Juliette, Georgia, is near the largest coal plant in the Western Hemisphere. VICE News investigates a coal ash pit that's allegedly been contaminating the town’s water for years.
Human milk is healthier for babies than formula. But nursing is also really hard for a lot of parents, especially in countries like the US that lack any mandatory parental leave. Alice Hines talks to new moms, and meets a scientist who is trying to grow milk in a lab.
16-year-old Cornelius Fredrick died on May 1st after being restrained on the floor of a Michigan residential facility for foster kids and juvenile offenders. Since then, VICE News has been investigating how the facility used restraints.
A VICE News investigation revealed a lack of appropriate training by the large for-profit company that runs several facilities for teens.
Alice Hines goes all in on a journey to the outer limits of obsession.
Oregon is the first state in the U.S. to decriminalize drugs. VICE News meets Carl Hart, a professor at Columbia University, who wants the rest of the country to follow Oregon's lead.
Mississippi no longer has a state flag, after lawmakers voted Sunday to remove the Confederate symbol, making it the final state in the U.S. to do so. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) will be signing the bill at 6 pm local time today.
According to the DOE, the waves along the US coast could cover 64% of our nation's energy needs. So why haven’t we harnessed them? Well, it's annoyingly complicated; but this renewable technology is about to make waves in the new green economy.
Much like Olympians, the athletes who compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee prepare for years for an event they only have a few shots at winning.
About 6,000 workers at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama are casting their ballots in a historic vote that could lead to the first union at Amazon. Pro-union employees say the company's constant productivity tracking, the lack of nearby bathrooms, and rushed work breaks have pushed them to the edge.
69 of Arkansas’s 75 counties are medically underserved. So the state is calling on independent pharmacists to vaccinate people in far flung areas. These small-town heroes are convincing the vaccine-hesitant, and in some cases, sacrificing their own bottom lines.
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