VICE News Tonight: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of VICE News Tonight Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jan 2, 2019 · 25 min
Alexandra Pelosi, the daughter of incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, sits down with 15 retiring or resigning members of Congress to find out what it's like to serve and wh
Episode 2
Jan 3, 2019 · 25 min
One year after 314 Action — a non-profit recruiting scientists to run for office — spoke to VICE News about their plans, nine of the 13 candidates they endorsed were elected to Con
Episode 3
Jan 7, 2019 · 25 min
Federal prison employees are working without pay because of the ongoing government shutdown. Many have worked long hours in crowded prisons before the shutdown, and bein furloughed
Episode 4
Jan 8, 2019 · 25 min
Josh Rubin is an activist from New York who traveled to Tornillo, Texas to view an infamous detention camp for migrant children. As the camp closes, he is bearing witness to the en
Episode 5
Jan 9, 2019 · 25 min
Newly empowered House Democrats will unveil legislation requiring federal background checks for all gun sales. Former Arizona representative Gabby Giffords and the March For Our Li
Episode 6
Jan 10, 2019 · 25 min
Sonia Bermudez lives in the Colombian bordertown of Riohacha and runs a cemetery called "People Like Us". Since late 2017, Bermudez has buried—at her own cost—40 Venezuelan migrant
Episode 7
Jan 14, 2019 · 25 min
Los Angeles teachers walked out of classes as they call for greater investment and smaller class sizes. It's the first time in nearly 30 years that teachers in LAUSD—the nation's s
Episode 8
Jan 15, 2019 · 25 min
The ongoing American opioid epidemic has led to skyrocketing death rates. Due to the crisis, there was a record-high increase in organs available for donation. VICE News heads to L
Episode 9
Jan 16, 2019 · 25 min
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil issued a decree that made it easier for citizens to own a gun. Though Brazil had over 63,000 gun-related deaths last year, the newly elected lead
Episode 10
Jan 17, 2019 · 25 min
Barring felons from the ballot-box has a long—and racist— history in Florida, but voters overwhelmingly repealed one of the nation's most draconian disenfranchisement laws, giving
Episode 11
Jan 22, 2019 · 25 min
As anti-Semitism allegations and infighting have plagued the founders of the Washington D.C.-based Women's March, VICE News speaks with New York City Women's March Alliance founder
Episode 12
Jan 23, 2019 · 25 min
Tornillo, the tent city for migrant children outside El Paso, Texas, held 3000 kids at its peak. Though it closed in December, little is known about how it operated, or what happen
Episode 13
Jan 24, 2019 · 25 min
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, creators of the famous Doomsday Clock, is a nonprofit organization that informs policymakers about man-made threats to life on Earth. Former
Episode 14
Jan 28, 2019 · 25 min
European countries have called on Venezuela to hold an election within eight days or it will recognize opposition leader Juan Gaido as interim president. VICE News reviews the chal
Episode 15
Jan 29, 2019 · 25 min
Much of the discourse surrounding the Yemeni Civil War has focused on the Saudi military and the Houthi rebels. However, in the country's east, the United Arab Emirates has waged a
Episode 16
Jan 30, 2019 · 25 min
Harvard is being sued by a group hoping to end the use of affirmative action. The case reaches beyond Harvard and has created conversation in homes of high school kids applying to
Episode 17
Jan 31, 2019 · 25 min
Though Atlanta strip clubs are normally closed on Sundays, the City Council granted them an exception for Super Bowl Sunday. Hundreds of dancers are heading to the city to catch th
Episode 18
Feb 4, 2019 · 25 min
Under the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols, the U.S. has begun releasing Central American migrants to Mexico while their asylum cases are pending. Local official
Episode 19
Feb 5, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News visits Hachita, New Mexico, to find out how residents feel about living near the border. Watch Mondays through Thursdays at 7:30 PM ET.
