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  • Gay Panic in Cowtown
    The police raid on the Rainbow Lounge rocked the calm world of Fort Worth gays.
    Thursday, August 20
    Benjamin Guttery and his partner were drinking on the patio when five officers showed up and started shining their flashlights in patrons'... More >>
  • Gay Panic in Cowtown: Houston Pride
    This city's gay community pushed back hard.
    Thursday, August 20
    Cops used to raid Houston's gay bars all the time. They'd burst inside, kill the music and flip on the lights. People would be ordered up against... More >>
  • A Darker Look at Che's Revolution
    After Guevara destroyed his family and his fortune, Gustavo Villoldo hunted the revolutionary leader to his grave.
    Thursday, August 06
    Ernesto "Che" Guevara's famous beret is gone. His iconic beard is filthy and matted against skeletal cheekbones. Bushy eyebrows arch over his... More >>
  • Love in the Time of Leprosy
    The life after death of José and Magdalena Ramirez
    Thursday, July 30
    Everybody thought college would be a breeze for José Ramirez. A starter on his high school football team, he was voted most popular in his... More >>
  • Love in the Time of Leprosy: The Critter Connection
    Where there's leprosy, there's usually an armadillo.
    Thursday, July 30
    Along with humans, only one other creature on earth is susceptible to leprosy: the nine-banded armadillo. Leprosy thrives in cool conditions, and... More >>

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Broward - Palm Beach

Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They're Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement

During his sophomore year in high school, Cody Beck finally got fed up with hearing homophobic... More >>

Dallas

The police raid on the Rainbow Lounge has rocked the world of Fort Worth gays

Fort Worth's drowsiness more than a century ago led to an urban myth of sorts that a panther... More >>

Denver

Colorado's new Medicaid funding plan will leave disabled adults on the outside

Sean Wenlock stands at the end of a seafoam-green diving board, his toes curled over the edge... More >>

Kansas City

Still at war, the Army opens a new front: against soldier suicide

Jim Haus barreled down a dusty road to Kuwait, piloting an M816 recovery truck. Sitting behind... More >>

Miami

The God of Skeptics

Heretics, nonbelievers, and doubters worship the Amazing Randi. So what will free thinkers do when he's gone?
Onstage in a spacious Las Vegas banquet hall sits a nervous-looking, dark-haired Danish woman... More >>

Minneapolis

Tony Sutton: Savior of Minnesota's Republican Party?

"Relentless" Sutton leading state's GOP out of the wilderness
In 1984, Tony Sutton took a long walk home. It was early September, and the 17-year-old Hibbing... More >>

Phoenix

Dumpster Dining: For Freegans, Eating Garbage Is Getting Downright Trendy

On a Wednesday night, four people are gathering boxes of vegetables from a dumpster behind an... More >>

St. Louis

Dr. Feelbad: When a west-county physician went haywire, no one intervened to shut him down

Shortly after 6 p.m. on March 8, 2008, Manchester police received an anonymous tip that medical... More >>

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The Life of Brian
Thursday, July 16
Response to Judge Guerrero's letter: Will this nightmare ever end? This innocent young man was finally acquitted after more than two years of... More >>

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