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Charlottesville

The Charlottesville Neo-Nazi Who Killed Heather Heyer Just Got Life in Prison

James Alex Fields Jr., now 22, pleaded guilty to 29 federal hate crime charges earlier this year to avoid the death penalty.
Tess Owen
6.28.19
immigration

Think the Photo of the Drowned Migrant Father and Child Will Change Something? Just Ask Europe.

“The lesson from Europe is we can’t take that moment of compassion for granted — we have to sustain it over time in order to affect policy.”
Tim Hume
6.28.19
2020

How Kamala Harris Blew Up the Democratic “Media Primary”

"That little girl was me."
David Uberti
6.28.19
stream of the crop

Thom Yorke's Breathtaking Solo LP and 9 More of the Week's Best Albums

Impossibly cool house tracks and tense raps fill out the rest of this week's essential listening.
Colin Joyce
Josh Terry
6.28.19
UFOS

Meet Silicon Valley's UFO Hunters

A small group of venture capitalists and technologists believe that humans can capture and reverse-engineer UFOs—and that trying to do so might be a good investment.
MJ Banias
6.28.19
Music

15 Years Ago, 'Knuck If You Buck' Made a Blueprint for Crunk Music

An ode to the cornerstones of early-2000s crunk.
DeAsia Paige
6.28.19
Expert Witness with Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau Reviews Nicki Minaj's 'Queen'

The Dean of American Rock critics also takes on albums from Desaparecidos, Mekons, Better Oblivion Community Center, and more.
Robert Christgau
6.28.19
Music

Glastonbury Pay-Day Diary: What I Spent in 24 Hours

We asked a punter to list what they paid for (and inevitably ingested) at the festival, when that month's salary landed.
Anonymous
6.28.19
Abortion Rights

The Supreme Court Won’t Bring Back an Alabama Abortion Ban

It’s a signal that the justices won’t leap at just any chance to carve away at Roe v. Wade
Carter Sherman
6.28.19
body

I Paid to Have My Breasts Massaged, and I Loved It

Yes, it’s legal, and you might want to try it.
Sarah Hosseini
6.28.19
migration

This Rescue Ship Is Docking in Italy, Regardless of What Salvini Says

“This is not a game, we’re not playing. We need to get these people off this ship”
Tim Hume
6.28.19
immigration

Here's the Real Reason Kids Are Being Kept in Filthy Border Patrol Holding Cells for Weeks

“It’s a massive mismanagement of the children’s cases.”
Gaby Del Valle
6.28.19
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