Five people are dead, including the gunman, after a shooting at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky Monday morning, April 10. At a press conference, Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey of the Louisville Metro Police Department said […]
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Dalai Lama Apologizes for Telling Kid to ‘Suck My Tongue’
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has apologized for telling a young boy to “suck my tongue,” an incident the the 87-year-old Buddhist leader claimed was done in jest. The incident took place back in February, […]
They’re Selling Nudes of Imaginary Women on Reddit — and It’s Working
“F/19 feeling pretty today,” Claudia’s post reads. She’s got straight black bangs and giant blue-green eyes, with just the socially appropriate amount of cleavage sticking out of her grey tank top. With her alabaster skin, […]
Yaeji: With a Hammer
The great women artists of modern history knew that the most intense, powerful kind of rage may wield a hammer, but the hammer is the means and not the end. Tracey Emin’s bed lies unmade, soiled […]
Calvin Johnson: Gallows Wine
K Records impresario Calvin Johnson tried the solo singer-songwriter thing for a while, but that’s not usually how people prefer to hear him. Anybody who caught one of Johnson’s acoustic coffeeshop sets around the release of […]
Daughter: Stereo Mind Game
For a microgeneration of angsty teens, the music of London indie folk trio Daughter was a formative soundtrack to aimless Tumblr scrolling and late nights aching for connection. In particular, the band’s 2011 breakout “Youth” provided solace […]
Major League Soccer Investigating After Player’s Alleged ‘Racist Remark’ Halts Game
Major League Soccer announced it has opened an investigation into allegations that a New York Red Bulls player said a “racist remark” during the team’s game Saturday versus the San Jose Earthquakes. The alleged incident […]
Raphael Saadiq: Instant Vintage
When it came time to promote Erykah Badu’s 1997 album Baduizm, William “Kedar” Massenburg started looking for the right name to describe the sound. It needed to be short, snazzy, something to capture how artists like Badu and D’Angelo—both […]
Companies That Get ‘Woke’ Aren’t Going Broke — They’re More Profitable Than Ever
“Get woke, go broke,” has become a rallying cry of the political right whenever they see a brand make the slightest effort to align itself with liberal or progressive values. It’s a meme that allows […]
Alan Braxe / Fred Falke: The Upper Cuts (2023 Edition)
French house isn’t so much a style of music as a state of mind—an elusive feeling, an inimitable flavor, like saudade or saffron. You know it when you hear it. The genre’s characteristic chords exude […]
U.S. Army Sgt. Guilty in Murder of BLM Protester
A jury in Austin, Texas, has found Daniel Perry guilty of murdering Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster in the summer of 2020. In a case that has put Texas’ gun laws on display, the […]
Friend of Las Vegas Shooter Urged Him Not to Harm Innocent People, Letters Reveal
A friend of the Las Vegas shooter urged him not to hurt “people who did nothing to you,” handwritten letters between the two men reveal. In a recently declassified trove of FBI documents about the […]