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The Holy Cow Issue

The April Issue of VICE Magazine Is Now Online

Check out all the awesome stories and photographs packed into our April Holy Cow Issue.
Ellis Jones
London, GB

Welcome to the Holy Cow Issue. To learn why we named it that, check out our travel story about a farm in Virginia, where a rare breed of cattle now roam the hilly pastures and eat foraged greens. Considering them a national treasure, the British shipped these animals to the US during World War II, fearing the Nazis would blitz the creatures out of existence if they stayed in the country. (One of the cows graces the issue's cover as well.)

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Plenty of other stories pack the issue too, such as a profile on up-and-coming visual artist Chloe Wise and a Q&A with Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, who's campaigning to become the next mayor of Baltimore.

You can also learn how the lack of anti-venom continues to create a health crisis in sub-Saharan Africa, putting the hundreds of thousands of annual snakebite victims in danger; get schooled on the history of Ponzi schemes; navigate the shadowy process behind the release rulings of Guantánamo Bay detainees with investigative journalist Jason Leopold; and explore how (and why) people with different relationship models make them work, in the first installment of our sex column.

Plus, for this month's feature section, Nathan Schneider traveled to Jackson to see what a grassroots campaign can achieve when given real power and how the movement continues even after losing its leader, black nationalist activist Chowke Lumumba. And after spending several weeks at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge during its occupation by a Mormon militia group, James Pogue left on a road trip to Salt Lake City with Wes Kjar, Ammon Bundy's bodyguard, to explore the radical ideology behind armed Western "patriot" movements.

Or if you just want to skip all of that reading and learning stuff and stare at some beautiful and bizarre photos, we have portfolios by Keisha Scarville, Tim Schutsky, and Namsa Leuba.

And don't forget: You can get the magazine (100+ glossy pages) delivered to your doorstep each month by subscribing.