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The Cops Won't Stop Until Every Pirate Radio Station in London Is Destroyed

We caught up with the directors of 'Drowned City'—a documentary about the pirate radio scene in London—to find out.
Antonia Oettingen
6.13.14
women in sports

Sexual Abuse in Women's Sports, Part III: Former Swimmer Katie Kelly on USA Swimming

Rob Trucks interviews swimmer Katie Kelly about Andy King, her swimming coach who pressured her into kissing a male teammate and later went to prison for sexual abuse.
Rob Trucks
6.13.14
Design

The United States Is Experimenting With Drones To Control The Weather

The Desert Research Institute in Nevada is testing drones for cloud-seeding processes. And it could be a $90 billion dollar revenue-producing industry.
Zach Sokol
6.13.14
Motherboard Blog

Are Chicago Police Spying on Activists? One Man Sues to Find Out

Freddy Martinez wants the city to release financial records related to the purchase of cell phone surveillance equipment.
Fruzsina Eordogh
6.13.14
vegetables

Asparagus Can Predict Your Future

Making your urine smell ungodly isn't asparagus' only superpower. It can predict your future, too. I traveled the width of England to meet Jemima Packington, "The World's Only Asparamancer," to have my future told by the mighty spears.
Oli Rahman
6.13.14
Stuff

Cry-Baby of the Week

This week: Some women got upset because they were fined for dropping trash on the floor, and a kid got suspended for taking a toy gun to school.
Jamie Lee Taete
6.13.14
COLOMBIA

This Weekend, Colombia Will Decide How to End 50 Years of Violence

Sunday's presidential runoff election may determine whether the country's brutal 50-year insurgency finally comes to an end.
Alaa al-Ameri
6.13.14
Longreads Or Whatever

Should the UK Government Have a £2.5 Million Slush Fund for Bands?

Arts funding is in need of a boost - but is the answer letting twelve artists receive all the benefit?
Lisa Wright
6.13.14
americas

How Canada’s Poor Record-Keeping Broke Up 4,000 Families

It took years for an Innuit girl to be returned to her family, because no records were kept of where she came from or who her family was.
Emma Paling
6.13.14
capsule

VICE News Capsule - Friday, June 13

4th woman hanged in India in 3 weeks, Thai coup leaders call 4 free coverage of the 2014 World Cup & more.
تجربة
6.13.14
Photo

Bob Mazzer's Photos Immortalise London's Underground

I talked to him about his new exhibition of photos of people drinking and pissing on the tube.
Chris Giles
6.13.14
The Profiles Issue

How the Danish Legal System Gave Away Thomas Altheimer’s Identity

Although the The Sovereign presents Danish artist Thomas Altheimer as a fictional character, he is referred to by his full legal name. The text includes his actual home address, the names of his children, and passages from his blog and private...
Sam McPheeters
6.13.14
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