There are more than 100,000 people in dire need of a kidney transplant in the United States. More than four thousand of them could die this year while languishing on waiting lists. But for those willing to turn to the black market, a trip to the slums of Bangladesh might get them just about any organ they need. Vikram Gandhi goes to Dhaka to explore the thriving illegal market for kidneys, and to see why so many of the country's poor are willing to take such a drastic step for the cash they need.
There are more than 100,000 people in dire need of a kidney transplant in the United States. More than four thousand of them could die this year while languishing on waiting lists. But for those wi...
Winner of Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, this critically acclaimed documentary follows the Angulo brothers who were locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and d...
Isobel Yeung explored the growth of Monsanto's pestacide resistant GMOs and its consequences. This is her debrief from Season 3 Episode 9 of VICE on HBO.
The oppressively vapid life of Morgan is forever transformed when a mystical blue pyramid - that inexplicably produces doorknobs - appears in his apartment. What follows is a tale of greed and loss...
Wizards, demons and goblins collide in the world’s first trading card game Magic: The Gathering, affectionately dubbed “cardboard crack” by its 10+ million diehard obsessives. From dank, wood-panel...
India is the largest democracy on Earth, with an advanced economy, a highly educated population, and cutting-edge space and nuclear weapons programs. But like many countries around the world, India...
VICE broadcasted our own alternative election night coverage. For three glorious hours, The VICE Guide to the UK Election aired on our YouTube channel.
Genetically modified seeds have been planted around the world and hailed as a solution to global hunger—but these crops, called GMOs for "genetically modified organisms," have also sparked heated p...
We met up with director Brett Morgen, the man responsible for one of the one of the most highly anticipated music documentaries in recent years "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck." The Oscar-nominated f...
Today, there are more people in the world who play the online multiplayer battle game League of Legends than there are people who live in France. We wanted to see how humanity got to this point, so VICE host Matt Shea flew to South Korea, a country where competitive gaming—also known as eSports—can either make you rich and famous or land you in rehab.
WATCH PART 2 NOW: http://bit.ly/ESPORTS-P2 Today, there are more people in the world who play the online multiplayer battle game League of Legends than there are people who live in France. We wante...
WATCH PART 3 NOW: http://bit.ly/ESPORTS-P3 In Part Two of the five-part series, we get a crash course in how to be a professional commentator—or "shoutcaster"—at the studios of one of the most popu...
WATCH PART 4 NOW: http://bit.ly/eSports-P4 In Part Three, we head to London to meet KSI, a millionaire gamer who became rich and famous by vlogging his FIFA matches. At a VIP gaming party we have o...
WATCH PART 5 NOW - http://bit.ly/eSports-P5 Today, there are more people in the world who play the online multiplayer battle game League of Legends than there are people who live in France. We want...
Today, there are more people in the world who play the online multiplayer battle game League of Legends than there are people who live in France. We wanted to see how humanity got to this point, so...
Today, there are more people in the world who play League of Legends than there are people who live in France. We wanted to look inside this rapidly expanding world of competitive gaming, so VICE h...
Nostalgia is not what it used to be. For our parents it was Westerns and apple pie, but for our generation a new kitsch has taken over. This series showcases the stories behind the collective, rose tinted memories of America in 2015. Watch more: http://bit.ly/American-Obsessions
Cabbage Patch Kids were one of the most popular toys of the 80s. Over the course of the decade, the dolls reportedly generated about $2 billion in sales.
In the series premiere of VICE's American Obsessions, we take a look at the beloved game of pinball, its controversial history and days of corruption, and dive into the story of the family rooted d...
Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos, two best friends who, as young kids, decided to make their own Raiders of the Lost Ark adaptation, reenacting each scene of the film shot by shot. Now older, the two...
Wizards, demons and goblins collide in the world’s first trading card game Magic: The Gathering, affectionately dubbed “cardboard crack” by its 10+ million diehard obsessives. From dank, wood-panel...
We caught up with our buddy MEGWIN and treated him to a plate full of salamanders, fermented herring, and a pile of chili peppers from Mexico. He also happens to be an online superstar in Japan for...
In some parts of the Balkans, families still live by a centuries-old law called "the Canon," which recognizes the right to vengeance—if a man from one family kills another, the family of the victim...
In World War 2 thousands of soldiers were killed on the border of Germany and Russia. Many of their bodies were never found. Now there is a group of "Black Diggers" that illegally dig up the remain...
China's booming billionaire population has developed a penchant for personal bodyguards, who often serve as status symbols as well as muscle. Female guards, valued for their covert presence, precis...
In the Philippines, the 6,000 year-old sport of cockfighting has been transformed into a fully-legal, billion dollar industry. Known locally as sabong, it takes place in 2,500 dedicated stadiums ac...
Two years since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant went into full meltdown, and the resulting 20km evacuation zone was enforced, one farmer still remains behind braving high levels of radiat...
There aren't too many places left in the world where the practice of ship breaking—scrapping old ships for metal—can still exist. These days, environmental and labor regulations in the developed wo...
With one of the lowest birth rates in the world, South Korea is in danger of disappearing by the end of the millennium. If the situation stays as it is, South Koreans are predicted to become extinc...
A new genre of porn designed to arouse women has taken off in the past few years. These videos focus on sex and relationships from the woman's perspective by allowing them to experience a 'pseudo-r...
Officially founded in 1999, Nunavut is the youngest territory in Canada. It's only been two generations since Canada's stewardship of the land forced the Inuit people out of their semi-nomadic way ...
There's a lot of wild, crazy, and terrifying stuff out there in the world, and the second season of VICE Reports will take you to the front lines to see the faces of those directly involved—from European jewel thieves to victims of the Black Plague in Madagascar.
Buying illegal wild animals in Kuwait is, as one local puts it, "as easy as acquiring a cupcake." Pets have long been used as status symbols the world over, but citizens of the Gulf take the prize ...
Every day, America must find a place to park 5 billion gallons of human waste, and we're increasingly unable to find the space. We wake up in the morning, brush our teeth, and flush the toilet, thi...
The black plague has broke out in Madagascar. In late 2013, a deadly outbreak of the plague hit small villages around the country killing dozens of people. Rumored to have taken root in overcrowded...
In the United States, more people between the ages of 25 and 64 die of complications from drugs than car crashes. According to a 2009 study published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Servic...
Southern China has always had a tradition of dining on dogs—people from other parts of the country even joke that Southerners will eat anything with legs but the dinner table. But despite becoming ...
Everyone thought the Pink Panther gang would vanish—especially after the 2012 arrest of one of its leaders. Instead, the jewel thieves have started training new recruits as a way to take revenge on...