The Government Is Retiring Hundreds of Chimps from Biomedical Research
Photos by Tanja M. Laden I hate to paint with a broad brush here, but primates in America have horrible lives. Sure, there are your One Percenters like Koko and Bubbles the Chimp, but by and large,...
View ArticleHave Police Killed Ten Members of the Same Venezuelan Family?
Eloisa Barrios holding a portrait of her brother Benito, the first Barrios family member to be killed by Venezuelan police. Last year Venezuela saw 13,080 murders. That number is depressing enough...
View ArticleFour Days at Toddstock
Nottoway Plantation. Photos by Morgana King and Mike Hogan. DAY 1 By the time we get to White Castle, Louisiana—more than an hour’s drive outside of New Orleans, past swamps and daiquiri shops and...
View ArticleWe Talked to Giles Clarke About His Photos from Haiti
Giles Clarke is one of our favorite photographers. He always brings us the best material of the craziest stuff, all with a smile on his face. A few months back, he brought us some amazing,...
View ArticleThe VICE Reader: What Your Favorite Writers Put in Their Mouths
All images by Olivia Hinds I loved reading David Lipsky’s maddening book-long, ticker-tape-style interview with David Foster Wallace, Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself. Taking in his...
View ArticleThis Is What Happens When You Try to Smuggle Two Wheelie Bins Full of Khat...
Bundles of khat at an Ethiopian khat market. Photo by A Davey The British government are introducing a ban on khat. The chewable mild upper is less stimulating than a double espresso and popular among...
View ArticleThe VICE Guide to Travel: Blood Sacrifice in Sumba - Part 2
TRAVEL BLOOD SACRIFICE IN SUMBA WHERE SHAMANS AND WARRIORS WORSHIP HOLY SEA WORMS By Milene Larsson, Photos by James Morgan A Pasola warrior about to throw his spear at a fighter from a rival...
View ArticleNo One Knows Exactly Why the Canadian Military Is in Haiti
Canadian infantry on a military exercise. Image via Perhaps understandably, the Canadian media has been having a hard time covering any news that doesn't have to do with one of the following: the...
View ArticleCome Into My Head: Have You Seen This Old Rich Lady?
Who is this woman and why are her words in my eyes? That’s you. Wondering about me and the letters you’re looking at. I’m Jen Kirkman. Hi. I’m a comedian and author by trade. This is my new column,...
View ArticleAll My Favorite Narrators Are Women
I never liked dude-bro narrators like Bukowski’s or Updike’s. There’s something off-putting about voices that seem too male, or flaunt their dick in a way that seems to scream, "I HAVE A SMALL ONE."...
View ArticleIrish Women Are Buying Abortion Pills Advertised on Streetlamps
Pro-choice activists in Dublin. Photo via Names and identities in this article have been changed. "This is what it's coming to," said Katie. "These stickers are popping up on lampposts all over town."...
View ArticleAfghanistan's Combat Sport Makes Peaceful Warriors
Members of the Kunduz Central Club and their director with Mohammad Anwar in the center. In a large, renovated warehouse in Afghanistan's Kunduz City, 24 young athletes are training like madmen. They...
View ArticleThe VICE Podcast Show - Chris Soghoian on NSA Leaks and the Paradox of Privacy
Please enable Javascript to watch this video The VICE Podcast Show is a weekly discussion which delves inside the minds of some of the most interesting, creative, and bizarre people within the...
View ArticleVICE News: Colombia's Hidden Killers - Part 1
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, was founded five decades ago as a Marxist people’s army fighting against capitalist imperialism and Colombia’s often-brutal government. And they’ve...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the Most Factually Incorrect Museum in America
Dear Guinness World Record Museum, I recently visited your Los Angeles location. As was the case with the Hollywood Wax Museum last month, I was not impressed by what I saw. It's not just that your...
View ArticleWerner Herzog and Errol Morris Talk About 'The Act of Killing'
I saw The Act of Killing in a small theater, with about 20 other people. For some, the documentary was just too intense. More than a handful of viewers had to walk out during the screening. For those...
View ArticleDavid Dare Parker Talks Shooting In a War Zone
Independence supporters prepare for an expected pro-Jakarta Milita Attack near Hera. Dili East Timor September 1999 David Dare Parker has made a name for himself photographing some of the most...
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View ArticleThe Time I Robbed A US Hospital Blind
This is a story of a heist I pulled. To clarify, I am in no way a career criminal. In case you were thinking this is going to be a story about stealing diamonds or breaking in to bank vaults. Some...
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