VICE News: Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine - Part 15
Just a few days after Crimeans overwhelmingly voted in a referendum to join Russia, the crisis across the peninsula has claimed its first life. In part 15, VICE News's Simon Ostrovsky attends the...
View ArticleThe VICE Report: Snake Island - Part 1
The highest concentration of one of the most poisonous snakes in the world is located about 90 miles off the coast of Santos, Brazil, on a small, craggy chunk of otherwise uninhabitable land. It’s...
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Who Hijacked Aaron McGruder's 'Boondocks' Facebook Page?
There is a lot of corporate and PR fuckery happening on the social media channels of our favorite shows and artists. Bob Marley has been dead for 33 years, so why the hell is he posting wacksteady...
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What Happens When a Colombian City Ruled by Extortion Finally Says No?
Dayana sitting in front of her grandmother's corner store. Photos by Peter D’Amato “Whether you sell clothing, food, or anything else, every store and business pays for ‘protection’ here,” says...
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Hitler Madness
Graphics by Rodney Hazard (Click to enlarge) It happens dozens, hundreds, maybe thousands of times every day: Someone compares someone else to Adolf Hitler. Sometimes this accusation is leveled as a...
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Fred Phelps Just Died – Fuck That Guy
Illustration by Victoria Sin So Fred Phelps has gone to live with the big fag-hater in the sky. America mourns. The rainbow flags are fluttering at half mast. Really, you can’t overestimate how cut-up...
View ArticleMMA on a Mohawk Reservation
In Canada's Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, MMA fighters are keeping a nation's warrior spirit alive.
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A Slap on the Wrist for a Handsy General
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair. Photo by Flickr user Arctic Wolves Yesterday, I wrote about the high-profile court martial of Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair, who was accused of sexually assaulting a...
View ArticleMy Documentary Crew Was Attacked in Ukraine for Being American
Footage of the attack shot by a Ukrainian bystander By the time the tear gas filled the van, I had already covered my face with my hoodie. I could feel tiny shards of glass in my mouth. The windows...
View ArticleThe Creators Project: Jim Campbell's Sculptural LED Light Installations
Artist Jim Campbell details the inspiration and custom electronics behind his new series of light installations currently on display at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in New York City. The exhibition ranges...
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The World Is Still Searching For MH370
Image via There are two objects floating in the Indian Ocean but chances are they're not the missing Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 that disappeared 13 days ago. For four days Australians have been...
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Even Putin Thinks the Drugs We Give to American Livestock Are Bad News
American livestock via Flickr user United Soybean The decision to hold this year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi focused a lot of international attention on Russia, which prompted unending discussions...
View ArticleWe Need Three Planets to Keep the Human Race Alive, NASA Scientist Says
We Need Three Planets to Keep the Human Race Alive, NASA Scientist Says
View ArticleHonolulu Is a Paradise
The idyllic beaches and expensive hotels are high points of life in Hawaii, but on the other side of that is grime. Over here you can score a sack of meth just as easily as a bag of weed. The...
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Finding Drugs on the Ground with Mad Mike the Hippie Bum
Mad Mike with some weed discovered on the ground. Photo courtesy of Mad Mike I first met Mad Mike the Hippie Bum at the turn of the millennium in New Orleans’s French Quarter, where he could often be...
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Cry-Baby of the Week
It's time, once again, to marvel at some idiots who don't know how to handle the world: Cry-Baby #1: Bayview Middle School Screencaps via WAVY News The incident: A girl took a razor from a kid who was...
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Pen Pals: Rap Was My Lifeline in Prison
Drawing via Flickr user Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager Over the past few years, I’ve used this column to expound upon the many ways inmates pass the days locked up in the stinkin’ clink-clink. The boredom...
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Venice Wants to Secede from Italy
A campaigner's T-shirt calls for independence. All photos by Filippo Massellani There's clearly something about March that makes people think about secession. While Crimea monopolized the front pages...
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The Most Important UN Drug Summit in Decades Was Really Depressing
The UN building in Vienna (Photo courtesy of Legal Matters magazine) This month, amid a backdrop of governments—in a number of American states, as well as the countries of Portugal and Uruguay—coming...
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Friday Live!: Livestream: Strangers on an Awkward Date!
Let's face it: It's Friday, you're currently less productive than a dog trying to fire a gun, and there's a lot of water to tread until you can go out and lay siege to your own sanity for 48 hours. So...
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