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healthcare

A Child Died of the Flu After His Mom Consulted an Anti-Vax Facebook Group

Group members suggested skin-to-skin contact and elderberries instead of Tamiflu.
Katie Way
2.7.20
uber

Uber's Hyper-Individualized Prices Are Tearing Us Apart

Do you get $4 off of rides? 50 percent? Or has Uber peered into your soul and determined you're the type of jerk who should pay full price? None of this makes sense anymore and nobody knows why.
Jordan Pearson
2.7.20
climate change

Good Morning. It's 65 Degrees in Antarctica.

That's warmer than Orlando today.
Alex Lubben
2.7.20
housing

I Fought My Landlord When My Heat Went Out—and Won

Rent strikes work. Here's how to go about organizing one if you ever need to.
Rick Paulas
2.7.20
immigration

ICE Is Using Location Data From Games and Apps to Track and Arrest Immigrants, Report Says

ICE and CBP have reportedly spent more than $1.2 million to get access to the phone location data.
Paul Blest
2.7.20
Police-involved shooting

Ex-Cop Who Fled to Mexico After Killing a Man Was Just Convicted of Murder

His father helped him cross the Texas-Mexico border to evade authorities, sparking an international manhunt.
Emma Ockerman
2.7.20
Worst Hot Take of the Week

'Make the Poor Sleep in Bins', Says Millionaire Entrepreneur

This week in late-capitalist brain worms, former Brexit Party candidate Peter Dawe demonstrated his thrifty new "invention" to help the homeless.
NEO
2.7.20
Books

'Uglies' Foretold Our Obsession with Instagram Filters and Plastic Surgery

For the book's 15th anniversary, author Scott Westerfeld talked to VICE about its image-obsessed dystopia.
Bettina Makalintal
2.7.20
voting

Shadow's Cancelled Nevada Caucus App Had Errors, Too

An error wouldn’t let users report results in a test version of the app. Shadow confirmed it was fixing some errors at the time.
Joseph Cox
2.7.20
immigration

I Finally Got a U.S. Green Card After 8 Years. A Lot Has Changed

In 2012 I was wearing leg warmers and thought Benedict Cumberbatch was the sexiest man alive. As people change, so do nations.
Christine Estima
2.7.20
Safe Sesh

British Clubs Need to Stop Playing Roulette With Ravers' Lives

Last weekend, a young man died at a venue that was allegedly dangerously over-filled and not willing to hand out free tap water.
David Hillier
2.7.20
Interviews

Alison Brie's 'Horse Girl' Is a Surprisingly Personal Take on Mental Health

Brie told VICE about her genre-defying new Netflix film, which she co-wrote, produced, and based on her family’s mental health issues.
Ashley Spencer
2.7.20
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