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The Protester
Who are the people who have taken over Ferguson, protesting the killing of Michael Brown day after day? Meet Frankie. He’s on day 118.
Raven Rakia
9 min read
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Confessions of a Mortician
Caleb Wilde wants to reacquaint us all with the uncomfortable, eye-opening realities of death.
Eric Puchner
25 min read
How to Get Away with Uber
What exactly is it about the controversy-baiting, aggressive, indispensable taxi app that pisses so many people off?
Bobbie Johnson
16 min read
Blood on the Corn: Episode One
In a three-part series, legendary journalist Charles Bowden finally digs into the terrible mystery behind a DEA hero’s murder.
Charles Bowden and Molly Molloy
18 min read
What It Takes To Be The French Jennifer Lawrence
The artists of France’s voiceover industry are well-paid and highly secretive. Now… if they can only survive le deluge of Netflix.
Mac McClelland
24 min read
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#BlackPoetsSpeakOut
A protest, online and in verse.
Kati Krause
3 min read
Hunting Task Wabbits
Everybody’s crazy mad with TaskRabbit — but the startup that launched the sharing economy really doesn’t want to talk about its troubles.
Caleb Garling
10 min read
First the Rape, Then the Rape Kit
Why forensics won’t solve what’s wrong with our handling of sexual assault
Anna Altman
4 min read
Announcing the Winner of Matter’s International Reporting Fellowship
When we set out to fund our first international reporting fellowship, we hoped to find new voices and ideas from around the world that…
Matter
3 min read
How to Survive Thanksgiving: Spend a Lot of Time Reading on Your Phone
Stuck with your crazy family and looking for a way to escape? We may have something for you.
Matter
3 min read
Rage-Tweet Your Holiday Uber Surge For Science
This is the crappiest time of the year to use Uber. And we want to hear exactly how much it’s costing you.
Matter
1 min read
I Am Afraid
An illustrated response to the grand jury decision in #Ferguson
K. L. Ricks
2 min read
Not Catching Fire
How vaping became the pastime of terrorists, futuristic bounty hunters, and everyone, everywhere
Liesl Schillinger
5 min read
This Is What Your Face Looks Like to Facebook
Artist Sterlin Crispin’s “Data Masks” remind us the machines are always watching.
Kyle Chayka
3 min read
Why The Travel Pillow Is The Key To Solving The World’s Biggest Problems
By Chris Stokel-Walker
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The travel pillow goes a long way back, way before you and me, and way before Vladimir Putin.
Chris Stokel-Walker
3 min read
Scenes From “The Cosby Show,” Unedited
By John DeVore
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Rudy tries to make cookies all by herself, but makes a mess in the kitchen.
John DeVore
3 min read
Learn the Secret Language of Brazilian Transwomen
Eloisa Aquino makes zines and runs B&D Press in Montreal.
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Eloisa Aquino
3 min read
Blood on the Corn: Episode Three
The final installment of Charles Bowden’s true-life crime epic.
Charles Bowden and Molly Molloy
26 min read
Blood on the Corn: Episode Two
The investigation of a murdered DEA agent plunges deep into the drug world, where power is everything and death is one wrong move away.
Charles Bowden and Molly Molloy
22 min read
Chuck Bowden’s Final Story Took 16 Years to Write
Here’s why it took so long and meant so much
Molly Molloy
4 min read
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