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The Most Hilarious Stills from Live’s “I Alone” Video

The Calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada

HOUDINI'S GRAVE: The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death

Kern Your Enthusiasm: The Genius of Jenson’s Roman, or How Nicholas Jenson Created a Perfect Typeface 600 Years Ago

Johnny Cash's dark California days

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Death Penalty and Race: Race of Homicide Victims in Cases Resulting in an Execution since 1976

Economic harassment and the Ferguson crisis

Why I Don’t Call the Police: Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Debra Harrell. And that’s just the latest.

White Privilege: An Insidious Virus that’s Eating America from Within

What I've Learned from Two Years Collecting Data on Police Killings

What Militarization Has Done to Our Police Departments: A few facts you might have missed about the flow of military equipment and tactics to local law enforcement.

Whitewashing and the Problem With the Ice Bucket Challenge

My best friend died today.

My best friend died today. She was 27 years old. We've been best friends for fifteen years. She leaves behind my godchildren and her loving mother. I miss her already.

Our last trip together, last summer. We'd been talking about getting matching tattoos for years, and we finally splurged and did it. We intended on having them added to every year, on her birthday, until they were huge and fabulous.

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This week I bring you a list of lists. Some of these are inherently interesting to me, while others are astounding simply because of the time and energy expended to compile them. Some are pedantic, while others are heart-wrenching. Either way, enjoy!

People who have been in the band Slipknot, complete with a graphical timeline.

List of films by gory death scene.

List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-related films by storyline.

Women In Refrigerators: Not every woman in comics has been killed, raped, depowered, crippled, turned evil, maimed, tortured, contracted a disease or had other life-derailing tragedies befall her, but it's hard to think up exceptions.

List of English words containing Q not followed by U

List of U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions by type

List of countries without armed forces.