The 2015 Good Gift Games
Give someone the right board game, and you’re offering easy access to endless fun. Choose incorrectly, and you’re giving misery in a box. Start here instead, with the best board games of 2015.
Archive
A collection of 14231 issues
Black & White in Color
“One of my biggest pet peeves in art is the lazily-desaturated DSLR video,” says filmmaker Julianna Thomas. This video is her “personal response to treating black and white as an editing afterthought.” See more videos by Julianna Thomas
December 4, 2015
* Obama will veto, but the Senate just killed the ACA, defunded Planned Parenthood, and voted against denying terror suspects firearms. * A bill filed in Missouri requires those seeking firearms to face the same scrutiny as those seeking abortions. * The Massachusetts medical examiner takes an average of 242 days to find
December 3, 2015
* On a state-by-state basis, mass shootings like in San Bernardino do little to change gun control laws. * Rahm Emanuel threatened to withhold Chicago resources from black communities if the Laquan McDonald protests turned violent. * GOP's Senate campaign branch warns those up for reelection to stay away
Dreaming of Earth From Space
Astronaut Helen Sharman recounts a dream she has of returning to space and viewing Earth from above once more. From A Place Called Space
Urban Conformation 74:19
Time-lapse tessellations of cities in motion. Directed by Florian Rouzaud Cornabas
December 2, 2015
* Much of the $260M in nonlethal military gear—e.g., Humvees—the US supplied to Eastern Ukraine rebels is falling apart. * Profile of ex-Chicago PD superintendent from summer 2012, as the city's murder rates were rising quickly. * Kern County, Calif., is home to America's deadliest
Paris, Exposed
The layout of the French capital is famous for its density and opaqueness. Under attack, suddenly transparency is the norm.
December 1, 2015
* New cases of diabetes in the US decline—we either reversed course or simply peaked. * Why black Americans with diabetes are more likely to receive amputations than white patients. * Shopping as a black woman at a gun show in rural Indiana. * In-state college football rivalries are class warfare, because
Our Machines of Loving Grace
When you’re not doing anything meaningful, why do it yourself? Directed and animated by molistudio