Interview: Luh Kel Was Made For This Moment
Despite the insane year he’s had, Luh Kel is soft-spoken and calm. At just 18-years-old, he somehow doesn’t seem overwhelmed by the fact that he’s an R&B superstar. In less Continue Reading
42 Visionaries Project: Christoph Carr on Black Land Ownership and Giving Flowers to Cops
Scholar, activist, musician, event organizer, author—Christoph Carr is the personification of a visionary. As the co-founder of Brooklyn Wildlife and Black Land Ownership, Carr has long been working to break Continue Reading
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A Medium Shares The Vision She Had During the First 2020 Presidential Debate
Important Editor’s Note: What follows is an interview with a person who purports to “see” what others cannot – the paranormal truth that crosses the divide between mind and matter, Continue Reading
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Meet Luna and James—The Travel Vloggers Who Invited You into Their Bedroom
In their videos, Luna and James seem in many ways like typical travel vloggers. They’re young, charming, attractive, and willing to share their adventurous lifestyle with the world—maybe just a Continue Reading
2738 On This Day: Bon Iver Invented Religion On "22, A Million"
The first time I heard 22, A Million, I was walking through Central Park on my way to the hospital where I was working. It was a fall day in Continue Reading
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Who Are the Proud Boys, the Extremist Group Trump Told to “Stand By?”
In case you were blissfully unaware, last night marked the first presidential debate between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. In what has been called “maybe the worst presidential Continue Reading
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Debate Recap: The Best Tweets About the First 2020 Presidential Debate
The first presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle took place last night, September 29th. While we’ve known for a long time that Trump doesn’t think treating others with basic Continue Reading
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Forgotten Pop-Punk Bands From The 2000s To Distract Us From 2020
So we can all agree that last night was an insufferable fever dream. As I watched two disgruntled old white men hash out whether white supremacists have rights and whether Continue Reading
4288 31 Halloween Movies to Watch This October
This autumn, our world is grappling with a bevy of horrors—an ongoing pandemic, relentless unchecked racial injustice sanctified by our legal system, the gaping void of an open supreme court Continue Reading
2747 How Did 94-Year-Old David Attenborough Beat Jennifer Aniston's Record on Instagram?
How many 94-year-olds do you follow on Instagram? If the answer is less than one, then you are not one of the 4.7 million people who have already followed David Continue Reading
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The Most Underrated Pop Punk Songs of the 2000s
There was a special kind of angst fueling the music of the early 2000s. Pop punk, post-grunge, and other guitar-laden subgenres consumed the mainstream. Pete Wentz and Hayley Williams, with Continue Reading
3149 Tattletales From Tanqueray Is Humans of New York's Most Enthralling Story Yet
During the past few months of quarantine, my days and weeks have blended into each other, turning into an almost indistinguishable spiral that I’m partly convinced is a time warp. Continue Reading
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Tattletales from Tanqueray Is Humans of New York’s Most Enthralling Story Yet
During the past few months of quarantine, my days and weeks have blended into each other, turning into an almost indistinguishable spiral that I’m partly convinced is a time warp. Continue Reading
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How Baby Yoda Is Fighting the Wildfires, Saving the World
Sometime around April it had already become a cliche to note how awful 2020 is—as if the horrifying events taking over our lives could be contained by a calendar. Now, Continue Reading
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Interview: Rexx Life Raj Is Fighting to Stay “Optimistic”
A few hours before I spoke with Rexx Life Raj, the Louisville AG issued his disheartening verdict in the Breonna Taylor case. Faraji Omar Wright grew up in the church, Continue Reading
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Remembering Broadcast’s Trish Keenan on What Would’ve Been Her 52nd Birthday
Today, September 28th, 2020, would have been Trish Keenan’s 52nd birthday. Keenan made a name for herself as the lead vocalist of the British electronic band Broadcast, who formed in Continue Reading
4958 Which GOOP Products Keep Gwyneth Paltrow Looking So Sexy at 48?
There’s no denying it: Gwyneth Paltrow looks good. And she celebrated that fact on her 48th birthday by sharing an image of herself with her seven million Instagram followers wearing Continue Reading
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Young Summer Releases Apocalyptic Love Song “lf the World Falls to Pieces”
The end of the world never sounded so beautiful. Though it’s about apocalyptic despair, Young Summer’s newest single, “If the World Falls to Pieces,” feels gracefully detached, like it’s coming Continue Reading
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On “Only for Dolphins,” Action Bronson Takes Us to the Tropics
In the 2011 music video for “Brunch,” Action Bronson transports a woman’s corpse to his lakehouse, hoping to dispose of it off the side of his boat. While en route, Continue Reading
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Spoken Word Poet Brandon Leake Just Won “America’s Got Talent”—Does America Love Poetry?
When you think of poetry, what comes to mind? Maybe it’s Robert Frost making trivial choices sound important, or Emily Dickinson giving voice to alienation, or Edgar Allan Poe writing Continue Reading
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