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Mexico's Drug War
Early in 2007, the Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared war on his nation's drug traffickers. Since that time, drug-war-related violence...
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The GOOD 100: Ending the War on Drugs
Finding a Better Way to Fight It's pretty much unanimous, at this point: The war on drugs has sucked us all down with it. Each year it accounts...
News
War Is Hell: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and Lockdown, USA
Last month, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was departing for Mexico on a diplomatic mission to discuss both the violence on the...
Culture
Intermission: A Man's Last Minutes With His Best Friend
A touching six-minute film about a man's best friend.
Lifestyle
Tripping Your Way to Sobriety: A Hallucinogen Offers New Hope to Recovering Drug Addicts
Drug addicts who take ibogaine, a potent hallucinogen, trip their faces off. When the drug wears off, so does their urge to get high.
Business
People Are Awesome: Philadelphia Man Forecloses on His Bank
When Wells Fargo stopped responding to a Philadelphia homeowner he read up on mortgage law and then used the bank's own playbook against it.
News
Portugal's Drug Policy Puts America's to Shame
While America continues hemming and hawing over decriminalizing marijuana, Portugal's eminently sensible drug policy is thriving.
Culture
People Are Awesome: Man Becomes Pen Pals With Daughter of Man He Killed in War
Almost 50 years after shooting down a plane in the Indo-Pakistani War, a pilot wrote a letter to his victim's daughter.
Culture
A Month Later, "Homeless Man with a Golden Voice" Is Abandoned by His Corporate Friends
Less than two months after being initially discovered, the homeless man with the radio voice has been abandoned by his benefactors.
News
People Are Awesome: Doctors Induce Labor So Dying Man Can Hold His Daughter
A terminally ill Texas man's wish was to hold his daughter before he died. He got that wish, but just barely.
Lifestyle
Dealbreaker: He Changed His Name
"Hector," it turned out, was his second try at a new name; he hadn’t had much luck with Nicholas.
Business
Why Drug Companies Don't Sell a Lifesaving Drug Pioneered on the Battlefield
Can a drug be too cheap and effective?
Education
Why Don't We Teach Kids How to Use CTRL+F?
Teaching students how to use a book index is great, but what about how to use a computer or do internet research?
Technology
You F*$#ing Swear You'll Give to Charity?
Pledge a dollar for each smutty tweet with the Charity Swear Box.
Design
Man's Best Friend Can Now Be Man's Best Solar-Powered Charger
Imagine that you're camping/hiking/frolicking in the woods and your GPS/flashlight/phone/(insert much needed electrical device here) dies. If you...
Culture
Comedians Are Awesome: Louis C.K. Tells Asshole Jokes for Charity
Louis C.K. channels misanthropic humor into delivering health care, water, and capital to people in need.
Lifestyle
Is It Time to Legalize Moonshine?
Reason TV produced this six-minute video arguing for the legalization of moonshine. We regard home brewing as a fun, safe hobby that contributes...
Lifestyle
Should MDMA Go From Party Drug to Medical Treatment?
The medical potential is great. The problem is MDMA's reputation.
Technology
One Man's Plan to Bring WiFi to an Entire Continent
We've heard companies promise over and over to blanket American cities with wireless internet, so that you have a signal no matter where you...
Culture
In Slang, to “Gay Marry” Is Legal
Accepting gay marriage in language is more than just wordplay. Eventually, according to my crystal ball, gay marriage will be legal everywhere....