Episode 20
Feb 6, 2019 · 25 min
The Spanish government has signed an agreement with unions and mining companies to close all remaining coal mines by the end of the year, aiming to create an "ecological transition
Episode 21
Feb 7, 2019 · 25 min
In Serbia, thousands continue to protest against political violence and crackdowns on media freedom. VICE News meets a journalist who recently survived an assassination attempt to
Episode 22
Feb 11, 2019 · 25 min
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon is involved in efforts to erect a privately funded borderwall made out of hempcrete, a hemp-based construction material. VICE News joins
Episode 23
Feb 12, 2019 · 25 min
This Monday, public school teachers in Denver launched a strike to protest ProComp, a performance-based compensation system that went into effect in 2005. VICE News heads to the pi
Episode 24
Feb 13, 2019 · 25 min
After Lori Alhadeff lost her daughter in the Parkland shooting, she ran for a seat on the school board and won. VICE News sits down with Alhadeff to talk about her life since the t
Episode 25
Feb 14, 2019 · 25 min
One year afterthe Parkland school shooting, Texas' Round Rock School District is debating whether to create its own police force. VICE News weighs the potential benefits and conseq
Episode 26
Feb 19, 2019 · 25 min
Dano Brown spends his nights Grafting unauthorized action figures to sell on eBay for more money than he makes in an entire week at his day job as a warehouse worker. VICE News joi
Episode 27
Feb 20, 2019 · 25 min
Indigenous groups in Peru are using a satellite-based alert system to fight deforestation. VICE News follows Peru's environmental police force as they look for the culprits of the
Episode 28
Feb 21, 2019 · 25 min
King Tide is a phenomenon brought on by the special alignment of the sun and moon that causes higher than normal tidal surges. For people living in low-lying coastal towns, this tr
Episode 29
Feb 25, 2019 · 25 min
Venezuela's pro-government militias, known as colectivos, have been operating with total impunity. Now, they've been tasked with securing the country's borders against aid for the
Episode 30
Feb 26, 2019 · 25 min
Kim Ryon-hui left North Korea seven years ago and has been forced to live in South Korea ever since. She's now hoping the warming of relations between President Trump's America and
Episode 31
Feb 27, 2019 · 25 min
Representatives from the U.S. and the Taliban are in Qatar for the high-level talks between the two parties. VICE News meets Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen to hear the latest neg
Episode 32
Feb 28, 2019 · 25 min
In a small southern California town, activists are bringing attention to an ongoing sewage crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, caused by contaminated water flowing from the Tijuana R
Episode 33
Mar 5, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News follows the YPG as they make their final push to get ISIS out of Syria. Watch Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 PM ET.
Episode 34
Mar 6, 2019 · 25 min
The recent measles outbreak in Vancouver, WA has resulted in a major spike in immunization rates. VICE News speaks to a pediatrician and a family he treats who recently changed the
Episode 35
Mar 7, 2019 · 25 min
The Arkansas Times is suing the state over a law that requires state contractors requiring to pledge not to boycott Israel. VICE News visits the newspaper and speaks to one of the
Episode 36
Mar 8, 2019 · 25 min
Five years ago, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared with 239 people on board, making it one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of modern time. VICE News speaks to a former la
Episode 37
Mar 12, 2019 · 25 min
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced he would not run for reelection after weeks of protests calling for the ailing leader to step down. VICE News meets some of the pr
Episode 38
Mar 13, 2019 · 25 min
Water billing has become a crisis in Jackson, Mississippi. After upgrading to a new system in 2013, the city has struggled with its ability to bill accurately, leaving some people
Episode 39
Mar 14, 2019 · 25 min
Friday marksthe end of France's Le Grand Debat, an initiative of President Macron's administration to help quell national frustrations. The intention was to allow civilians to disc
Episode 40
Mar 15, 2019 · 25 min
On Friday, teenagers in more than 100 countries participated in the Youth Climate Strike by walking out of school to protest inaction on climate change. VICE News speaks to Lexi, a
Episode 41
Mar 19, 2019 · 25 min
VICE visits with Muslim activist Hassan Shibly as he urges his Florida community to protect against white nationalism in the wake of the New Zealand mosque massacre. Watch Tuesdays
Episode 42
Mar 20, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News travels to Iowa with 2020 candidates like Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand and more to find out what questions people are asking on the campaign trail. Watch Tuesdays thro
Episode 43
Mar 21, 2019 · 25 min
Some sheriffs in Washington state are refusing to enforce a gun control initiative that voters passed in November, saying it violates the Second Amendment. VICE News goes to Washin
Episode 44
Mar 22, 2019 · 25 min
In the wake of the recent college admissions scandal, nicknamed Operation Varsity Blues by the FBI, VICE News visits Yale University to talk to students about the relationship betw
Episode 45
Mar 26, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News travels to New Hampshire to see how the 2020 presidential candidates are addressing the Mueller report on the campaign trail. Watch Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 PM ET
Episode 46
Mar 27, 2019 · 25 min
This week, the Israeli army bombed several targets in the Gaza Strip. VICE News reports on the latest. Watch Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 PM ET.
