I Took a Trip Down Tajikistan's 'Heroin Highway'
The town of Murgab in the eastern Pamir Mountains Beginning in the Kyrgyz city of Osh, the Pamir Highway runs the length of Tajikistan, stretches through Uzbekistan, and terminates in Afghanistan....
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Jaimie Warren is a perennial VICE favorite. We published her first image in 2004, alongside a story called “An Ode to the Fat Friend,” and her work has been featured in almost every VICE photo issue...
View ArticleLetter from the Chateau Marmont
This story originally appeared in our June 2014 fiction issue. Photo by Santi Visalli Inc./Archive Photos/Getty Images The thing about the Chateau Marmont in LA is that it isn’t very easy to navigate....
View ArticleVICE News: Chaos in Brazil: On the Ground at the World Cup - Part 1
VICE News headed to the initial match of the World Cup games to be played in Rio de Janeiro, between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Argentina. As the game began, protesters marched towards the Maracanã...
View ArticleCan We Stop Rape from Being Used as a Weapon of War?
US Secretary of State John Kerry, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, and Angelina Jolie at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. Image via Flickr user Foreign Office After four...
View ArticleI Worshipped Nature with England's Dancing Druids
Photos by Theo Cottle Hands up if you had a Wiccan phase as a teenager. Because I definitely did. My evenings were spent rubbing patchouli oil on green candles and I once went to something called...
View ArticleHow an FBI Informant Helped Orchestrate the Hack of an FBI Contractor
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View ArticleVICE Shorts: A Piece of the Bottom - Trailer
With more than 3,500 miles of coastline, Maine is America's biggest ocean frontier. Here, self-regulated lobstermen struggle to hang on to their way of life—even if it means fighting to the death for...
View ArticleConvicted Felon Dinesh D'Souza Is Still Hustling Old White People
Speaking at last year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Photo via Flickr user Gage Skidmore Dinesh D’Souza, the nation's leading incendiary conservative documentarian, has resurfaced...
View ArticleReasons Why Washington, DC, Is the Worst Place Ever
The United States capital really never had a chance. On July 16, 1790, President George Washington signed the Residence Act, which created a special district to serve as the seat of government for the...
View ArticleThe 2015 NBA All-Star Flop Challenge
NEW YORK – NBA Commissioner Adam Silver inaugurates the first-ever NBA Flop Challenge at this year’s NBA All-Star Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The event features six of the preeminent...
View ArticleThe California Prison System Is Cracking Down on “Obscene” Political...
San Quentin prison in Marin County, California. Photo via Flickr user Andrew Reid Wildman, Artist, Writer, Photographer In February 2013 a group of inmates in California’s Pelican Bay State Prison...
View ArticleYou Can Kill Anyone with Your Car, as Long as You Don't Really Mean It
Photo of Bobby Cann courtesy of Groupon On May 29 of last year, Bobby Cann left the Groupon offices in Chicago, where he worked as an editorial-tools specialist. Traveling north on his bicycle, he...
View ArticleThe GOP’s Biggest Donor Is Trying to Stop Florida from Legalizing Weed
Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is bankrolling opposition to Florida's proposed medical marijuana amendment. Image via Wikimedia Commons One of the most remarkable aspects of the marijuana...
View ArticleFormer Swimmer Debra Denithorne-Grodensky on Sexual Abuse in Women's Sports
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View ArticleThe Derailment of the SEC – Part V: Why a Respected Law Firm Allegedly Risked...
R. Allen Stanford—the billionaire fraudster and cricket enthusiast—with some cricket players in 2008. Photo by Brian Smith/Corbis Outline A former Securities and Exchange Commission official and his...
View ArticleCops Raided Albania's Cannabis Capital Yesterday
An anonymous guest worker trimming the buds from marijuana plants. Photo by Telnis Skuqi Yesterday, a police force of more than 500 officers stormed Lazarat, an outlaw Albanian mountain town that...
View ArticleThis Teen Lost His Finger at a London Rave
The disused Royal Mail sorting office where the party was held. Photo by @rossellascalia On Saturday evening, thousands of people turned up to a party in Croydon, South London. The problem was that...
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