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Thursday, February 4, 2021
VICE News Tonight - S5 - E19
Women in India are leading the world's largest protest: farmers, gathered to fight laws that could allow corporate takeovers of family farms. VICE News reports from New Delhi.
VICE News Tonight: Season 5 - 69 Episode s
5x1 - Monday, January 4, 2021
January 4, 2021
Clarkston, Georgia, has welcomed more than 35,000 refugees since the 1980s. VICE News talks to residents ahead of the state runoff that will decide which party controls the Senate.
5x2 - Tuesday, January 5, 2021
January 5, 2021
Georgia's Black Belt is critical in deciding who wins the state's runoff elections—and control of the U.S. Senate. VICE News met up with organizers fighting voter suppression.
5x3 - Wednesday, January 6, 2021
January 6, 2021
Trump-supporting extremists breached the Capitol as Congress tallied Electoral College votes. VICE News was at the insurrection, and looks at why and how it happened.
5x4 - Thursday, January 7, 2021
January 7, 2021
What happens after the pro-Trump insurrection on Capitol Hill? VICE News talks consequences—for the rioters, the president, the country, and democracy itself.
5x5 - Monday, January 11, 2021
January 11, 2021
The House is moving to impeach Trump and remove him from office for inciting an insurrection. VICE News reports on holding him accountable, as pro-Trump groups plan armed protests.
5x6 - Tuesday, January 12, 2021
January 12, 2021
Trump is accused of inciting an insurrection after spending months trying to undermine election results. VICE News talks to a former federal prosecutor about the case against him.
5x7 - Wednesday, January 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
Law enforcement treated the Capitol Hill rioters differently than they treated some BLM protestors last year. VICE News looks at the double-standard.
5x8 - Thursday, January 14
January 14, 2021
QAnon went from a fringe conspiracy to the national headlines. VICE News looks at how the Q disinformation mill works in the first installment of a new series, "Do Your Research."
5x9 - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
January 19, 2021
Bobi Wine just challenged Uganda’s President Museveni in last week’s race, and is now a prisoner in his own home. VICE News talks with Wine about the election and its fallout.
5x10 - Wednesday, January 20, 2021
January 20, 2021
On day one, President Biden took on immigration, student debt, climate change, the pandemic, and more. VICE News looks at the high-speed shift post-Trump.
5x11 - Thursday, January 21, 2021
January 21, 2021
The pandemic has brought America's fragile mental health system to the verge of implosion. VICE News visits Texas to see how even some "solutions" are adding to the crisis.
5x12 - Monday, January 25, 2021
January 25, 2021
A pro-Trump protestor shares his video of the Capitol on January 6th but is afraid to show his face. VICE News hears his take on that day and how he now views the Republican Party.
5x13 - Tuesday, January 26, 2021
January 26, 2021
QAnon has tailored its tone and messages to reach a large, influential group: white women. VICE News explores how some are getting pulled in and helping to spread conspiracies.
5x14 - Wednesday, January 27, 2021
January 27, 2021
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is back in Moscow after a suspected poisoning, and now, in jail. VICE News follows one of his inner circle as anti-Putin protests grow.
5x15 - Thursday, January 28, 2021
January 28, 2021
A growing number of Hong Kong protesters are fleeing after Beijing passed a sweeping national security law. VICE News joins some as they begin new lives abroad.
5x16 - Monday, February 1, 2021
February 1, 2021
Activists say Georgia's treasured Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge could be endangered if a minerals company starts mining nearby. VICE News looks at efforts to save the swamp.
5x17 - Tuesday, February 2, 2021
February 2, 2021
The Muslim community in Southern California is dealing with a rapid increase of Covid-19 deaths. VICE News learns how it's had to adjust sacred burial traditions in the pandemic.
5x18 - Wednesday, February 3, 2021
February 3, 2021
Black women are 211% more likely to die from childbirth-related causes than white women in the U.S. VICE News hears the stories of two mothers and one father's quest for change.
5x19 - Thursday, February 4, 2021
February 4, 2021
Women in India are leading the world's largest protest: farmers, gathered to fight laws that could allow corporate takeovers of family farms. VICE News reports from New Delhi.
5x20 - Monday, February 8, 2021
February 8, 2021
Massachusetts' cannabis industry is trying to make the market fair for people most harmed by marijuana prohibition, and they're turning to delivery. VICE News looks at the rollout.
5x21 - Tuesday, February 9, 2021
February 9, 2021
Lummi Nation is participating in a COVID-19 vaccine trial—a first for the tribe. VICE News looks at why some members feel representation is important and others remain skeptical.
5x22 - Wednesday, February 10, 2021
February 10, 2021
The Sinaloa cartel is enlisting unemployed Americans to move drugs over the border with Mexico. VICE News speaks with cartel members and smugglers adapting to pandemic conditions.
