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police

Cop Accused of Tasing Man in the Testicles in Front of His Wife and Kids
A former Arizona cop allegedly pulled down a handcuffed man’s pants and tased him in the genitals—all in front of his terrified wife and children.
Emma Ockerman
9.10.21
COVID-19

Unvaccinated TikToker Dies After Begging People to Get Vaxxed in Final Video
Megan “Alex” Blankenbiller was 31.
Paul Blest
9.10.21
Essays

After 9/11, We Wanted the Old NYC. Instead We Got The Strokes.
How a group of greasy-haired rich kids ushered in a renaissance for the New York rock scene by LARPing its iconic past.
Jesse Rifkin
9.10.21
vaccine mandates

Fox News Totally Lost It Over Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
Well, that was predictable.
Paul Blest
9.10.21
9/11

9/11 Is Still Claiming Victims: ‘I Wake Up in Pain’
“These people went in, especially the first responders, to save people. And now they have illnesses and they’re dying from them and it’s not stopping.”
Cameron Joseph
9.10.21
GAMES

Please, No More ‘Grand Theft Auto V’
‘GTA V’ is a great game that we’re all tired of playing.
Matthew Gault
9.10.21
Film

Dina Amer on the Troubling, Unforgettable True Story Behind ‘You Resemble Me’
A standout at the Venice Film Festival, Amer’s film follows a young Arab woman in France whose traumatic upbringing leads her to a terrible fate.
Drew Schwartz
9.10.21
Mexico earthquake

Unexplained Lights During an Earthquake Have Mexicans Wondering if the Apocalypse Is Coming
The dazzling lights were seen from the southern coastal city of Acapulco all the way to the capital Mexico City.
Jeff Ernst
9.10.21
Uganda

How COVID Knocked Out a Boxing Gym That Took People From Poverty to the Olympics
Despite limited resources Kampala’s East Coast Boxing Club has produced a conveyor belt of talented athletes that go on to feature at the Olympics. But COVID has left the gym reeling, putting sporting success and livelihoods on the brink.
Jack Losh
9.10.21
Internet

New Data Says More Communities Built Their Own Broadband Because of COVID
Covid accelerated a trend driven by U.S. frustration at terrible telecom monopolies and government inaction.
Karl Bode
9.10.21
News

5 Serene Takeaways From the Most Chaotic Debate of This Election
In the most unwieldy debate of the election, Justin Trudeau took his lumps.
Josh Visser
9.10.21
Politics of Sex

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Why the Philippines Has the Fastest Rising HIV Rate in Asia | Politics of Sex
HIV is spreading faster in the Philippines than anywhere in the world. VICE World News speaks to individuals affected by this rising epidemic.
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