An Isolated Tribe Emerges from the Rain Forest
In Peru, an unsolved killing has brought the Mashco Piro into contact with the outside world.
First Come the Sweets, Then the Beheadings
How ISIS trains the children it captures.
The Spirit of a Legend
In the midst of a tribal burial, Jim Thorpe’s third wife burst in to remove his body, setting in motion a decades-long battle over the Native American athlete’s final resting place.
Fear and Fury in Twin Falls
How a sexual assault case in Idaho involving refugee children morphed into an anti-refugee frenzy.
How to Convict a Fourteen-Year-Old of a Murder He Didn't Commit
The stolen youth of Lorenzo Montoya.
Confessions of a Political Hacker
How Andrés Sepúlveda rigged elections across Latin America.
How One Colorado Man Disappeared While Hunting for Hidden Treasure
Thousands of people have waded into New Mexico’s high desert searching for a small chest filled with millions in gold, jewels, and jade. Randy Bilyeu never made it back.
Dance, Little Sister
On the Dancing Dolls of Jackson, stars of the reality show Bring It! and part of a long Southern tradition of majorette dancing.
Silicon Is Just Sand
Scenes from the Los Angeles tech boom.
The Longform Guide to Hillary Clinton
From her early political career to the challenges she's faced in 2016 — a reading list on the Democratic nominee for president.
The Philosopher of Feelings
A profile of Martha Nussbaum, whose ideas illuminate the often ignored elements of human life—aging, inequality, and emotion.
After the Fall
On the mysterious death of a high school basketball star in Dallas.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Vogel Staar
How Mozart’s starling impacted his music.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Guardian"
The reappearance of an adult woman's imaginary friend from childhood.
One Startup’s Quest to Save Refugees With Virtual Reality
Can new, immersive film technology increase our empathy?
The Babysitters Club
“Post-dignity design” and why apps speak to adults like children.
Ellis Jones is the editor-in-chief of VICE Magazine.
“I’m just not an edgy person. You know what I mean? I think I am a nice person. I think VICE Magazine reflects the qualities that I want to have or think that I have or that my team has. The magazine would be terrible if I tried to make edgy content ... people would just see right through it. It wouldn’t be good.”
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How John Hinckley Lives Now
He drives a Toyota. He eats fro-yo. He takes care of two dozen feral cats.
Editor’s note, 7/27/16: Hinckley has won his freedom and will live full-time with his mother.
The Second-Strangest Campaign of the Season
It’s in Florida and it involves Marco Rubio, the 33-year-old preferred candidate of the Democratic establishment, and “the only member of Congress whose desk is decorated with a plaque that reads: I HAVE FLYING MONKEYS AND I’M NOT AFRAID TO USE THEM!”
The Architect Who Became a Diamond
The archive of Mexican architect Luis Barragán has been hidden away for decades. Then an artist decided to make a performance of getting it back.
The Longest Run
The story of the Refugee Olympic team.
Miss Cat-geniality
“You are wondering what kind of people put their house pet in a cat show.”
Girl Talk
Transgender voice therapy, an airline pilot, and what it means to sound like a woman.
Beheld Live at the RNC
A report from the convention floor.
The FBI, My Husband, and Me
The writer investigates her late husband Ted Streshinsky, whose photographs documented the 1960s, and J. Edgar Hoover’s attempts to label him a Soviet spy.
