Bigotry
Ferguson's Police Chief Is Finally Resigning
Thomas Jackson's resignation is perhaps the most tangible effect so far of last week's scathing Justice Department report on racist policing practices in the Missouri city.
An Indian Student Was Denied an Internship Because of His Nation's 'Rape Problem'
According to leaked emails, a professor told the student "I don't accept any Indian male students for internships" because "we hear a lot about the rape problem in India, which I cannot support."
The Ferguson Report Shows Exactly What Living in a Police State Is Like
We now have specific examples of what it's like to be black and live there—and it sounds a lot like being a character in a dystopian novel.
Racists Are Pissed Off About the Trailer for the New Will Smith Movie
The movie's "race mixing" has provoked some of the most vile, old-fashioned racism you'll encounter this week.
Vienna's PEGIDA Rally Was Full of Far-Right Assholes
The Islamophobic organization's spokesman told VICE yesterday that he couldn't imagine spotting right-wing extremists at Monday's demonstration, so we spotted some for him.
The University of North Carolina's Silent Sam Statue Represents a Legacy of White Supremacy
The presence of a statue of a Confederate soldier on the UNC campus is an attack upon those who make this place their home and workplace.
Young, Gay, and Religious: How Are LGBT Youths Reconciling Their Identities?
It seems that the socioeconomic factors of religious groups may be much more important to acceptance of sexuality than religion itself.
Who Is A Hacker And Who Is A Whistle Blower?
The way we speak about people who leak information, be they hackers or whistleblowers, is divided by a perceived social agenda—hackers are trolls and whistleblowers are martyrs.
A Reddit Thread Claims a Hookah Lounge in Los Angeles Banned Jews
Users on Reddit and Yelp claimed that a hookah lounge in the middle of an LA neighborhood filled with Persian Jews was a den of bigotry. The internet lies.
Protesters in Murrieta Spent Fourth of July Terrorizing Immigrants
Residents of Murrieta, a small border town in California, organized bigoted protests to prevent several buses of immigrants from entering their Border Patrol facility.
Is the US Military About to Let Transgender Soldiers Serve?
Is Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel just messing with us, or is the Pentagon ready to change its tune on transgender troops?