A Boy's Guide to Not Being a Dick This Summer
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View ArticleConfessions of a Failed Writer
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View ArticleIran's Courts Are Still Blaming Rape Victims for Their Attacks
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View ArticleAn Inside Look at the Making of Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'
An Inside Look at the Making of Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'
View ArticlePlease Kill Me: Dirty Water: The Story of the Standells
Larry Tamblyn is one of the original members of the Standells, a group that recorded what many consider to be the first punk song, “Dirty Water,” a 1965 ditty about how Boston is a shit hole. Larry is...
View ArticleRiding Shotgun to Murder Scenes with Guatemala City’s Overworked Volunteer...
Photos by Giles Clarke/Getty Images Earlier this year, I met Dr. Jorge Chiu at a murder scene while I was documenting the Bomberos Voluntarios, the volunteer paramedics of Guatemala City. A man had...
View ArticleFlowertown, USA
Hello, young comic lovers, This is the premiere of VICE's new weekly comic, Flowertown USA, by Rick Altergott. Rick is best known for his series Doofus, which is one of the funniest comics about two...
View ArticleVICE News: Syria: Wolves in the Valley
The year 2013 was a bad one for the Syrian rebels. While the mainstream rebels struggled to defend their frontlines from the resurgent Assad regime, a renegade al Qaeda offshoot—the Islamic State of...
View ArticleHow Teens Are Making Money off Novelty Twitter Accounts
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View ArticleVICE Shorts: I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Sevilla'
Growing up, I spent many days exploring rivers and swimming holes, taking road trips to nowhere, and adventuring through abandoned buildings and spaces. I had a crew of friends who loved B&E,...
View ArticleHow a Former Senior SEC Official Manipulated the System for His Clients' and...
Spencer Barasch. Photo by James Nielsen/AFP/Getty Images Two years ago, Spencer C. Barasch, a former high-ranking Securities and Exchange Commission official based in Fort Worth, Texas, paid a $50,000...
View ArticleDonald Sterling's Been Banned for Life, but He'll Be Dead Soon Anyway
The NBA finally applied sanctions to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Sterling has been fined $2.5 million (the maximum he could be fined) and suspended for life for the racist rhetoric his...
View ArticleCold War in the Desert
Polisario commander Ahmed Salem with his original artwork, a crocodile made out of Moroccan bombs. Photos by Andoni Lubaki A young soldier sits in a lone tree in the desert, perfectly camouflaged. In...
View ArticleIn Lima, Digital Cumbia is Having its Moment
In Lima, Digital Cumbia is Having its Moment
View ArticleIt's Hard Out Here for a Male Belly Dancer
Photo courtesy of Zorba, "the Veiled Male" A few years back, a young man walked into a dance studio in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan and started offering belly dancing lessons to women. The...
View ArticleBritish Teen Dies After Indigenous Yage Ritual in Colombia
British Teen Dies After Indigenous Yage Ritual in Colombia
View ArticleThe Church of Scientology Had Its Own Teen Pop Band (and They Were Amazing)
For 20 years, the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Center in Hollywood, California, had its own all-singing, all-dancing children's pop group called Kids on Stage for a Better World. The group...
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