Vice News Tonight
These Kids Spent Their Lives Preparing for a Spelling Bee That Just Got Cancelled
“I was heartbroken,” Simone Kaplan, one of the 8th graders and last year’s runner up, told VICE News.
How Trump and Mitch McConnell Have Taken Over the U.S. Court System
The duo has filled 2 Supreme Court Justices, 138 seats in district courts, 51 seats in the higher appellate courts, and 2 judges in courts of international trade.
Coronavirus Is Forcing Venezuelan Migrants to Return to Their Devastated Country
Many are having to walk hundreds of miles to get to the border -- back to their homeland, and its gutted healthcare system.
Russia Is Quarantining People Exposed to Coronavirus in a Hostel
“I am scared. I am pregnant. Please let me leave," one resident told VICE News.
Why You Should Laugh in the Face of Coronavirus. Really.
In psychology, the benign-violation theory explains that laughing at stuff that could kill us makes those threats easier to handle.
Coronavirus Could Finally Kill the U.S. Postal Service
Without a bailout from the government, the USPS could run out of cash as early as this summer.
College Students Across the Country Are Demanding Schools Give Back Their Money
“These schools have contractually agreed to provide us with certain services that we're not being provided with.”
This Shelter Is Helping People in Lockdown Escape Domestic Violence
Some survivors, though, can't reach out for help "due to their abusive partner monitoring their behaviors while they are in isolation.”
Here Are the Companies Getting Rich From the Coronavirus Pandemic
Scott Disick, of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” fame, pushed out a line of T-shirts and hoodies emblazoned with the timely message “Wash Your Hands.”
How New Zealand Got Its Coronavirus Cases Down to Zero in Seven Weeks
“I think the critical success factors in New Zealand were good science and great leadership working together, and you can't succeed if you have one without the other."
Inside the Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak at Oakdale Federal Prison
“I just feel like we were all let down,” said one prisoner. At least 39 staff and 113 inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a staff source.
'Paying Rent or Buying Food': Meet the People Fueling the Movement to Cancel Rent During the Pandemic
Rent strikes across the country aim to force politicians to take drastic action to forestall the looming housing crisis.