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Young People in Canada Have Never Been as Financially Crippled as They Are Now
Trigger warning: We are fucked.
Jo Cox Was the Ideal of a Public Servant
The Labour MP fought hate and injustice for her whole life. Here, the people who knew her call on others to continue that fight.
Are the Workers Who Process America's Chicken Forced to Wear Diapers?
According to a new report from Oxfam America, workers are regularly forced to wear diapers on the line because they are not permitted to take regular bathroom breaks. Others just urinate or defecate while on the line.
Liberia Closes Local Red Cross Amid Graft Investigation Into Ebola Funds
After President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf dissolved the chapter's national board earlier this week, senior managers convened for a meeting. Then the police arrived.
The US Wants to Make Oil, Gas, and Mining Companies More Transparent About Their Deals
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed rules that will require companies to disclose how much they pay for the right to drill and mine for resources around the world.
Leaders of the World, Unite! - Inside the World Economic Forum
Every year the world's elite gather in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. VICE News traveled to the conference to try and understand what really happens at the exclusive gathering.
Sixty-Two People Now Have a Greater Net Worth Than Half the World's Population
As the World Economic Forum gets underway in Davos, Oxfam has highlighted runaway wealth inequality across the globe, and the tax havens which keep extreme wealth out of government hands.
Your Designer Look Could Be Waiting at a Charity Shop
Recreating high-end fashion design with the clothes from your closet.
Yemen's Humanitarian Crisis Is a 'Catastrophe' as Civilians Bear the Brunt
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen took a deadly turn for the worse this week, with reports indicating that 200 people were killed on Monday alone.
'A Tragedy of Dignity': Life as One of Bangladesh's 'Untouchables'
Members of Bangladesh's sweeper class are seen as the lowest of the low in the country's caste system. They face limited opportunities, debilitating floods, and social stigma.
Vanuatu Has Been Devastated by a Cyclone and Canada's Response Has Been Tepid
The tiny South Pacific nation is in ruins but Canada has a role to play as a leading greenhouse gas-emitting nation. Climate change is making storms like Cyclone Pam more intense and more frequent.