social issues

Syd Shaw Raps about Being True to Yourself: "I can't help but feel strongly about the adversities we face as minorities. When poverty, mass incarceration, exacerbated mental health issues, and everything else is telling you that you can't, know that you c

"We’re here in Brooklyn outside of John Jay High School where I graduated class of ’09. I ran away to New York City at age 17. I was suicidal, homeless. It was here at this school that I sought help for the first time..."

"We refuse to give our power and our gifts to an ongoing narrative of unrighteous politics. Let's use our magic to build our own nations, and tell our own stories."

VICE News talks to a deported father in Mexico, who is unable to regain custody of his biological children in the U.S.

VICE News reports on the country's remaining Robert E. Lee statues — and their potential to spark future conflicts.

“VICE News Tonight” provides viewers with exclusive, up close and personal access inside the unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia.

VICE News travels to Buffalo to see how the state is combatting the opioid crisis with the nation's first opiate intervention court.

The refugee crisis is escalating in Italy, where the majority of migrants are now coming from West Africa.

In the second installment of World of Hurt, VICE News travels to Maine to see how the states strict laws on prescription opioids has affected the population.

VICE News explores how ancient Roman and Greek artwork was whitewashed.

This company will help you start a new life in any Republican stronghold.

VICE News looks at a program offering drug addicts money for getting sterilized or long-term birth control.