VICEWet'suwet'en First Nation Everything You Need to Know About the Pipeline Crisis In Canada VICE - Sarah BermanA version of this article originally appeared on VICE Canada. There is a special kind of sinking feeling that kicks in when news develops faster than the human brain can process. In Canada we’ve had to
VICEWet'suwet'en First Nation Inside a Rail Blockade for Wet'suwet'en Solidarity VICE - Anna Bianca RoachLast Saturday about 200 people marched out of Toronto’s Pioneer Village subway station into the brisk winter air. Around 10:30 a.m. they reached McMillan Yard, Canada’s second-biggest rail yard, where
VICESurrogacy We Can't Have A Feminist Future Without Abolishing the Family VICE - Marie SolisA little more than two weeks before I planned to meet the feminist theorist Sophie Lewis, her mother died. She had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in March, requiring Lewis to travel back and forth
VICETransgender Want to Transition? There's an App for That VICE - Harron WalkerIn plain white text atop a blue-to-pink gradient, Solace greets new users with a dictionary definition of its name: “comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.” It’s a fitting name for an
VICEWet'suwet'en First Nation RCMP Offers to Move Back From Wet’suwet’en, but With Conditions VICE - Sarah BermanCanada’s public safety minister said that federal police have offered to move away from Wet'suwet'en territory in hopes that blockades come down, but that offer comes with a significant condition. Public
VICEPete Buttigieg Buttigieg Calls for Unity, but His Top Adviser Worked for Divisive Dem Group VICE - Clio ChangPete Buttigieg likes to portray himself as the candidate who can bring together the Democratic Party. At the debate in Nevada Wednesday night, Buttigieg made that case again, saying, “We shouldn't have
VICEWet'suwet'en First Nation Indigenous Peoples Report Racism Surge as Wet'suwet'en Rail Blockades Grow VICE - Anya ZoledziowskiViolet Baptiste, a Cree woman living in Winnipeg, says she was waiting for her bus after work when a group of white people—who she said were issuing racist commentary about the nearby Wet’suwet’en rally—ambushed
VICEWomen's News In a Downtown LA Warehouse, the Ladies Are Arm-Wrestling VICE - Renée Lynn ReismanOn a platform above a roaring crowd, Mother Earth, played by Monica Percich, swathed in flora and flashing her literal bush, stares down Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Gunsberg, played by Vanessa Flanders,
VICETranswomen How My Trans Sisters Saved My Life VICE - Diana TourjéeI told her not to come, but she insisted. I don’t know what you’re up to but I was wondering if you’d come over? I texted, uncharacteristically asking for help. I’m having a really hard day. It was a afternoon
VICETranswomen How to Choose Love at the End of the World VICE - Harron WalkerBefore Kai Cheng Thom picked up my phone call, she was at a martial arts class. “I am really fascinated by the world of somatics,” the Canadian writer explained, “and the body-based wellness movement.
VICEDwyane Wade Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union Set an Example for Parents of Trans Kids VICE - Harron WalkerFormer basketball player Dwyane Wade and Being Mary Jane star Gabrielle Union announced earlier this week that one of their kids is trans, providing a much-needed example of how to support your child they
VICEMichael Bloomberg Remember When Bloomberg Blamed the Financial Crisis on Giving Black People Equal Access to Homes? VICE - Clio ChangOld remarks from Michael Bloomberg during the 2008 financial crisis on redlining are recirculating and they are as bad as you could think. At a forum at Georgetown University, then-Mayor Bloomberg decided
VICEAfrican-American News The Toxic, Hidden History of a Black Man Castrated in a Small Texas Town VICE - John SavageThe 69-year-old white man with the goatee appeared agitated. “We don’t want you around here stirring up trouble with the Blacks,” he said, his voice getting louder. The man, who refused to give his name,
VICEAIPAC A U.S. Congresswoman Just Called AIPAC a ‘Hate Group’ VICE - Leila EttachfiniU.S. Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) issued a statement on Wednesday afternoon labeling the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) a hate group—the first time a Congress member has referred
VICE Warren’s Klobuchar Boost Is Only Feminist If You’re Completely Cynical VICE - Marie SolisIn a speech to supporters following a disappointing fourth-place finish in New Hampshire on Tuesday night, Sen. Elizabeth Warren took the time to quickly congratulate the night's winner, Sen. Bernie Sanders.
