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Far right

A German Far-Right Group Is Trying to Recruit Kids with a Free Video Game

Players are encouraged to battle antifa and globalists.
Tim Hume
9.21.20
Photo

A Photographer Captured a Desolate Delhi in Its Harsh Months of Lockdown

Crematoriums, busy hospitals, shelter homes, and empty roads—Parul Sharma's works capture the soul of a capital city on pause.
Satviki Sanjay
9.21.20
Coronavirus

The CDC Just Deleted Its Guidance that Said Coronavirus Spreads Through Air

Scientists have been saying it for months. The CDC says they published the new information by accident.
David Gilbert
9.21.20
Belarus

Belarus' 73-Year-Old Protest Icon Among Hundreds of Women Detained in Minsk

Great-grandmother Nina Baginskaya has become a key figure within the movement for taking on riot police and removing their balaclavas.
Jack Cummings
9.21.20
2020 election

Trump Supporters Are Intimidating Voters at the Polls

At a Virginia polling place, voters had to be given "escorts" to get past a group of chanting Trump supporters.
Paul Blest
9.21.20
reality tv

'The Bachelor' Romanticizes Toxic Behavior, and It Has Dangerous Outcomes

Cassie Randolph's restraining order against Colton Underwood requires us to reexamine how the series romanticizes abusive behavior.
Alex Zaragoza
9.21.20
El Salvador

El Salvador's Hipster President Is Attacking the Media

The environment for investigative outlets in the Central American nation is dire. Journalists who've written critically about the president face criminal investigations and threats from government officials.
Emily Green
Deborah Bonello
9.21.20
Games News

Microsoft Buys Bethesda Publisher Zenimax, Owns Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Id

On the eve of the launch of the new Xbox, Microsoft just significantly expanded its arsenal.
Rob Zacny
9.21.20
TikTok

The Italian Mafia Is on TikTok

And it's an insight into the changing world of organised crime.
Enrico Nocera
Dario D’Avino
9.21.20
Startup of the Week

Gig Economy Company Launches Uber, But for Evicting People

A company called Civvl says evicting people is the "FASTEST GROWING MONEY MAKING GIG DUE TO COVID-19."
Ashwin Rodrigues
9.21.20
Games Opinion

'Baldur's Gate 2' Didn't Just Change RPGs, It Changed Games Themselves

Lots of games give players "choice" and "freedom" but few understand those concepts as well as Bioware's magnum opus.
Cameron Kunzelman
9.21.20
Tedium

That Time $50 Used Apple Laptops Caused a Stampede

Why did thousands of people trample one another in an attempt to buy a $50 iBook in 2005? In many ways, it’s a story about a lack of tech access that’s still being told.
Ernie Smith
9.21.20
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