Gay Asylum Seekers in the UK Face a Brutal Ordeal
Ira Putilova. Photo by Faith Taylor If Ira Putilova had been deported to Russia by the UK government this week, she’d have been slung into prison as soon as she arrived to her country of origin. Ira,...
View ArticleThe Weezer Paradox: Why Can't Bands with Unlimited Resources Make Good Albums?
The Weezer Paradox: Why Can't Bands with Unlimited Resources Make Good Albums?
View ArticleThe Anointed One: Did Jesus Perform His Miracles with Cannabis Oil?
"Jesus Healing the Blind" from 12th Century Basilica Catedrale di Santa Maria Nouva di Monreale in Sicily. Last month the Salt Lake City Tribune ran a story titled “Families Migrating to Colorado for...
View ArticleA New York Lawyer Thought Murdering a Trans Person Was No Big Deal
29-year-old Rasheen Everett assumed he was getting just what he wanted when he answered an ad for prostitute Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar in 2010, and so, was surprised to discover the transgendered sex...
View ArticleWill Western Europe Pay Out to Slave Descendants?
A slave market in Atlanta, Georgia (photo via) Britain formally put an end to its slave trade in 1807, but it took another three decades for the Empire to free its last slaves in the Caribbean. By...
View ArticleEpicly Later'd: Sean Malto - Part 1
VICE: Over the last couple of seasons you’ve focused largely on veteran pros with long histories in the skate world. Compared to some of them, Sean Malto is a new jack. Did working with him require a...
View ArticleWhat if Lawyers Wrote Ads?
Image via Lawyers are to creativity what the Gatling gun was to the Spaniards at San Juan Hill. The amount of human ingenuity that has been killed dead, forever, by attorneys throughout history is...
View ArticleYou’re Not Smart Enough To Make A Living Off Fantasy Sports
Drew Dinkmeyer plays fantasy sports for a living and makes a lot of money doing it. That’s right, this dude watches sport, talks about it, plays in a bunch of fantasy leagues and doesn’t live in his...
View ArticleMotherboard: The New Kings of Kong
Hank Chien is an affable 39-year-old Harvard graduate with his own plastic surgery practice in Queens, NY. He also holds the Guinness World Record for the original arcade version of Donkey Kong, with...
View ArticleA 5-Year-Old in Britain Was Taken Into Protective Custody for Being Too Fat
A 5-year-old girl in the UK was taken into custody due to weighing 145 pounds, three times as much as a normal girl her age. According to a story from The Sunday Times, the girl was seized in Newport,...
View ArticleNew Zealand Ghost Hunters
From left to right: Brenda Huggins, George Shiels, Victoria Edmonds, Catherine Nichol, and Jaimie Steel Palmerston North is a picturesque university town on New Zealand’s North Island. It’s home to...
View ArticleThe Creators Project: Watch Michel Gondry Explore Noam Chomsky's Mind
Activist, writer, philosopher, and MIT professor Noam Chomsky has lived a colorful life. Turning Chomsky's ideas into visual manifestations, French illustrator and filmmaker Michel Gondry's newest...
View ArticleThe Royal Commission Ignores Two Thirds Of Child Abuse
Image via Australia is having a Royal Commission to look at child abuse in institutional settings, and it's come up with a whole lot of nasty stuff that's gone on for decades in churches, schools,...
View ArticleBlack Lips Announce New Album "Underneath the Rainbow"
Black Lips Announce New Album "Underneath the Rainbow"
View ArticleA Holiday Gift Guide for Bigots
"I SUPPORT TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE" Stocking ($16.50) available from CafePress It's Christmas time. And just because you're a piece of shit with repellant views doesn't mean you shouldn't get to enjoy...
View ArticleProstitution by Any Other Name Is Still Exploitation
Terri Bedford, the sex worker-turned-dominatrix who has taken on the Canadian government. via Wikipedia. Last week, the lower house of French parliament passed a bill that, if made into law, would...
View ArticleCrisis in the Central African Republic
All photos and video by Robert King They went to the airport when the massacres began. Residents of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, knew that French soldiers were stationed at...
View ArticleHot Links: The Weird World of Wine
Some red wine on some red satin sheets via. Welcome to our brand new food column, Hot Links, where VICE employee Dan Meyer explores the neglected culinary stars of YouTube. Each week, Dan will present...
View ArticleCry-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: Michael and Nova Smith ABC News via Reddit The incident: A McDonald's worker allegedly forgot to...
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