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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s First Test of Journalistic Freedoms: The RCMP vs. VICE

The politician has been unabashedly pro-journalist in his statements, but will he make legal protections for reporters a priority?
Patrick McGuire
11.5.15
Stuff

I Took the 'Country Life' Test to See if I Qualify as a 'Lady'

Would I ever Botox? Am I secretly in love with Rupert Campbell-Black, whoever that is?
Joe Bish
11.5.15
News

Canadians Will Get Good Population Data For the First Time in Ten Years

The old government scrapped the long-form census in 2010. The new government is bringing it back.
Matthew Braga
11.5.15
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All the Very British Things That Should Have Actually Been Included in the New UK Passport Design

What's more British than a turd in a plastic bag floating in the ocean?
Joel Golby
11.5.15
Thump

​Here's the Lineup for our BEMF Round-Table Sessions

Shawn Rudiman, Lauren Flax, Nick Catchdubs, and Kevin Aviance are on the bill for this Saturday's panels at the VICE HQ.
THUMP Staff
11.5.15
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A Canadian with an Intellectual Disability Is Fighting His 46-Cents-an-Hour Wage

"I can't start my car for that, so how is he expected to make a life that way?" his mother says.
Colin Graf
11.5.15
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Persian Gulf Nations Might Be Screwed No Matter What the World Does About Climate Change

Their economies depend upon oil and gas exports and rising temperatures threaten to cut into economic productivity — but with year-round sun, they could become big renewable producers.
Matt Smith
11.5.15
News

How Police Unions Are Using Protests, Boycotts, and Shady Tactics to Fight Reform

As the national debate over law enforcement tactics heats up, cops aren't hesitating to decry what they see as an assault on their rights.
Ray Downs
11.5.15
Stuff

Why Scaring Kids Out of Committing Crimes Doesn't Work

There's enough evidence to say, definitively, that "scared straight" programs don't stop young people from going on to become criminals, and might even be counterproductive. So why are they still in use?
Bill Kilby
11.5.15
Art

Animated Music Video Imagines a World of Trippy Life Forms

Tokyo-based artist Hideki Inaba’s music video for Beatsofreen is a dreamlike dance of hypnotic animation.
DJ Pangburn
11.5.15
FIGHTLAND

TUF Recap: Absinthe Sees Team USA Spill Over, Team Europe Regains Parity

Artem Lobov told the Team USA men that Absinthe was "dangerous". They should have listened.
Peter Carroll
11.5.15
soccer

Today was a huge day for American soccer coaches in Europe. Here's why.

Two steps closer to breaking the glass ceiling for American managers in European soccer.
Brian Blickenstaff
11.5.15
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