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The Strange Case of Pictou County, Nova Scotia—A Community Supported by Toxic Mills

Pictou County, Nova Scotia is the home of the last of Nova Scotia's "Big Three" mills. Despite higher incidences of cancer, stillbirths, and infant deaths that some residents blame on pollution from the mills, the town remains solidly divided on how to...
Miles Howe
7.21.14
Interviews

Lil Freckles is the Original Brooklyn Girl

She got her big break on GIRLS and she wants you to listen to her new tape.
Hillary Gillis
Hilary Windsor
7.21.14
A Few Impressions

James Franco’s ‘Blood Meridian’ Test

In honor of the release of Child of God on August 1, I’m posting a 25-minute test I did for the film version of Blood Meridian, starring Scott Glenn, Luke Perry, Mark Pellegrino (Lost), and my brother, Dave. If you know the book...
James Franco
7.21.14
Art

Space Balloons Take Flower Art 90,000 Feet Into The Atmosphere

Japanese artist Makota Azuma is sending his beautiful flower designs where no plants have ever gone before.
Becky Chung
7.21.14
Features

Ice-T: The Anti-Hero Feminism Needs

A pro-woman message found in the unlikeliest place: a song called "Bitch in the Pit."
Dan Ozzi
7.21.14
video

FUEL: The 10,000-Calorie Sumo Wrestler Diet

Wrestlers like world sumo champion Byamba pack in thousands of calories every day in order to stay on top of their game, and they do it with the help of a delicious, nutrient-dense stew known as chankonabe.
Byamba Ulambayar
Byamba Ulambyar
7.21.14
the inscrutable east

Can The Hornets Handle Lance Stephenson?

While there are concerns about Lance Stephenson off the court, he is going to make the Hornets demonstrably better on it.
Kevin Ferrigan
7.21.14
aphrodisiac

I Ate Myself Horny at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark

At Denmark's most famous music festival, I sat down to a four-course aphrodisiac dinner that promised to stir my animal urges with crispy balls of blood pudding, “hay milk” cheese, and a hell of a lot of booze.
Lars Eriksen
7.21.14
the vice reader

David Shapiro Isn't Much Use to Anyone

Roughly five years ago, Shapiro—then fresh out of college with a shitty job and some self-esteem issues—started writing meta-reviews of the music reviews published on Pitchfork each morning. We talked to him about his new book.
Zach Sokol
7.21.14
Noisey Blog

Make No Assumptions About Spoon's New Video for "Do You"

From the band's new LP 'They Want My Soul,' due in August.
Noisey Staff
7.21.14
Stuff

Stop Pussyfooting Around My OCD

It's better to talk about mental illness and fuck-up than stay silent.
Rose Bretécher, Illustrations: James Burgess
7.21.14
VICE News

Rockets and Revenge

For a few years, a young radical group of Israeli settlers in the West Bank known as "pricetaggers" have committed random acts of violence and vandalization against Palestinians and their property to make them pay the price for affronting their way of...
VICE Staff
7.21.14
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