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Are Chicago Police Spying on Activists? One Man Sues to Find Out
Freddy Martinez wants the city to release financial records related to the purchase of cell phone surveillance equipment.
Fruzsina Eordogh
6.13.14
vegetables

Asparagus Can Predict Your Future
Making your urine smell ungodly isn't asparagus' only superpower. It can predict your future, too. I traveled the width of England to meet Jemima Packington, "The World's Only Asparamancer," to have my future told by the mighty spears.
Oli Rahman
6.13.14
Stuff

Cry-Baby of the Week
This week: Some women got upset because they were fined for dropping trash on the floor, and a kid got suspended for taking a toy gun to school.
Jamie Lee Taete
6.13.14
COLOMBIA

This Weekend, Colombia Will Decide How to End 50 Years of Violence
Sunday's presidential runoff election may determine whether the country's brutal 50-year insurgency finally comes to an end.
Alaa al-Ameri
6.13.14
Longreads Or Whatever

Should the UK Government Have a £2.5 Million Slush Fund for Bands?
Arts funding is in need of a boost - but is the answer letting twelve artists receive all the benefit?
Lisa Wright
6.13.14
americas

How Canada’s Poor Record-Keeping Broke Up 4,000 Families
It took years for an Innuit girl to be returned to her family, because no records were kept of where she came from or who her family was.
Emma Paling
6.13.14
capsule

VICE News Capsule - Friday, June 13
4th woman hanged in India in 3 weeks, Thai coup leaders call 4 free coverage of the 2014 World Cup & more.
تجربة
6.13.14
Photo

Bob Mazzer's Photos Immortalise London's Underground
I talked to him about his new exhibition of photos of people drinking and pissing on the tube.
Chris Giles
6.13.14
The Profiles Issue

How the Danish Legal System Gave Away Thomas Altheimer’s Identity
Although the The Sovereign presents Danish artist Thomas Altheimer as a fictional character, he is referred to by his full legal name. The text includes his actual home address, the names of his children, and passages from his blog and private...
Sam McPheeters
6.13.14
News

Brazilian Police Tear Gassed World Cup Protesters Yesterday
It kicked off outside the stadium, too.
Ruth Daniel, Photos: Rafael Vilela and Felipe Alte
6.13.14
Football

Goal-Line Technology Will Help Settle World Cup Scores
But there's still plenty left to blame on the human ref.
Victoria Turk
6.13.14
lady-business

On Feminism: A How-to Guide for Dudes
I don't have the power to bestow you with a feminist certification or membership card. There's no moral litmus test for feminism. But I would suggest that if you claim to be a feminist, you should be a practicing one.
Sarah Ratchford
6.13.14
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