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Native American Women Are Being Sold into the Sex Trade on Ships Along Lake Superior
Native women, children, and even babies are being trafficked in the sex trade on freighters crossing the Canada-US border on Lake Superior between Thunder Bay, Ontario, and Duluth, Minnesota.
Dave Dean
8.26.13
Motherboard Blog

NSA Spying Has Turned Silicon Valley Into a Political Machine
It’s a rare political moment for the nation’s tech capital, as the techno-libertarian fantasy of keeping government at arm’s length crashes into the hard realities of the government’s dragnet data collections.
Grace Wyler
8.26.13
Film

Mikey Please Sheds New Light On His Upcoming Stop-Motion Short, 'Marylin Myller'
The mysterious and highly anticipated short film is due out later this year.
Erica Gorochow
8.26.13
The Hot Box Issue

The Nine-Year-Old Romanian Strongman and His Pissed-off Dad
Giuliano Stroe is probably the strongest nine-year-old on the planet. The Romanian boy started lifting weights when he was two and has set world records for doing push-ups without letting his feet touch the ground, along the way acquiring about 15,00...
Mihai Popescu
8.26.13
The Hot Box Issue

Sweden’s Shitty Sewage-Sludge Debate
Using sludge to grow crops has dredged up a lot of controversy in Sweden. Some studies in the US have shown that people who live near land fertilized by sludge have suffered symptoms like burning in their eyes and rashes, and cancer.
Caisa Ederyd
8.26.13
News

I Escaped Death in an Egyptian Police Van but Witnessed an Attempted Rape
After being thrown on top of each other in a vehicle, I noticed that a young woman was also among us. As soon as we began to move the young man sitting across from her started trying to grab at her body. Randel and I, still handcuffed, protested loudly...
Sebastian Backhaus
8.26.13
Features

Oprah (sort of) interviewed Outerwaves
Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been brushing up on our social skills with the assistance of whoever ghostwrites Oprah’s blog. Over that time we’ve learnt that it’s totally socially acceptable to ask a near stranger what their mission is, and when the
Lily Jovic
8.26.13
Features

Russell Crowe Has Surprisingly Good Taste In Music
Australia’s greatest acting export (or import), Rusty is a lot of things: Neighbours alumni, IRL rugby magnate, budding director, and Maximus Desmus Meridius. What you might not know is that Rusty is also a switched-on musical tastemaker, proving to be a
Lachlan Kanoniuk
8.26.13
Free Pouring

Episode 1: Tokyo Toyboy
In Japan, it's not uncommon for successful women to pay attractive young men huge sums of money for a few cocktails and an hour of platonic companionship. We sent correspondent Joel Cornell to Shibuya to explore this strange world and to find out if he...
VICE Australia
8.26.13
Features

We Liveblogged the VMAs with @Seinfeld2000
"Honestly? Im prety sure the MTV VMA's just got awesome bc of my invalvement." - @Seinfeld2000
Noisey Staff
8.25.13
Motherboard Blog

This Air Reel Will Make You Rethink Flight
Can we talk about that belly shot at around the 12-second mark? Goddamn.
Brian Anderson
8.25.13
Motherboard Blog

Are We in the Midst of a Vinyl Bubble?
Probably, but how do we fix it?
Michael Byrne
8.25.13
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