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Cops Pulled Their Guns on a Black Realtor Showing a Home to Black Clients

Police demanded the realtor, his client, and the client’s 15-year-old son come out of the house in single file with their hands up.
Trone Dowd
8.5.21
inequality

How to Check if the Business That Won’t Pay You a Fair Wage Got a PPP Loan

The loans are meant to be used, among other things, to help pay employees.
Katie Way
8.5.21
COLOMBIA

Cops in Colombia Were Caught on Video Brutalizing This Protester. His Family Wants Answers.

“They left him as if he were—I won’t say an animal, because animals are sentient beings,” the family’s lawyer said. “As if he were a bag of trash that they just dumped outside the station.”
David Noriega
8.5.21
oral histories

‘Sure, Jan’: How ‘A Very Brady Sequel’ Became a Trippy, Quippy Cult Classic

Here’s the story of how a ridiculous, low-budget Brady Bunch movie sequel struck comedy gold and launched a meme that broke the internet.
Ashley Spencer
8.5.21
Lebanon

‘I Want All of Them Dead’: Remembrance and Retribution on the Streets of Beirut

On the ground with protesters and families as they mourn the victims of last year's port explosion – and demand someone finally be held accountable.
Ollie Marsden
8.5.21
critical race theory

The Mad Dad Fighting Critical Race Theory Is Actually a GOP Strategist

Ian Prior is helping to lead the charge against critical race theory in the county that just happens to be ground zero for the most important election of 2021.
Cameron Joseph
8.5.21
ted lasso

‘Ted Lasso’ Makes Me Want to Be a Better Person

I’ve never tried being a kinder or more optimistic person, but Jason Sudeikis’ title character makes me think that it’s possible.
Jelisa Castrodale
8.5.21
tech-science

Sperm-on-a-Postcard Breakthrough Opens Door to Massive 'Sperm Books'

Scientists mailed freeze-dried mouse sperm on a postcard and birthed pups on the other side, a major advance for affordable long-distance sperm transfer.
Becky Ferreira
8.5.21
NSO Group

The Pegasus Project Shows Tech Giants Need to Do More to Keep Users Safe

Cybersecurity experts have been sounding the alarm about industrialized insecurity for years, but the Pegasus Project has to be a line in the sand.
Claudio Guarnieri
8.5.21
Czech Republic

Women Sterilised Against Their Will to Receive Compensation—Up to £10,000

In a historic move, the Czech Republic will finally offer compensation to women, mostly Roma, who were unlawfully sterilised. But victims told VICE World News nothing will undo the pain doctors inflicted upon them.
Anna Koslerova
8.5.21
Bill Gates

Bill Gates Is Very Sorry He Partied With Jeffrey Epstein

Fresh off his divorce, the billionaire is apologizing for hanging out with the late pedophile.
Paul Blest
8.5.21
Instagram

Scammer Service Will Ban Anyone From Instagram for $60

An underground industry is abusing Instagram's mechanisms for removing self-injury and impersonating content to censor and harass people.
Joseph Cox
8.5.21
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