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Identity

Sex Workers React to Amnesty International’s Vote to Support Them

08.11.15

By Gabby Bess
Identity

When You Live With a Man Who Wants to Kill You, Where Can You Possibly Go?

08.05.15

By Raleigh Cavero
Minnesota Finally Made It Illegal to Sneak Your Bodily Fluids into Somebody’s Food or Drink

07.30.15

By River Donaghey
Drugs

Growing a Small Amount of Weed in the UK Is Basically Legal, Says Top Cop

07.29.15

By Carlton Férment
Drugs

A Petition Has Forced British Politicians to Consider Pot Legalization

07.27.15

By Carlton Férment
Tech

Proposed Legislation Will Allow Firefighters to Shoot Drones Over Wildfires

07.22.15

By Emanuel Maiberg
Why Is South Australia So Reluctant to Decriminalise Sex Work?

06.10.15

By Royce Kurmelovs
Drugs

A Case in the Supreme Court Might Completely Change Canada’s Medical Marijuana Laws

05.19.15

By Sam Cooley
Tech

The People Who Get Off to Crush Porn

05.07.15

By Virginia Pelley
A Private Investigator Reveals the Rules for Spying on People

04.23.15

By Giaco Furino
Sports

Criminalized Doping and Sending Cheaters to Jail

04.23.15

By Brian Blickenstaff
Necrophilia Is a Tough Crime to Adjudicate

04.23.15

By Simon Davis

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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