The VICE Weekend Reader

Did you guys hear about how Antarctica was warmer than New York City last week? The end times call for long-form, so here's the best of the best from this week's VICE.

Safety has been a recurring issue for the Cure Violence program, which uses former gang members to mediate simmering street conflicts.

A crime story better than a Grisham novel and more bizarre than a Murakami story is unfolding at the Harvard of the West.

In the Bronx's sizable Cambodian immigrant community, silence is one way of coping with traumatic memories of the Khmer Rouge.

"Weightlessness is liberating," one astronaut said.

The name of the sport comes from a combination of Hindi and Sanskrit words: "malla," which means a strong man, and "khamb," a pole. It's as impressive as it sounds.

It's all a bit Illuminati.

This isn't that long. It's just beautiful. And this week needed a little more beauty.

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