I Went to a Vibe-Tastic Bookstore in the Middle of LA's Woods
All photos by Jordon Sullivan. For the past year, BOOK STAND, an art book shop based in downtown Los Angeles, has been quietly exploring the emerging small-press art book scene, coupling beautiful...
View ArticleLive Streaming the Black Bloc Anarchists' Protest in Rio
Since June, millions of activists have taken to Brazil's streets to protest rising bus fares, the costs of hosting the 2014 World Cup, and Rio Governor Sérgio Cabral Filho. Violent black bloc...
View ArticleJust Before Dawn at a Berlin Swinger Club
We’re about three gin and tonics deep when my friend Hanno and I come to a decision: We should go to a swinger club. We’ve spoken vaguely about heading over to Zwanglos III before—the way thousands of...
View ArticleTaji's Mahal: This Skateboard School Is Keeping Kids Out of Trouble in...
For this week's Mahal, I checked out the Summer Skateboarding Program at Mt. Ollie Baptists Church in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The program is a a collaborative effort between the Harold Hunter...
View ArticleTalking to Australians on Election Day
This weekend millions of Australians voted in a new Liberal/National Party Coalition Government led by Tony Abbott as Prime Minister. Some voters went to the polling places keen to exercise their...
View ArticleWe Spoke to Innocent Men Who Were Stopped-and-Frisked
Image via Flickr user j-No. In New York City, your skin color can get you stopped. Between January 2002 and June 2012, the New York Police Department conducted about 4.4 million stop-and-frisks, a...
View ArticleVladimir Putin Is Charming the Pants Off the G20
At this weekend’s G20 summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin has invested a substantial amount of his time rallying nations to stand against American efforts to engage in military action against...
View ArticleCanada Should Keep an Eye on the Fukushima Disaster
An aerial photo of the Fukushima nuclear plant being buit. Via WikiCommons. This week, Japanese authorities released terrifying new information about radiation leaking into the Pacific Ocean from a...
View ArticleMusic World: Metal Church
On a busy side street an hour from the center of Bogotá, Colombia, the Communidad Pantokrator meets every Saturday to rock out in the name Jesus Christ. We spent an enthralling evening in...
View ArticleBob Odenkirk’s Page: Show Us Your Pit Stains
Click to enlarge. More from the Hot Box Issue: How Do You Kill Giant Cats? Get Some Giant Dogs The Nine-Year-Old Romanian Strongman and His Pissed-off Dad Sweden’s Shitty Sewage-Sludge Debate
View ArticleThe Colorado Town Promising to Shoot Down Obama's Surveillance Drones
A drone control station. Photo via No one likes drones. The unmanned death machines float above Pakistani towns and Yemeni mountain ranges like hateful mechanized pterodactyls, seeming to destroy...
View ArticleA Munitions Expert Weighs in on Last Month's Chemical Attacks in Damascus
Bodies lined up after a chemical attack in Ghouta. Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime currently stands accused of committing one of the worst war crimes of the 21st century: dropping sarin nerve gas on...
View ArticleThe Exploitation and Crushing Capitalism of Fashion Week
The author with Paris Hilton. Photo by Andrew Boyle First and foremost, the term “fashion week” is somewhat of a misnomer. It really should be called “fashion month.” The week bounces around from New...
View ArticleThe First World Is Destroying the Third World Through Climate Change
As the effects of climate change in the Third World worsen, developing nations may soon face a massive influx of refugees. Image via Flickr About 500 years ago, capitalism started to displace...
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