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The Hangover News
This weekend, hundreds of thousands took part in demonstrations against climate change, a mother was arrested after allegedly giving her young daughter beer and weed at a slumber party, and more.
Inside Eastern Europe's Wild, Competitive Voguing Scene
The New York ballroom scene has spread to a European incarnation that mixes straight, gay, black, white, men, women, young and old. Photographer Ewen Spencer has been following its parties.
How Twerking Became an Unlikely Scandal in Russia
Twerking has taken Vladimir Putin's country by storm, despite an increasing outcry from prudes and conservatives.
We Asked a Military Expert What the Hell Putin Is Up to in Syria
Sure, we'd all like to see Putin take on the Islamic State in a steel cage—but we asked an expert what he wants, realistically.
Russia Hates Western Condoms
Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade now supports restricting the import of Western-made rubbers, which health officials say will promote "discipline" and make Russians more "selective in their choice of partners."
Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova on the Fight for Abortion Rights in Russia
The country's social conservatives say abortion must be abolished to increase the birth rate, but really they want to take control of women's basic biological functions.
Inside Poland's Independent Paramilitary Groups
VICE Germany headed to Poland to see how the country is prepared to defend itself from invasion with a homegrown paramilitary resistance.
'The Pianist' Using His Music to Bring Russian and Ukrainian Soldiers Together
Ihor spent four months playing piano for the Russian separatists that held him prisoner.
Hanging Out with Russia's Only Gay Motorbike Gang
St Petersburg's Homoto say they're more about helping people hook-up than politics, but it's hard to ignore their country's anti-LGBT legislation and all the homophobic, ultra-nationalist motorbike clubs who want them dead.
My Life as a Brooklyn Junkie
"Heroin is like Aladdin's lamp: it will make you think that your wishes are coming true, that you are in control of your life."
This Journalist Spoke to Chechens Living in the Shadow of War
We spoke to French-English journalist Manon Loizeau, who recently went back to Chechnya years after the end of its devastating war to make a new documentary.