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Reports of Domestic Violence Doubled During Pandemic, Crisis Workers Say
Reports of abuse are also more severe, in part because abusers are "leveraging the pandemic" and finding news ways to control their partners.
Anya Zoledziowski
2.19.21
rush limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh's Death Is a Bat Signal for Chuds
Those who mourn the prominent bigot are simply signaling their own values.
Ashwin Rodrigues
2.19.21
police

Video Shows NYPD Cop Repeatedly Punching a Restrained Man in the Head
Alex Lowery, 50, can be seen struggling as several police officers hold him down.
Trone Dowd
2.19.21
Poland

I'm Gay. My Uncle is Prime Minister of the EU's Most Homophobic Country.
LGBTQ activist Franek Broda speaks to VICE World News about the discrimination gay people in Poland face, in his first interview with an English-language publication.
Tomasz Lesniara
2.19.21
labor

Why Is Kroger Closing Stores Instead of Paying Hazard Wages for Its Employees?
The grocery store chain has shuttered several stores when local municipalities demanded that workers get extra pay during COVID.
Paul Blest
2.19.21
TikTok

‘A Guilt Trip’: Young People Feel Blamed By UK's TikTok Ads
The COVID-19 awareness videos from the UK government feature a “jump scare” and patients with highly filtered faces.
Alice Porter
2.19.21
argentina

Argentina Convicts Eight Men of Crimes Against Humanity During “Dirty War”
The decision concerns abhorrent human rights abuses at an infamous dictatorship-era detention center.
Amy Booth
2.19.21
GAMES

How Marketing and Fandom Shaped Gaming Culture
Gaming has a vibrant and diverse fandom, but it lives in the shadow of gaming’s toxic origins and misogynistic marketing.
Matthew Gault
2.19.21
DoorDash

Organized DoorDash Drivers’ #DeclineNow Strategy Is Driving Up Their Pay
Using a loophole in an old Android version of DoorDash, more than 26,000 DoorDash drivers are collectively declining cheap orders to make more money on the platform.
Edward Ongweso Jr
2.19.21
guns

Lauren Boebert’s Totally Normal Zoom Background Includes a Gun Shrine
“If somebody wants to have a shrine to their gun fetish as a Zoom backdrop in their private life, they can do that,” said one representative.
Paul Blest
2.19.21
Hacking

CD Projekt Red Uses DMCA to Take Down Tweets Sharing Stolen Game Code
Several Twitter users said they received DMCA notices for posting a link to leaked data.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
2.19.21
COVID-19

One Year On: Inside the Town Where Europe's First COVID Victim Lived and Died
Since being the site of the first European citizen to die from the coronavirus, the Italian town of Vo' is emerging as an example of how to survive the pandemic relatively unscathed.
Marco De Vidi
2.19.21
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