Anya Zoledziowski
Senior Reporter
anya.zoledziowski@vice.comAnya Zoledziowski is an award-winning staff reporter at VICE World News. Her reporting focuses on a wide-range of social justice issues, including Indigenous affairs, race, politics, sex worker rights, and the disproportionate harm experienced by racialized communities as the climate crisis worsens. She graduated top of her class from the University of British Columbia Master of Journalism program in 2018, and has since won multiple awards for her investigative reporting delving into hate crimes targeting Indigenous women at the hands of transient workers who move into “man camps,” temporary housing units near resource extraction sites. She also won the CAJ Reconciliation Award in 2021 for her Indigenous affairs reporting. Prior to working at VICE, she was with CBC, now defunct StarMetro Calgary, and freelanced all over.
2022 Is the Deadliest Year Yet for U.S. Mass Shootings, New Data Shows
James Alan Fox, a professor who has tracked mass killings for 40 years, says 2022 has surpassed 2019 as the deadliest year on record, and the rate of killings has increased significantly since October.
The Alleged Club Q Shooter Was Once Arrested For Threatening His Own Mother
Most mass shootings in the United States have a domestic violence connection.
‘This Is the Point’: Colorado Shooting Follows Rise in Anti-LGBTQ Vitriol
“All of us have been sounding the alarm that this was going to be the end result—we’ve all known it, and we've all tried to get people to listen to us.”
Models on SextPanther, a Sexting Site, Banned From Sending Sexts
The sexting crackdown by the company that hosted SextPanther's service seems to be yet another attack on the sex work industry.
Russian-Made Missile Killed 2 in Poland, Polish Foreign Ministry Says
At least two are dead in an explosion near the Ukraine border. U.S. intelligence officials initially said it was a misfired Russian missile, but President Joe Biden said later it was "unlikely" to have been fired from Russia.
White Texas Teacher Fired After Being Caught on Video Saying His Race Is ‘Superior’
“Deep down in my heart I’m ethnocentric,” the teacher told his class, “which means I think my race is the superior one.”
An Out Trans Man Was Just Elected to a State Legislature for the First Time Ever
The historic victory is part of a “rainbow wave.”
An Air Force Plane Drew a Dick in the Sky With the Tip Pointing at a Russian Base
It was apparently just a cock up.
The Future of Trans Rights Is on the Ballot
Across the country, politicians are running on anti-trans platforms, promising to restrict the rights of transgender youth and adults if elected.
Republicans Are Spending Millions on Election Ads Attacking Trans Kids
“The radical left will destroy America, if we don’t stop them. They indoctrinate children and try to turn boys into girls,” Sen. Rubio says in TV ads.
People Are Turning to Sex Work as Costs of Living Rise—and They’re Being Punished for It
“There is nothing I was doing on OnlyFans that I wasn’t doing as a single woman except that I found a way to monetize it.”
Tens of Thousands of Trans People Could Be Barred From Voting Against Anti-Trans Politicians
There are about 878,300 eligible trans voters across the U.S. “This isn’t a small group you can dismiss.”