kidnapping

How Jihadists Are Blackmailing, Torturing, and Killing Gay Syrians

11.12.13

By Hannah Lucinda Smith and Hannah Lucinda Smith, Illustrations: Cei Willis
Talking to Somalia’s “Most Notorious Pirate”

10.16.13

By Alex Chitty
Music

Killing It: The Stay in Your Homes Edition

10.11.13

By THUMP Staff
Watching Your Dad Get Kidnapped by America Sucks

10.11.13

By Wil Crisp
More and More Journalists Are Being Kidnapped in Syria

09.02.13

By Emma Beals
Have the Skouries Protesters Really Defeated the EU, Goldminers, and Terror Police in Greece?

07.25.13

By Yiannis Baboulias
Travel

The Mexico City Barrio Giuliani Couldn’t Conquer

07.03.13

By Andalusia Knoll
Turkey Is Waging an Invisible War Against Its Dissidents

06.04.13

By Yiannis Baboulias
Nicolas Maduro Did Not Steal the Venezuelan Election

04.22.13

By Greg Palast
Money

Hugo Chavez and the Global Poverty Conspiracy

03.14.13

By Greg Palast
Tear Gas and Kidnapping in the Battle for Skouries Forest

03.14.13

By Yiannis Baboulias
My Parents Know More Than You – Is Love Real? How I Met Your Mother, How I Met Your Father

08.20.12

By Yasmine Kittles

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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
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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
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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
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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