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  • Coronavirus Has Brought the USPS to the Brink of Collapse

    The U.S. postal service is facing a funding crisis. VICE News looks at what closure would mean for letter carriers and America’s mail.

  • Prisoners Describe the Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak at Oakdale Federal Prison

    “I just feel like we were all let down,” said one prisoner. At least 39 staff and 113 inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a staff source. As of May 4, the Bureau of Prisons confirms 46 positive cases of COVID-19 among the 1,000 or so prisoners at FCI Oakdale I, plus 17 cases among guards and staff.

  • How New Zealand Got Its Coronavirus Cases Down to Zero in Seven Weeks

    New Zealand’s strategy against COVID-19 seems to be working. VICE News finds out why.

  • Rent Strikes are Growing Across the Country

    Rent strikes are happening all over the U.S. as tenants face the economic crisis. VICE News looks at the latest efforts to cancel the rent.

  • Georgia Is Open for Business. Here’s What That Looks Like.

    Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp surprised everyone last Monday — including the White House — when he announced that the state would begin re-opening for business at the end of the week, starting with gyms, bowling alleys, barbers and salons.

  • Why We’re Almost Certainly Undercounting the Coronavirus Dead

    The official counts of coronavirus dead are hard to fathom. Even so, they almost certainly underestimate COVID-19’s true death toll.

  • No, Drinking Warm Water Won’t Stop You From Getting Coronavirus

    We look at the claims swirling around online about harnessing what is supposedly the natural enemy of the virus: water.​

  • Coronavirus Is Revealing Gaping Holes in America’s Drug Supply Chain

    With coronavirus slowing down production in places like China and India, it’s possible that a much wider range of medicines, from Tylenol to antibiotics, could soon run out. ​

  • Life in Austria After Lockdown Starts to Lift

    A cautious reopening for parts of Europe as the Covid-19 cases subside. VICE News looks at how Austria is leading the way.

  • Coronavirus Is Putting Farmworkers — and Their Jobs — at Risk

    Many small farmers and seasonal workers aren’t eligible for federal payouts during Covid-19. VICE News speaks with some of these essential workers.

  • These Far-Right Fringe Conspiracies Are Driving the Anti-Lockdown Protests

    This weekend protesters across the country demanded their states reopen. Militias, anti-vaxxers, and QAnon believers were among them.

  • The Law Banning Congressional Insider Trading Isn’t Enough to Stop It

    The law banning members of Congress from insider trading should be upgraded in light of the frantic stock trading on Capitol Hill during the coronavirus pandemic, the bill’s author, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), told VICE News. Members of Congress should be banned from owning individual stocks altogether, and the sharing of “political intelligence” with outsiders should have to be disclosed, Gillibrand said. Her remarks follow waves of outrage over members of Congress selling millions worth of shares before the market tanked over fears of coronavirus. In some cases, those sales came after closed-door briefings about the virus.

  • Inside ICE Detention During the Coronavirus Outbreak

    VICE News Tonight cuts through the spin, disinformation, and punditry to bring you in-depth coverage of the day’s top stories, and fearless on-the-ground reporting on the people, places and voices you won’t see anywhere else.

  • Inside Rikers During the Coronavirus Outbreak

    Health officials are urging people to stay six feet away from others and wash their hands in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus. But for over 4,000 inmates currently detained at Rikers Island in New York, that’s tough to do. VICE News spoke with an inmate at Rikers who described conditions that were cramped and unsanitary. Michael, who did want his last name used in this story, has been incarcerated on a non-violent parole violation since January of this year. And while the New York City Department of Corrections says they’re distributing cleaning supplies to inmates, Michael says the people in his housing unit haven’t received any.

  • South Africa’s Townships Are Worried About Soldiers, Not Coronavirus

    When South African president Cyril Rhamaphosa announced a three week lockdown on 23 March, he acknowledged that his country is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. The virus, he said, is “extremely dangerous for a population like ours, with a large number of people with suppressed immunity because of HIV and TB, and high levels of poverty and malnutrition.” About a quarter of South Africans live in townships – in cramped, unsanitary conditions, rife with health problems. HIV is more prevalent than in the rest of the population, and in some communities, rates of TB are as high as 80 percent.

  • See an Empty World Cleared by Coronavirus

    The coronavirus pandemic is shutting down the very things we need in a time of crisis. Even funerals.