Quinceañeras Are Just an Excuse to Take Your Money
Bat Mitzvah. Sweet 16. Quinceañera. Three different names, three different cultures, one interchangeable concept: an introduction to womanhood—and more importantly, an opportunity to throw a...
View ArticleYour Weed Habit Is Killing Off California Salmon
Your Weed Habit Is Killing Off California Salmon
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People Actually Gave a Shit About This Year's Kiev Security Forum
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk speaks at this year's Kyiv Security Forum (Image via) In 2005, Vladimir Putin referred to the collapse of the Soviet Union as “the greatest geopolitical...
View ArticleWeediquette: The Cannabis Republic of Uruguay - Part 1
At the end of 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize marijuana. VICE correspondent Krishna Andavolu heads over to Uruguay to check out how the country is adjusting to a...
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When Trolling Gets Teens Thrown in Jail
On Sunday morning, a Dutch teenager named Sarah made one of the most disastrous attempts to be funny on Twitter in history. The 14-year-old girl, whose now-suspended handle was @QueenDemetriax_,...
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A Few Impressions: Showing the Dirty Stuff in Movies
The other night some friends and I went to a midnight screening of Trainspotting at Nighthawk cinema in Brooklyn. I first saw the movie as a freshman at UCLA, back in 1996. I had read the book over...
View ArticleTo Rule on Aereo, the Supreme Court Has to Figure Out What Aereo Is
To Rule on Aereo, the Supreme Court Has to Figure Out What Aereo Is
View ArticleCourtney Barnett Told Us How to Stop Writing Terrible Poetry and Land a...
Courtney Barnett Told Us How to Stop Writing Terrible Poetry and Land a Record Deal
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The FBI Is Trying to Recruit Muslims as Snitches by Putting Them on No-Fly Lists
Planes at San Francisco International Airport, where Dr. Rahinah Ibrahim was arrested in 2004 (Photo via) Dr. Rahinah Ibrahim is not a national security threat. The federal government even said so. It...
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'Disco Night Sept 11'
Photo by Peter van Agtmael/Magnum My tenth-grade American history teacher once told us that in the Civil War, twice as many men died of disease than died in combat. That macabre Snapple fact is all I...
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You'll Never Forget Your First Time at One of Romania's Glamorous Fairgrounds
I first took photographs at a Romanian fairground in 2008, in the city of Rosiorii de Vede. I hung out with the kinds of people who draw their living from following the fair: merchants, grill masters,...
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Why Has the Governor of Buenos Aires Declared a State of Emergency?
Governor Daniel Scioli announcing a 12-month state of emergency in Buenos Aires Province. Image via Youtube Eighteen-year-old David Moreira was beaten up by a mob of 50 men after stealing a woman's...
View ArticleScience Finally Proves That the Brains of Artists Work Differently
Science Finally Proves That the Brains of Artists Work Differently
View ArticleVICE News: Driving Ferraris with Thai Royalists
As the conflict in Thailand intensifies, VICE News goes deep into the lives of the rich and powerful royalists of Bangkok, who are fighting to keep the old order from crumbling. These Bangkok elite...
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The Glam Holy Men of Varanasi
Varanasi is the most holy Hindu city and the spiritual home of India’s sadhus, or holy men. They are revered by Hindus as representatives of the gods and sometimes worshiped as gods themselves. They...
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These Guys Made Up a Fake Case to Get on 'Judge Judy'
Back in 2010, there was an amazing Judge Judy segment that featured four people in a dispute over some smashed TVs and a dead cat. You may have seen a clip of it called "Best Judge Judy ending...
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Warsaw's Pensioners and Anarchists Have United Against Gentrification
The Communist-era buildings in Praga, Warsaw, don't face the same problems as the pre-war housing. But without proper legislation the communal spaces (such as parks and schools) can be privatized at...
View ArticleMaking Crab Mac and Cheese with the Creator of 'Deadliest Catch'
Making Crab Mac and Cheese with the Creator of 'Deadliest Catch'
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Matt Taibbi Talks About Criminalized Poverty and Why Wall Street Is Above the...
Matt Taibbi. Photo by Robin Holland, courtesy of Random House It's not exactly breaking news that the American criminal justice system is wildly unfair. The war on drugs sends thousands of black and...
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