investigations
‘Lightweighting’ – The Trick Supermarkets Use to Get Around Plastic Targets
VICE has found cases of Sainsbury’s switching glass bottles for plastic, while other major supermarkets are thinning plastic packaging, rather than removing it.
The 'Dusty Stick' Is the Best Slack Emoji That Nobody Uses
What does it mean? Where did it come from? And why isn't everyone as obsessed with it as we are?
The Mormon Church Has Been Accused of Using a Victims' Hotline to Hide Claims of Sexual Abuse
Families of survivors say the church funnels sexual abuse claims to church lawyers before police, a VICE News investigation reveals.
The DOJ has reopened the 1955 Emmett Till murder case that sparked the civil rights movement
The DOJ quietly reopened the investigation after receiving new information
What's Going on with Trump and This Lobster? An Investigation
The untold story behind the weirdest known photo of Donald J. Trump.
Let's Just Kill the Male "Rock Star" Persona Once and for All
The cases of bands like Hedley and Brand New show that men can't use their lifestyles as an excuse anymore in the #MeToo era.
How Cops Botch Serial Killer Investigations
We spoke to a Robert Pickton investigator about police bias when marginalized people go missing.
Investigation: Is Sneezing Music?
Some guy went to hospital because he held in a sneeze. Related: is sneezing music?
Police shoot far more people than anyone realized, a VICE News investigation reveals
A VICE News investigation of both fatal and nonfatal police shootings nationwide shows cops shoot more than twice as many people as previously understood.
What it's like to survive being shot by the police
VICE News interviewed survivors of nonfatal police shootings about how the incidents upended their lives.