CONGRATS, JOHN KERRY
What If We All Just Didn't Vote?
No really, what would happen? Who would become president?
VICE
SHIELDING THE TRUTH?
How A Tragic Child Murder Case Became A Fight About Press Freedom
In 1991, the NYPD found a child in a cooler and named her "Baby Hope." Now, to convict Hope's cousin of her murder, they want a reporter to testify about a jailhouse interview.
TREATING PAIN AND CAUSING IT TOO
Photos Of The Synthetic Drug Epidemic That's Ravaged Gaza
While bombs and war destroy the structures of the Gaza strip, a highly addictive drug called Tramadol is doing the same to the people who live there.
'OUR BIGLY INDEPENDENCE DAY'
Alien Experts On Who They'd Want As President If UFOs Landed
Sometimes they were pretty vague, but it doesn't sound like any of them are eager to Make Earth Great Again.
COPS AND ROBBERS
What Can You Do When The Cops Take Your Money?
More than four months have passed since intruders came into Ana Ortiz's apartment and robbed her of over $2,600 in cash she needed to pay rent. The people who took her money weren't criminals, but officers with the New York City Police Department.
WE DON'T THINK THEY'RE SO BAD
Photos From A Festival For Ugly People
Piobbico is a tiny village located in the eastern Italian region Marche, that sits between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea. I got there on the first Sunday of September, because that's where this year's Festival of the Ugly took place. Hundreds of people gather in this tiny village annually, in order to elect the next president of the World Association of Ugly People.
AFTER AFTERELLEN
The End Of Lesbian Website AfterEllen Marks The End Of An Era For Queer Culture
AfterEllen was a first-of-its-kind publication, a home for a generation of lesbians seeking to find themselves celebrated, represented and understood online. But today, these kinds of spaces are weirdly less necessary than they once were.
NARCS WEEKLY
LSD Candy And Explosive Love Beads: Revelations From The Government's Private Drug Newsletter
It's the late 1960s, and things are starting to get weird. Luckily, the government was there to document it all in their drug newsletter Micro-Gram.
FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF
No, Your Drug Use Is Not Funding Terrorism
It's a narrative steeped in half-truths and spin that, in some cases, acts as a cover for the involvement of state officials in the drug trade.
NO WORDS ARE GOOD WORDS
A Law Professor Explains Why You Should Never Talk To Police
The Fifth Amendment ain't what it used to be.
SMALL TOWN VALUES
Looking Back On Liberal, The Midwest's Failed Atheist Utopia
In 1880, George Walser, a wealthy attorney from nearby Lamar, purchased 2,000 acres to build a town exclusively for those with a mindset similar to his own — people who at the time were commonly called "freethinkers" or "liberals."
9 SHOTS
The Death Of Meat-Meat: What Happened After Cops Killed A Mentally Ill Black Man On Camera
After police killed mentally ill William Demetrius "Meat-Meat" James, his family and community struggle to process what's happened.
METROID II 2: GALACTIC BOOGALOO
One Man’s Decade-Long Quest To Remake 'Metroid II'
While "Mario" and "Zelda" fans devoured new entries every few years, "Metroid" players often went hungry. Milton Guasti was one of those fans, until he decided to do something about it himself.
MOM STOP YOU'RE EMBARRASSING ME
My Landlord Mom Refuses To Cash In On San Francisco's Insane Housing Market
In San Francisco's shitstorm of a housing market, the landlords who purchased homes before prices exploded now have the opportunity to cash in. Of course, they don't have to.
A NET POSITIVE FOR ALL
HIV-Positive Organ Donors Are Now Able To Save Lives
HIV-positive patients in need of organs now have another option to turn to in the face of dire demand: accepting transplants from HIV-positive donors.
THE DEEPEST WOUNDS
A Triple Murder, A Broken Family, And The Long Tail Of The Crack Era
Police not only closed a 25-year-old murder investigation, they offered one family stuck in the long shadow of the crack epidemic some semblance of closure. Still, the story of Pixley's death and its aftermath show just how deep the wounds of the crack wave go and how some people are still struggling with them today.
TALES FROM THE FACTORY
Andy Warhol Wanted Lou Reed To Be His Mickey Mouse
Billy Name was a young artist based in New York City when Andy Warhol recruited him to decorate the inside of his newly purchased Factory. Name, who passed away earlier this summer, held onto more than a few great stories about the art world's most fascinating character.
NOTHING ABOUT THIS IS SFW
What You Learn About Masculinity From Making Fun Of Small Dicks For A Living
I'm a professional dominatrix who often deals with sexual masochism. But in the wake of last week, when statues portraying a naked Donald Trump with a minuscule dick appeared across the US, I've been thinking about the root of our obsession with small penis humiliation.
GROWING PAINS
Legal Hydroponics And The Marijuana Black Market
In states that have legalized pot for medical or recreational use, hydroponic supply companies are poised for record growth. But in states where pot farming is still a felonious offense, stores selling hydroponic equipment are battlefronts in the war against weed.
ON THE SAME LEVEL
My Toxic 'World Of Warcraft' Relationship
I was addicted. I was a champion online but in reality I had stopped showering, eating right, and was consumed by self-loathing. I played 13 hours every day without putting on pants. Before long I walked into a toxic in-game relationship that embodied my damaging addiction to the game.
