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LGBTQ

A Queer Couple’s Plan for Dealing with Ignorant Family During the Holidays
Not today, Aunt Carol!
Jon Paul, Ed.D.
12.6.19
Internet

Bernie Sanders’ Broadband Plan Is Comcast’s Worst Nightmare
Sanders promises to break up media monopolies, restore net neutrality, and embrace the countless towns and cities that are building their own broadband networks.
Karl Bode
12.6.19
Games News

A New Game in China Lets Players Attack the Hong Kong Protesters
'Fight the Traitors Together' is a Chinese game about attacking pro-democracy protesters.
Jamie Fullerton
12.6.19
healthcare

HPV Stigma Doesn’t Help the HPV Situation
Influencer Jamie Otis revealed she tested positive for human papillomavirus, making her one in, uhhhh…almost everyone.
Harron Walker
12.6.19
General Election 2019

The Way Race Has Been Used in This Election Has Been a Complete Shitshow
The campaign has been a bewildering mess for anyone who cares about combatting racism.
Eleanor Penny
12.6.19
Watching Ourselves

How Ring Transmits Fear to American Suburbs
Why do we surveil ourselves?
Caroline Haskins
12.6.19
Games News

'Wargroove' Dev Responds to Criticism for Casting White Actors to Portray Characters of Color
Developer claims "blind" casting lead them in this direction, with a predictable "promise to do better" in the future.
Patrick Klepek
12.6.19
prison

Prison Officials Made an 8-Year-Old Girl Get Strip-Searched Before Visiting Her Dad
They didn’t find any contraband on her.
Emma Ockerman
12.6.19
deepfakes

Deepfake Porn Is Evolving to Give People Total Control Over Women's Bodies
People are creating a new kind of nonconsensual pornography by combining deepfakes with 3D avatars that can be manipulated to do whatever they want.
Samantha Cole
Emanuel Maiberg
12.6.19
Syria

We Went on a Russian Army Propaganda Tour of Syria
“There is no white terrorism and black terrorism,” a general said in response to a question about civilians being bombed in Idlib.
VICE News
12.6.19
healthcare

American Healthcare Sucks So Much That People Are Trading Medication Online
A new study links the traditional healthcare system’s numerous failings to the rise of illicit market medical trade.
Katie Way
12.6.19
General Election 2019

Top Tory: Hire Disabled People Because They 'Love the Idea of Being in Work'
Conservative candidate Sally Ann Hart claimed workers with disabilities are happy to work for low pay. An unearthed speech shows Iain Duncan Smith made similar remarks.
Solomon Hughes
12.6.19
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