Episode 47
Mar 28, 2019 · 25 min
The Syrian Democratic Forces has retaken the last of the ISIS-held territory in Syria. VICE News reports from the victory declaration. Watch Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 PM ET.
Episode 48
Mar 29, 2019 · 25 min
After previously promising potential astronauts a chance to go to the red planet, Mars One Ventures has suffered a setback. VICE News profiles three of the 100 people who are in th
Episode 49
Apr 2, 2019 · 25 min
In the wake of Saturday's Land Day protests at the Gaza-lsrael border, VICE News breaks down the latest developments in the conflict between Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces. Wa
Episode 50
Apr 3, 2019 · 25 min
Last week, Rockland County, New York, declared a state of emergency in response to the country's recent measles outbreak. VICE News visits the county to see how nonaffected residen
Episode 51
Apr 4, 2019 · 25 min
Sumo wrestling's popularity is declining in Japan, but that's not the case in other parts of the world. Since 2001, Long Beach, CA, has hosted the longest-running sumo tournament o
Episode 52
Apr 5, 2019 · 25 min
In rural America, school districts are struggling to convince qualified teachers to work there instead of moving to bigger cities. VICE News takes a look at a program in Montana de
Episode 53
Apr 9, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News looks at how Rwandan president Paul Kagame has run the country in the 25 years since the country's 100-day genocide. Watch Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 PM ET.
Episode 54
Apr 10, 2019 · 25 min
Although Florida recently passed an amendment allowing former felons to vote, the state's Republican-controlled legislature is now debating a new bill that would require those felo
Episode 55
Apr 11, 2019 · 25 min
Another bomb cyclone hit the Midwest for the second time in less than a month.The last storm caused record flooding and took out critical infrastructure, including levees. The regi
Episode 56
Apr 12, 2019 · 25 min
On March 15, 50 people were killed in a terror attack on two Christchurch mosques by a man using semiautomatic weapons. VICE News' special episode explains how New Zealand Prime Mi
Episode 57
Apr 16, 2019 · 25 min
A new policy from the Trump administration will prevent many transgender people from serving in the military. VICE News sits down with a transgender Air Force member to discuss why
Episode 58
Apr 17, 2019 · 25 min
Former Alaskan senator Mike Gravel is throwing his name into the 2020 presidential race—but doesn't want to win. VICE News talks to the politician and the teens running his campaig
Episode 59
Apr 18, 2019 · 25 min
On the day the Mueller report is released, VICE News explores what the investigation found, and what those discoveries mean for the future. Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 pm.
Episode 60
Apr 19, 2019 · 25 min
As the 20th anniversary of the Columbine shooting nears, VICE News meets school shooting survivors to see what has changed and what hasn't about America's perception of school secu
Episode 61
Apr 23, 2019 · 25 min
On Easter Sunday, eight blasts killed more than 200 people in churches and hotels across Sri Lanka. VICE News takes a closer look at the attacks and the aftermath. Watch Tuesdays t
Episode 62
Apr 24, 2019 · 25 min
More and more dead dolphins have been washing up on French beaches after inadvertently getting caught in fishing nets. VICE News discusses the issue with Sea Shepherd, a marine con
Episode 63
Apr 25, 2019 · 25 min
Joe Biden announced his presidential bid today, solidifying the Democratic field for 2020. VICE News goes to a She the People event in Houston to talk to the base of the party and
Episode 64
Apr 26, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News follows a woman and her four-month-old child in the days after they are released from migrant detention.
