7 Must-Read Stories About Vladimir Putin, America’s Biggest Prescription Drug and a Night With a Libertarian Porn Star
How the Berlin Wall made Putin who he is. The biggest drug in America isn’t what you think. And just how Libertarian is porn star James Deen? Here’s our best work from this week.
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Wrongly Imprisoned for 15 Years Thanks to an Innocence Project
By Jacob Siegel
A group of crusaders, dedicated to freeing the wrongly imprisoned, is now accused of framing a man for murder.
How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Radicalized Putin
By Masha Gessen
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In 1989, as East Germany collapsed around him, a KGB spy in Dresden named Vladimir Putin came to some hard conclusions about power and its paralysis—lessons that would later inform his bellicose geopolitics.
Mother’s Little Anti-Psychotic Is Worth $6.9 Billion A Year
The best-selling drug in America isn’t what you think—and it’s a whole lot more powerful than you’d expect.
Bats’ Link to Ebola Finally Solved
A new paper outlines five steps required for a virus to ‘spill over’ from bats to humans. But don’t just blame the bats—deforestation and hunting are to blame, too.
How Straight World Stole ‘Gay’: The Last Gasp of the ‘Lumbersexual
By Tim Teeman
Have you met the lumbersexual: all beards, flannel shirts, and work boots? It’s the latest gay ‘look’ co-opted by straights. Have it. We have nothing left to give you.
My Bizarre Night With James Deen, Libertarian Porn Star
By Emily Shire
An HIV scare, Rand Paul talking points, and a (maybe) proposition. A turbulent night in New York City with porn’s boy-next-door.
Scroguard, Galactic Cap, and More: Will Anyone Wear Normal Condoms In the Future?
A better-designed condom is hot business right now—even Bill Gates has invested seed money (the puns write themselves). Is the regular old condom as we know it on its way out?
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