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Wednesday, October 27, 2021
VICE News Tonight - S5 - E156
The spotted lanternfly has invaded the eastern United States, threatening local ecosystems. VICE News goes lanternfly hunting with citizens taking matters into their own hands.
VICE News Tonight: Season 5 - 61 Episode s
5x106 - Monday, July 19, 2021
July 19, 2021
Haiti's president Jovenel Moïse was assassinated earlier this month, leaving a power vacuum in a country already in chaos. VICE News is on the ground in Port-au-Prince.
5x107 - Tuesday, July 20, 2021
July 20, 2021
More than 80 people were killed in just one military attack in Myanmar in April. VICE News tracked down witnesses and social media posts to investigate how the massacre unfolded.
5x108 - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
July 21, 2021
The January 6th insurrection awakened America to the threat of domestic violent extremism. VICE News talks with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about why it's on the rise.
5x109 - Thursday, July 22, 2021
July 22, 2021
A Dreamer died in ICE custody after 19 straight days of solitary confinement. With access to leaked deposition tapes of high level ICE officials, VICE News investigates the death.
5x110 - Monday, July 26, 2021
July 26, 2021
Omar Ameen—a refugee accused of killing an Iraqi police officer for the Islamic State—is back in immigration court this week and could be deported. VICE News visits his family.
5x111 - Tuesday, July 27, 2021
July 27, 2021
Florida's schools, teachers, and parents are fighting over Critical Race Theory and how to teach kids about America's story. VICE News is on the frontline of the culture wars.
5x112 - Wednesday, July 28, 2021
July 28, 2021
In a remote region of Jamaica, some people are fighting to stop mining expansion. VICE News looks at how they're trying to save their livelihoods, land, water, and identity.
5x113 - Thursday, July 29, 2021
July 29, 2021
“A sports event that will be our death, for what?” VICE goes to Japan where an anti-Olympic movement is gaining steam as COVID infections reach new records.
5x114 - Monday, August 2, 2021
August 2, 2021
Colombia’s police are allegedly illegally detaining and torturing protesters. VICE News speaks with victims and survivors.
5x115 - Tuesday, August 3, 2021
August 3, 2021
Edgar Lopez worked at a food processing factory but was deported after an immigration raid. VICE News looks at his attempts to reunite with his family, and his death.
5x116 - Wednesday, August 4, 2021
August 4, 2021
The Biden Administration is extending a moratorium on evictions. VICE News speaks with Rep. Cori Bush, who protested to protect those who would've lost their homes.
5x117 - Thursday, August 5, 2021
August 5, 2021
A group of Oregonians want to shift their rural county borders and become part of Idaho, a state they feel represents their values better. VICE News hears their side.
5x118 - Monday, August 9, 2021
August 9, 2021
The Colorado River, supplies, water, 40 million people, drying up, fast, megadrought, impact, global warming, impacting, communities, farmers, water, summer, colorado
5x119 - Tuesday, August 10, 2021
August 10, 2021
The Taliban is undoing America’s longest war in just weeks, overrunning major cities and taking over large swaths of the country. VICE News is there.
5x120 - Wednesday, August 11, 2021
August 11, 2021
Belize’s tourism boom is hurting some of the very natural treasures that draw travelers there. VICE News looks at how tourism is threatening the manatee.
5x121 - Thursday, August 12, 2021
August 12, 2021
A new wave of COVID-19 is putting young patients in ICUs, straining healthcare workers, and killing people. VICE News speaks with unvaccinated patients inside an Arkansas hospital.
5x122 - Monday, August 16, 2021
August 16, 2021
Reporter Ben C. Solomon and his team were in Kandahar as the Taliban closed in. In a special report, VICE News looks at the sweeping takeover and what's next.
5x123 - Tuesday, August 17, 2021
August 17, 2021
The U.S. says thousands of people will be evacuated from Afghanistan every day, but there's no clear path for the refugees. VICE News reports from Qatar on the humanitarian crisis.
5x124 - Wednesday, August 18, 2021
August 18, 2021
VICE News Tonight cuts through the spin, disinformation, and punditry to bring you in-depth coverage of the day's top stories, and fearless on-the-ground reporting on the people, places and voices you won't see anywhere else.
