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Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican Protesters Are So Mad at Their Governor They Pushed a Guillotine Through the Streets

Angry about bungled responses to natural disasters, Puerto Ricans hit the streets, guillotine in tow, to demand the governor step down.
Paul Blest
1.24.20
microsoft

While Microsoft Was Making Its Climate Pledge, It Was Sponsoring an Oil Conference

"Microsoft is delighted to announce we are the digital transformation partner of the International Petroleum Technology conference."
Maddie Stone
1.24.20
Star Trek

‘Star Trek: Picard’ Revisits America’s Imperialist Dreams and Finds a Nightmare

The new Star Trek show is promising to build something new and different, but it may just be the same old sci-fi schlock.
Matthew Gault
1.24.20
climate crisis

A Super-Potent Greenhouse Gas Has Been Leaking Into the Atmosphere, and No One Knows Where It's Coming From​

“Where the culprits are distributed, we just don’t know at the moment.”
Alex Lubben
1.24.20
locusts

‘Unprecedented’ Swarms of Locusts Are Devouring Crops and Slamming Into Planes in East Africa

It's the worst locust infestation Kenya has seen in 70 years.
David Gilbert
1.24.20
reproductive rights

Trump May Be Anti-Abortion, But He's Absolutely Not 'Pro-Life'

Trump will be the first president to ever appear at the March for Life, but he's proved over and over that he doesn't value human life.
Susan Rinkunas
1.24.20
deepfakes

New Deepfake Method Can Put Words In Anyone's Mouth

The new method makes a deepfake video from an audio source.
Samantha Cole
1.24.20
Australia

Australia's Ancient Forests Survived Planetary Extinction. Now, They're Burning

The Gondwanan rainforests are a living time capsule that survived a continental breakup and a planetary mass extinction event. Now, they’re being tested by humanity.
Maddie Stone
1.24.20
Science

A Study Tried to Use Genetics to Explain Why People Are Poor

Scientists wanted to explain health disparities and ended up with a right-wing talking point.
Dan Samorodnitsky
1.24.20
The VICE Guide to Right Now

An Indian Politician Believes You Can Identify Bangladeshis Because They Eat Poha

BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said he suspected that the construction labourers working in his home were Bangladeshi because of their preference for poha.
Shamani Joshi
1.24.20
auschwitz

The Story of the Champion Who Boxed in Auschwitz to Survive

Polish prisoner "Teddy" Pietrzykowski was forced into dozens of boxing matches – sharing the food scraps he won with fellow prisoners.
Paweł Mączewski
1.24.20
Culture

Sydney's nightlife scene reflects on the city's lockout laws

As government restrictions on nightlife are wound back, the city's party-throwers and party-goers talk about the scene's past and future.
Charlotte Agnew
1.27.20
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