November 12, 2015

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“Everyone here, it seems, has an angle to work, scrambling to fill the void left by the collapse of the Syrian state.”

A real caliphate would clean up the mess called IS.

Congress passes bill establishing legal rights for citizens and businesses to own resources in outer space.

Bernie Sanders’s old public-access TV show in Vermont is exactly what it sounds like.

Only 0.02% of Filipino soldiers who fought for the Allies in WWII were granted the American citizenship and veterans’ benefits they were promised.

Riverside County, Calif., is home to the largest federal wiretapping project in America by many times over; the Justice Dept. thinks it might be illegal.

Confidential calls between inmates and attorneys leaked to show how insecure the prison phone company is.

The internet makes us more aware of things all around the world, but less in-tune with things happening in our neighborhoods.

History of the Parental Advisory sticker, which turns 30 this month.

One of the Parental Advisory sticker’s architects said she was “thankful” they’re still in use.

Profile of DJ Akademiks, “the new king of hip-hop commentary.”

The NFL committee that reinstated Greg Hardy after he was convicted of beating his ex-girlfriend allowed Hardy to present his side only—without much, or any, pushback.

“Our press passes don’t give us the license to bully ourselves into any and all spaces where our presence is not appreciated.”

South Boston, Va., police Tasered Linwood Lambert multiple times while he was handcuffed; he later died.

Most American police forces don’t follow federal Taser guidelines, which say shocking someone multiple times could kill them.

“If drinking the water doesn’t kill us, the stress of having it on our mind and worrying about it all the time will.”

“Thermal anomalies” at the Great Pyramid of Giza hint at an undiscovered tomb.

They’ve been with us, in-field, in all the situations that you might imagine. A bag designed to hold $1M in cash.