alice Speri
11.6.14
Art

Digital and Interstellar Worlds Abound in Tom Smith's Paintings

In 'Heavenly Bodies,' multimedia Tom Smith finds inspiration in digital glitch and universal splendor.
DJ Pangburn
11.6.14
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