youth on Vice

Silent But Deadly: School Cops Arrest Students for Talking Too Loudly, Graffiti, and… Farting

More than a third of American sheriffs' departments and nearly half of all police departments have officers assigned to local schools, according to the Department of Justice. Students today are arrested in school for offenses that include talking back to a police officer, doodling on a desk with an erasable marker, farting, and being an eight-year old throwing a temper tantrum. Full story

Question of the Day

What Did You Want to Be When You Grew Up?

We asked some schlubs on the street if they lived up to the lofty dreams of their youth. They didn't. Full story

Question of the Day

What Do You Miss Most About Being Young?

We asked some people to pine for something they can never have again. Full story

"Nazi Youth"

Photos by Nicola Kast

"I heard that a friend from school had joined a Nazi role-playing group, so I persuaded him to let me come photograph their yearly battle routine in Pennsylvania." Full story

Hair Police

Iranian Youth Fight to Keep the Rooster

It’s only recently that Iranian men have become the target of ultraconservative, style-cramping campaigns. Full story

Little Iraq

The Kids Are Not Quite Alright

I have two cousins that live in Iraq. Sara is 15 years old and Dani is 13. They both live in the al-Yarmouk district of Baghdad, which locals have christened "the streets of death" due to the constant attacks and random violence that plagues the area. Full story

Get The Hell Out

Small Town Girls Don't Stick Around

My whole family worked in the mine. My dad, my step dad, and my mum. My grandfather still works there. He's taking care of closing the mine. I'm 23 now, but when I was about 15 I was a cleaner in the mine. It felt safe since my whole family was there. Full story

Gays, Straight Up!

An Elder Statesgay and a Newly-Out Young Man Talk Shop...

"Gay kids are cheerful and nice. They don’t mean no harm. And straight guys… I guess they have so much anger in ’em, and they try to take it out on the gay kids. " Full story

Nabil Al-jurani

From the Annual Vice Photo Issue

A youth runs away with a piece of metal armour from a burning British military vehicle after a roadside bomb attack which slightly wounded two British soldiers in Basra, last month. Full story

Boys and Girls

Something for the Kids

People like to complain here on the reservation. That’s what they do because that’s what they grew up doing and hearing. Parents say there’s nothing for their kids to do here, but this club has been open for two years under my direction. Full story