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Stream of the Crop: 9 New Albums for Heavy Rotation

The Kendrick Lamar-curated 'Black Pather: The Album' tops this week's list of essential new projects.
Colin Joyce
Alex Robert Ross
Annalise Domenighini
Jamie Ludwig
2.10.18
Restaurant Confessionals

I Sold Pills to Manhattan's Elite from a Restaurant Coat Check

You can make a hell of a lot of money as a drug-dealing restaurant hostess.
Anonymous
2.10.18
Views My Own

The Gerald Stanley Verdict Shows There’s No Justice for Indigenous Peoples

Colten Boushie was shot dead on a Saskatchewan farm. An all-white jury decided the man that killed him did no wrong.
Ryan McMahon
2.10.18
Booze

The Joy of Not-So-Secretly Drinking on Russian Trains

In vodka-soaked Russia, a calamity has taken place: Booze is banned on the trains. But that doesn't mean passengers and crew aren't drinking.
Dave Hazzan
2.10.18
Recipe

Taiwanese Hot Pot Recipe

It all starts with a rich bone broth, and once you add homemade sauces, lots of fresh vegetables, meat, and noodles, you’re ready to throw a hot pot party. 
Sue Chan
2.10.18
Television

TV keeps rebooting ‘90s shows because everything is bad

Why the networks are bingeing on reboots like "Roseanne," "The X-Files," "Murphy Brown," and even "Magnum P.I."
Oriana Schwindt
2.10.18
Vice News Tonight

7 years after the revolution, Egypt is nowhere near democracy

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is likely to run unopposed — a far cry from the democracy so many protesters fought for
Amel Guettatfi
2.10.18
Emojis

5 things you can now explain with the new emojis

"The wouldn't let me take my emotional support peacock on the plane"
Gabriel Connelly
2.10.18
FakeX

The Best SpaceX Conspiracies About the Falcon Heavy Launch

Did Elon Musk pull off the perfect murder? And other things conspiracy theorists are wondering.
Daniel Oberhaus
2.10.18
Tunnel Vision

How One Subway Closure in Queens Wrecked a Community

And what it could mean for the upcoming L train shutdown.
John Surico
2.10.18
Moveable

Ride-Hailing Is Deepening Social and Economic Inequity in the US

It’s making public transit worse.
Tracey Lindeman
2.10.18
longevity

These Bats Don't Seem to Die of Old Age—Can They Help Extend the Human Lifespan?

Unlike in humans, the telomeres of long-lived bats do not appear to shrink with age.
Kate Lunau
2.10.18
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