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My Week with Hungary's Far-Right

Hungary has one of the most highly organized far-right movements in Europe. The Jobbik party—admired by those fed up with government corruption, derided by opponents as anti-gypsy, anti-Semite, neo-Nazi homophobes—looks set to become the second biggest presence in Hungarian parliament when the elections take place in 2014. I spent a week with them trying to find out what motivates their hate. Full story

Oxford Has Put Heavy Metal, Mesopotamians, and Noh Theater Together at Last

In a play entitled 'Ashurbanipal: The Last Great King of Assyria,' concerning the life of a seventh-century B.C. king, written by an Assyriologist DPhil candidate, blocked in the style of Japanese Noh theater, and scored by a quantum physicist with an original heavy metal soundtr… Full story

Tao Lin's iPhone Photos of Taipei

Taipei Signs

In celebration of the forthcoming release of Tao Lin's latest novel, 'Taipei,' we will be featuring a weekly selection of iPhone photos taken by the author during his recent trip to Taipei, Taiwan. In this selection, Tao shows us some of his favorite signs around the city. Full story

Here Comes the White-Power Safety Patrol

They Want to Clean Up Your Campus

Matthew has formed a group called the White Student Union that advocates for “persons of European heritage”—what most of us call “white people.” It comes as a surprise to the African American students who feel targeted by the night patrols Matthew began conducting in March… Full story

Did I Discover YelaWolf?

This. CD. It looked like… I really can’t even explain its levels of wrong. Imagine the worst possible images you have ever seen, all in one spot: the worst possible fonts, the worst possible colors, the worst possible photoshopping, title, spelling, whatever—everything—the worst… Full story

Did a Murderer Just Give Himself Away on Yelp?

On May 3rd, a 36-year-old Iraq war veteran and college student named Maribel Ramos was reported missing by her family, after failing to turn up to several events in Santa Ana, California. A couple of days later Maribel's roommate KC Joy started posting super weird stuff on a Yelp… Full story

I'm Hunting Down the Fat Fetishist Who Has My Stolen Laptop

After the police continued to ignore him, Matt set up a blog he called Plumpergeddon (presumably inspired by the fat fetishist) and began posting the photos he'd captured and the evidence he was gathering about the guy who was now in possession of his stolen computer. I got in to… Full story

Las Vegas Needs to Get Creative with Its Homeless Problem

Las Vegas is sending their homeless people away with bus tickets and bottles of Ensure, but are there more creative solutions to this chronic problem? Sure there are! For instance, how about making the homeless into tour guides? Full story

Let VICE School You on the Web This Internet Week

There's a lot more to the web than carnal perversions and dwarf felines. To help you get a grip on all of this high-tech shit and the ways it enhances our lives, VICE is joining in on the nerdy hoopla that is Internet Week and hosting a series of panels, along with a keynote addr… Full story

I Tested out Three Cambodian Spiritual Practices



In the village where I live and work for a small NGO, folk religion is woven into the way locals experience daily life. People swap tips about the best local fortune-tellers and healers. They chalk skulls and crosses on their door frames to protect their homes from malevolent g… Full story

How Are We Supposed to Know What the Government Does?

The most important reason that the media exists is to tell the public what’s happening and what the people in power are doing about it. That’s increasingly difficult when the decisions that matter are shrouded in multiple levels of secrecy. Full story

The Cosmic Adventures of Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire

You probably know Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire as a hard-partying, lecherous alt-rapper, the dude who told you and your friends to go "drunk driving on a Wednesday." This caricature couldn't be further from the truth, and he's setting the record straight with a new mixtape called 'Ki… Full story

Here Is Action Bronson's New Video, Featuring Riff Raff and Some Pit Bulls

You already know Action Bronson (a.k.a. Bam Bam Bigelow, a.k.a. Ill Prosciutto, a.k.a. Bronsolino). Here's his new video for "Strictly 4 My Jeeps," which is set in Queens and features Riff Raff, pit bulls, and some big beautiful women. Full story

Really, Ryan?

Gay Men and Their Not-So-Cute Misogyny Problem

What’s up with all the misogyny, gay dudes? Seriously. I’m not saying you have to staple a copy of 'Feminine Mystique' to your forehead while blasting Julie Ruin, but could some of you (emphasis on SOME) not have such thinly veiled contempt for women? Full story