Culture
An LA street artist has built a wall around Trump's Hollywood star
America at its greatest — While Donald Tump and his hordes of loyal supporters have been in Ohio at the Republican National Convention, LA based street artist Plastic Jesus erected a wall to surround the Republican candidate's Hollywood star.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Washing away apartheid’s toxic legacy with surf
No black and white - just surfers — Before Apish and Noncedo took up surfing, violence and disorder dominated their world. Now they've had their lives turned around by Waves for Change, a charity providing surf therapy for Cape Town’s disadvantaged young. A new documentary, ‘Freedom Riders,’ traces this positive work, showing how Apish and Noncedo - who are now surf coaches - have freed themselves and others like them from the stresses and struggles of home life.
Written by: Christopher Sanders
I've made more friends through Pokemon Go this week than in a year of London living
The new social circle — The global phenomenon that is Pokemon GO isn’t something to be laughed at or ridiculed. Yes, it’s a game, and yes, none of it is real, but the relationships I’ve formed in my short time with this game are.
Written by: Max Gayler
The Kalbarri reef is on the brink of destruction, but one man is determined to save it
On the verge of oblivion — Humanity is on the edge, with a climate change armageddon on the horizon, and indicative of these changes is the destruction of the Kalbarri reef. The devastation was discovered by Dr Thomas Wernberg, who is now on a mission to save it.
Written by: Christopher Sanders
Building bridges to the past with survivors of the Armenian genocide
One hundred years later — A twenty-five-year-old photographer and three survivors of the Armenian genocide of 1915 journey back to the past.
Written by: Diana Markosian as told to Andrea Kurland
A Difficult Truth: America is entrenched in a race war
From Where I Stand — The shooting of Philando Castille in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge - black men killed at the hands of US police - are the latest chapter in a story of state violence that stretches back to the invention of 'race'. Now, after five police officers were shot and killed during a protest in Dallas, it's time to face a difficult home truth: America is at war.
Written by: Tetsuhiko Endo
Why nightlife matters in Brexit Britain, now more than ever
Save club culture! — Despite an onslaught of club closures, and an uncertain future, people are still throwing their weight behind London nightlife.
Written by: Saoirse O'Leary
The photographer documenting the greatest silent crisis of our time
'Water' by Mustafah Abdulaziz — Are we heading towards a water crisis – or are we already in it? Photographer Mustafah Abdulaziz is journeying across the world, closing the gap between the choices we make and the impact we have on the planet.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
McKamey Manor: America's most popular torture experience
The Fear Factory — When Russ McKamey turned his home into an ‘extreme haunted house’, he never imagined his taste for terror as anything more than a labour of love. Now producers want to turn his eight-hour torture sessions into a hit TV show.
Written by: Joseph Lapin
Huck 56 - The Independence Issue
Out Now! — Huck's 10th anniversary special celebrates a decade of self-rule - and the outliers who define what it means to be truly independent.
Written by: HUCK HQ