5x125 - Thursday, August 19, 2021
August 19, 2021
A teenager died after trying to escape Afghanistan by clinging to a U.S. plane. VICE News hears from his family and looks at 20 years of missteps leading to the Taliban's takeover.
5x126 - Monday, August 23, 2021
August 23, 2021
U.S. troops are set to leave Afghanistan by August 31, but the Biden administration says it might push that deadline to keep evacuations going. VICE News reports from Kabul.
5x127 - Tuesday, August 24, 2021
August 24, 2021
VICE News correspondent Ben C. Solomon and producer Adam Desiderio were in Kandahar, embedded with Afghan special forces, as the fighters made their last stand against the Taliban.
5x128 - Wednesday, August 25, 2021
August 25, 2021
Ghost guns are getting way more sophisticated. VICE News attends a ghost gun shooting competition and explores the world of unregulated and untraceable firearms.
5x129 - Thursday, August 26, 2021
August 26, 2021
Haiti is still recovering from the devastating earthquake that hit on August 14. VICE News joins medical workers and rescue teams trying to save people from the rubble.
5x130 - Monday, August 30, 2021
August 30, 2021
U.S. veterans are grappling with the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. VICE News talks with members of a Marine unit that fought one of the war’s bloodiest battles.
5x131 - Tuesday, August 31, 2021
August 31, 2021
Afghan refugees are arriving in the U.S., but resettlement agencies are strapped for resources. VICE News follows one family as they begin their new lives in California.
5x132 - Wednesday, September 1, 2021
September 1, 2021
Some disgruntled parents say social workers are agents of the deep state, working with powerful pedophiles to take their children. VICE News speaks to them about their beliefs.
5x133 - Thursday, September 2, 2021
September 2, 2021
Remote workers are relocating in droves, helping fuel "zoom booms" in some towns. VICE News visits Crested Butte, Colorado, to see how the housing market is being squeezed.
5x134 - Tuesday, September 7, 2021
September 7, 2021
Across rural America, hospitals and emergency rooms are shutting down. VICE News visits Kansas to see how closures affect communities.
5x135 - Wednesday, September 8, 2021
September 8, 2021
VICE News is in Texas, where the fight over reproductive rights enters new territory, as anti-abortion activists go door to door promoting the state's new ban on abortions.
5x136 - Thursday, September 9, 2021
September 9, 2021
VICE News correspondents who've covered Afghanistan's war, politics, and treatment of women, reflect on the Taliban's recent takeover twenty years after 9/11.
5x137 - Monday, September 13, 2021
September 13, 2021
VICE News Tonight cuts through the spin, disinformation, and punditry to bring you in-depth coverage of the day's top stories, and fearless on-the-ground reporting on the people, places and voices you won't see anywhere else.
5x138 - Tuesday, September 14, 2021
September 14, 2021
Positive Tomorrows is a school in Oklahoma City exclusively serving unhoused families and children. VICE visits as the new school year begins.
5x139 - Wednesday, September 15, 2021
September 15, 2021
VICE News takes a deep dive into the Spanish-speaking anti-vax world, as Paola Ramos meets one of Latin America’s biggest anti-vax influencers and people countering misinformation.
5x140 - Thursday, September 16, 2021
September 16, 2021
Exclusively obtained security camera footage shows the jailbreak of an alleged high-ranking cartel member in Mexico. VICE News breaks down the escape.
5x141 - Monday, September 20, 2021
September 20, 2021
Only a handful of people can communicate with Boko Haram. VICE speaks with one of the most successful hostage negotiators in Nigeria as families seek help for their loved ones.
5x142 - Tuesday, September 21, 2021
September 21, 2021
“It won't stop until there's nothing left to gentrify.” VICE follows the historic black Philadelphia cowboys fighting to keep their fading tradition alive.
5x143 - Wednesday, September 22, 2021
September 22, 2021
VICE News travels to an abortion clinic in Texas, spending time with those seeking care and the activists trying to eradicate abortion in the state.
5x144 - Thursday, September 23, 2021
September 23, 2021
The war over water intensifies in drought-stricken California. VICE News looks at water restrictions used to crack down on marijuana grow sites in an Asian American community.
5x145 - Monday, September 27, 2021
September 27, 2021
At least half Yemen's people are food insecure, and 2.3 million children are suffering acute malnutrition. VICE News reports on the ground in Yemen, looking at who’s responsible.
