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Vice

Politics World

The Anti-Trafficking Movement Is Pivoting to Afghanistan

American anti-trafficking groups often make impossible-to-verify claims. Now, they’re doing it in the aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Tim Marchman, Anna Merlan Vice Oct 2021 25min Permalink

Sports

Simone Biles Would Like to Thank Herself

A profile of the gymnast.

Dvora Meyers Vice Aug 2020 30min Permalink

World

US Airstrikes Have Torn Somali Families Apart. They’re Still Seeking Justice.

The U.S. military openly admitted to killing Somali civilians but won’t return their emails or issue reparations.

Amanda Sperber Vice Jul 2021 15min Permalink

Health

I Learned How to Cope with Agoraphobia. The Pandemic Eroded It All.

For one writer, “Hot Vax Summer” is a slow climb.

Talia Lavin Vice Jun 2021 10min Permalink

History Food

The Century-Old Neon Sign Tearing Up LA Conservationists

Last year an antique Depression-era neon sign was excavated in Pasadena—but it dug up a troubling story along with it. On Nat King Cole, hot chicken, and Malibu’s racist past.

Nate Rogers Vice Jan 2021 20min Permalink

Movies & TV

An Oral History of 'Marge vs The Monorail'

The episode that changed The Simpsons.

Sean Cole Vice Nov 2020 20min Permalink

Crime

The Little Cards That Tell Police 'Let's Forget This Ever Happened'

Some cops give their friends and family union-issued “courtesy cards” to help get them out of minor infractions. The cards embody everything wrong with modern policing.

Katie Way Vice Aug 2020 15min Permalink

Crime

'He Knew Everything'

Fear, control, and manipulation at Yoga to the People.

Laura Wagner, Shannon Wagner Vice Jul 2020 30min Permalink

Health

Mourning My Brother in 181 Tweets

How do you tell the world you are grieving? In my case, it was a year-long Twitter thread about finding the things that made me feel better.

H.G. Watson Vice Jul 2020 10min Permalink

Science Health

I Tried Hypnosis to Deal with My Pandemic Anxiety, and Got Something Much Weirder

Exploring your subconscious during quarantine.

Anna Merlan Vice May 2020 30min Permalink

Sports

How Beto Calavera Got His Name

The families Dodger Stadium removed.

Eric Nusbaum Vice Mar 2020 20min Permalink

Science

Earthquake Conspiracy Theorists Are Wreaking Havoc During Emergencies

Independent “researchers” are sharing unfounded theories across social media, which have the potential to spread panic and confusion—and have even fooled legitimate government agencies.

Anna Merlan Vice Nov 2019 15min Permalink

Crime Tech Travel

I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb

While searching for the person who grifted me in Chicago, I discovered just how easy it is for users of the short-term rental platform to get exploited.

Allie Conti Vice Oct 2019 25min Permalink

Business Crime Tech

How Facebook Bought a Police Force

Hundreds of pages of documents obtained by Motherboard show how Facebook is using the Menlo Park Police Department to reshape the city.

Sarah Emerson Vice Oct 2019 20min Permalink

Caitlyn Jenner's Quest for Acceptance

The icon opens up about her mistakes, her family, and her journey to become a better person.

Diana Tourjée Vice May 2018 25min Permalink

Sports Health

The Rise and Fall of Gerd Bonk, the World Champion of Doping

An East German weightlifter ingested more anabolic steroids than any other athlete in recorded history. It didn’t end well.

Brian Blickenstaff Vice Aug 2016 15min Permalink

Business Sex World Health

Inside the Unregulated Chinese Hospitals That Make Men Impotent

Four men stood on the edge of the Shenzhen Health and Family Planning Commission, threatening to jump in protest. They referred to themselves as “China’s 21st century eunuchs,” damaged by medically-dubious surgeries.

RW McMorrow Vice May 2016 25min Permalink

Sports

The House That Built Cam

To understand Cam Newton, you need to go to a small church 45 minutes outside of Atlanta called Holy Zion Center of Deliverance and hear his dad preach.

Eric Nusbaum Vice Feb 2016 20min Permalink

The Man Who Builds Luxury Bomb Shelters for Paranoid One Percenters

Robert Vicino helps the rich prepare for doomsday.

Lynn Parramore Vice Oct 2015 10min Permalink

Science

The Museum of Menstruation

The Maryland man who houses antique feminine hygiene products.

Arielle Pardes Vice Sep 2015 10min Permalink

Built for Eternity

Ghost towns and nuclear waste sites are among what you find in the Nevada desert.

Elmo Keep Vice Aug 2015 20min Permalink

When Multiple Personalities Are Not a Disorder

Members of the multiplicity community say they are many different people–sometimes so many they think of themselves as a city–all existing within one body.

Tori Telfer Vice May 2015 15min Permalink

Science

The Government Won’t Let Me Watch Them Kill Bison, so I’m Suing

One man’s quest to witness the “Bison Cull” in Yellowstone National Park.

Christopher Ketcham Vice May 2015 15min Permalink

Business World

The Ecotourism Industry Is Saving Tanzania’s Animals and Threatening Its Indigenous People

The ramifications of a U.S. company’s tourism operation on former Maasai land.

Jean Friedman-Rudovsky Vice May 2015 40min Permalink

Science

The Wasting

A plague leads sea stars to tear off their own arms.

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Nathaniel Rich Vice May 2015 20min Permalink

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