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Stressful Modern Life Is Giving Us All Hunger Rage
Illustration by Luke Routledge You know "hanger," that raging storm cloud of grumpiness that rolls over you when you haven’t eaten in a long time? The word—a portmanteau of hunger and anger—is now...
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Here Be Dragons: Cutting Through the Bullshit Surrounding Flight MH370
A Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 similar to the one that disappeared with 239 people on board. Photo via Wikimedia Commons Sometimes, though not very often, planes crash. But in a post-9/11 world, that...
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German Astronaut Ulrich Walter Thinks Everyone Should Go to Space
This story came from Motherboard, our tech website. Read more at Motherboard.tv. German astronaut Dr. Ulrich Walter was an unlikely guest at the ITB Travel Fair in Berlin last week, a trade show...
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VICE Premiere: Here's Mobb Deep's Newest Single, 'Say Something'
Amid all the new-wave molly rappers and swag babies, it's a rare treat to come across something reminiscent of rap's golden era, i.e., early-90s New York. Luckily, Mobb Deep practically pioneered (or...
View ArticleThe VICE Guide to Travel: Kingdom of the Little People
In a land far, far away, love flourishes in a kingdom quite unlike any other. In mushroom-shaped homes and old dormitories, a community of dwarfs—all less than 51 inches tall—can be found singing,...
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Republicans Have Finally Turned Against the Drug War
Former sheriff Howard Wooldridge uses CPAC to evangelize against the War on Drugs. When the Conservative Political Action Conference came to its rapturous close this weekend, I left the Gaylord...
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Australians Keep Using Alcohol to Treat Poisonings
Two tragedies were narrowly avoided in Australia over the past couple of weeks, ostensibly through the use of alcohol to treat poisonings, one in a dog, and another in a human. A few weeks ago, Rod...
View ArticleVICE News: Permanently Temporary: The Truth About Temp Labor - Part 2
Temp labor is one of the fastest growing industries in the US. Increasingly, temp workers are part of a business strategy to keep costs down and profits high. From mega-retailers to mom-and-pop shops,...
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How the World Wide Web Became the Internet's Killer App
This story came from Motherboard, our tech website. Read more at Motherboard.tv. Photo courtesy of Wiki Commons If you’re reading this, you’re making use of two technologies that are nowadays so...
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The Book Report : Ghosts Make Better Friends: A Book Report on 'Wait till...
Photo by Flickr user Steve Jurvetson The Book Report is a series that promises to deliver exactly what it promises: reports on books by the people who’ve read them. Catch evenings of live, in-person...
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Life in Brazil Isn't the Paradise Haitian Immigrants Think It Will Be
Pastor Charles preaching in his small Santa Felicidade church. Photos by Vinicius Ferreira I looked on as Pastor Charles Antiochus, a Haitian chaplain, got ready for his Sunday sermon. His small...
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What 'Seinfeld' Would Be Like If the World Were Dead
This story came from Motherboard, our tech website. Read more at Motherboard.tv. Seinfeld might be one of the least cinematic shows of all time, which is partially what makes this supercut of...
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Locking Up Women In Australia Is Getting Expensive
More Australian women are going to prison than ever before and a look at the statistics shows that it's not doing a great deal of good for those women or for us. Thirty percent of them are indigenous,...
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The Hate Boat: Sorrynotsorry – The Government’s data breach could put asylum...
Image by Ben Thomson Sometimes Australia’s asylum seeker news leaves you depressed and ultimately disappointed. Other times it leaves you so overwhelmed by ridiculousness that you’re reduced to...
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News of Zealand: Improvised Houseboats, Fighting Cops, and Drinking Hand...
As if Christchurch residents don’t have their hands full rebuilding their quake-stricken city, the big man in the sky took another steaming piss on their hopes and dreams last week as streets turned...
View ArticleVICE News: Lebanon's Hash Farm Wars
Cannabis cultivation in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley is an ancient practice that dates back to the beginning of recorded history. During the Lebanese Civil War between 1975 and 1990, it provided funding for...
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Busking in New York’s Urine-Scented Underground
The life of New York City street performers is mysterious. It seems that they run the gamut from pregnant crusties who blow “Hot Cross Buns” into a recorder to soulful crooners who used to sing backup...
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Writer's Block: Pez Went into the Ocean and Never Came Back
Writer's Block is a regular column that takes a low-brow approach to profiling various street bombers and modern-day vandals with a mixture of stories, off-the-cuff interviews, and never-before-seen...
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Remembering Charles Bukowski Through One of His Lovers
Linda King and Charles Bukowski Yes, she said, she's the one who taught Charles Bukowski how to perform oral sex. Linda King still remembers the conversation: Bukowski said he'd never done that,...
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These Guys Created a 'RoboCop' Remake That’s Full of Exploding Dicks
A screencap of our hero, just before he goes medieval on some dicks I don't like to admit this, but I check WorldStarHipHop every morning before I even pee. It's a habit I've been trying to break for...
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