3D-gun advocate Cody Wilson released on $150,000 bond for sexual assault of a minor
Cody Wilson had fled the country to Taiwan before he was extradited back to the United States to face sexual assault charges.
It’s been a high time for marijuana stocks
The reason for the sudden so-called green rush is thanks to Canada becoming the only wealthy nation in the world to fully legalize marijuana.
Prada invites a trio of female architects to reimagine black nylon—its signature fabric
For Spring/Summer 2019, architects Cini Boeri, Elizabeth Diller and Kazuyo Sejima created new accessories in black nylon for Prada.
Congress to vote on the Music Modernization Act
If the bill passes, it will attempt to correct the discrepancies in compensation that came about as digital music platforms emerged.
Steve McQueen to photograph an entire grade of school children across London
The artist and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen has invited every London primary school to register for a date and time to have its students sit...
Why didn’t we learn from Anita Hill? Like the scandal 30 years ago, professor accuses Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh of sexual assault
The U.S. Supreme Court should hold itself to higher standards as Kavanaugh's nomination hangs in the balance.
Damien Hirst’s secondary market is a “bloodbath”
Of the 19 original lots from Damien Hirst's record-breaking 2008 Sotheby's sale, 17 have depreciated, adding up to a total loss of almost $3 million.
Making it rain dollar bills could make you a terrorist in Turkey
Turkish pop star Matiz is under investigation for terrorism after he threw a single stack of dollar bills in the air in a music video.
Rising entrepreneurial star in China turns out to be social media catfish
A middle school student is behind the identity of Shi Runlong, an alleged entrepreneur whose Weibo account was full of photos of global dignitaries.
Trump dips in the polls as his job growth promises come through for barristers and bartenders
Across an 18-month period, from Jan 2017 to June 2018, jobs in the food and drink sector grew by 5.6 percent.
Russia continues to crackdown on dissent
Two members of Pussy Riot were detained by police in Moscow, as a music industry insider revealed he was paid $30,000 to start a rap...
London Fashion Week goes fur free
The British Fashion Council announced that this September’s London Fashion Week will not have any animal fur on the runway.
Russian scientists speed up the internet
A group of Russian scientists, in partnership with an American university, created an algorithm that can increase internet speeds by one-and-a-half times.
Artist Luke Turner withdraws from Athens Biennale over heated Twitter fiasco
The co-founder of the #HeWillNotDivideUs roaming art project got into an intense Twitter battle with artist Daniel Keller, who defended artist Deanna Havas liking a...
London Design Fair names plastic its Material of the Year
Select designers will tackle plastic, which is lauded for its durability but condemned due to it's pollutant nature, at the London Design Fair.
Global warming causes insects to eat more crops
A new paper discovered that global warming is causing the metabolic rates of insects to rocket, resulting in yet more crop devastation.
Detroit public schools bring in bottled water to combat contamination
Detroit officials say the city's water supply is okay, and that they think the problem stems with the schools' aging infrastructure.
Who is Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky?
Google celebrates the 155th birthday of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, the Russian photographer and chemist who documented the Russian Empire.
How Hungary’s far-right government is curtailing culture
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban’s far-right party has banned skyscrapers, wants to withdraw funding for gender studies from a university, and even criticized a Frida Kahlo...
Not just relegated to politics, Russian bots are now undermining vaccines
A new piece of research from George Washington University shows that social media bots and Russian trolls have also been used to spread false information...
And now, a geographic breakdown of America’s sexism
A new survey on sexist attitudes across the U.S. analyzes misogyny's economic toll.
UNC students are making history, not erasing it, after toppling Confederate monument
This week, students at the University of North Carolina toppled Silent Sam, a Confederate statue that has stood since 1913.
France wants to end snobbery, democratize culture, through multimillion-dollar app
The $496-million-a-year plan will target 10,000 18-year-olds, giving them €500 ($577) in credit to spend in the app.
Rapper Killer Mike is the newest board member of Atlanta’s High Museum
The rapper and social activist is one of three fresh faces shaking things up at the High Museum of Art.
