welfare
Most Welfare Recipients Don’t Use Drugs, So Why Do States Keep Drug-Testing Them?
Polls suggest most Americans believe states should drug test individuals who benefit from government programs, and politicians are following their lead. But does it make any sense?
Food Stamp Reforms Are Ruining Christmas
Kafkaesque efforts to cut down on food stamp fraud are just throwing money at a problem that probably wasn't that big of a deal to begin with.
David Cameron Wants to Cut Migrant Access to Welfare in the UK
Britain's prime minister suggested that the UK could leave the EU if its members thwarted his plans on immigration, which is fast becoming the hot-button issue of next year's election.
A Pessimist's Guide to British Prime Minister David Cameron's Big Speech
A man who's spent his term in government enacting policies that have hurt the poor, young, and vulnerable is now patting all of those people on the head and going, “Just kidding, mate.”
Two Hundred Thousand People in the UK Have Been Assaulted for Being on Welfare
Nearly a million people living on welfare have been abused because of their financial situation. I called Katharine Sacks-Jones, head of policy and campaigns at Crisis UK—and spokesperson for the campaign group Who Benefits?, which commissioned the...
Germany Announces Crackdown on Immigrant 'Welfare Abuse'
The move is said to be an attempt to clamp down on the abuse Germany claims has been a growing problem. The question is just: who is abusing the welfare?
How to Break into the San Francisco Giants' Baseball Stadium
This is the last in a four-part series on housing the substantial homeless population in San Francisco. Randy showed us what it's like living in the margins of America's most overpriced city.
A German Guy Wants to Give You a Bunch of Money for Nothing
“My Basic Income” is a new initiative looking to raise enough money to pay someone $1,300 a month for a year, no strings attached.
Meet the Guy Who Earns His Living Drawing Peanuts Characters on Their Period
Living in an SRO means you're either one step out of homelessness or one step away from it. As part of our series on housing the homeless in San Francisco, we talked to a man who spends his days wandering between bars in the Mission and drawing dirty...
How to Really Stop the Surge of Migrant Children
A flood of selfish little Central American brats are daring to risk their lives in the hope of a better future. Here's how we should stop them.
The VICE Guide to Stockholm 2014
The Swedish capital is exorbitantly expensive, a thing called a "dance permit" exists, and we don't go hard by, say, Berlin standards. But Stockholm is also beautiful, friendly, and full of some of the most insanely hot Anchorpeople on the planet.