Ohio on Vice

The Anonymous Member Who Broke the Steubenville Rape Case, Then Got Raided by the FBI

The FBI recently raided the home of Deric Lostutter, the member of the hacktivist collective Anonymous who leaked a video that showed the young men who raped an unconscious teenaged girl in Steubenville, Ohio, bragging about it. They say he's responsible for illegal hacking, he says he's being made into an example. Full story

Cry-Baby of the Week

This week: the aggressive driving student vs. rich homeowners of New York City. Full story

OSU Isn't Playing Today and That Is BS

Ohio State just wrapped up a perfect season, but aren't playing for a bowl because the NCAA is just as perfect as being straight evil. TattooGate and a history of the NCAA's scholar-athlete exploitation. Full story

Voter Suppression: Did It Happen in Ohio?

We watched a Republican poll worker reject a black girl with a blonde dye job and a pink hoodie. The 866-OUR-VOTE people caught her on her way out and asked why she'd been rejected. She was vague on the reasons. They told her to go back in and insist. She was allowed to vote. Full story

Foreign Correspondents

Laurence Haim in the White House Press Pool

Canal Plus reporter Laurence Haim discusses the frustration involved in trying to explain the complex electoral college to French people, and why Ohio is so important to that process. Some Ohioans she meets support Romney, some support Obama, and some say they won’t vote for eith… Full story

Jay-Z: 99 Problems but a Mitt Ain’t One

Bruce Springsteen came on stage to support Obama. I mean, I have a fucking Bruce Springsteen tattoo and even I was a little baffled by what the hell he was doing up there. Then Jay-Z came on and rapped about Mitt Romney. Full story

On the Road with Obama and Romney: Ugliness in Ohio

Just when Obama came on stage, a bald white man began shouting from the balcony of the arena. Obama smiled and waved. He spoke again. The man started yelling again. Sheriff's deputies came to remove him. He hung onto the guardrail of the balcony he kicked at them, and screamed an… Full story

On the Road with Obama and Romney - Part 2

The 2001 riots, which were the single major political moment of my youth, have become an odd historical anecdote, shared by kids recently moved from Knoxville or Indianapolis—"Do you know where the last American race riots happened? Cincinnati. Look it up. You'd never guess." Full story

On the Road with Obama and Romney - Part 1

The Malamut stuck his nose in my crotch and I asked the detective to move him away. He asked where I was headed. I said I was going to cover the election. He looked incredulous. Full story

PRISM Index #2

Jeff Bowers launched PRISM Index, a mixed media art compilation, from the hills of Appalachia, Ohio--a place where creative-types are regularly bludgeoned with Natty Light cans and chewing tobacco spit. Full story