5x23 - Thursday, February 11, 2021
February 11, 2021
Law enforcement in Cobb County, Georgia, has a long-strained relationship with the community. VICE News follows the new progressive sheriff as he tries to unravel the distrust.
5x24 - Tuesday, February 16, 2021
February 16, 2021
Recent megafires have devastated a massive wetland in Brazil. VICE News surveys the damage and meets people trying to save iconic and endangered species.
5x25 - Wednesday, February 17, 2021
February 17, 2021
Lebanon is legalizing cannabis cultivation for medical purposes to save its failing economy. VICE News talks with local growers, skeptical about the government's moves.
5x26 - Thursday, February 18, 2021
February 18, 2021
New Orleans cancelled Mardi Gras parades this year, but that didn't kill the party. VICE News visits some locals who've turned their houses into "floats" for the celebration.
5x27 - Monday, February 22, 2021
February 22, 2021
The pandemic economy. Single mothers are suffering from job loss, childcare burdens, and now, evictions. VICE News reports on how the crisis is impacting women across the country.
5x28 - Tuesday, February 23, 2021
February 23, 2021
As wildfires tore through parts of Oregon, the state’s only women’s prison was evacuated. VICE animates the story from one inmate who says they had to riot to get basic essentials.
5x29 - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
February 24, 2021
Democrats’ losses in South Carolina paved the way for a new controversial anti-abortion bill. VICE heads to S.C. as anti-choice activists hope to get the bill to the Supreme Court.
5x30 - Thursday, February 25, 2021
February 25, 2021
Migrant deportations to Haiti grow in the weeks since President Biden was sworn in. VICE is on the ground, amid violent political clashes, as the latest repatriation flight landed.
5x31 - Monday, March 1, 2021
March 1, 2021
Women of color and female business owners are feeling the pandemic's economic toll at disproportionate rates. VICE News joins one Venezuelan-American as she closes her restaurant.
5x32 - Tuesday, March 2, 2021
March 2, 2021
St. George, Utah, is fighting to build a water pipeline to its booming desert community, but activists say that would jeopardize the entire region. VICE News hears both sides.
5x33 - Wednesday, March 3, 2021
March 3, 2021
African Americans are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 but are also less likely to get a vaccine. VICE News goes to Tuskegee, Alabama, to explore the history of hesitancy.
5x34 - Thursday, March 4, 2021
March 4, 2021
Kedren Community Health Center serves people of color in South Los Angeles, and is taking the reins to vaccinate those who may otherwise be left behind. VICE News visits.
5x35 - Monday, March 8, 2021
March 8, 2021
Somalia could fall into a dangerous new chapter in its war against Al-Shabaab. VICE News goes to the frontline to see how Somali forces are trying to hold things together.
5x36 - Tuesday, March 9, 2021
March 9, 2021
Mexican drug cartels in Michoacán have been at war for nearly 15 years. VICE News has the first-ever on-camera interview with a high-ranking member of the Jalisco Cartel.
5x37 - Wednesday, March 10, 2021
March 10, 2021
Haiti is in crisis as thousands protest rising crime and corruption under President Jovenel Moise. VICE News hears from the President and the people fighting to get rid of him.
5x38 - Thursday, March 11, 2021
March 11, 2021
The Biden administration is rolling back policies that kept some migrants stuck in Mexico. VICE News is with the first wave of migrants processed in Texas and others left behind.
5x39 - Monday, March 15, 2021
March 15, 2021
A year after Breonna Taylor’s killing, new legislation in Kentucky could actually clamp down on protesters, while protecting police. VICE News looks at the state’s response.
5x40 - Tuesday, March 16, 2021
March 16, 2021
Amazon workers at a warehouse in Alabama are casting ballots in a vote that could lead to the company's first union. VICE News talks to workers about what pushed them to organize.
5x41 - Wednesday, March 17, 2021
March 17, 2021
Some people in Jackson, Mississippi, have been without safe water for nearly a month. VICE News hears from residents who feel they've been abandoned.
5x42 - Thursday, March 18, 2021
March 18, 2021
Biden suspended oil leases on federal land, but in New Mexico that could mean a crisis for education funding. VICE News looks at how Democrats are trying to balance ambitions.
5x43 - Monday, March 22, 2021
March 22, 2021
Health care workers in some rural areas are getting creative to get people vaccinated. VICE News goes to Arkansas to look at the rollout in medically underserved communities.
5x44 - Tuesday, March 23, 2021
March 23, 2021
Germany's vaccine rollout has been sluggish, even though it handled the pandemic better than others. VICE News looks at what's stalling distribution and how Germans feel about it.
