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Medical Weed Growers in Canada Are Ready for a Fight

Mik Mann is the articulate hippie and Frank Zappa lookalike we interviewed for our documentary BC Bud. He lives out in Port Alberni, a pretty remote town on Vancouver Island where he grows medicinal weed from the comfort of his basement garden—or at least he used to. Under Canada's new marijuana law, Mik will be forced to purchase corporate dope. Full story

We Spoke to Some Iranians About Why They Voted for Rouhani

We spoke to a bunch of Iranians, some in Australia and some in Iran, to find out why so many people are ecstatically celebrating Rouhani’s election victory. Full story

We Interviewed Rand Paul... He's Not Quite as Annoying as His Dad

Rand Paul, the Republican Senator from Kentucky, spent last week in California, visiting tech executives at Facebook, Google, and eBay and kissing the proverbial GOP ring at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. We interviewed him about his trip, his push for online privacy, an… Full story

The Rob Ford Scandal Is Just Like 'The Wire'

What with City Hall, the police, Toronto's drug dealers, and the media playing a major role in the Rob Ford crack scandal, there's no real-life parallel to this evolving story—it's more like a work of fiction, specifically David Simon's much-lauded TV series, 'The Wire,' and even… Full story

We Spoke to a Former Crack Addict About Rob Ford

"Usually people don’t move right to crack cocaine. People like the mayor don’t decide to have a glass of wine with dinner and then go buy a bag of crack. It doesn’t usually go that way. You aren’t just trying it with your friends out of nowhere when you’ve never touched another d… Full story

If Julia Gillard Is Such an Atheist, Where’s All the Gay Marriage?

Australians are proud about their secularism, as exemplified by Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Religion has a minor influence on the countries’ social policies and politics, yet same-sex marriage is not a reality. Full story

This Is What Winning Looks Like

My Afghanistan War Diary

I didn’t plan on spending six years covering the war in Afghanistan. But with each year, casualties and deaths rose as steadily as the local opium crop and I became obsessed with what I witnessed there—how different it was from the conflict’s portrayal in the media and in officia… Full story

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European Meltdown - The New Face of French Nationalism

Amidst the economic strain in France, the far right Front National party has experienced a resurgence in popularity. In this clip that we shot for episode four of 'VICE' on HBO, Shane meets the new faces of French nationalism and the successors of the Le Pen lineage, Marine Le Pe… Full story

Moustaches for Maduro: Venezuela Elects Chavez’s Successor

Outside the Miraflores presidential palace late on Sunday night, Roman Schuello, 59, stood among the partying red-clad government supporters and sold them fake moustaches that looked like Nicolás Maduro’s. Hours earlier Maduro won Venezuela’s presidency. “It’s the new fashion,” R… Full story

The Underachievers Talk About Stop-and-Frisk and Kimani Gray

The Underachievers have managed to rise up out of their Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush. But it wasn't long ago that they were getting stopped and frisked by the cops, just like the other hundreds of thousands of black and Latino male New Yorkers. I talked with them about the N… Full story