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Music

Buffy Sainte-Marie on Winning the Polaris Prize, Viet Cong, and Indigenous Activism
After winning the biggest prize in Canadian music this week, the long-time activist dispenses advice on how to fight the Man.
James Wilt
9.24.15
America Incarcerated

Golfing With The Guards At Angola Penitentiary
Prison View Golf Course, at Louisiana State Prison in Angola, is maintained by prisoners, open to the public, and every bit as strange and unsettling as it sounds.
Jules Bentley
9.24.15
Festival Season!

Decibel Festival Stays Defiantly DIY Despite Seattle's Changing Tides
The techno-leaning electronic fest keeps it underground, no matter how many tech-bros flood the PNW.
Greg Scruggs
9.24.15
video

Check Out These New, Gorgeous Hubble Telescope Shots of the Veil Nebula
Warning: this video may make you want to go to the Pink Floyd light show at your local planetarium.
Rachel Pick
9.24.15
Sex

An Anthropologist Explains Why Over 40% of People Refuse to Date Virgins
We talked to leading love researcher Dr. Helen Fisher about how humans are returning to our hunter-gatherer days, millennials' fear of divorce, and why men fall in lover faster than women.
Mish Barber Way
9.24.15
Post Mortem

Death Styles of the Rich and Famous: Stories From an Upper East Side Funeral Home
The author of a new memoir tells us what it was like to work at the place that gave John Lennon, Jackie Onassis, and Philip Seymour Hoffman their final sendoffs.
Simon Davis
9.24.15
The Law

Three of the Biggest Food Delivery Services Are Being Sued by Their Own Drivers
GrubHub, DoorDash, and Caviar—three major mobile and online food-ordering companies—have just been named as defendants in a series of lawsuits filed in San Francisco courts.
Alex Swerdloff
9.24.15
Photo

A Taco Bell in Chicago Now Serves Booze
We went to the grand opening of Taco Bell Cantina in Chicago, America's first alcohol-serving Taco Bell.
Ryan Lowry and VICE Staff
9.24.15
africa

Northern Nigeria Bans Cars, Bicycles, and Camels to Thwart Boko Haram During Eid
This restriction for the period of Eid celebrations came as the Nigerian army claimed to have rescued 241 women and children as it gains territory from the Islamic State-affiliated group.
Reuters and VICE News
9.24.15
Environment

Four Decades of Herbicide Use Is Creating Zombie Weeds That Just Won't Die
The US Department of Agriculture has identified 14 species of glyphosate-resistant weeds in the United States, and 32 have been documented worldwide, according to a government-industry-university coalition.
Matt Smith
9.24.15
hijinx

Goalkeeper Throws Ball off Opponent's Head and it Bounces Back into Goal
Here's one for the sports blooper reel: goalie throws ball off opponent's head and it bounces back into the goal.
Sean Newell
9.24.15
FIGHTLAND

Ludwig, Faber, and the Prelude to a Grudge Match
Because seriously, did you think we weren’t going to weigh in on the recent war of words between Urijah Faber and Duane Ludwig?
Dan Shapiro
9.24.15
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