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The Best Dance Tracks of 20 Years Ago

In 1994, these tracks turned up the night. Two decades later, they still do.
David Garber
4.24.14
Culture

These Are the Huge Societal Benefits of Childhood Vaccination

The CDC's childhood vaccine program has saved 731,000 lives in 20 years.
Jason Koebler
4.24.14
News

Renovictions on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside Aren’t Stopping Anytime Soon

The York Rooms, a longstanding SRO in the downtown eastside of Vancouver, were recently renovated, and promptly reopened at nearly double the original rent. Now longtime DTES residents are railing against "renovictions"—a process by which landlords...
Meghan Murphy
4.24.14
Breaking News

Liam Gallagher Just Tweeted the Word "Oasis" One Letter at a Time

WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? It's time for some conspiracy theories, kiddos.
Mish Way
4.24.14
Film

'One Day On Earth' Invites YOU To Join A Nationwide Documentary Effort

Citizens across 11 American cities are invited to contribute to this unprecedented collaborative doc.
Emerson Rosenthal
4.24.14
lady-business

Quebec City Is the Best Place for Women. Also, Please Stop Thinking You Know How To “Save” Black Girls

Sarah Ratchford's latest round up of the week in gender politics tackles colourism, the best place to live in Canada if you're a woman, and the horrifying Game of Thrones rape scene everyone is debating.
Sarah Ratchford
4.24.14
virtual reality

I Strolled Through the Metaverse Thanks to Oculus Rift's Conductar App

Up, down, left, and right, it was fully immersive, and incredibly psychedelic. More than that, it was exciting to behold.
DJ Pangburn
4.24.14
palestine

The Fatah-Hamas Deal Has Likely Sunk the Latest Peace Talks

Benjamin Netanyahu said that Mahmoud Abbas has "made a pact with a murderous terror organization.”
John Beck
4.24.14
the worst things of all time

UGG Boots to Bikinis: The Worst of the Worst Misfits Merch

Buy, buy, buy my darling.
Dan Ozzi
4.24.14
Features

The Mystery of US Customs' Crashed Drone

The CBP finally released docs about its San Diego crash, but they don't include what its Predator was doing.
Shawn Musgrave
4.24.14
Fiction

My Office Is a Dive Bar in East Nashville

Meet Cock D., the fictional Nashville-based Yelper, written by a real-life chef, whose idea of nirvana is a dirty burger inside a beer joint amidst questionable patrons and a couple of health code violations.
Cock Daniels
4.24.14
Politics

Ohio Bans Campaign Lies, but the Supreme Court Might Soon Change That

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court weighed arguments against Ohio's law that insist it is an unconstitutional abridgment of free speech.
Thor Benson
4.24.14
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