5x45 - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
March 24, 2021
Residents of Centreville, Illinois, are fighting to get their failing drainage and sewer systems fixed. VICE News investigates why local officials haven't made the needed repairs.
5x46 - Thursday, March 25, 2021
March 25, 2021
For-profit reform schools are big business in Utah, but some former students are alleging abuse. VICE News speaks with survivors who are organizing and calling for change.
5x47 - Monday, March 29, 2021
March 29, 2021
A new bill in Alabama would criminalize medical treatment for transgender minors. VICE News hears from a doctor fighting the bill and from teens caught in the political battle.
5x48 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021
March 30, 2021
Puerto Rico has some of the highest rates of femicide, domestic abuse, and violence against trans women. VICE News hears from survivors and activists demanding change.
5x49 - Wednesday, March 31, 2021
March 31, 2021
Asian Americans are speaking out against hate crimes and finding ways to protect their communities. VICE News speaks with a survivor of an attack and activists in New York City.
5x50 - Thursday, April 1, 2021
April 1, 2021
The first week of Derek Chauvin's trial has been emotional, as witnesses recalled George Floyd and his last moments. VICE News reviews the evidence and testimony so far.
5x51 - Monday, April 5, 2021
April 5, 2021
Serbia has a high vaccination rate, partly because Russia and China are vying for influence there. VICE News sees how media and conspiracies play into vaccine diplomacy.
5x52 - Tuesday, April 6, 2021
April 6, 2021
Jakarta's silver people are risking their health with toxic paint to support their families. VICE News follows some of these people trying to survive in a struggling economy.
5x53 - Wednesday, April 7, 2021
April 7, 2021
The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh is officially over, but the dangerous clean-up work is just beginning. VICE News joins a team defusing bombs throughout the region.
5x54 - Thursday, April 8, 2021
April 8, 2021
Rebels in the Central African Republic are trying to overthrow the government, and civilians are caught in between. VICE News speaks with leaders on both sides.
5x55 - Monday, April 12, 2021
April 12, 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina's constitution splits power along ethnic lines, but a small multi-ethnic party is trying to change that. VICE News looks at efforts to bridge the divide.
5x56 - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
April 13, 2021
Amazon workers in Alabama voted down a bid to organize the company's first union in the U.S. VICE News goes back to see what's next for the workers.
5x57 - Wednesday, April 14, 2021
April 14, 2021
Some Republicans are playing politics with the border crisis. VICE News rides along with Republican lawmakers touring the border and blaming the crisis on President Biden.
5x58 - Thursday, April 15, 2021
April 15, 2021
A new gun-control bill would expand background checks, but communities experiencing gun violence say it's not so simple. VICE News talks to activists trying to educate lawmakers.
5x59 - Monday, April 19, 2021
April 19, 2021
The Afghan government and military are preparing for the full withdrawal of U.S. troops by September. VICE News looks at what's next for Afghanistan as it deals with the Taliban.
5x60 - Tuesday, April 20, 2021
April 20, 2021
A Minneapolis jury has convicted former officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, on all three charges. VICE News looks at what's next, including sentencing.
5x61 - Wednesday, April 21, 2021
April 21, 2021
America's most iconic fast-food chain is facing allegations of sexual harassment and systemic racism. VICE News talks with former workers and franchise owners suing McDonald's.
5x62 - Thursday, April 22, 2021
April 22, 2021
Nearly a year after the death of George Floyd, has anything changed in Minneapolis? VICE News speaks with activists and local leaders trying to reimagine and reform policing.
5x63 - Monday, April 26, 2021
April 26, 2021
The DOJ is now investigating the Louisville Metro Police Department. VICE News looks at LMPD’s pattern of questionable policing, and investigates the night David McAtee died.
5x64 - Tuesday, April 27, 2021
April 27, 2021
Children have endured six years of war in Yemen—displaced, targeted, some even forced to take up arms. VICE News witnesses the impact in a special report: Yemen's Children of War.
5x65 - Wednesday, April 28, 2021
April 28, 2021
Tanzania's government is in denial about COVID-19: it has stopped updating data, declined vaccines, and endorsed herbal remedies as cures. VICE News looks at the human toll.
5x66 - Thursday, April 29, 2021
April 29, 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.
5x67 - Monday, May 3, 2021
May 3, 2021
India's second wave has become totally unmanageable, as hospitals turn away patients, oxygen runs low, and bodies are burned en masse. VICE News witnesses India's COVID-19 hell.
5x68 - Tuesday, May 4, 2021
May 4, 2021
Biden promised to reunite families, but some of his immigration policies are working against that effort. VICE News follows a father and son facing a new age of family separation.
5x69 - Wednesday, May 5, 2021
May 5, 2021
A new billion package offers Black farmers a chance at survival, but some officials don’t think they deserve it. VICE News looks at the history of discrimination at the USDA.