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The VICE Guide to Right Now

The best of VICE, behind the scenes. On this podcast we highlight stories from across VICE platforms through the lens’ of reporters, guests and experts.

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Facebook.gov, The Thought Experiment Apr 06, 2018

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With Facebook suffering controversy after controversy, calls for tighter regulations on the social media industry have never been louder. To get the conversation started, Motherboard considered what would happen if Facebook were fully nationalized; that is, if the US government seized Facebook today and attempted to operate it in the best interests of its users, under existing US law. The piece is speculative fiction, and is intended to imagine what an extreme version of regulation would look like.

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The White House's Tasteless Opioid Memorial Apr 04, 2018

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President Trump has announced that the White House will host a temporary memorial to people who have died from prescription opioid overdoses, called “Prescribed to Death.” The memorial was created by an organization called the National Safety Council, and it consists of a wall depicting 22,000 faces engraved on white pills. But this design has been widely condemned as demeaning and offensive. Critics say it dehumanizes drug users and ignores those who’ve died from street drugs like heroin. Nonetheless, the exhibit will sit in President’s Park in April.

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Trump's Move to Change the Census Could Have Huge Consequences Apr 02, 2018

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On Monday night, Donald Trump's Commerce Department announced that, in response to a request from the Justice Department, planned to restore a question about citizenship to the census questionnaire for the first time since 1950. This last-minute, seemingly simple move sent shockwaves throughout the country, as it has the potential to reshape American politics for a decade or more.

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'It Is a Painful Attack': Trump Issues a New Trans Military Ban Mar 30, 2018

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On March 23rd, the White House announced that transgender people are disqualified from military service, except under certain limited circumstances. This new policy serves to rollback and replace President Trump's original blanket ban on trans service members, which multiple courts found to be unconstitutional. Many argue that this new ban is unconstitutional as well. Chase Strangio, a lawyer at the ACLU, called it a “painful attack.”

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The Dollars and Desperation Silencing #MeToo in Music Mar 28, 2018

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In light of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, NOISEY has taken a close look at sexual harassment and misconduct in the music industry. Music journalist Andrea Domanick spoke to more than two dozen women about their experiences in the industry. They are artists and publicists, assistants and executives, spanning both the major-label and independent music worlds, and across multiple genres. Some have publicly come forward with accusations, while many spoke anonymously. But together, their collective accounts indicate how deeply embedded sexual harassment is in the music industry, and how culture and labor conditions create a perfect storm for abuse.

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What Happened to One of Indie Rock’s Most Promising Record Labels? Mar 26, 2018

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SideOneDummy Records has been one of indie rock’s most promising labels for 22 years. And in the temperamental world of independent music, it’s been a bastion of hope. But this January, the founders of SideOneDummy laid off the label’s entire staff save for one employee. Now, the indie scene wants to know what the future holds for this long-running label.

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Scientists Are Testing a New Way to Treat Phobias: 3.23.18 Mar 23, 2018

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We explore a potential new way to treat phobias. And the patient doesn’t even need to know they’re being treated.

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Let's Talk About Guns and Video Games: 3.22.18 Mar 22, 2018

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We talk about the relationship between guns and video games with our in-house gaming expert, Waypoint’s Austin Walker.

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The World’s Last Male Northern White Rhino Has Died: 3.21.18 Mar 21, 2018

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We take a sobering look at the recent death of the very last male northern white rhino in the world.

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Cambridge Analytica's Ad Targeting Is the Reason Facebook Exists: 3.20.18 Mar 20, 2018

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We talk about why the infamous Cambridge Analytica story was not a data breach, but actually something much worse.

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