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Thinkpieces And Shit

The Miami Heat Are Going to Lose the NBA Finals Because DJ Khaled Accidentally Cursed Them

Anyone who doubts that rappers have explicit control over what happens in basketball should put those misconceptions to rest.
Devin Schiff
6.14.14
americas

Indigenous People in Chile Are Worried About Canadian Mining Sparking a Genocide

The Diaguita say that the mine threatens the mountain glaciers that provide water for them and their agricultural land.
Tim McSorely
6.14.14
HUMAN RIGHTS

From the Trenches in the Battle Against Sex Trafficking

After the drug trade and counterfeiting, human trafficking is the world’s most profitable criminal activity, raking in $31.6 billion a year.
Danielle L. Davis
6.14.14
Stuff

Dogfart Released a Donald Sterling Cuckold Porn Parody

“Donald Gets His Balls Clipped” sounds like a predictable cuckold porn parody, but it's also an accidental examination of white American males' fears of black dicks.
Ezra Marcus
6.14.14
iraq

ISIS Is Finding Support During Lightning Advances in Iraq

Many of them feel victimized by Maliki’s Shiite government and what they see as the prime minister's authoritarian and sectarian tendencies.
John Beck
6.14.14
Music

Deru's 'The Future Never Comes': The Strange Loop of Techno-Anxiety

Also: a strange and wonderful new way of releasing music, the Obverse box.
Michael Byrne
6.14.14
brunch

Carnies Might Murder You, But Their Brunch Is Delicious

Follow me into a world of broken glass and shattered dreams, and see where the menu for Straw, a restaurant dedicated to serving upscale carnival fare, was born.
Jules Suzdaltsev
6.14.14
Objectively Correct Lists

Electric Wizard A to Z

From Alice Cooper to H.P. Lovecraft to vintage European porn, this is the DNA of the oddball British doom legends.
Harry Sword
6.14.14
This Modern Love

This Modern Love: Ian Isiah

The New York singer's lyrics make us blush, so we had him respond to the OkCupid questionnaire.
Claire Lobenfeld
6.14.14
motherboard show

The Promise of a Ten Minute Charge, Without Tesla's Patents

Quick-charge batteries promise smaller, lighter, and longer-lasting everything, from electric cars to laptops.
Michael Byrne
6.14.14
Milan

The Football Fanatics of Milan

What would football fans in Milan do without the existence of the sport? We're not sure that's something they could ever fathom considering.
VICE Sports
6.14.14
Health

America's Getting a New Mosquito-Borne Disease

Doctors better learn how to say "chikungunya."
Ben Richmond
6.14.14
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