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Tales from the Los Angeles Poverty Department: A Gentrification Story
May the shopping carts of LA roll on in their victory parade. While it didn't get much attention in the mainstream press last year, a court's decision that police don't have a right to throw away...
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This Man Has Survived on Pizza Alone for 25 Years
My friend Dan survives on nothing but pizza. It's said that variety is the spice of life, but for Dan, a 38-year-old woodworker based in Maryland, oregano is the only spice involved, because it’s the...
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I Visited the Lake Town That LA Turned into a Salt Flat
About a month ago, I wrote a story on how Los Angeles is being affected by the apocalyptic California drought of 2013–2014 (from which we are getting a short respite in the form of a huge storm coming...
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Popping the Marks: The WWE Killed Wrestling with the WWE Network
"Smarks"—smart marks, the hipsters of wrestling-fans—have been complaining that Vince McMahon ruined wrestling ever since the 1980s Rock 'n' Wrestling boom. It’s a well-worn narrative: Vince turned...
View ArticleVICE News: Investigating an Unsolved KKK Murder in the Deep South
Two young black men were found dead in a river in Mississippi. The year was 1964, and many suspected the men died at the hands of the KKK. But this was the South in the 60s—the case was never solved....
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Meet the Guy with the World’s Largest Collection of Soviet Bus Stop Photos
Chris Herwig is a photographer who got obsessed with bus stops in the former Soviet Union. He's now put them together into the biggest collection of Soviet bus stop photos in the world, according to...
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This is What Happens When a Fire Gets Into a Coal Mine
A coal mine is currently burning the hell up in Australia. For obvious reasons fires in coal mines are especially problematic—the exposed coal face burns, just like coal should, and smoulders through...
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The Hate Boat: No Wimps Allowed - Scott Morrison Won't Let Facts or...
Image by Ben Thomson It's been a big week in boats with the aftermath of Iranian asylum seeker Reza Barati's death on Manus Island just over a week ago. This week's edition of The Hate Boat looks at...
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Visit Your Parents Or They Might Die
A British study has found that for people aged 50 and over loneliness can be particularly unhealthy. How unhealthy? Twice as unhealthy as obesity, according to the research. Another study by Judith...
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The Ass Menagerie
All illustrations by Jocelyn Spaar My boyfriend and I have called it quits, broken up. The breaking-up part is done, but I am still living daily with an unshakeable sadness, which is only increased by...
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Are Cuban Special Forces Shooting at Venezuelan Protesters?
This story is from VICE News, our new news website. See more and sign up now at vicenews.com. Eduardo Barreto isn’t sure if the armed guards that have been shooting at him were even Venezuelan. Since...
View ArticleAberdeen Is a Paradise
Aberdeen is a paradise city, full of angels in miniskirts walking the streets barefoot in the cold, stepping in puddles of puke and blood. Who knows if they're having fun, but at least the seagulls...
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Jon Langford on Drone Warfare, Alternative Astronomy, and Honky-Tonk
Jon Langford has been one of my favorite artists for more than a decade now. He is also probably my favorite punk rocker, though you might not immediately recognize his new record, Here Be Monsters,...
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Dangerous Unhappy Things: A True Ghost Story
Illustration by Chiara Sbolci We didn’t even want to go to Chicago. Especially not during the worst winter the Midwest had seen in years. And definitely not after our last week, most of which was...
View ArticleTen Ideas for TV Shows Starring Glenn Danzig
Ten Ideas for TV Shows Starring Glenn Danzig
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I Spent the Night in Greece's Favorite Drug Hangout
Photos by Alexia Tsagari Hamid is waiting for me at a bus stop right next to Alexandras Avenue in Athens, Greece. He’s almost 35, extremely skinny, and he has scars all over his face. This evening,...
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Project ROSE Is Arresting Sex Workers in Arizona to Save Their Souls
Illustration by Molly Crabapple In May 2013, Monica Jones, a student and sex-work activist, was arrested for “manifesting prostitution” by the Phoenix police. Hers was one of more than 350 arrests...
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Please Kill Me: Question Mark & the Mysterians: The Making of '96 Tears'
Question Mark & the Mysterians, photo via. Artwork by Brian Walsby Bobby Balderrama is a wonderful guy who started one of the greatest punk bands ever: Question Mark & the Mysterians,...
View ArticleDevo as Potatoes, Philip Glass on 'Sesame Street,' and More Experimental...
Devo as Potatoes, Philip Glass on 'Sesame Street,' and More Experimental Music on Children's TV
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With Coalition Troops Leaving Afghanistan, Women's Rights Will Take a Step Back
Young women in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Photo via DVIDSHUB I saw a documentary the other day about Afghan women who'd been imprisoned for "moral crimes"—a euphemism for stuff like running away...
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