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North Coast Music Festival Announces Initial Lineup

Chicago's festival dubbed "summer's last stand" releases an impressive first wave of talent.
THUMP Staff
5.1.14
Eastern Ukraine

Kharkiv's Ragged Self-Defense Units Prepare For Russian Confrontation

Eastern Ukraine is at Russia's mercy and only defended by self-defense forces — made up of teachers, historians, and gangly students.
Harriet Salem
5.1.14
VICE News

Last Chance High

Crystal is picked up for shoplifting after disappearing for almost a week—and has left her mother on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Meanwhile, Cortez prepares to head downstate to visit his father, who is serving a life sentence in prison for murder.
VICE News
5.1.14
Noisey Blog

Rich Kidd and Tre Mission Have A Great Rap Time

Watch the two Toronto rappers go bar-for-bar in anticipation of their rap showcase.
VICE Staff
5.1.14
barcelona

Catalan Cuisine Is Not the Same as Spanish Food

Unfortunately, Catalans are not very popular in the rest of Spain, especially in right-wing and narrow-minded circles. And Catalan food is related to other regions in Spain, but it's not the same thing. At all. We're pushing the envelope with new chefs...
Mikel Iturriaga
5.1.14
News

Twenty Years After Its Genocide, Rwanda Still Has Issues

The feel-good redemption stories I've been reading are way too simplistic.The Tutsi-led RPF are still in power and Rwanda’s current president, Paul Kagame, was their commander in 1994.
Oscar Rickett
5.1.14
Stuff

How Do You Deal with a Giant, Stinking, Potentially Explosive Whale Corpse?

Disposing of tens of tons of rotting, methane-loaded blubber is not an easy task.
Harry Cheadle
5.1.14
Culture

There's a High-Security Vault of 100 Million Photos Inside a Mountain

Take a tour of the refrigerated photo vault preserving film in a former Pennsylvania mine.
DJ Pangburn
5.1.14
PROTESTS

In Photos: May Day Descends Into Chaos in Istanbul

Istanbul's Taksim Square has particular significance for the labor movement, and today many workers were blocked as they tried to march.
VICE News
5.1.14
Words

Twenty Years after 'Timeless' and Metalheadz, Goldie Looks Back

"I'm an OG now," the DJ, producer, label-head, actor and grafitti artist said.
Lauren Martin
5.1.14
vice

Yemen's Hospital Massacre

In 2013, al Qaeda attacked a hospital in Yemen, killing many in an attack that went mostly unreported. We sent Ben Anderson to take a look.
VICE News
5.1.14
Words

Tokyo's Showa Kayo Is a Weird, Nostalgic Corner of Japanese Clubbing

With anti-dancing laws and Japanese economic decline, Showa Kayo Night is Tokyo's answer to "escapist clubbing."
Patrick St. Michel
5.1.14
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