Episode 65
Apr 30, 2019 · 25 min
Last week, a 19-year-old gunman opened fire at the Chabad of Poway in San Diego, resulting in one death and three injuries. VICE News looks at the aftermath of the attack, and how
Episode 66
May 1, 2019 · 25 min
Massive crowds were expected on the streets of Paris for the annual May Day demonstrations. VICE News follows Yellow Vest leader Jerome Rodrigues as the movement marks six months s
Episode 67
May 2, 2019 · 25 min
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is dealing with sex abuse allegations within its community. VICE News speaks to people familiar with the LDS that believe the cultur
Episode 68
May 3, 2019 · 25 min
Michael Cohen's three-year prison sentence starts Monday. If President Trump's former attorney gets his way, he'll report to Otisville Federal Prison. Otisville is home to the syst
Episode 69
May 7, 2019 · 25 min
Today, a ballot initiative is being voted on in Denver that, if passed, would decriminalize the use and possession of psychedelic mushrooms. Denver is the first city in the United
Episode 70
May 8, 2019 · 25 min
The African National Congress is poised to win South Africa's elections by its smallest margin ever. The Economic Freedom Fighters, a rival party, believes they can fix longstandin
Episode 71
May 9, 2019 · 25 min
Since 2013, President Maduro has kept alive Hugo Chavez's socialist legacy, and the result has been economic calamity. Last week, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared
Episode 72
May 10, 2019 · 25 min
Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat from California, is one of the many who has thrown his hat in the ring for President in 2020. VICE News spends time with Swalwell in Iowa to learn mo
Episode 73
May 14, 2019 · 25 min
The Baker Act allows for anyone threatening harm to themselves or others to be involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility for 72 hours. VICE News delves into the experiences
Episode 74
May 15, 2019 · 25 min
The number of migrants crossing the border has skyrocketed in recent months: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reported nearly 100,000 crossings in May, more than at any point in the
Episode 75
May 16, 2019 · 25 min
Progressives are rallying to protest the restrictive abortion laws recently passed in Georgia and other states in the South. VICE News visits presidential hopeful Senator Kirsten G
Episode 76
May 17, 2019 · 25 min
Since Alabama's HB 314 was passed, abortion providers say this is the first time that they've seen patients this worried about their already scheduled abortions. VICE News visits H
Episode 77
May 21, 2019 · 25 min
Last week, it was determined that Pacific Gas & Electric was responsible for the Camp Fire, which burned Paradise nearly to the ground and killed 85 people. VICE News examines the
Episode 78
May 22, 2019 · 25 min
While many upper-class Indians believe they have benefited under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, some rural Indians feel they've lost out. VICE News examines Modi's record and follow
Episode 79
May 23, 2019 · 25 min
Republican leaders are publicly trying to distance themselves from controversial state laws targeting abortion in the case of rape and incest as pro-choice protests go on across th
Episode 548
May 24, 2019 · 25 min
Washington governor Jay Inslee is running for president on the climate change platform. VICE News interviews the politician about his hopes for climate policy and the 2020 race.
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May 28, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News follows presidential hopeful Andrew Yang during his first swing through South Carolina, a primary battleground state.
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May 29, 2019 · 25 min
As Louisiana lawmakers put forth a bill that would ask voters to rewrite the state constitution to ensure it offers no protections for abortion, VICE News talks with those who supp
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May 30, 2019 · 25 min
On May 30, Jared Kushner brought his Middle East peace plan to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. VICE News examines their meeting.
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May 31, 2019 · 25 min
Muhlaysia Booker, a 23-year-old Louisiana State University student, was recently found dead on an abandoned street in Dallas. She is the fifth black trans woman to be killed this y
VICE News Tonight 553
Jun 4, 2019 · 25 min
Division among California Democrats following the 2016 election has spilled into the election of a new state party chair. VICE News follows one activist looking to win the title
VICE News Tonight 554
Jun 5, 2019 · 25 min
More than a year after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the U.S. Senate has passed a disaster aid package. VICE News visits the island to meet locals who are still being aff
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Jun 6, 2019 · 25 min
On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, VICE News interviews a 94-year-old veteran of the German army and a 93-year-old veteran of the American army.
VICE News Tonight 556
Jun 7, 2019 · 25 min
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was one of the many transgender women of color who played a major role in confronting the police at the Stonewall riots. In the 50 years since, she has bec
VICE News Tonight 557
Jun 11, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News visits a shelter in San Diego that's scrambling to house migrants who have been placed in the city by an overwhelmed immigration system.
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Jun 12, 2019 · 25 min
The Trump administration plans to have a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border wall painted to "improve" its aesthetic appearance. VICE News traveled to Mexico to speak with locals abo
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Jun 13, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News meets members of the White Helmets, Syria's volunteer civil defense force, to find out more about doing search and rescue during a time of intense conflict.
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Jun 14, 2019 · 25 min
Despite some criticism, children continue to compete in Muay Thai matches in rural Thailand. VICE News meets with some of these young boxers as they prepare for their next big figh
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Jun 18, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News attends the rehearsal for a new play called FBI Lovebirds, written by a conservative playwright.
