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Opioid Crisis

States Say Thanks but No Thanks to Purdue Pharma’s “Insultingly Weak” Settlement Offer
Some states may be ready to accept the settlement, but plenty of others say they’ll keep fighting for more access to the Sacklers’ fortunes
Emma Ockerman
9.12.19
vaping

Researchers Find Unexpected White Blood Cells in Patients With Mysterious Vaping Illness
New studies show that a rare type of macrophage is tied to several patients who have come down with the mysterious illness.
Troy Farah
9.12.19
Games Reviews

'Iceborne' is Monster Hunter at its Peak, Colonialist Fantasy Included
Take Monster Hunter World, the good and the bad, and turn it up to 11.
Ricardo Contreras
9.12.19
Tech news

This $30 Device Turns the Cold of Outer Space Into Renewable Energy
“It literally is generating visible light out of the darkness of the sky. This is not even paraphrasing, this is exactly what it is."
Maddie Bender
9.12.19
Jeffrey Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein Might Have Taken Girls as Young as 11 to His Private Island Last Year
An air traffic controller witnessed Epstein traveling with pre-teen girls.
Emma Ockerman
9.12.19
Film

Give Us Diapers in Natalie Portman's Diaper Astronaut Movie, You Cowards
'Lucy in the Sky' is based on a true story about diapers. But where are the diapers on screen?
River Donaghey
9.12.19
gun control

Walmart Asked Gun Owners to Stop Carrying Guns in Their Stores. This Group Is Defying Them.
They say Walmart's request is just an attempt to "get the gun haters to leave them alone.”
Tess Owen
9.12.19
movies

Blood Orange Used Actual Space Sounds for a New 'Ad Astra' Visual
The artist scored a new clip for the upcoming space movie starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones.
Bettina Makalintal
9.12.19
money-inequality

In 2003, a Farmer Killed Himself to Protest Globalization. Little Has Changed
For years, farmers have said free trade policies have harmed them. Will the world finally start listening?
Peter Tinti
9.12.19
Tipping Point

Residents of a Siberian Town With Black Snow Are Pleading for Asylum in Canada
Residents of Kiselyovsk, the heart of Russia's coal-mining industry, are asking Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to accept them as environmental refugees. But they don't stand a chance.
Sarah Emerson
9.12.19
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Climate Change Will Create 1.5 Billion Migrants by 2050 and We Have No Idea Where They'll Go
The climate crisis has already created millions of invisible refugees and could create up to 1.5 billion more in the next 30 years. But under international law no country is obliged to take them in.
Izzie Ramirez
9.12.19
Tech news

Anyone Can Build This Open Source, DRM-Free Kindle Alternative
The Open Book Project is in the process of designing an open source device that will let you read ebooks without being locked-in with a corporation.
Matthew Gault
9.12.19
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