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The Basurero Is Burning: Life at the Gates of Hell in Guatemala City
Guatemala City's massive dump as seen from above. All photos by author In early January 2014, a fire broke out beneath the festering mountain of garbage that is Guatemala City's dump. The fire...
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Is the Republic of Serbia About to Be the Next Crimea?
Protesters clash with police in Sarajevo last February (Photo by Fedja Kravavac) Besides dredging up some awkward geopolitical tension, Putin sending his troops to hang out in Crimea has had a...
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Seattle Has a Haunted Soda Machine
Definitely haunted. All photos by Jon Manning. As about 45 percent of us know, ghosts are definitely real and casually walk among us. Some have a post-life agenda of stealing our socks or manifesting...
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Yemeni Plaster Workers Are Getting High on Khat
The World Heritage Site sprawls out beneath the sundeck of the Old City’s tallest building. Troubled by its country’s notorious reputation for civil unrest and terrorism, Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, has...
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Sex, Snow and Cocaine: My Life As a Ski Resort 'Chalet Bitch'
Belle de Neige (“Beautiful Snow”, if you didn’t study French) is a blog about what people who work ski seasons get up to when they’re not fixing snow blades, or delivery apres-ski drinks to Jemima...
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Australia Has Knights Again
It was iffy for a while there. Reasonable people differed as to whether Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, had his priorities in order. He is no wimp, he is strong and fair, but he just has so...
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How Did Victor White III Die in the Backseat of a Cop Car?
Photos courtesy of the White family The night Victor White Sr.’s son died in the backseat of a cop car in New Iberia, Louisiana, he called the local sheriff’s station to figure out where his boy was....
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An Interview with Fred Phelps's Son, Nathan
Nathan Phelps (photo via) Westboro Baptist Church founder and world-famous bastard Fred Phelps died last week – and it doesn't look like he'll be missed. Not even by a large part of his large family...
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The Arab Spring Was Just a Translation Mistake
Image via Wikimedia Commons From the all-out civil war in Syria to the internet restrictions in Turkey and the return of military rule in Egypt, the revolutionary youth of the Arab Spring seem to be...
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Looping In With The Skull Defekts And The Known Unknown
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The LAPD Is Arresting Hippies for Having Drum Circles
For Los Angeles locals, Venice has always been both a cheery and dirty daycation spot. The beach is filled with decades-old locals who are mostly leathery hippies, peacefully maintaining it as their...
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The Pope Has a Gossip Magazine Dedicated to Him Now
Ever since Pope Francis became the leader of the Catholic Church last year, the mainstream Italian press has gone nuts. Soon after his designation, Jorge Mario Bergoglio (the Pope's real name) was...
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Theater of Justice
Illustration by Molly Crabapple Last week, I sketched an evidentiary hearing for a woman named Cecily McMillan. Two years ago, I'd seen Cecily convulse in handcuffs as the police shut down an Occupy...
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This Death Row Inmate Is Dying to Donate His Organs
In 2001 Christian Longo killed his wife and his three young children and fled to Mexico. Once he was brought back to the US, he was convicted of those murders and placed on Oregon’s Death Row, where...
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'Porn Studies' Is a Serious Academic Journal for Serious Academics
Screencap via YouTube uploader sameesha1000 Porn Studies, the "first dedicated, international, peer-reviewed journal to critically explore those cultural products and services designated as...
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This Bald Rights Activist Really Hates Kim Jong-un's New Haircut Law
Kim Jong-un with his fine head of hair (photo by petersnoopy) Haircuts suck. You're forced to talk to a stranger about their day as they fail to listen to what you want and instead make you look like...
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Comics: Blobby Boys - Part 5
Keep your eyes peeled for new installments of Blobby Boys every Wednesday from here until the end of time. Or until Alex gets sick of working with us.
View ArticleExclusive: Listen to NATTEN's EP "Omen" Now
Exclusive: Listen to NATTEN's EP "Omen" Now
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VICE Loves Magnum: Sublime Moments in Mundane Life: David Hurn's Amazing Photos
Arizona, USA. 1980. Sun City outdoor fitness group, early in the morning in the retirement community of Sun City. Ages range from 60 to a 94-year-old who had run a 50-second hundred metres in the...
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2013 Was a Big Year for Executions
A protest for the abolition of the death penalty in Iran, San Francisco – June 2010 (image via) I've got some good news, and some bad news. The good news is that Amnesty International released its...
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