Nudists flock the Palais de Tokyo
One of Paris’s most prestigious contemporary art collections opened its doors for the first time to a very marginalized group of culture lovers.
Science attempts to explain why the rich and powerful often behave like swine
Cheating, stealing, lying, and environmental disrespect are habits shared most exclusively to the wealthiest social groups, according to new research.
The UK’s visa problems are crippling the country’s cultural scene
Tightening immigration restrictions for artists seeking to enter the UK are affecting racial and religious minorities.
“It’s like a blood bath”: Inside the student protests rattling Bangladesh
Document's New Vanguard Special Reportage winner Tahia Farhin Haque reports from the front lines of the student protests in Dhaka.
Vegans be wary: A plant-based diet won’t be viable in the future
Researchers from six American universities discovered that a future of living solely off the land isn’t the most efficient way of farming.
Belgium fights back against Facebook’s problem with Old Master nudes
The Flemish Tourism Board created a video in response to Facebook censoring nude works by Paul Rubens from the Maison de Rubens in Antwerp.
Ai Weiwei’s studio demolished in wave of destruction against Beijing’s contemporary art community
Beijing authorities destroyed Ai Weiwei's studio without warning last Friday, three years after the artist relocated from China to Berlin.
Project depicting names of drowned refugees mysteriously disappears from Liverpool Biennial
The List by Turkish artist Banu Cennetoğlu has not been seen since last Saturday when it was removed from a new development in Liverpool’s Chinatown.
Why is our criminal justice system still failing to help the LGBT community?
A study at the University of California at San Francisco discovered that sexual minority offenders are more likely to get stuck in the system.
20 states sue Donald Trump to curtail bizarre 3D-printed gun u-turn
Washington state attorney general Bob Ferguson announced in a federal lawsuit that downloadable weapons are a serious national security threat.
The ghosts of historical lynchings still walk among us
A new study in the "Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities" examines the effect of lynchings from 1877 to 1950 on present-day death rates.
The child separation crisis at the border is far from over
Even with today's deadline to unify refugee children with their parents.
Most of the female writers you know have experienced sexual harassment
A survey conducted by Writer’s Guild of America West says that sixty-four percent of female writers have experienced sexual harassment at least once in their...
Colorblind in a heatwave
Japan is applying its progressive design ethos to heatmaps that can be visible to those with colorblindness.
Another well-researched blow to the moral panic surrounding same-sex parenting
A quarter of a decade since the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study began researchers can finally reveal that good parenting has nothing to do with sexuality.
Trump’s silence on American arts is deafening
With nine months until the Venice Biennale, the State Department has yet to announce a U.S. artist.
The man in the hole emerges
Footage of the world's most isolated man, who has lived in a hole in the Brazilian jungle since the eradication of his tribe, was captured...
If it’s fresh air you’re looking for, avoid the major national parks
Ozone levels across the country's national parks are virtually indistinguishable from the smog and pollution found in major metropolitan areas according to new research.
Here’s one reason why you stop getting your musical kicks at age 30
A new survey of music listeners attempts to make sense of aging and musical discovery.
The millennials of the world have had enough of big business
A recent survey of millennials and members of Gen Z across six countries has revealed a totally reasonable and widespread mistrust of those leading the...
Global broadband inequality is making it impossible for some nations to log on
The internet is getting faster for a select global few, leaving developing nations at an extreme disadvantage.
Same-sex marriage has opened doors to healthcare for gay men
In the first study of its kind, researchers have found a direct correlation between increased access to healthcare and the legalization of same-sex marriages.
Researchers think millennial pink might be the oldest color known to man
Before Tumblr, Instagram, and mankind itself—there was pink, floating in Earth's primordial ooze.
With Amazon, buying Nazi children’s toys has never been easier
According to a new report by two watchdog groups, the e-commerce hub has become a handy resource for extremist children toys.
A raid on an Italian artifact smuggling ring may have unlocked a vast forgery web
The recent bust of one of Italy's oldest organized crime rings may have 'convulsive' impacts on the scholarly world of artifacts and forgeries.
