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How Lena Horne Escaped Hollywood's Blacklist

At the height of her career, the beautiful young performer accidentally stumbled into a power struggle between Hollywood communists and McCarthyites.

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Hurricane Katrina Was a Nightmare for Inmates in New Orleans | VICE | United States

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, we revisited the horrific story of the inmates who were stuck in the hellish Orleans Parish Prison.

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Dr. Shoc

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The Social Media Suicide of Iraq Veteran Daniel Wolfe

Iraq war veteran Daniel Wolfe’s suicide played out over a series of social media posts. Zach Baron pieces together his tragic story

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Bringing Down America's Happiest Christian Cult

For decades, the freewheeling hippies of Jesus People USA —"God's forever family" — forged one of the most influential movements in Christianity. They were also Jamie Prater's family, unt...

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The Rise and Fall of a Bitcoin Kingpin

How a bullied geek forged an empire out of digital currency, and became a suspect in a half-billion-dollar heist

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How Sugar Daddies Make It Happen

Ever see a super-old, super-rich guy out on the town with a super-young girl who’s super out of his league and wonder, how the hell did that happen? This is how it happened.

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Narratively is a platform devoted to untold human stories. We avoid the breaking news and focus instead on ordinary people with extraordinary stories.

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A train to Bangladania — Bang Bang

The epic of an Italian businessman accused of fraud, a brazilian politician and billions of dollars. A piece of indeciph…

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Slow Poison

Even if the police don’t kill me, a lifetime of preparing for them to just might.

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Dating Will Never Die

If the Industrial Revolution didn’t kill it, how could Tinder?

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The True Story of an Ex-Cop’s War on Lie Detectors

Doug Williams used to administer polygraph tests. Now he's going to jail for teaching people how to beat them.

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South Korea Is in the Midst of a Microbrewing Revolution

Faced with a choice between repressive communism in the north or military dictatorship in the south for most of the 20th century, Koreans are familiar with the concept of having two not-very-good options. Until recently, they also had to choose between two very bad beer companies, the lowly Hite and...

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Meet Erik Munday, Connecticut Skateboarder Turned Mercenary | VICE | United States

Erik Munday owned a skate shop in Connecticut called Skate Lair until it went out of business in 2011. Today, he is a private military contractor in Somalia.

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We Asked Some Male VICE Writers to Tell Us About Their Worst Break-Ups | VICE | United States

A study earlier this week found that men are objectively terrible at getting over break-ups. We got some of our favorite male writers to tell us whether or not that's bullshit.

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The First Government-Sanctioned Boat Race to Cuba Was a Total Sh*tshow

But sometimes the best way to restore diplomatic relations is a little friendly competition—and plenty of rum.

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The Ghosts of Pickering Trail

One family hoped their new home would bring a fresh start. But the house held secrets that would cause them years of heartache.