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Should Journalists Who Witness Killings Try and Stop Them?
A new killing in South Africa raises the question about when it's right to intervene to try and save a life.
News
Why Prison Rape Jokes Are Really Not Funny
With hundreds of thousands of sexual assaults behind bars annually, prison rape is no laughing matter.
Culture
Kanye Is Wrong: His Murdered Woman Video Is Totally Misogynistic
Kanye West's new video, in which the props are murdered women, is misogynistic, regardless of what the rapper says.
News
Capital Stupidity: The Death Penalty Costs California $300 Million Per Execution
Not only is the death penalty racist, classist, and ultra-violent, a new study says it's tremendously wasteful, too.
News
"If We Don't Riot, You Don't Listen to Us": The Case for Chaos
In April, 1,000 people turned out for a peaceful march in honor of a man who died during a police raid. Nobody listened to them.
Cities
How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors?
In an age where online communities often get more attention than our real-life ones, what's the role of the neighborhood?
News
Anders Breivik and the War Against Ourselves
Breivik is a sobering reminder that the war we're fighting has no face or home. The war we're fighting is against unthinking, bilious rage.
Cities
Slideshow: Violence Prevention Coalition Turns Guns to Art
An inside look at La Fonderie, where a group of youth volunteers and metalworkers are making art out of melted down gunmetal.
News
What a Mess: $6.6 Billion in Cash Presumed Lost in Iraq
As America's economy continues to flag, it might infuriate you to know that we're literally losing billions in a far-off desert.
Cities
In Los Angeles, Transforming Guns Into Art
A community coalition is melting down guns and turning them into statues.
News
There's No Justice for Trayvon in Violence
Two alleged instances of vigilante justice for Trayvon Martin should remind us of what actual justice means.
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.
News
Mapping the Connection Between Poverty and Rioting
A visualization of London's class inequality helps ask important questions about what sparked that city's riots.
Culture
If 50 Cent Thinks Bullies Are Bad, Maybe He Should Stop Egging Them On
If 50 Cent is penning a young adult novel to raise awareness about bullying, perhaps he should chill with his own violent and homophobic messages.
