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Homelessness

New York City’s Billionaires’ Row Just Got Its Very Own Homeless Shelter
A shelter for 80 homeless men opened in the former Park Savoy Hotel on New York City's Billionaires’ Row last week.
Emma Ockerman
11.11.21
News

The Climate Crisis Is Forcing Women and Girls to Sell Their Bodies
A family fell on such hard times after a cyclone that when a man offered their daughter, 17, a job, they agreed. They later learned she was forced into the sex trade.
Anya Zoledziowski
11.11.21
nfts

Top Google Result for NFT Marketplace OpenSea Was a Phishing Site
Motherboard found that the top result was a Google Ad that redirected users to a site that tried to steal their digital wallet.
Joseph Cox
11.11.21
Reported feature

America's Only LGBTQ Historic District Is Falling Apart
Druid Heights was home to one of the most fascinating chapters in American counterculture and queer history. Then the government got involved.
Leo Rocha
11.11.21
wildfires

How Fish Skin Grafts Save Animals Burned in California Wildfires
For years, fish skin grafts have been used to treat human burn victims. Now the treatment is moving into the veterinary world.
Katherine Tutrone
Jed Oelbaum
11.11.21
john deere

Now the GOP Is Coming for John Deere Workers
Thousands of Deere workers have been on strike for weeks, and now the GOP is blaming them for endangering the nation’s food supply.
Paul Blest
11.11.21
Tech news

Discord Backs Off of Crypto After Entire Internet Yells at CEO
When the CEO of the gaming-focused chat platform teased crypto integration this week, the response was swift and brutal.
Jordan Pearson
11.11.21
mexico

Journalists Keep Getting Killed in Mexico After Posting on Facebook
Half of the eight journalists murdered in Mexico this year posted on Facebook hours before they were killed. Nearly all of them relied on the platform to publicize their stories.
Emily Green
11.11.21
Drugs

A Dumb Scare Story Could Lead to the Creation of Europe’s Largest Legal Weed Market
Negotiations to legalise weed in Germany have been spurred on by unfounded fears that the country’s illegal cannabis is being laced with heroin.
Max Daly
11.11.21
cryptids

Facebook Ads Told Me To Become a Certified Cryptozoologist, So I Did
How a sketchy online degree program led me on an IRL quest for legendary creatures during the pandemic.
Tamlin Magee
11.11.21
tech-science

Scientists Discover Unexplained Barrier at Our Galaxy's Center
Something mysterious is blocking cosmic rays in the Central Molecular Zone, according to a new study.
Jordan Pearson
11.11.21
schools

Virginia School Board Bans ‘Sexually Explicit’ Books, Threatens to Burn Them
“I don’t think we should even see them, I think they should be thrown in a fire,” one board member said.
Samantha Cole
11.11.21
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