VICEReligion The Argument for Abortion as a Religious Right VICE - Leila EttachfiniWhen evangelical professor Bruce Waltke shared a standard biblical interpretation in favor of abortion in 1968, his words were hardly controversial. “God does not regard the fetus as a soul, no matter
VICETranswomen How I Realized I Was Attracted to Trans Women: The Bartender VICE - Diana Tourjée and Diana TourjéeCis men who love trans women are all around us. They’re our coworkers, our friends, our family members. And yet they’re rarely represented in the public view. The secrecy they keep has only led to misunderstanding,
VICESocial Justice Queer Asians Refused to Be Left Out of Lunar New Year Celebrations VICE - Eveline ChaoChristine tears up every time she tells the story: the 20-something was marching in New York City’s Pride parade last summer with Q-Wave, a group for lesbian, bi, queer, trans, and gender-variant people
VICE Starbucks' New Trans-Inclusive Ad Campaign Is Built on a Foundation of Lies VICE - Harron WalkerStarbucks has launched a new trans-inclusive ad campaign, which many media outlets have praised for its pro-LGBTQ message. But I? I have misgivings… The ad follows a young person as they go about their
VICE 8 States Are Trying to Make the Medical Treatment of Trans Kids a Crime VICE - Nico LangGetting puberty blockers wasn’t easy for Quinncy Parke. After first coming out to their parents as gay before they came to terms with being nonbinary, Parke—a high school student in Sioux Falls, South
VICETransgender Even Without Bathroom Bills, Restrooms Can Be Terrifying for Trans People VICE - Harron WalkerBathroom bills might have fallen out of favor among Republican lawmakers who want to make trans people’s lives as difficult as possible—the transphobic legislation du jour are bills that would ban trans
VICETranswomen Men Who Love Trans Women: The Scientist VICE - Anonymous and Diana Tourjée and Emily C. BernsteinCis men who love trans women are all around us. They’re our coworkers, our friends, our family members. And yet they’re rarely represented in the public view. The secrecy they keep has only led to misunderstanding,
VICEPolitics ‘Iowa Nice’ Doesn’t Mean Much to Me VICE - Aaron CalvinLast September, as I hid out for two days at a friend’s house to avoid the hatred and anger that had suddenly poured down on me, I thought of a story my grandmother once told me. Driving across the Iowa
VICEPolitics This Whole Primary Is Steered by a Tiny Percentage of an Incredibly White State VICE - Aaron CalvinIn August 2018, a relatively unknown non-profit executive named Andrew Yang wrote a blog post outlining why he believed he could become President of the United States. In it, he included one line he’d
VICEFire Fighting Meet the Firefighter Who Got Fired for Fire Instagram Content VICE - Katie WayMany of the firefighters at Kalispell, Montana's Evergreen Fire Rescue have personal Instagram accounts where they share photos related to their work. The men are sometimes shirtless, posing proudly in
VICELaw Enforcement How to Intervene When Someone Is Being Harassed—Without Calling the Cops VICE - Reina SultanOne day as I took the bus to work, a man talking to himself and shivering sat behind me and started whispering violent rape threats in my ear. I got up, told the driver, and moved to the front of the The
VICEFortune 500 'Trans-Friendly' Company Policies Are Not Helping Unemployed Trans People VICE - Diana TourjéeThere’s no doubt trans visibility and rights have been on the rise, and new data from the Human Rights Campaign illustrates how dramatically some of the nation’s leading corporations have reflected that,
VICE Holding a City Hostage Is ‘Peaceful’ Now? VICE - Eve Ettinger“How was Richmond?” I’m asked. I pause, overwhelmed with the task of summing up the hours spent in the cold, surrounded by more white men with guns than I’d ever seen in one place in my life. “Uneventful,
VICE Obama Freed Chelsea Manning Three Years Ago. Why Is She Still in Jail? VICE - Leila EttachfiniWhen Barack Obama commuted Chelsea Manning’s 35-year sentence three days before the end of his presidency, it signified a shift in the political landscape—one that her supporters and those long-critical
