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Europe

Russia Is Destroying Tons of Western Food to Mark a Year of Retaliatory Sanctions

Officials ordered steamrollers and tractors to ruin mounds of food on Thursday, despite the outrage of protesters calling for the government to donate the banned goods to the needy.
VICE News
8.6.15
video

After Foreign Food Bans, Russia Dumps Ten Tons of Cheese in a Landfill

I guess you could say they’re really...cheesed off.
Rachel Pick
8.6.15
ethics

Comparing Lions to Factory Farmed Chickens Is Pro-Human Bigotry

Animal activists get up in arms whenever meat-eaters mourn the death of, say, a famous lion instead of factory-farmed chickens. But this leaves animal activists looking like pro-human bigots.
Rhys Southan
8.6.15
americas

Activist, Preacher, Civil Disobedience Leader: Rev. William Barber on North Carolina's Landmark Voting Rights Trial

On the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Barber is at the forefront of a new civil rights movement, called the Moral Monday movement, that's leading the fight for voting rights in the South.
Liz Fields
8.6.15
Sex

Phoebe Gloeckner's 'Diary of a Teenage Girl' Is a Frank Look at Teen Sexuality

We talked to the graphic novelist about what it's like to date your mom's boyfriend when you're 15, write a book about it, and then let your teenage daughters appear as extras in the film adaptation.
Lauren Oyler
8.6.15
Food

Having a Ball (or Two) at the Montana Testicle Festival

What's more fun than drinking beer and chowing down on bull balls in 97-degree heat?
Kelly O
8.6.15
NFL

If Sydney Seau Doesn't Speak Out Against the NFL, Someone Else Will

Junior Seau's daughter says she won't mention the NFL's concussion cover-up during her father's Hall of Fame induction. If Canton-caliber players are more likely to end up with CTE, will the silence last?
Patrick Hruby
8.6.15
Premieres

Explore the Farthest Reaches of Space with IIVII and the New Track "Black Galaxy"

The A Storm of Light and former Neurosis member delves into the great black beyond.
Noisey Staff
8.6.15
Features

Twilight of the Bomb

One of the last surviving Manhattan Project scientists returns to the crater of the first nuclear bomb on its 70th birthday.
Brian Merchant
8.6.15
asia & pacific

China Just Declared War on Amateur Sex Videos

Chinese authorities believe that sex clips, which often go viral on social media, are a threat to social decency, moral standards, and law and order.
VICE News
8.6.15
Britain Is a Weird Place

Inside the Town Where Everyone Pretends to Be from the Past

I went to the Black Country Living Museum and hated the past—until I realized I hated the present more.
Joe Bish
8.6.15
Premieres

PREMIERE: Listen to White Widows Pact's Ruthless, Deathy New Song "The Watch"

Watch and destroy.
John Hill
8.6.15
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