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Tech

Amazon Workers in Chicago Strike Over Ruthless ‘Megacycle’ Shifts

04.07.21

By Lauren Kaori Gurley
Pulse

Cops Allegedly Detained This Guy 60 Times Due to Mistaken Identity

03.29.21

By Emma Ockerman
Tech

Amazon Illegally Interrogated Worker Who Led First COVID-19 Strikes, NLRB Says

03.22.21

By Lauren Kaori Gurley
Pulse

Chicago’s Mayor Gave More Than $280 Million in COVID Relief Money to the Cops

02.18.21

By Trone Dowd
Tech

Amazon Is Forcing Its Warehouse Workers Into Brutal ‘Megacycle’ Shifts

02.04.21

By Lauren Kaori Gurley
Pulse

The COVID Vaccine Rollout Is Leaving Black People Behind

02.01.21

By Paul Blest
Tech

New Study Finds Chicago Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Paid Below Minimum Wage

01.21.21

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Pulse

Cops Wrongly Arrested a Black Woman and Handcuffed Her Naked. Now Someone Has Resigned.

12.21.20

By Trone Dowd
Pulse

Cities and States Are Realizing COVID is Back. It Never Really Left.

11.13.20

By Paul Blest
Food

Chef Diana Dávila Made Free Food for Families in Response to COVID-19

09.18.20

By Diana Dávila
Pulse

Teachers Are Making Their Own Gravestones and Coffins to Protest Going Back to School

08.04.20

By Paul Blest
Pulse

‘It’s a War Out Here’: More Than a Dozen People Were Shot at a Funeral in Chicago

07.22.20

By Paul Blest

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Music

Remember When Rick Rubin Held a Surprisingly Star-Studded Fake Funeral Connected to His Pioneering Hip Hop Label?

From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Music

3 Psych-Rock Albums That Sound Just as Good Today as They Did in Their Prime

These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
Photo: O2O Creative / Getty Images

Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
Photo: Francesco Carta fotografo / Getty Images

Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike