Documentary

For gay men, community can often mean clubbing. This group of friends have created their own daytime community, playing Dungeons and Dragons and they're not the only ones.

Ann Coulter is "not going to complain" Trump shut down the government over immigration

Government workers tell us what it's actually like being shut down

Why there's no birthday celebration for Kim Jong-Un — yet

Mueller’s team is stacked with anti-bribery experts

We hit up Family Romance, a company that specializes in “people for rent,” to help throw VICE’s Kumpei Kuwamoto a wild birthday party—or at least what looked like one online.

15 Congress members tell us why they're leaving

This Airbnb for pre-k is trying to disrupt early childhood education

Young Brits feel betrayed by Brexit. We met the youth group making a last-ditch effort to keep the UK in the EU

Mayors of sister cities McAllen and Reynosa say Trump's wall will only make things worse

This Japanese mascot isn’t just cute. He's an economic stimulus package.

We went to Karl Marx’s birthday party in New York City

We met up with some of the biggest names in Asian hip-hop to find out why they got into the genre and what challenges they've faced while creating space for themselves as hip-hop's newest minorities.

Zimbabwe is at risk of losing half its youth to codeine cough syrup addiction. Despite the growing problem, the government has not yet opened rehabilitation clinics. We find out why cough syrup has become Zimbabwe's drug of choice.

We meet Kevin Vaughan, a 28 year old vet and amputee at home and as he tries his new amphibious water prosthetic, "the fin." We also visit the fin's creator, Todd Goldstein, in his 3D printing lab.

The Tornillo tent city for migrant children is coming down.

This is the reality of being a furloughed worker during the government shutdown

We spoke to death row inmate Scott Dozier weeks before his apparent suicide

We ride along in Elon Musk's Boring Company first test tunnel in LA. But it's still not clear what this means in terms of actually creating something that will be a part of Los Angeles' transit system.

VICE en Español spent the day at Punta de Rieles, talking to inmates and learning about Uruguay's progressive "open" prison.

These scientists just got sworn into Congress — and they're ready for an evidence-based fight

There are plenty of recipes out there talking about how to make fried rice with your leftovers, but few showing you how to take that takeout container in your fridge and turn it in to a super easy dessert.

Whether it's hot or cold outside, a steamy bowl of pho is always a good idea. Jimmy Ly, from Madame Vo in the East Village, is the Vietnamese noodle master with a pho broth that is simmered for 24 hours in his restaurant.

Fabián Von Hauske—chef and owner of Contra, Wildair and Una Pizza Napoletana in New York—has one-upped the classic Italian tiramisu recipe by making his own sponge cake that stands up to the coffee-and-liquor-soaking process.