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Egypt’s Growing Political Prisoner Problem
Sherif Farag On a Thursday in mid March, an Egyptian architecture graduate student named Sherif Farag found himself defending his master’s thesis in prison. Wearing a white prison jumpsuit and his...
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It's Been Eight Months Since New Zealand Stopped Banning Designer Drugs
Last July, New Zealand ushered in a world-first law aimed at regulating controversial synthetic drugs and herbal highs that get sold over-the-counter with droll names like Kronic, Thai Hi and Giggle....
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Small Town Murder Gossip 2.0
On the morning of March 16th (a Sunday) the body of Alexis Jeffery was found on the banks of the Macintyre, the river running through the small border town Goondiwindi. Discovered just 500 metres from...
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Why Are So Many Girls Wearing Cat Makeup on Tinder?
Like many single, hot-blooded, smart phone-enabled men, I am on Tinder. When I started, I didn’t know quite what to expect. Portraits of women hung, suspended inside of my phone, waiting for me to...
View ArticleWeediquette: Uruguay's Cannabis Republic - Trailer
At the end of 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize marijuana. VICE correspondent Krishna Andavolu headed over to Uruguay to check out how the country is adjusting to a...
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The US Government Is Slowly Moving Toward Putting Fewer Drug Dealers in Prison
Photo via Flickr user goldenratio The term Kafkaesque gets thrown around a lot these days when people talk about the US government—and it's easy to see why, given everything we've learned over the...
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Jaimie Warren at The Hole: The Exclusive VICE Preview
If you were to squint very hard, you might recognize one section of the tiny tableau above from last year's VICE Photo Issue. That image, Self-Portrait as Nun with Some of My Mother's Favorite...
View ArticleThe All-American Life and Death of Eric Harroun
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The Many Mysteries of Al Sharpton
Photo via Wikimedia Commons It’s Wednesday morning, the first day of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention, and D’Juan Collins is telling me how the state took his son and won’t give him...
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I Tried Eating Gourmet Dog Food, and Now I Hate Myself
Photos by Elizabeth Vazquez Most dog-food companies want to convince you that they sell high-quality dog food. Just Food for Dogs wants to sell you high-quality human food to feed your dog, who...
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This Week in Racism: A Racist Swan Is Attacking Foreign Students in England
Photo via Flickr user Tony Donnelly Welcome to another edition of This Week in Racism. I’ll be ranking news stories on a scale of one to RACIST, with “one” being the least racist and “RACIST” being...
View ArticleJamaica’s Famous Aphrodisiac Soup Got Me High
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Jay Z, White Devils, and the 'New York Post'
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images On April 1, Jay Z showed up at a Brooklyn Nets game sporting a large medallion of the Five Percenters’ Universal Flag. Once white people figured out what the...
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If You're Sick of Hearing About Ukraine, Try Living There
Photos by Valeriya Myronenko It’s Monday morning and you’re savoring the last drag of your breakfast cigarette before heading off to your job as an underpaid, overworked miner, digging coal that no...
View ArticleVICE News: Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine - Part 23
On the second day of the self-styled People's Republic of Donetsk's existence, people gathered in the Regional Administration Building to discuss their new government and plans to join Russia. VICE...
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The Duke Porn Star Is Pornhub's Newest Intern
Photo courtesy of Pornhub Belle Knox is the breakout porn star of 2014, but not for anything she's done on camera. Since the Duke freshmen women’s studies major revealed her face and porn pseudonym...
View ArticleDid a Lady Gaga Troll Prove That the Billboard Chart Is Broken?
Did a Lady Gaga Troll Prove That the Billboard Chart Is Broken?
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The VICE Reader: An Excerpt from 'New Orleans: The Underground Guide'
This month a horde of out-of-towners will descend on New Orleans for New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. JazzFest celebrates traditional Louisiana culture and heritage and showcases some...
View ArticleVICE News: The Sunflower Revolt: Protests in Taiwan
The Republic of China, or Taiwan as it is better known, has been independent from mainland China for over half a century, but China claims the island as its territory and has a stated aim of...
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