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Bombs at Home, Backlash Outside: Kashmir's New Education Crisis
Growing attacks on Kashmiri youth in other Indian states are making families sever a rare bridge with India — seeking education outside the state.
True StoryCheating Into College the Old-Fashioned Way: Breaking and Entering
Who needs Photoshop and $250,000 checks when crowbars, bravado and stupidity will do?
True StoryUnapologetic: A Webby-Nominated Series
This OZY video series features people whose lives run against societal expectations, highlighting what makes them unique on their journey to self-acceptance.
True StoryUnapologetic: Gay, Jewish and Radically Rabbinical
Adi Alouf might become a rabbi one day. She’s also gay — but to her, it’s not a paradox.
FlashbackListen to OZY's Hit Podcast 'The Thread': Lorena Bobbitt... By Way of Insanity
John Wayne Bobbitt awoke to every man’s nightmare: a severed penis. The jury found his wife, the assailant, not guilty.
Need to KnowLook Closer: A Dance Club, or Possibly Whipping Up Trouble?
The sharing of self-flagellation equipment leads to a CDC health warning.
Immodest proposalCongestion Pricing Is Class Warfare. Here's a Better Idea
Plans are afoot to charge drivers to enter Manhattan. But we need a fairer way to reduce traffic and climate chaos.
AcumenWhy Americans Are Retiring Into Homelessness
Rather than enjoying the fruits of decades of labor, more elderly Americans are facing homelessness instead.
True StoryOn the Business End of a Gun
About half of the time, reading about crime just becomes wallpaper for what feels like a slow slide into urban entropy. Until it happens to you.
True StoryFive Lesbians Walk Into a Bar ...
In San Francisco, this should’ve been a nonstory. Throw in a bit of hate and a bar fight, and that changes just about everything.
Immodest proposalAmerica, Stamp Out This Four-Letter Word Via Reality TV
Fed up with Americans abusing the word “like”? It’s high time we made a game out of it.
Need to KnowKevin Tsujihara and the Weinsteins That Bind
The first Asian-American CEO of a major film studio sees his career journey end in scandal.
