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When the Cops Tried to Cancel Rage Against the Machine

Terrified and offended by the band’s leftist politics and righteous anger, law enforcement throughout the country did whatever they could to harass and intimidate RATM at every stop along its 1997 ‘Evil Empire’ tour

The Anti-Feminist Movement in Turkey Is Looking More Like Ours

President Erdoğan’s crackdown on women’s groups has religious origins but uses the language of secular misogyny

A Ballsy Oral History of the Life-Saving Deadpool Testicular Cancer PSA

In 2016, a cheeky ‘Deadpool’ ad taught millions of men how to check their ‘smooth criminals’ for testicular cancer. Years later, many men says it saved their lives

The Utter Romance of Applebee’s on a Date Night

Five-dollar drinks, two entrees for $20 and the best people watching on the planet? See you there, baby