Editing Homophobia out of the “Islamic Tradition”
When we make grand statements on the “essence” of our traditions, we’re always leaving something out, because historical reality is too messy and complicated for a clear essence to be possible. But...
View ArticleSurveying the Chaos at the Boston Marathon Bombing
(Image via) The aftermath of yesterday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon had resulted, in the words of President Obama, from “an act of terror.” According to a local Boston cop on the scene, it was “a...
View ArticleLessons from the Second Great Bitcoin Crash
Lessons from the Second Great Bitcoin Crash
View ArticleFightland Show: Before and After: Clay Guido - Part 2
Follow UFC featherweight, and proud Chicagoan, Clay "The Carpenter" Guida through the bowels of the United Center and into the Octagon, where he meets contender Hatsu Hioki.
View ArticleThe Boston Bomber Is Not Eric Twardzik
This morning VICE received a request from reader Eric Twardzik to publish an open letter to actor and Sirius radio talk show host Jay Thomas and his staff. Eric, who is a senior at Emerson College and...
View ArticleThe Worst Attempts to Squeeze Web Traffic from the Boston Bombings
Image via Yesterday, as you know, two bombs were detonated at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Across the country, while people were trying to make sense of what had happened and wondering what...
View ArticleVICE Shorts: I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Bydlo'
Bydlo is an animated nightmare, where man becomes a slave driver and ultimately drives himself into the ground. The eight-minute short, whose fitting title is the Polish word for cattle, opens with a...
View ArticleJewish Republicans Actually Exist in California
It was on November 6 at 10 PM that my internal air-raid sirens were silenced. Mitt Romney was (figuratively) dead, and the White House was safely back in Barack’s big hands, having mercifully...
View ArticleWhat the Pressure Cooker Bombs Tell Us About the Bombers in Boston
What the Pressure Cooker Bombs Tell Us About the Bombers in Boston
View ArticleWomen Are Being Prosecuted for Losing Their Babies
Rennie Gibbs In 2006, 15-year-old Rennie Gibbs's unborn child died after 36 weeks. An autopsy of the fetus showed traces of a metabolite of cocaine. Her doctors informed the authorities that she had...
View ArticleVICE Loves Magnum: Thomas Dworzak Takes Photos of Sad Marines and Taliban...
IRAQ. April 14, 2005. Near Tikrit/Samara, US FOB (Forward Operating Base) Speicher, Medevac. 1159th Medical Company flies Black Hawks evacuating injured US soldiers, Iraqi forces. Magnum is probably...
View ArticleGround Zero: Mali - France Vs. Jihad
Back in February, the only way to reach the city of Gao in northern Mali was to hitch a ride with the French convoys that rolled through the desert every few days. Along the way, a VICE production...
View ArticleBy Banning Ads from Glass, Is Google Changing Its Business Model?
By Banning Ads from Glass, Is Google Changing Its Business Model?
View ArticleThe Secret History of the Vietnam War
If you thought you knew all there was to know about the Vietnam War, you were wrong. For example: ever heard of the "Mere Gook Rule," a code of conduct the US military came up with in order to make it...
View ArticleTao Lin's iPhone Photos of Taipei: Taipei Babies
Over the next two months, in celebration of the forthcoming release of Tao Lin's latest novel, Taipei, we will be featuring a weekly selection of photos taken by the author during his recent trip to...
View ArticleWhere Were You When the Bombs Went Off?
As Boston bands together after Monday's terrorist bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, few details have emerged about the twin blasts that killed three and injured 176 others. On...
View ArticleThe Narrative Guide to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’
The Narrative Guide to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’
View ArticleSex Offenders in Florida Now Have Warning Signs Outside Their Homes
Last week, 18 sex offenders in Bradford County, Florida, found large red signs outside their homes that read, "a convicted sexual predator... lives at this location." The Bradford County Police...
View ArticlePublic Transport Racists are Derailing Australia’s Racism Debate
Immigration is an economic force. The new world – Australia, Canada, America – started allowing Asian immigrants into the country once it realised the cash value they provided. In the 60s, America...
View ArticleSex, Drugs, and Rock 'N' Roll: The Lipstick Vibrator, Crossing the Line, and...
SEX – THE LIPSTICK VIBRATOR I only began wearing lipstick about two years ago, but I’ve been using vibrators for over a decade. Often your plain, old hands are the best things to use to achieve...
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