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Jahnavi Inniss Uses Quilting to Address the Gaps in Black British History

“I wanted to dismantle the ‘single story’ that suggests that Black people had only arrived in Britain after the Second World War, in the late-1940s, during the Windrush period.”
VICE Staff
8.25.20
Internet

Watch the Ultimate Typing Champion Reach 'Otherworldly' Speeds

After a ten year long hiatus, the Ultimate Typing Championship has returned and its athletes are ready to test the limits of human typing speed.
Matthew Gault
8.25.20
Borders

Asylum Seeker Mercy Baguma Found Dead in Glasgow Next to 'Starving' Baby

The UK government is facing calls for an inquiry after the death in Scotland.
Simon Childs
8.25.20
republican national convention

An RNC Speaker Said Cops Would Be 'Smart' to Racially Profile Her Own Son

"Statistically, my brown son is more likely to commit a violent offense over my white sons," anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson said in a YouTube video earlier this year.
Carter Sherman
8.25.20
the war on drugs show

WATCH: How Ketamine Took Over the World

Charting the drug's journey from the medical tents of the Vietnam War, through the nostrils of ravers at nightclubs and after-parties, and back to the world of medicine.
VICE Staff
8.25.20
women

Women in India Are Divided Over Period Leaves. Here’s Why.

Workplaces are starting to offer period leaves for women, but in a country like India where period stigma is prevalent, the move is polarising women.
Pallavi Pundir
8.25.20
HUMAN RIGHTS

Tortures and Enforced Disappearances: The Bloody History of Bangladesh’s Elite Paramilitary Force

Since 2004, successive governments have used the Rapid Action Battalion to settle political scores and stifle dissent
Arpita De
8.25.20
History

Are Finders Keepers When It Comes to Treasure?

Two Israeli teens recently happened to unearth a 1,100-year-old buried pot with hundreds of gold coins. What happens next in such situations?
Satviki Sanjay
8.25.20
Crime

The Reaction to Megan Thee Stallion’s Alleged Shooting Is Misogynoir in Action: Experts

The “WAP” artist alleged she was shot by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez. Advocates say the mocking reactions show how violence against Black women isn’t taken seriously.
Manisha Krishnan
8.25.20
police

Police Manipulated Me Into Becoming a Gang Informant When I Was a Child

The story of how British police recruited a vulnerable teenager to spy on dangerous drug gangs.
Sam
8.25.20
police brutality

Jacob Blake Paralyzed From the Waist Down After Police Shooting, Father Says

“What justified all those shots? What justified doing that in front of my grandsons? What are we doing?”
Paul Blest
8.25.20
COVID-19

How Young Women Journalists Helped to Fight COVID-19 in Rwanda

The NGO Ni Nyampinga has created accessible prevention guidelines, regularly reaching 680,000 women and girls.
Veronique Mistiaen
8.25.20
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