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A Revealing History Of The Soviet Boy Scouts

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Whether practicing with grenades or shooting Germans, the Young Pioneers of the World War II era were forced to grow up all too fast.Viktor Bulla/Wikimedia CommonsYoung Pioneers wear gas masks during a civil defense drill in Leningrad. 1937. The haunting photo above has, in recent years, taken on a new life thanks to the internet. However, few seem to know the story behind it. The image shows members of the Young Pioneers youth group in Soviet Russia donning their gas masks during a civil defense drill near Leningrad in 1937. Read More...

Alejandrina Gisselle Guzmn Salazar: El Chapo's Influencer Daughter

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Best known as Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's eldest daughter, Alejandrina Gisselle Guzmán Salazar is also a businesswoman — who has capitalized on her drug lord father's name.TwitterA photo believed to be of Alejandrina Gisselle Guzmán Salazar, the daughter of El Chapo. The exploits of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the infamous Mexican drug lord, are well known. But members of his family often seem to flit in and out of the spotlight, emerging only beneath salacious headlines or in mugshots before disappearing back into El Chapo’s shadow. Read More...

Billionaire Marc Lore Wants To Build A $400 Billion Utopian City Called Telosa

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Inspired by 19th-century economist Henry George, billionaire Marc Lore wants to do away with private land ownership and let the people decide how to operate his utopian city of Telosa.Bjarke Ingels GroupThe city of Telosa aims to provide all citizens with equitable education and healthcare. Marc Lore is no stranger to the accumulation of wealth. The internet billionaire founded two startups that he sold for $550 million and $3.3 billion. However, he has since become aware of just how wide the gap between the rich and poor truly is and now wants to build a desert city from scratch to create a modern utopia called Telosa. Read More...

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