Splashing Around with Ukrainian Kids at the World's Most Gigantic Aquapark
The photographer Guillermo Cervera always looks to portray a hidden side of world conflicts that news outlets won't immediately think to cover. For instance, when he was in Afghanistan a few years...
View ArticleWhy Is the Canadian Government Issuing Over 1 Million Annual Requests to...
Canada's telecom giants don't seem particularly invested in protecting your privacy. Photo via the author. When news broke earlier this year that CSEC had been tracking Canadians through free airport...
View ArticleMaking Prison-Style Sweet and Sour Pork with Skater Andy Roy
Making Prison-Style Sweet and Sour Pork with Skater Andy Roy
View ArticleWe Interviewed God
Photo via Wikimedia Commons One of our Middle East writers, Karl Sharro, got an exclusive interview with God. He talked to Him about His beginnings, the situation in the Middle East, and what He...
View ArticleVICE Profiles: VICE Profiles - Trailer
VICE Profiles is a weekly window into our eccentric and idiosyncratic world that covers everything from offensive college students to exotic animal ownership to gun licenses for the blind to child...
View ArticleThe VICE Guide to Pizza
Illustration by Nick Gazin After originating in the Mediterranean in the 1800s, the round pie we call pizza became a global sensation post-World War II. Just about every nation in the world has their...
View ArticleSeoul Asylum: The Brutal Existence of North Korean Defectors
All photos courtesy the author, who explored the world of North Korean defectors on this past week's episode of VICE on HBO I flew to Seoul to mingle with North Korea’s “most beautiful defectors” on...
View ArticleFake Baking: A Solution for the Terrible Mood You're In
It's raining and very gloomy in New York, and we at the VICE offices in Brooklyn are totally bummed about it. So to improve your day, here's a visual journey through a tanning salon to fill your...
View ArticleSurfware is the First Clothing Line Designed for Surfing the Web
Surfware creator and artist Cory Arcangel in his studio. Cory Arcangel makes a lot of work that seems at first like a goofy joke. But then—once you think about it for too long—it starts to look like a...
View ArticleRefugees in Kenya Are Being Forced Back to War-Torn Somalia
Eastleigh neighborhood in Nairobi Meet Ifran. She is a Somali refugee living in the Eastleigh neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya. She sells tea out of a cart to survive and usually makes about 150 Kenyan...
View ArticleToronto Mayoral Candidate Sarah Thomson Makes Me Uncomfortable
Mayoral candidate and Kanye West fan, Sarah Thomson. Photo via Facebook. Sarah Thomson is making a lot of people uncomfortable. She’s running for mayor right now, and while she remains a fringe...
View ArticleThe New Wave of Foodies Is Dumber Than Ever
The New Wave of Foodies Is Dumber Than Ever
View ArticleLast Night's Clippers Game Was the First Time I Felt Proud to Live in LA
I moved out to Los Angeles from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, ten years ago, but it wasn’t until I attended game five of the Clippers-Warriors NBA playoffs that I felt any sort of pride for the City of Los...
View ArticleMade for Broadway
We know that Steinbeck was a great lover of the stage. He mentioned attending several musicals in Journal of a Novel, his account of writing East of Eden. He had great respect for the magic of the...
View ArticleStudent Gmail Accounts Are Now Free from Scanning, But What About Everyone Else?
Student Gmail Accounts Are Now Free from Scanning, But What About Everyone Else?
View ArticleAbkhazia Is Yet Another Country that Doesn't Exist
Sukhumi, Abkhazia, 2013. Only a few people have access to the military parade and get the chance to see the event up close. In the fall of 2013, I traveled to the Republic of Abkhazia to experience...
View ArticleMeet the Elite Cops Charged with Cleaning Up Rio's Favelas
A BOPE officer in Rio de Janeiro, standing next to the battalion's logo (All black and white photos courtesy of the BOPE press office) A group of men dressed head to toe in black scoff down their...
View ArticleThe Phonotube Turns Light into an Instrument
The Phonotube Turns Light into an Instrument
View ArticleI’m Not Convinced This Is the End of Rob Ford
Photo via the Globe and Mail. Last night, the Globe and Mail sent the internet into a frenzy with a heavily watermarked screenshot of Rob Ford holding a pipe. It seems as if Robbie was kicking it in...
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