5x146 - Tuesday, September 28, 2021
September 28, 2021
In Bolivia, chlorine dioxide is being touted as a legitimate cure for COVID-19. VICE News investigates how the fraudulent claims gained traction and why they're so dangerous.
5x147 - Wednesday, September 29, 2021
September 29, 2021
Thousands of Indigenous children died in Canada's residential school system, and now the country is facing a reckoning. VICE News hears from people directly affected by the system.
5x148 - Thursday, September 30, 2021
September 30, 2021
Lebanon’s facing what the World Bank calls one of the worst financial crises in over 100 years. VICE News visits one of the only public hospitals left to see how people are coping.
5x149 - Tuesday, October 5, 2021
October 5, 2021
Thousands of Haitians on the U.S.-Mexico border are being removed en masse, testing President Biden's immigration promises. VICE News follows one family seeking refuge.
5x150 - Wednesday, October 6, 2021
October 6, 2021
VICE News gets exclusive access inside Hamas' tunnel network, which is key to its military strategy and was targeted by the Israel Defense Forces in this year's deadly 11-day war.
5x151 - Tuesday, October 12, 2021
October 12, 2021
Brazil's indigenous political movement is gaining momentum as it fights to protect the Amazon and takes on President Bolsonaro's government. VICE News embeds with activists.
5x152 - Wednesday, October 13, 2021
October 13, 2021
Joel Castón has been incarcerated for nearly 27 years and is now a public official in Washington, D.C. VICE News hears how he plans to empower his constituents from the inside.
5x153 - Tuesday, October 19, 2021
October 19, 2021
Election officials have been experiencing harassment and intimidation, and many are leaving their posts. VICE News hears their stories as part of a new series, Breaking the Vote.
5x154 - Wednesday, October 20, 2021
October 20, 2021
The Rarámuri indigenous people in Mexico are legendary long-distance runners. VICE News looks at how climate change is pushing more of them to run drugs for the cartels.
5x155 - Tuesday, October 26, 2021
October 26, 2021
Two Americans are still imprisoned in Venezuela over a failed coup attempt last year. VICE News investigates the operatives and motives behind Operation Gideon.
5x156 - Wednesday, October 27, 2021
October 27, 2021
The spotted lanternfly has invaded the eastern United States, threatening local ecosystems. VICE News goes lanternfly hunting with citizens taking matters into their own hands.
5x157 - Tuesday, November 2, 2021
November 2, 2021
Who gets to decide the ultimate penalty for murderers? VICE News goes to Utah where GOP lawmakers are considering an end to the death penalty.
5x158 - Wednesday, November 3, 2021
November 3, 2021
Some evangelical pastors are now preaching QAnon conspiracies. VICE News looks at the battle for the soul of the evangelical church and what it means for American politics.
5x159 - Tuesday, November 9, 2021
November 9, 2021
Sixteen-year-old Cornelius Fredrick died after being restrained in a residential treatment facility, Lakeside Academy. VICE News investigates his death and allegations of abuse.
5x160 - Wednesday, November 10, 2021
November 10, 2021
Leaders of the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally are on trial in Charlottesville, Virginia. VICE News reports on the proceedings.
5x161 - Tuesday, November 16, 2021
November 16, 2021
VICE News follows one man's journey to bring his beloved dog Mao Mao back from the dead, with help from a South Korean lab that clones pets.
5x162 - Wednesday, November 17, 2021
November 17, 2021
Spanish-speaking communities are facing an onslaught of disinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines. VICE News investigates who's responsible and what's being done about it.
5x163 - Tuesday, December 7, 2021
December 7, 2021
The VICE News Extremism Desk launches with an investigation into the rise of white supremacy in the U.S. since the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
5x164 - Wednesday, December 8, 2021
December 8, 2021
VICE News is in Afghanistan investigating the Taliban: whether they can keep Afghans safe and if they're targeting former Afghan military officials under the guise of security.
5x165 - Tuesday, December 14, 2021
December 14, 2021
VICE News investigates how some nursing homes hide their profits at the expense of patients.
5x166 - Wednesday, December 15, 2021
December 15, 2021
NASA's new telescope will let us look back in time and view planets in never-before-seen detail. VICE News gets a sneak peek before launch.