A Few Impressions: Swim On, Cheever
For many, the name Cheever evokes images of rich Yankees in the old suburbs of upstate New York. It’s true that much of his work takes place there, but this milieu was not his natural habitat and the...
View ArticlePaul Salveson Loves Photography, Toothbrushes, and Wheat (In That Order)
Paul Salveson likes stuff, that we're sure of. Past that, his work confounds us in the best way possible. Is that a cinderblock made out of bread? I honestly don't know, but I love it. His new book is...
View ArticleAfghanistan's Combat Sport Makes Peaceful Warriors
Members of the Kunduz Central Club and their director with Mohammad Anwar in the center. In a large, renovated warehouse in Afghanistan's Kunduz City, 24 young athletes are training like madmen. They...
View ArticleIrish Women Are Buying Abortion Pills Advertised on Streetlamps
Pro-choice activists in Dublin. Photo via Names and identities in this article have been changed. "This is what it's coming to," said Katie. "These stickers are popping up on lampposts all over town."...
View ArticleThe VICE Podcast Show - Chris Soghoian from the ACLU
Please enable Javascript to watch this video The VICE Podcast Show is a weekly unedited discussion in which we go inside the minds of some of the most interesting, creative, and bizarre people...
View ArticleWe Spoke to a Climate Change Expert about Flooding in Canadian Cities
Flooding in Toronto. Photos by Justin Friesen. On Monday July 8th a record rainfall of over 100mm hit Toronto. To put that in perspective, that’s more than the average amount of rain expected for the...
View ArticleVICE News: Colombia's Hidden Killers - Part 1
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, was founded five decades ago years ago as a Marxist people’s army fighting against capitalist imperialism and Colombia’s often-brutal government....
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the Most Factually Incorrect Museum in America
Dear Guinness World Record Museum, I recently visited your Los Angeles location. As was the case with the Hollywood Wax Museum last month, I was not impressed by what I saw. It's not just that your...
View ArticleWerner Herzog and Errol Morris Talk About 'The Act of Killing'
Please enable Javascript to watch this video I saw The Act of Killing in a small theater, with about 20 other people. For some, the documentary was just too intense. More than a handful of viewers...
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View ArticleIf You Wake Up and You’re Not in Pain, You Know You’re Dead
By Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari Art Director: Micol Talso Styled by Sarah Grittini; Hair and Makeup: Lorenzo Zavatta; Producer: Matteo Ferrari Special thanks to Dakis Joannou and Enrico...
View ArticleCry-Baby of the Week
Cry-Baby #1: Adventure Oasis Water Park (screencap via KSHB/story via Reddit) The incident: A woman went to a water park in a bikini. The appropriate response: Nothing/surreptitiously staring if you...
View ArticleMala Hierba No Muere…
There has been no butter for two weeks. A taxi driver thought there might be butter in the supermarket in Miramar. I think so too: I once saw a man in that market buy 20 cases of Coca-Cola in loose...
View ArticleThe VICE Guide to Travel: Blood Sacrifice in Sumba - Part 2
TRAVEL BLOOD SACRIFICE IN SUMBA WHERE SHAMANS AND WARRIORS WORSHIP HOLY SEA WORMS By Milene Larsson, Photos by James Morgan A Pasola warrior about to throw his spear at a fighter from a rival clan....
View ArticleMunchies: Daniel Castaño
When Colombians get together, they roll deep. So when we went to Bogotá to sample former Mario Batali-pupil Daniel Castaño's classical Italian fare at his restaurant, Emilia Romagna, we brought a...
View ArticleThe Canadian Government Is Not Bothered by PRISM and the NSA
A screenshot of Boundless Informant: the NSA's tool to organize and analyze their global surveillance data. via WikiCommons. I expected Canada to be upset and disturbed by the revelations made by...
View ArticleOn the Hunt for 'Indigo Children': The Next Stage in Human Evolution
A Photoshop mock-up of what an indigo child might look like. Images via and via Sankar led me to a small stool that faced a black box about the size of a shoebox. The box was fitted with a tiny lens...
View ArticleI Got Creeped Out at Vancouver’s Last Porn Theatre
Photos from inside the Fox by Mish Way. I like to think of Vancouver as a teenage girl: always trying to improve herself with glittery, eye-catching accessories while desperately trying to remain...
View ArticleThe 2016 Presidential Campaign Has Begun, God Help Us All
The 2012 presidential campaign was a series of gruesome sideshows that lasted two years and made everyone unhappy. Americans thought the campaign had gone on too long and wanted it to end… in 2011,...
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