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Politics

Jakarta Could Be Getting Its First Ethnically Chinese Governor

The Indonesian capital — once hit by horrific anti-Chinese riots — may see Basuki Tjahaja Purnama take power.
Ethan Harfenist
8.17.14
Comics!

Locked Up

What's the worst part of being locked in a cell since February? Starving and fighting over food, duh.
Daniel Guerrero Fernandez
8.17.14
Alcohol

Religious People Can Be Scary Drunks

A recent study has found a link between violence, alcohol, and religious beliefs. So if you plan on getting drunk with a believer, be prepared for a brawl.
Munchies Staff
8.17.14
Opinion and Analysis

How Dare Mayor de Blasio Tell New Yorkers To Submit to the NYPD

In the midst of national outrage over police killing unarmed black men, no one should urge faith in the criminal justice system.
Natasha Lennard
8.17.14
the vice reader

Trans Writer Sybil Lamb Wrote a Novel About Surviving a Hate Crime

Trans writer Sybil Lamb was living in post-Katrina New Orleans when two men beat her with an iron pipe, taking a chunk out of her skull, and left her for dead in a rail yard. She's transformed this experience into a new book called I’ve Got a Time...
Hugh Ryan
8.17.14
middle east

How The Islamic State Seized Peshmerga Territory So Easily

It turns out the feared Iraqi fighters weren't as invincible as everyone thought.
John Beck
8.17.14
Breaking News

Aphex Twin Just One-Upped Daft Punk and Boards of Canada's Last Album Rollouts

Aphex Twin is plotting his return.
Marissa G. Muller
8.17.14
Style Stage

Drop It Like It's Socks: We Got the Story Behind Snoop Dogg's Happy Socks Collaboration

There's three pairs: One for painter Snoop, Rastafarian Snoop, "Gin and Juice," Bandana-Loving Snoop
Marissa G. Muller
8.17.14
VICE News Specials
9:25

The Islamic State (Part 3)

VICE News joined the "Hisbah" on their daily patrols during Ramadan and witnessed how they are enforcing Sharia law in the caliphate.
Culture

Richard III's Bones Go For a Ride in a Spectrometer

An new isotope analysis of the king's bones revealed what he ate, what he drank, and where he traveled.
Becky Ferreira
8.17.14
Culture

[encrypted] Takes the Deepest Video Game Genre Into Elusive New Realities

Niall Moody reimagines roguelike gaming with decryption, generative sound.
DJ Pangburn
8.17.14
mental health

Neuropsychology Peers Deeply Into Schizophrenia's Disabling Chaos

Imagine life as a shuffled deck of cards.
Michael Byrne
8.17.14
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