A Florida Man Tried to Trade an Alligator for Beer
Thumbnail photo via Flickr User bogeskov A Florida man attempted to trade a live alligator for a 12-pack of beer, according to a story from Reuters. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission said the...
View ArticleVICE Special: Farang, the Story of Chef Andy Ricker - Trailer
We have been making our food show, Munchies, for four years now. As much as we love it, it only gives us a few hours with chefs that we find extremely intriguing. We thought, fuck it? Why don't we...
View ArticleCry-Baby of the Year 2013
As everyone in the world is turning into an entitled psychopath, there has been no shortage of contenders for Cry-Baby of the Week this year. But who has been the biggest cry-baby of them all? Below...
View ArticleDo We Really Believe That a Man Demanded a McDonald's Job Application with a...
Mugshot Courtesy of Norfolk PD (Photo via) There's a hilarious story spreading across the internet right now about an idiot who asked for a McDonald's application at gunpoint. Either that or he took a...
View ArticleA True Rip-Off Artist
Illustration by Allison Bruns In 2009 I moved from St Louis, Missouri to New York City to “make it” as a photographer, a process that involved living in an apartment the size of a hallway with a view...
View ArticleWill South Sudan Descend Into Civil War?
Civilians seeking refuge from violence in the UNMISS compound in Bor, the capital of Jonglei state. (Photo: UNMISS/Hailemichael Gebrekrstos) South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, is teetering on...
View ArticleHow to Go On Hunger Strike: A Step By Step Guide
Samu (left) with the author A few years ago, Chevron Oil bought up two million acres of land in Romania for a new fracking operation. Unsurprisingly, there's been a lot of opposition to the plans,...
View ArticleTropic of El Jefe
All illustrations by Jonny Negron Everywhere we went in Cuba, men tried to sell Wes cigars. They approached us on the sidewalks, at cafés, and while we were riding in their cars. The come-on was...
View ArticleVICE Loves Magnum: Olivia Arthur Photographs a Side of Women the West Rarely...
Last year, we struck up a partnership with Magnum – arguably the world's most famous photo agency – that allowed us to run some of their most amazing pictures at our website. Now, the series of...
View ArticleFighting in Syria Is Inching Lebanon Closer to Civil War
Video and photos by the author In Switzerland Wednesday, delegates from more than 40 countries gathered at the Geneva II conference to discuss the extraordinarily theoretical possibility of peace in...
View ArticleVICE News: Syria: al Qaeda's New Home
Three years ago, an uprising against the Assad regime turned into what looked like a straightforward civil war between Syrian government forces and rebels. However, over time, what had started as a...
View ArticleBees Are Building Nests with Our Waste Plastic
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View ArticleProtesters Are Dying in the Streets of Kiev
The anti-government demonstrations in Kiev have taken a deadly turn, as fighting continued Wednesday between protesters and riot police in the now gas and smoke-strewn streets of the Ukrainian...
View ArticleVICE News: Khat Power - Trailer
Last night, BBC Two's Newsnight showed a shortened version of the new VICE News film about khat, the chewable herbal stimulant that the UK's Somali and Yemeni communities are fond of using to get...
View ArticleA Revenge-for-Hire Business Just Opened in San Francisco
The man sitting across from me was not named John Winters, but he wanted me to call him that anyway. John was well dressed in a tan suit, seemed to be in his late 40s, and explicitly asked me not to...
View ArticleVICE News: Khat Power
Khat is a chewable herbal stimulant, popular among the UK's Somali and Yemeni communities. Despite there being little or no evidence that the drug causes harm to its users, the British government is...
View ArticleThe Sad World of Adults Pretending to Be Kids for Retweets
My son heard the phrase "booby trap" the other day. Later, he picked up my wife's bra and said, "is *this* a booby trap?" Kind of, yeah! — Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) January 20, 2014 Can you...
View ArticleBetween Beirut and a Hard Place
All illustrations by Sammy Harkham It was a hot day in mid-June when Marissa Ponterella, who answers phones at the Brooklyn Brewery, told me I had a call from a special agent from Homeland Security....
View ArticleInside the Crumbling Walls of Kabul's Abandoned Palace
“I am very, very sorry,” my translator Mr. Mobin informed me, slowly shaking his head, “but if you are not Muslim, you will burn in hell forever. Many times I cry in the night about this.” I listened...
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