VICE News Tonight 562
Jun 19, 2019 · 25 min
Hepatitis C, the deadliest infectious disease in the U.S., is curable with a 12-week course of a pill that's prohibitively expensive. VICE News looks into how Louisiana's Health De
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Jun 20, 2019 · 25 min
A group of activists raised money to pay research students from a historically black college to look through decades of old yearbooks for instances of blackface. VICE News embeds w
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Jun 21, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News speaks to a panel of LGBTQ Americans about the 2020 presidential candidates.
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Jun 25, 2019 · 25 min
Jared Kushner unveiled the Trump administration's Middle East peace plan in Bahrain on June 25 though no one from the Palestinian Authority was in attendance. VICE News takes a l
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Jun 26, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News meets the pro-government civilian groups that are at the heart of the power dispute in Venezuela.
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Jun 27, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News visits Xinjiang, China, to speak with locals about the province's treatment of Uighur Muslims, who keep disappearing to so-called "re-education centers" that the U.S. Dep
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Jun 28, 2019 · 25 min
Tens of millions of unexploded World War I bombs still litter the fields of eastern France 100 years after the war ended, and continue to kill people when they accidentally go off.
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Jul 2, 2019 · 25 min
As Pride parades expand around the world, VICE News meets with the Reclaim Pride Coalition, a group of activists looking for a non-corporate alternative.
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Jul 3, 2019 · 25 min
One tourism company takes guests on storm-chasing trips in hopes they'll witness a tornado in action. VICE News goes along for the ride to see why some tourists pay thousands for t
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Jul 9, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News meets members of a support group for women who have had late-term abortions for medical reasons. They discuss what life is like for them now and what it's like to have ab
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Jul 10, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News follows former professional boxer Paulie Malignaggi as he steps into the bare-knuckle boxing ring for the first time.
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Jul 11, 2019 · 25 min
The price of insulin in the U.S. has skyrocketed, but that is not the case in Mexico. VICE News travels there to see how insulin is made and to find out more about the cost dispari
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Jul 12, 2019 · 25 min
The U.S. Forest Service is studying wildfires by planting various instruments in Fishlake National Forest and setting them on fire to observe behavior. VICE News attended the fire
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Jul 16, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News embeds with an undocumented mother in the Houston area as fear builds up over ICE raids in the city.
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Jul 17, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News examines the campaign logos being unveiled by the 2020 Democratic hopefuls.
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Jul 18, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News spends 48 hours on the campaign trail with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
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Jul 19, 2019 · 25 min
As the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing approaches, VICE News speaks with a small group of people who believe it never happened.
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Jul 23, 2019 · 25 min
Puerto Rican citizens have entered their second week of protests against Governor Ricardo Rossello. VICE News looks at the island's class divide and history of alleged corruption.
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Jul 24, 2019 · 25 min
Ahead of the Mueller hearing, VICE News shadowed Eric Swalwell as he prepared.
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Jul 25, 2019 · 25 min
Because of droughts and severe weather, farmers in Honduras' so-called Dry Corridor are considering migrating north, joining a growing number of climate refugees worldwide. VICE Ne
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Jul 26, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News' Evan McMorris-Santoro tries out VIDA, the biggest virtual dating assistance company in the world.
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Jul 30, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News spends 48 hours with presidential candidate Cory Booker as he campaigns through the Midwest.
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Jul 31, 2019 · 25 min
This week, Michigan is playing host to the Democratic debates. In 2016, Trump won this state, becoming the first Republican to do so since 1988. VICE News speaks to Dan Kildee, who
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Aug 1, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News visits Uganda to get a closer look at the thriving unlicensed orphanage business.
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Aug 2, 2019 · 25 min
Each summer, a prominent anti-abortion group in Texas holds a training program for pro-life college students to learn about anti-abortion advocacy. VICE News follows some of these
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Aug 7, 2019 · 25 min
VICE News reports from the front lines of Hong Kong's protests, which have been going on for weeks and included a general strike earlier this week.
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Aug 8, 2019 · 25 min
This month, Lionel Franc attempted to set a world record by jumping headfirst from more than 80 feet into the harbor of La Ciotat in southern France. VICE News followed Franc as he
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Aug 15, 2019 · 25 min
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