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Nicaragua

Nacatamales Are the Fatty, Meat-Filled Tamales of Nicaragua
Nacatamal is the Nahuatl, or Aztec, word for meat tamale. It’s the oily, fatty cousin of the Mexican tamal, and the Millón family in Nicaragua has been making them for 50 years.
Clarissa Wei
10.12.15
Scene Reports

No Silver Spoon: Philadelphia's Unforgiving New Wave of Rap Music Embraces the City's Ethos
Meek Mill's rags-to-riches story is one that Philadelphians support, but the city's rap scene goes much deeper. From Lil Uzi Vert to Theodore Grams, we look at the current state of hip-hop in the City of Brotherly Love.
Joe Pitts
10.12.15
News

An Outsourcing Company Director Wants the British Welfare State to Be More Like 'The Sims'
Telling people how much of a drain everyone is on resources definitely wouldn't result in the stigmatization of the vulnerable.
Solomon Hughes
10.12.15
Art

Woven Portraits Break Photography's 2D Limits
To develop layered portraits, David Samuel Stern moves beyond Photoshop.
Andrew Nunes
10.12.15
Politics

How Carly Fiorina's Candidacy Is Helping the Republican Party — Even If She Doesn't Win
Fiorina's recent surge in popularity could prove to be a powerful retort to those who accuse the GOP of waging a war on women.
Olivia Becker
10.12.15
Art

The Secret Life of Pop Art | Monday Insta Illustrator
As Comic Con comes to a close, Greg Guillemin's art reminds us that superheroes are people, too.
Beckett Mufson
10.12.15
Stuff

Infiltrating Drug Cartels Made Me Lose My Faith in Police and the State
Gianfranco Franciosi spent six years helping the Italian police catch international drug traffickers. Now he's broke and scared for his life.
Leonardo Bianchi
10.12.15
Gaming

Why 'The Sims' Have Low Divorce Rates
Because marriage is winning.
Emanuel Maiberg
10.12.15
thump exclusive stream

Take a Dip with Trax Couture Boss Rushmore's 'Coastal Boogie'
The House of Trax main man's given us an exclusive taster of his upcoming World Series Vol.12 EP on his own Trax Couture imprint.
Josh Baines
10.12.15
Holy Shit

Listen to a New Song by Real Estate's Martin Courtney, "Airport Bar"
His debut solo record 'Many Moons' out October 30.
John Hill
10.12.15
Art

How the AIDS Epidemic Was an Attack on Imagination
Opening today at NYU Fales Library, "positive/negative: HIV/AIDS" is a multimedia exploration of the devastating epidemic in 1980s and 90s New York.
Sami Emory
10.12.15
Festivals 2015

We Drew the Shit Out of MF DOOM, Jay Electronica, and the Rest of the Performers at III Points
From Jay Electronica giving King Krule his Roc-a-Fella chain to Poorgrrrl traumatizing the audience, III Points was full of the unexpected.
Brian Butler
10.12.15
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