September 9, 2015

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Freddie Gray’s family to receive a $6.4 million wrongful-death settlement from the city of Baltimore.

The Freddie Gray settlement is more than the $5.7 million Baltimore paid in total from 2011 to 2014 in police brutality lawsuits.

Some experts believe taking misconduct settlements out of policing budgets could result in fewer brutality incidents.

In its 70 years, the UN has spent nearly half a trillion dollars—annual expenditures are about 40% higher than in the ‘50s.

The jury’s still out on the UN’s efficacy; meanwhile, its refugee agency is now seeking $30.5 million in emergency funds.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon admits the Security Council has failed Syria.

John McAfee announces his bid for the presidency, along with the creation of the new Cyber Party.

Research shows prison education greatly reduces recidivism, but real higher education programs are few and far between.

Compulsive decluttering—basically the opposite of hoarding—can hint to larger problems, but our cleanly culture makes it hard to diagnose.

Longtime mental health sufferer Kitty Dukakis is educating others on the effectiveness of electric shock treatment.

Brains and bodies change. Things can stop working. After a lifetime of mental illness, a woman tries electroconvulsive therapy.

The history of lowbrow fave Franzia involves Prohibition, Al Capone, and one woman responsible for half the wine business in the US.

Homeopathy conference in German ends after attendees—apparently unknowingly—ingest hallucinogens.

“Researchers with no evident countercultural tendencies are…finding psychedelic drugs a valuable adjunct to psychotherapy.”

For decades, the US government banned medical studies of LSD. But for one elite researcher, the promise of revelations was too tempting.

Palestine’s only female taxi driver wants a taxi fleet driven by women, for women passengers.

One of the top American mountaineers has been doing some great mountaineering storytelling through his Instagram.

Created entirely through CG, this stunning short is based upon artworks by Yayoi Kusama and Ai Weiwei. #video