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voting

Trailer Park Landlord Allegedly Threatened Tenants With Rent Hike If Biden Wins

"We are just informing our tenants what WE will do according to the election results,” the letter says.
Emma Ockerman
10.22.20
abortion

Hundreds of U.S. 'Pregnancy Centers' Are Now Offering Unproven 'Abortion Reversal' Method

A new report from the top leaders of the anti-abortion movement provides a snapshot of their recent victories.
Carter Sherman
10.22.20
COLOMBIA

Colombians Are Completely Fed Up With Their President: 'We Want a Different Country'

The protestors demands were myriad: killings of human rights activists and environmental defenders, police brutality and education and pension reforms were some of the issues. 
Steven Grattan
10.22.20
Denmark

‘Hygge Racism’ Behind Hate Crime Rise in Denmark, Say Some Minority Groups

A recent study from the Danish Human Rights Institute reports a worrying number of bigoted attacks since the start of the pandemic.
Edna Mohamed
10.22.20
News

'It Doesn’t Feel Good When People Hate You:' Indigenous Lobster Fishers Find Their Lives Upended

The usually quiet string of fishing villages in southwest Nova Scotia are fraught with tension and fear as anti-Indigenous violence over the lucrative lobster fishery has come to a head.
Lindsay Jones
10.22.20
LGBTQ

Here's What Queer Asians Think of Pope Francis Supporting Same-Sex Civil Unions

For those who live in countries where homosexuality is a criminal offence, will the pontiff's latest statement make a difference?
VICE Asia Staff
10.22.20
COVID-19

The Trump Administration Is On the Hook for More Than 130,000 COVID Deaths, Study Finds

"The Trump Administration has shown hostility to much of the critical guidance and recommendations put forth by its own health agencies."
Paul Blest
10.22.20
police

Cop Charged in George Floyd's Death No Longer Facing Third-Degree Murder

A judge dropped the charge because the former officer, Derek Chauvin, did not put others in danger when he allegedly took the life of the 46-year-old Black man.
Trone Dowd
10.22.20
Politics

The Real Reason Trump Is So Obsessed With Fracking

Donald Trump wants to be seen as more manly, and thus more appealing to working-class white men in swing states like Pennsylvania, than a clean energy-supporting Joe Biden, say gender experts.
Geoff Dembicki
10.22.20
mind

22 Ways to Make Thanksgiving Into Your Own Weird, Perfect Holiday

If you can't go see your family or play charades with your friends, why not smash some decorative gourds in the street with a bat?
Amy Rose Spiegel
10.22.20
Tech news

Flying During COVID-19 Isn't Quite As Safe As United Airlines Says

United Airlines recently tweeted that the risk of infection on a full flight is "almost non-existent" based on a study that looked at a best-case scenario out of step with reality.
Maddie Bender
10.22.20
5G

Washington Swamp Creatures Compete for Multi-Billion Dollar 5G Spectrum

This is what it looks like when the Trump swamp devours itself.
Karl Bode
10.22.20
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