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Television

‘Wormwood’ Is an LSD-Soaked True Crime Masterpiece

Errol Morris dissects MKUltra, the CIA’s mind control experiments—and redefines the true crime genre in the process.
Matthew Gault
12.28.17
Parental Advisory

More Pregnant Women Are Smoking Weed

New research shows young pregnant women in California are increasingly using marijuana to calm anxiety and morning sickness.
Joanne Spataro
12.28.17
You Know Who Rules?

The Sikh Activist Building an Interfaith Movement for Net Neutrality

Award-winning filmmaker and lawyer Valarie Kaur tells Broadly that "net neutrality is a key civil rights issue—and moral imperative."
Aysha Khan
12.28.17
Podcasts

We Discuss Gaming's Most Controversial Trend in 2017: Loot Boxes

'Battlefront II' may have been the most explosive moment, but it was hardly the only instance of loot boxes this year.
Patrick Klepek
12.28.17
MUNCHIES: The Podcast

MUNCHIES: The Podcast: Hot Dogs and Cheap Wine with Jacques Pépin

Pépin shared his love of high-quality ingredients and inexpensive booze with us.
Munchies Staff
12.28.17
climate

The 12 biggest changes Trump has made to U.S. environmental policy

Leaving the Paris deal was only the beginning
Alex Lubben
12.28.17
police

Cops in the U.S. just had their second-safest year since 1959

A 10 percent drop in fatalities from 2016 continues a positive trend
Tess Owen
12.28.17
healthcare

Preventing HIV Is a Matter of Privilege

How revolutionary is PrEP if vulnerable communities don't even have access to it?
Matthew Terrell
12.28.17
Best of 2017

Monster Otters, Motörhead Crocs, and Zuul: The Best Paleo Art of 2017

As chosen by an artist who draws dinosaurs for a living.
Danielle Dufault
12.28.17
Mexican Food

How-To: Make Tamales with Wes Avila

Not all of us are lucky enough to live near a great Mexican restaurant, so we enlisted the help of Guerrilla Tacos owner Wesley Avila to show us how to make top-notch tamales at home.
Wesley Avila
12.28.17
Photo

Ripped, Reassembled Photos of Closeted Gay Men in Ukraine

Kiev-based photographer Anton Shebetko destroys and reconstructs his photographs to obscure the faces of his subjects.
Anton Shebetko
12.28.17
college football

The Improbable Rise of Saquon Barkley

Penn State's star running back came from a no-name high school program and became a Heisman frontrunner and likely top pick. How'd he do it? By never changing.
Tim Casey
12.28.17
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