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How Predatory Payday Lenders Plot to Fight Government Regulation

At the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, payday lenders strategized about how to keep profiting on the backs of regular people.
David Dayen
8.18.16
olympics

Caster Semenya, Scrutinized for Her Gender, Strides Into Olympic Finals

Olympic Caster Semenya's gender first came under public scrutiny seven years ago. This year, she's competing in Rio's Olympic games, spurring controversy that experts say is scientifically unfounded.
Diana Tourjée
8.18.16
Features

Ballroom Is America's Most Slept-On Subculture. MikeQ Wants to Open Our Eyes.

Cover Story: The New Jersey DJ is ready for the mainstream—and he wants to bring his queer POC community along with him.
Michelle Lhooq
8.18.16
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Young People in Canada Have Never Been as Financially Crippled as They Are Now

Trigger warning: We are fucked.
Allison Tierney
8.18.16
Rio 2016

The NCAA Lets College Olympians Collect Cash for Gold, Because Amateurism Is a Self-Serving Lie

The NCAA fights tooth and nail to make sure football and men's basketball players don't get paid. It also allows campus Olympic sport athletes to keep medal bonuses. Wait, what?
Patrick Hruby
8.18.16
thump exclusive stream

Arthur Russell, Herbie Hancock, and a Jazzy Deep House DJ Walked Into a Bar and Out Came Uffe's New Album on Tartelet

The producer and DJ is returning to the Copenhagen label with a new full-length, 'No!', out October 14. Stream the first track.
David Garber
8.18.16
Baseball

The Heated Donaldson-Gibbons Exchange Was Apparently Just a Conversation about Tom Ford Cologne

Turns out Gibby just really likes the smell of an MVP.
Oren Weisfeld
8.18.16
festivals 2016

Day N Night Was a Disaster but It's Still Our Best New Rap Festival

A six-hour traffic jam, officers in riot gear, and reports of a gunman on site raised serious questions about personal space, but couldn't stop us from having a great time.
Paul Thompson
8.18.16
FIGHTLAND

Charles "Krazy Horse" Bennett Returns for Rizin FF Bout this September

Rizin Fighting Federation's September 25 show continues to get stranger, as the organization has added struggling veteran Charles "Krazy Horse" Bennett to the bill.
Tom Taylor
8.18.16
How Scared Should I Be?

How Scared Should I Be of Getting Punched in the Face?

I've never been in a fight, but it turns out you can get hurt in them. Did you know this?
Mike Pearl
8.18.16
Features

I Went to a Rave for Olympians at a Castle in Rio de Janeiro

The British athletes put their stamina to the test to the mannered sounds of Chase & Status—and there’s no shame in that.
Victor Gorgulho
8.18.16
thump news

MIA’s Previously Caged Diplo-Produced Single “Bird Song” Has Finally Been Freed

It's the pair's first collaboration since 2010.
Krystal Rodriguez
8.18.16
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