15 People Share Declassified Government Documents That Creep Them out
Be careful what you wish for…because the truth might terrify you. We live in a world rife with conspiracy theories about all things big and small. But based on these responses about real, declassified government documents, maybe we should be freaking out more than we already are. AskReddit users shared the declassified documents that really...
New Planned Parenthood App Will Let Users Order Birth Control in Every State
Planned Parenthood (and women’s reproductive rights in general) has been the subject of a lot of scrutiny and argument over the past several years from some politicians and people, but I, for one, think that this is a great development. Why you wouldn’t want affordable birth control to be available to all women in every...
10 of the Creepiest, Most Bizarre Declassified Government Documents
Some of us are more into conspiracy theories than others – or more prone to believing that the government is hiding certain truths from us, maybe – and still others have just watched too many episodes of The X-Files to trust that we’re being told every last detail. But if these 10, slightly terrifying declassified...
New Study Shows That More Guns Lead to More Violent Crime
A new statistical analysis of 33 U.S. states could be a game-changer for the argument that more guns on the street would help reduce violent crime. The report will likely come into play as the Supreme Court gets ready to hear arguments in a case lobbying for the constitutional right for Americans to carry guns...
New Study Names Police Violence As a Leading Cause of Death for Young Black Men
Watching the news over the past several years, it’s become clear that young black men have different experiences with – and more reasons to fear – interactions with police. At least, that’s how it seems. But now, a scientific study is backing up that idea with proof. According to new research, black men between the...
Take a Look at These Photos of How Polluted America Was Before the EPA Cleaned It up
It’s hard to imagine a time when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) didn’t exist in the United States, but it actually wasn’t until 1970 that President Richard Nixon signed the order to create the agency. From 1971 until 1977, the EPA hired freelance photographers to document just how bad the environmental problem was in the...
Foul-Smelling Fart Forces Kenyan Regional Assembly to Pause Their Debate
Everyone passes gas sometimes, but not everyone’s farts are smelly enough to disrupt the political process. A member of a Kenyan regional assembly emitted a fart that was so foul, the entire assembly had to disperse in the middle of a debate, BBC reports. The Homa Bay county assembly had just returned from a lunch...
