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Music

PREMIERE: Listen to Maryland’s Big Flock Join Forces with 21 Savage on “Black KKK”

10.28.16

By Lawrence Burney
Sports

“A Rebel From The Wrong Side of the Tennis Tramlines” – The Legacy of Fred Perry

07.08.16

By Will Magee
Food

Greasy, Hungry, Powerful: What the American Diner Says About America

08.09.15

By Rod Bastanmehr
Nonprofit Mortuaries Are Helping Cash-Strapped Families Honor Their Dead

06.22.15

By Simon Davis
Money

‘Monopoly’ Was Invented by an Anti-Capitalist Feminist Poet

03.08.15

By Jennifer Schaffer
How the Mob Gets Rich Off of Recessions

12.15.14

By Roberto Saviano
Tech

A Brief Tour of the Biggest, Baddest, Most Depressing Day in American Capitalism

07.08.13

By Brian Anderson

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AI Jesus

Life

This Company Will Let You Video Chat With Jesus for $1.99 Per Minute

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Life

The People You Live With Have a Strange Effect on Your Body

New research on social birds suggests close contact, not just shared space, may influence the bacteria living in your gut.

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By Luis Prada
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Life

Your Brain May Not Experience Free Will the Way You Think

Your brain may be less of a rogue cowboy and more of a quiet office worker processing paperwork until the stamp comes down.

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Life

10 Medications That Might Give You Man Boobs

Gynecomastia isn’t just a puberty thing. These everyday medications can cause it, too.

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By Ashley Fike
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Horoscopes

Daily Horoscope: April 14, 2026

Mercury’s sharpening up, the Moon’s got your back, and Uranus is throwing sparks. Today’s worth showing up for.

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By Ashley Fike