Millennial Candidates’ Weirdest Flex: I Have Student Loan Debt
California Congressman Eric Swalwell has staked his candidacy for president on his youthful perspective, arguing that the country’s unequal economy has uniquely affected young adults in debt who are trying to start families and buy their first homes. So naturally, he took the first major swipe at 76-year-old former Vice President Joe Biden during Thursday’s…
Flu, Lice, and Open Toilets: What Attorneys Saw at Migrant Child Processing Centers
Attorneys who work with migrant children recently visited two Border Patrol processing centers along the U.S.-Mexico border — and what they saw paints a bleak picture of the Trump administration’s treatment of child migrants. The attorneys said that hundreds of kids are being held in filthy, overcrowded, and increasingly dangerous conditions at the Border Patrol…
300 Migrant Kids Removed From Filthy, Crowded Texas Border Patrol Station
More than 300 migrant children have been transferred out of a Texas Border Patrol station after reports describing filthy, overcrowded conditions there emerged last week, according to the Associated Press. It’s not immediately clear where the children have been sent. Customs and Border Protection did not immediately respond to VICE News’s request for comment. It’s…
“The Last Black Man in San Francisco” Is the Only Good Thing About Gentrification
In the first shot of The Last Black Man in San Francisco, you're struck by a beautifully-composed profile shot of a black, pigtailed girl looking up in awe at a white man in a HAZMAT suit. The man is cleaning up unexplained toxins. The girl is called by a guardian and skips away from the…
The Everglades Is on Fire
This is a breaking story. Please refresh for updates. Correction 6/24 8:26 p.m.: A previous version of this story stated that the Sawgrass Fire was burning through Everglades National Park. This fire is in the Everglades but not in the Everglades National Park, which is southwest of the fire. A massive wildfire has consumed more…
U.S. Cyberattack on Iran Just Put a Target on American Businesses
President Donald Trump came within minutes of starting another war in the Middle East last week when he ordered, and then abruptly canceled, a missile strike against Iranian bases. Instead, he launched another strike: a long-planned cyberattack, designed to quietly cripple Iran’s missile defense systems. Anonymous U.S. officials claimed an instant victory, although Iran insists…
What Brexit Means to the U.K. After 3 Years of Utter Chaos
Three years on from the stunning Brexit referendum, the societal split in the U.K. has only gotten deeper. And where it goes from here will come down to the next prime minister. The two contenders to succeed Theresa May — Arch Brexiteer Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt — are setting out their competing…
Joe Biden Just Gave a Shoutout to a (Reformed) Segregationist
COLUMBIA, S.C. — It only took one minute for Joe Biden to bring up a former segregationist Friday night. Biden closed his brief speech at Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D-S.C.) fish fry Friday night by turning to Clyburn and honoring their recently departed mutual friend — who just happens to have begun his career as a…
Children Are Still Fighting Muay Thai — Even After the Death of a Young...
MAHA SARAKHAM, Thailand — After a 13-year-old died from a knockout in a match last November, officials proposed a law to ban kids under 12 from Muay Thai fighting. But even the governor of the Sports Authority, which enforces sports law, isn’t so sure it will pass. There’s too much at stake. Muay Thai, after…
Another Day, Another Plan from Elizabeth Warren
Today's policy paper from Elizabeth Warren: election security and voting rights. The Democratic 2020 candidate who’s distinguished herself with near-daily plan releases dropped another one on Tuesday, detailing what she’d do to improve election security and expand voting rights. Under the Massachusetts senator’s plan, every state will get “state-of-the-art” voting equipment (every voting machine in…
