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Drugs

The UK Has Wasted 50 Years Fighting a Losing War on Drugs
On the 50th anniversary of the Misuse of Drugs Act, VICE World News analysis shows just how catastrophically it has failed.
Mattha Busby
5.26.21
influencers

The 'Talent Agencies' Hustling Wannabe Influencers
If they're asking you to pay, it's best to stay away.
Lola Christina Alao
5.26.21
Politics

She Was Set to Be Prime Minister. Then Her Rivals Locked the Government Doors.
Dramatic twists in Samoa’s election have seen the island nation’s first female prime minister-elect locked out of Parliament.
Gavin Butler
5.26.21
Astro Guide

Daily Horoscope: May 26, 2021
There's a lunar eclipse in Sagittarius today.
Annabel Gat
5.25.21
Still Here

Ontario Police Have Faced No Charges For 19 People Killed Since George Floyd's Murder
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit probes police shootings and other violent encounters. But it rarely charges anyone.
Manisha Krishnan
5.25.21
RACISM

‘It Might’ve Gotten Worse’: How Racial Injustice Hasn’t Changed in Japan
“The first ticket I see that’d put me somewhere else—I’d go to Sweden for all I care. I’m out. I’ve lived here long enough,” says Omotegawa.
Hanako Montgomery
5.25.21
Culture

We Need To Talk About Asia’s Blackface Problem
The use of blackface remains common in many Asian countries across variety shows, TV dramas, advertisements, and social media.
Anthony Esguerra
5.25.21
george floyd

George Floyd’s Brother Can’t Mourn. He’s Too Busy Fighting.
“I realized that my brother died probably like six months after he had already passed, because I've never really had that time to sit there,” Philonise Floyd told VICE News.
Dexter Thomas
5.25.21
police

What If We Just Stopped Calling the Cops?
For decades, the solution to Black Americans’ distrust of cops has often been to not call them. Now white people are catching on too.
Emma Ockerman
5.25.21
Police reform

The Most Meaningful Police Reform in 50 Years Could Actually Pass Congress
The bill is expected to ban chokeholds, create federal standards for no-knock warrants, and more.
Cameron Joseph
5.25.21
Still Here

The Gig Economy’s Business Model Is a Racial Justice Issue
Uber and Lyft say they care about Black lives, but their business models and lobbying disproportionately hurt people of color.
Edward Ongweso Jr
5.25.21
police

Why Black Cops Quit
“The ‘Blue Wall of Silence’ is so real and so pervasive that people outside of it don’t have a clue of what it’s like,” one former officer told VICE News.
Trone Dowd
5.25.21
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