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Design

Notes on the State of Architecture Today

Dispatches from the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the first architecture fair in North America.
Antwaun Sargent
10.8.15
Europe

The Islamic State Is Failing, Say Imams and Muslim Scholars in New Online Magazine

As religious figures declare that the Islamic State is failing to establish a caliphate, IS propagandists are exploiting new ways to target the vulnerable online.
Jenna Corderoy
10.8.15
prison

US Federal Prisons Will No Longer Serve Pork to Their Inmates

Pork may soon become the contraband of choice in lock-ups across this nation because shit just got real for America’s 205,792 federal inmates. Let’s just hope this doesn’t cause an Attica-style uprising.
Alex Swerdloff
10.8.15
Politics

Kevin McCarthy Just Dropped Out of the Race for Speaker of the House

Outgoing Speaker John Boehner stormed out of a meeting with House Republicans after declaring that the election for his successor would be delayed. The sudden development made plain the disarray within the Republican party's House leadership.
VICE News
10.8.15
Food

I Made a Meal Out of a 'Cereal Café' Cookbook, and, Surprise, It Was Gross as Hell

Why not mix pickled onions, canned pineapple, and Cheerios? Because it's fucking disgusting, that's why.
Joe Bish
10.8.15
News

Hacker 'Weev' Threatens to Dox 'Dozens' of Prosecutors after Keys Conviction

The notorious troll and hacker wants to “punish” prosecutors for wrongfully going after hackers.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
10.8.15
Premieres

Here's a New Tune from Palmas: "Take My Hand"

So the hot months have finally slipped into fall. Oh, quit your crying and wrap yourself in this.
Kim Taylor Bennett
10.8.15
Canadian election

After Turning Hundreds of North Koreans Away, Canada Now Vows to Accept Its Refugees

The announcement by the ruling Conservatives was made amid a closely fought federal election in a Toronto-area electoral district that is home to a sizable number of Korean immigrants.
Justin Ling
10.8.15
Design

Writings on NYC Walls Inspire a Fashion Collection

Wade Jeffree’s latest fashion collection finds inspiration in the scuffs and markings all over New York City.
Antwaun Sargent
10.8.15
very bad deals

The Public Financing Proposal For The New St. Louis Rams Stadium Is A Scam

A FOIA request by St. Louis Magazine revealed a whole host of scummy dealings and one very bad deal in the campaign to build the Rams a new, tax-funded stadium.
Chris Thompson
10.8.15
Holy Shit

Gaze Blankly Upon Nosaj Thing's New Video for "Cold Stares" with Chance the Rapper and The O'My's

Nosaj Thing's new video feels like a glitchy space-trip for the mind.
Jabbari Weekes
10.8.15
FIGHTLAND

Slack's Bubishi: Where the Head Goes...

The idea of manipulating the head to control the body is as old as the art of fighting. We examine the practice in the Bubishi, Nicolaes Petter's text on wrestling, and in the Octagon.
Jack Slack
10.8.15
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