Krishna Andavolu
Τα Παιδιά που Έχουν Ανάγκη την Κάνναβη για να Θεραπευτούν
Επισκεφθήκαμε τη Mykayla Comstock, μια οκτάχρονη ασθενή με λευχαιμία που λαμβάνει μεγάλες ποσότητες μαριχουάνας για τη θεραπεία της ασθένειάς της.
Οι Έφηβοι Θύματα του Πολέμου Κατά των Ναρκωτικών
Οι μυστικές επιχειρήσεις στα σχολεία της Αμερικής οδηγούν σε άδικες συλλήψεις.
Το Καλύτερα Φυλαγμένο Μυστικό του Αμερικανικού Στρατού
Η καταγγέλλουσα έκλαιγε με λυγμούς καθώς θυμόταν πώς κατέρρευσε η τριετής σχέση της με έναν ανώτερο αξιωματικό
Sorry Religions, Human Consciousness Is Just a Consequence of Evolution
Are we ordained by our creator or are we just delusional lumps of carbon and guts? Neuroscientist Michael Graziano concludes something closer to latter. But it’s not delusion that makes our brains aware. It’s a highly functional adaptive strategy.
It’s Good to Be the King
I was traveling with Arjan Roskam, self-described “King of Cannabis,” through the mountains and jungles of Colombia, along with a crew of international pot growers he calls the “Strain Hunters.” We were searching for three exceptional but elusive...
The E-Currency Exchange LibertyReserve.com Got Shut Down for Laundering $6 Billion
Yesterday, the US Attorney's office in Manhattan indicted the founder of LibertyReserve.com, an online e-currency trading site that was “the predominant digital form of money laundering used by cybercriminals worldwide.” Liberty Reserve allegedly moved...
Beyond the Mortar Fire: Sebastian Junger Remembers Tim Hetherington
There’s a moment in 'Which Way Is the Front Line from Here,' Sebastian Junger’s excellent new documentary about the life of acclaimed war photographer and Oscar-nominated British filmmaker Tim Hetherington, when Tim literally saves a man’s life.
What’s the Best Way to Kill a Puppy?
Even if you accept the premise that kill shelters are a necessary evil and that ownerless dogs should be put down so they don't live aimless lives as nonpets, wouldn't you agree that puppy gas chambers are a crime against civilized sensibility and a...
Strange Things Are Happening at Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s Trial
If the trial had happened in federal court in New York City, like the Obama administration originally wanted, it’s unlikely that the surreal shenanigans of justice that went down this week at the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s pre-trial hearings in...
Chipping Away at Stop-and-Frisk
Fifty-one-year-old Charles Bradley finished his shift as a security guard and took the subway to visit his estranged fiancée at his former house in the Bronx. It might have been a night of reconciliation. But instead, it was a night spent interrogated...
The Ultimate Fighter's Passage to India
The Elite Football League of India launched this summer to yawning indifference from audiences in the sub-continent and curious derision from observers in the US. Importing American football—shoulder pads, helmets, down markers, and all—to a country...
Hey Boston, Thanks to Annie Dookhan Your Streets Will Soon Be Flooded with Drug Criminals
Annie Dookhan was just your average state employee, punching the clock at the Hinton State Laboratory in Boston. In her nine years at the lab she tested evidence for an estimated 34,000 drug cases that led to the convictions of some of Boston’s most...