I Am One of Britain's Hidden Homeless
The author (right) with her sister outside their temporary accomodation. Homeless people live on the street, beg for small change at cash points and try to flog you a copy of the Big Issue you didn’t...
View ArticleVICE News: Russian Roulette: Ukraine Elects a New President - Part 43
Ukraine went to the polls this weekend to choose a new president, but pro-Russia separatists in the east did everything they could to stop voters from taking part. The stakes are especially high...
View ArticleLife Advice from Spain's Real Life Robin Hood
Lucio Urtubia is one of my heroes. A famous anarchist (and bricklayer), he was born in Navarra – an autonomous community in Northern Spain. In the late 1970s, he made Citibank's stock price fall by...
View ArticleSticking Around After the Evacuations During a California Wildfire
In a burnt out section of hills on Camino de la Cima in San Marcos, California, a fire started and built to a roar. Brittle and already browned, the sticks of trees caught fast. My phone said it was...
View ArticleFinally! A Tinder for Seniors Is in the Works
Photo by Andi Schmied You know how you hate Facebook’s constant, inevitably unhelpful “updates”? Imagine being 80 years old, learning how to use a computer, then having Facebook mess you around while...
View ArticleRich Kenyans Are Injecting Themselves with Black Market Creams to Become White
One of Rose's clients with whitening cream on her face. Standing in a small wooden booth cluttered with brightly coloured cosmetics boxes a heavily made up woman unwraps a syringe and a needle, then...
View ArticleHula, Tequila and Sleaze
Necklace and bra vintage DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER: NADIA LEE COHEN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: TOM MITCHELL FILMED AND EDITED: TOM MITCHELL PHOTOGRAPHY: NADIA LEE COHEN STYLING: NADIA LEE COHEN AND...
View ArticleWe Talked to a Dick Pic Expert About Vag Pics
Photo by Mike Pearl Lawyer by day, dick pic critic by night, Madeleine Holden knows how to multi-task. The New Zealander is the curator and commentator behind Critique My Dick Pic (Link NSFW), a...
View ArticleHere's How You Should Dress for Primavera
After contracting hyperthermia at Primavera last year, it's no wonder you've decided to head back for another round. Because if there's one thing the British are good at, it’s remaining stubborn in...
View ArticleLife Under the Trees
Riek Machar chats on a satellite phone near Akobo, South Sudan. All photos by Tim Freccia. We’ve made it to Akobo, headquarters of the new Nuer rebellion. Akobo is on the eastern edge of South Sudan,...
View ArticleVICE Special: Behind the Scenes of 'Palo Alto'
Jacqui Getty's behind-the-scenes look at Gia Coppola's directorial debut, Palo Alto, starring Emma Roberts, James Franco, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, and Val Kilmer. The film is based on James Franco’s...
View ArticleDeceased Native American Athlete Jim Thorpe Is Big Business in Small Towns
It’s been a century since Jim Thorpe won his Olympic medals, and half as long since he died. But in the town in Pennsylvania coal country that, for 50 years, has borne the name of the most celebrated...
View ArticleI Photographed a Former 'Survivor' Contestant at the Lowest Point in His Life
This story was recounted to Mike Pearl by the photographer Jennifer Rovero. "I was doing this series called 'Invited,' where if anyone invited me into their lives, I had to go, no matter what the...
View ArticleVICE News: A Gunfight at Donetsk Airport Left Dozens Dead
Only hours after Petro Poroshenko was announced the winner of Ukraine's presidential elections, the worst violence of the two month long crisis in eastern Ukraine exploded at Donetsk' Sergei Prokofiev...
View ArticleWhat the Fuck Is Going on in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'?
X-Men: Days of Future Past came out last week. It's been super well received and has become Bryan Singer's biggest box-office debut to date (even bigger than Jack the Giant Slayer). But like most big...
View ArticleNo One Wants to Live in the Arctic City of Vorkuta Any More
You never know exactly when your train will cross the imaginary line of the Arctic Circle and arrive at the city of Vorkuta. Over the 48 hours and 26 stops from Moscow the sky blends with the Earth...
View ArticleThis Tumblr Collects the Stories of Beaten or Murdered Women Who Refuse Sex
Screenshot via When Women Refuse Deanna Zandt started a Tumblr on Monday to prove that Elliot Rodger’s shooting rampage at UCSB was anything but an isolated incident. In case you’ve been having a few...
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:Tatyana Granada Screencaps via CTV Calgary The incident: A woman was sent to prison for three years...
View ArticleThis Guy Ate His Own Hip For An Art Project
To get your university art project featured on Time, the Huffington Post, the Independent, the Mirror, the Telegraph and Die Welt in the same week isn't an easy feat. It takes talent, dedication, good...
View ArticleWho Cares What You Think About the Book You Wrote
From left: Spencer Madsen, Giancarlo DiTrapano, Giancarlo DiTrapano, Spencer Madsen Welcome to Who Cares What You Think About the Book You Wrote, a new semi-regular series where I flip the common...
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