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Empire of Dirt
5:35

Britain's Sugar Addiction Fuelled the Slave Trade

Zing Tsjeng travels to Bristol to tell the dark history behind Britain's national sugar addiction and its connection to slave merchants like Edward Colston.
Empire of Dirt
5:52

How Britain Stole $45 Trillion from India with Trains

VICE World News host Zing Tsjeng explains why India shouldn’t be grateful for the trains, democracy and law that the British empire ‘gave them’.
Empire of Dirt
5:27

Empire of Dirt: How Your banks Made Money from Slavery

VICE World News host Zing Tsjeng explores how City of London and it’s financial institutions profited from slavery in America long after the slave trade was abolished.
EMEA Stories
6:07

Homeless During Covid-19

David Fussell gives an insight into how the coronavirus epidemic has affected the homeless.
VICE Specials
9:53

Population of 1: Living Alone in an Abandoned Ghost Town

A former ghost town in Utah is now inhabited by one resident who dreams of turning the rundown space into an artist residency.
Big Night Out / S1 EP2
23:18

Purgatory in Paradise

How do the tourists, the immigrants and the destitute locals coexist in Greece's paradise of party islands?
Back In My Day
5:05

Back In My Day: Child Refugees

From fleeing the Nazis to telling Trump he's a wasteman, Alf Dubs and Magid Magid discuss growing up as child refugees and their political careers.
VICE Labs / S1 EP342
2:21

The Activists Fighting to Decriminalize Sex Work

Meet the activists for decriminalizing prostitution.
Hate Thy Neighbour / Clip
3:23

Sovereign Citizen Conspiracy Theories

Jamali talks to some Sovereign Citizens about Obama, AR-15s, Marriage Licenses, and what's "really" going on with the federal government.
Hate Thy Neighbour / Clip
3:49

Oil, Gas, and the Effects of Environmental Racism

Jamali talks with an environmentalist about how drilling for fuel usually means pushing contamination into the places where lower-class people live.
Hate Thy Neighbour / Clip
4:18

Meet the Woman Opposing Women's Rights to Vote

Janet Bloomfield is an anti-feminist that believes women shouldn't have the right to vote.
Hate Thy Neighbour / Clip
1:33

SlutWalk Participants on Feminism, Classism, and Hoes

Destiny Love addresses criticism of the SlutWalk and explains why she doesn't identify as a feminist.
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