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Personas, Ranked

Every Lady Gaga Persona Identified, Then Ranked
From the hair bow to the cowboy hat (via the German accent).
Lauren O'Neill
7.30.20
Tech

These Indian Students Missed College Life. So They Recreated Their Campus on Minecraft
With IRL schooling shut, some Ashoka University students have taken their uni life to the servers.
Satviki Sanjay
7.30.20
identity-rights

Trans Women Are Still Being Held in Men's Prisons. Is Changing That Enough?
A California bill would require that incarcerated trans people be able to choose whether they are housed among men or women. But amid calls for abolition, the reform feels seismic to some and merely cosmetic to others.
Kim Tran
7.30.20
food news

Teenage Ice Cream Shop Employees Are Getting Harassed By Anti-Maskers
Shop owners across the U.S. are taking to social media begging adults to stop verbally abusing their young employees over mask policies.
Jelisa Castrodale
7.30.20
Recipe

Lemongrass Pork Skewers Recipe
Marinating thinly sliced pork overnight in lemongrass, fish sauce, and oyster sauce results in the juiciest meat you’ll pull off of the grill this season.
Farideh Sadeghin
7.30.20
japan

Japan Finally Recognizes “Black Rain” Victims as Atomic Bomb Survivors
The case's 84 plaintiffs were exposed to radioactive black rain as babies or children. Now in their late 70s to 90s, they're finally recognized as A-bomb victims in a landmark ruling.
Sammy Westfall
Miran Miyano
7.30.20
Hong Kong

Hong Kong Bans 12 Pro-Democracy Candidates From Running in This Year’s Legislative Election
The Hong Kong government said the candidates were disqualified because they did not comply with the Legislative Council requirements.
Rosie Perper
7.30.20
Environment

A Legendary Black Environmental Group Is Back and Advising Joe Biden
Inside the racist nightmare that led to the founding of the National Black Environmental Justice Network, the devastating death of its first leader Damu Smith, and the political shifts that brought the network back and made it more relevant than ever.
Geoff Dembicki
7.30.20
china

Mysterious Seed Packages from China Are Also Showing Up in Taiwanese Mailboxes
Suspicious seeds from China have recently shown up in mailboxes across the US and Canada. China says it’s investigating.
Heather Chen
7.30.20
sex abuse

Australians Are Buying Disturbing Numbers of Childlike Sex Dolls
We only know this because border officials are finding them in air cargo.
VICE Staff
7.30.20
Environment

Here's How Melbourne, a City Nowhere Near a Fault Line, Just Got Rocked by an Earthquake
Australia experiences several earthquakes every year, according to experts—despite sitting in the centre of a tectonic plate.
Gavin Butler
7.30.20
VICE Tarot Reading

Your August 2020 Zodiac Tarot Reading by the VICE Fortuneteller
It may be Leo season, but the Sags have it good this month.
Lois Veloso
7.30.20
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