Shane Smith

Basketball Diplomacy

Shane Smith

Dennis Rodman

With NBA great Dennis Rodman and a trio of Harlem Globetrotters in tow, VICE traveled to the capital of Pyongyang for a tour of the city, a basketball clinic, and an exhibition game.

VICE Special Report: Killing Cancer

Shane Smith

Reflecting on personal losses to cancer, Shane Smith explores the world of viral treatments for cancer. The report delves into the world of measles, the common cold, and HIV as possible cures with mind-blowing results.

VICE Special Report: Fixing the System

Shane Smith

Barack Obama, Shane Smith

Along with the trip to an Oklahoma federal prison with Obama, Fixing the System takes an in-depth look at all the interlocking pieces of the complicated criminal justice system, from prisoners and their families to the judiciary and community reformers.

VICE Special Report: Countdown to Zero

Shane Smith

Suroosh Alvi, Shane Smith

An examination of the recent breakthroughs in eradicating the AIDS virus, and the challenges still faced by millions of HIV patients as doctors and organizations race to bring a cure to the masses.

VICE Special Report: A House Divided

Shane Smith

Shane Smith, Barack Obama

President Obama speaks to 'VICE' about the post-election political climate and the fierce partisan fighting that dominated his Presidency.

Page One: Inside the New York Times

Andrew Rossi

David Carr, Brian Stelter

Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity.

The Cannibal Warlords of Liberia

Andy Capper

Shane Smith

Vice travels to West Africa to rummage through the messy remains of a country ravaged by 14 years of civil war. Despite the United Nation’s eventual intervention, most of Liberia’s young people continue to live in abject poverty, surrounded by filth, drug addiction, and teenage prostitution. The former child soldiers who were forced into war have been left to fend for themselves, the murderous warlords who once led them in cannibalistic rampages have taken up as so-called community leaders, and new militias are lying in wait for the opportunity to reclaim their country from a government they rightly mistrust. America’s one and only foray into African colonialism is keeping a very uneasy peace indeed.

North Korean Labor Camps

Shane Smith

Founder of VICE Shane Smith spends an eternity on a train and hops out at the end of the line in Siberia to investigate logging camps that use North Korean slave labor.

The VICE Guide to North Korea

Shane Smith

Getting into North Korea was one of the hardest and weirdest processes VBS has ever dealt with. They finally said, “OK, OK, you can come. But only as tourists.” At the airport, the North Korean consulate brought us to a restaurant and these women came out and started singing North Korean nationalist songs. We were thinking, “Look, we were just on a plane for 20 hours. Can we just go to bed?” but this guy with our group who was from the LA Times told us, “Everyone in here besides us is secret police. If you don’t act excited then you’re not going to get your visa. So we got drunk and jumped up onstage and sang songs with the girls. The next day we got our visas. A lot of people we had gone with didn’t get theirs. That was our first hint at just what a freaky, freaky trip we were embarking on…