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Film

Michel Gondry and Audrey Tautou on Their New Film, 'Mood Indigo'

I met with Michel at a hotel in last week to talk about his latest film. After about 20 minutes, Audrey let herself into the room, plopped down on the bed between us, and joined the conversation.
Daniel Stuckey
7.26.14
america

The Majority of US States Currently Don't Have a Death Penalty

Capital punishment states have botched their way into the minority.
Ben Richmond
7.26.14
americas

Birth of a Union: Nationwide Fast Food Workers Convention Is Underway

More than 1,300 workers from all over the country traveled to Illinois this weekend for a nationwide fast food workers convention.
Alice Speri
7.26.14
Money

The Federal Minimum Wage Keeps Restaurant Workers on Food Stamps

Restaurant servers use food stamps at twice the rate of the general workforce, and the restaurant industry vividly captures the worst aspects of our economy: being surrounded by food but not being able to afford to eat.
Saru Jayaraman
7.26.14
war and conflict

US Evacuates Libya Embassy Amid Spiraling Violence

Around 150 embassy staff and security members were evacuated under cover of military surveillance aircraft and war planes to Tunisia.
Liz Fields
7.26.14
war and conflict

Hamas Has Rejected a Cease-fire Extension and Resumed Attacks From Gaza

The bodies of at least 85 Palestinians have been recovered as US Secretary of State John Kerry attempts to bolster the détente.
Liz Fields
7.26.14
Canada

It's Official, Canadians Aren't Climate Change Deniers

Despite Stephen Harper's government, a new poll says Canadians overwhelmingly believe in climate change.
Ben Makuch
7.26.14
crime & drugs

The Mass Incarceration Problem in America

The US has the largest prison population in the world with more than 2.4 million locked up in the country's prison system.
Grace Wyler
7.26.14
Asian cuisine

How-To: Make Cold Ramen

Richie Nakano of San Francisco hotspot Hapa Ramen shows us how to make cold ramen with his fridge leftovers (in his case: kimchi, chili peppers, corn, pea shoots, baby chard, scallions, furikake, and a poached egg) and a soy-ginger vinaigrette.
7.26.14
Environment

An Indigenous Resistance Community Evicted a Fracked Gas Pipeline Crew From Its Territories

Multiple fracked gas and tar sands pipelines have been planned where the evictions took place, without consent from the Unist’ot’en clan.
Michael Toledano
7.26.14
middle east

Why Talk of Intifada? We Should Call It a Palestinian Uprising

"Intifada" gets to be a foreign term in US media. We should remember its true meaning.
Natasha Lennard
7.26.14
Music

I Attended a Juggalo Wedding at the Gathering of the Juggalos

At this weekend's annual Gathering of the Juggalos, Tiffany and Dip Set married each other in a ceremony celebrating family values like acceptance, Faygo, and anal sex.
Mitchell Sunderland
7.26.14
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