Is the Chinese Government Spying on us Through the Internet?
photo via China is our best friend, and soon they could be watching everything we do in a way that best friends really shouldn't. Now the Coalition wants to reverse the restrictions on Chinese company...
View ArticleVICE News: Protesting Thatcher's Funeral
On the morning of Wednesday April 17, 2013, the Iron Lady was laid to rest. Anti-Thatcher protesters planned on congregating at Ludgate Circus so they could turn their backs on the coffin as it went...
View ArticleFightland Show: Fightland Meets - Daniel Cormier
Fightland travels to the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California, to meet the two-time Olympian as he prepares for his long-awaited UFC debut this weekend.
View ArticleFightland Show: Fightland Meets - Liz Carmouche
Fightland went to San Diego to meet Liz Carmouche, the woman who made it through the Marine Corps, the Iraq War, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell to get her history-making shot at Ronda Rousey and the UFC...
View ArticleThe Unrelenting Novels of Thomas Bernhard
Photo via During the 58 years of his life, the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989) composed more than 60 works of fiction, theater, poetry, and nonfiction, including at least 29 books...
View ArticleSee Donald Weber's Brutal Ukrainian Interrogation Photos Tonight at the Foley...
Donald Weber is one of our favorite photographers. In addition to traveling the world and shooting for every publication that matters and winning a Guggenheim Fellowship and Lange-Taylor documentary...
View ArticleWe Went to a Men's Rights Lecture in Toronto
In November of last year the University of Toronto hosted a lecture by Dr. Warren Farrell, a divisive figure who has been described simultaneously as a sage of the men’s movement and a rape apologist....
View ArticleThe Dos and Don'ts of Coachella
At 5:00 AM on Monday, I jerked myself awake and looked down at my body to find I'd fallen asleep nude in a large hotel bathtub under a steady stream of scalding hot water. My contacts were dried out...
View ArticleIrrelevant Interviews: 'Adult World' Director Scott Coffey
I first met Scott Coffey on set when I was a production assistant—a lowly PA. To people not up to speed on the dynamics of the film industry, a PA is a young, idealistic former film student, who gets...
View ArticleDancing Idiots, Rubber Bullets, and Candy Floss at This Year's Passover in...
The Tomb of the Patriarchs. The city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank is a pretty bizarre place at the best of times. But the recent Passover festival held by Jewish settlers living on the...
View ArticleThe Fugitive Reporter Exposing Mexico's Drug Cartels
These are the opening paragraphs of Dying for the Truth, a book written about the infamous Blog del Narco, which fills Mexicans in on the (often bloody) activities of the murderous local drug cartels,...
View ArticleBomb Threats and Bagpipes on a Day of False Reports in Boston
Rising above the murmur of a parking lot filled with media vans, reporters, and gawking passersby, a noise familiar to many Bostonians broke out—the bleating of bagpipes. A man identified as...
View ArticleHamilton's Pharmacopeia: Tanks for the Memories - Trailer
With comedian Joe Rogan as his guide, Hamilton Morris travels across the United States seeking new heights of sensory deprivation. The full episode will air on Wednesday, April 24.
View ArticleShould We Panic About the Strain of Deadly Meningitis Hitting the Gay Community?
Neisseria meningitidis, one of the varieties of bacteria that causes meningitis. Photo via the Centers for Disease Control Last December, my friend Michael stopped me before we left his apartment in...
View ArticleReddit Wants the Boston Bomber's Blood
The Boston Marathon bombings may be remembered as the first major news event that truly belonged to Twitter. Within minutes of occurring, the blast had already been GIFed and Vined all over the world,...
View ArticleJury Duty: It's Your Civic Duty
I am not above the law. Neither are you, sweet cheeks. And you know what the law says? As an American citizen, you have three obligations: to pay (or, at least, convincingly lie on) your taxes, to...
View ArticlePreparing for your Digital Afterlife
Photo via Traditionally, preparing for death was anchored in the real world. Funerals were planned, the dead were farewelled, and you got on with disappearing into the ether. These days, most of us...
View ArticleQuestion of the Day: Would You Pleasure Yourself Orally If You Were Flexible...
(Image via.) Self-cunninlingus/fellatio is a highly contentious topic. Bring it up at a party and people will look at you funny and potentially ask you to leave if they don't know you that well. I...
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