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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
VICE News Tonight - S5 - E81
Women in ICE custody were allegedly given unneeded, non-consensual gynecologic surgeries and then scheduled for deportation. In a special report, VICE News investigates.
VICE News Tonight: Season 5 - 101 Episode s
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.
5x70 - Thursday, May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021
Weed is being legalized state by state, but that’s not the case in pro wrestling. VICE gets up close & personal with former WWE Champion Rob Van Dam as he fights to normalize pot.
5x71 - Monday, May 10, 2021
May 10, 2021
Hundreds of Palestinians were injured after Israeli forces stormed Jerusalem’s largest mosque. VICE News reports on the escalating tensions.
5x72 - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
May 11, 2021
Arkansas is the first state to ban gender-affirming healthcare for transgender minors. VICE News speaks with trans youth in the state to hear what it means for them.
5x73 - Wednesday, May 12, 2021
May 12, 2021
The Biden Administration has been flying thousands of migrants from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to San Diego — to then expel them to Tijuana. VICE News reports from the border.
5x74 - Thursday, May 13, 2021
May 13, 2021
Michael Moynihan takes VICE News on a road trip through Texas to ask conservative voters something conservative politicians can’t seem to figure out: what's the future of the GOP?
5x75 - Monday, May 17, 2021
May 17, 2021
Israel's bombardment on Gaza has killed more than 200 Palestinians, as it tries to crush Hamas. VICE News investigates the East Jerusalem legal battle behind the latest bloodshed.
5x76 - Tuesday, May 18, 2021
May 18, 2021
New Mexico's public schools have been closed since the pandemic began. VICE News follows some seniors as they head back to class and back onto the field, savoring every moment.
5x77 - Wednesday, May 19, 2021
May 19, 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.
5x78 - Thursday, May 20, 2021
May 20, 2021
Across the Central African Republic, civilians are alleging rape and torture by the Wagner group, the Russian organisation doing Putin's bidding globally. VICE News investigates.
5x79 - Monday, May 24, 2021
May 24, 2021
Biking to the future. VICE News follows two solo-preneurs creating a post pandemic reality: serving those who choose sustainable transportation.
5x80 - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
May 25, 2021
It's been one year since George Floyd was murdered by a police officer. In a special report, VICE News reflects with Floyd's brother and examines protesting and policing in America.
5x81 - Wednesday, May 26, 2021
May 26, 2021
Women in ICE custody were allegedly given unneeded, non-consensual gynecologic surgeries and then scheduled for deportation. In a special report, VICE News investigates.
5x82 - Thursday, May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021
Colombia is in the midst of an uprising, and the state has responded with deadly violence. VICE News reports from the front line in Cali.
5x83 - Tuesday, June 1, 2021
June 1, 2021
Parents in Pasco County, Florida, are suing their sheriff over a program they say predicts if kids will become criminals. VICE News looks at allegations of bias and harassment.
5x84 - Wednesday, June 2, 2021
June 2, 2021
The cease-fire between Israel and Hamas is holding after 11 days of fighting. VICE News talks with civilians confronting the devastation and with the leader of Hamas in Gaza.
5x85 - Thursday, June 3, 2021
June 3, 2021
One hundred years after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, the city is facing a public reckoning. VICE News asks descendants of victims and city officials what justice looks today.
5x86 - Monday, June 7, 2021
June 7, 2021
The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq is still fighting ISIS. VICE News embeds with Iraqi forces in the field and speaks with American military leaders about the future of the coalition.
5x87 - Tuesday, June 8, 2021
June 8, 2021
Thousands of intellectually and developmentally disabled people and their families are desperate for support in Pennsylvania. VICE News investigates how they are coping.
5x88 - Wednesday, June 9, 2021
June 9, 2021
5x89 - Thursday, June 10, 2021
June 10, 2021
The U.S. military now allows open service for transgender troops. VICE News follows one sergeant as she prepares to transition and comes out to her commanding officer.
5x90 - Monday, June 14, 2021
June 14, 2021
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin meet this week and are likely to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine. VICE News speaks with soldiers and civilians on the front of that fight.
5x91 - Tuesday, June 15, 2021
June 15, 2021
Nuclear deal talks with Iran have restarted. VICE News goes inside Iran to investigate assassinations of nuclear scientists there and hears from the one scientist who survived.
5x92 - Wednesday, June 16, 2021
June 16, 2021
The 2020 Election was not stolen, but many Americans still want state reviews of the results. VICE News reports on a new Republican strategy: eroding confidence in elections.
5x93 - Thursday, June 17, 2021
June 17, 2021
As the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan, the Taliban's influence is growing. VICE News gets exclusive access to Taliban territory in a special report: Under Taliban Rule.
5x94 - Monday, June 21, 2021
June 21, 2021
VICE News returns to Armenia after its latest conflict with Azerbaijan for an update on where things stand for the torn country and the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
5x95 - Tuesday, June 22, 2021
June 22, 2021
Taiwan's biggest fruit buyer, China, abruptly banned Taiwanese pineapples in March. VICE News sees how Taiwan countered the move and made pineapples a symbol of resistance.
5x96 - Wednesday, June 23, 2021
June 23, 2021
Biden is proposing to replace all the country’s lead pipes, but how do you replace them when you don’t know where they are? VICE News investigates.
5x97 - Thursday, June 24, 2021
June 24, 2021
Children are fleeing Haiti's crisis, escaping over the border to the Dominican Republic. VICE News obtains video of bribes paid to border guards and hears from some child migrants.
5x98 - Monday, June 28, 2021
June 28, 2021
COVID-19 inflicted collective trauma globally. VICE News goes to where it all began—Wuhan, China—to see how the pandemic pushed people to discuss mental health and seek solutions.
5x99 - Tuesday, June 29, 2021
June 29, 2021
El Salvador is the first country to make Bitcoin a national currency. VICE News explores the plan and discusses whether it can revive the economy and give people a better life.
5x100 - Wednesday, June 30, 2021
June 30, 2021
The so-called Arizona audit has wrapped. VICE News looks at why Republicans pushed for the review of 2020 ballots and what's next for their strategy.
5x101 - Thursday, July 1, 2021
July 1, 2021
Tremé is the country's oldest Black neighborhood, but residents claim they have no say in New Orleans' plans for the area. VICE News talks with locals fighting a legacy of racism.
5x102 - Monday, July 12, 2021
July 12, 2021
A former Ugandan warlord was recently sentenced by the International Criminal Court. VICE News speaks with some victims of the Lord's Resistance Army as they ask what's next.
5x103 - Tuesday, July 13, 2021
July 13, 2021
French forces are drawing down from Mali after fighting jihadists for nearly a decade. VICE News is on the ground to learn why it's so hard to contain the terrorist threat there.
5x104 - Wednesday, July 14, 2021
July 14, 2021
Bloods and Crips are fighting deadly street wars in Belize—with civilian casualties. VICE News looks at how the U.S. gangs ended up there and how Belize is trying to stop them.
5x105 - Thursday, July 15, 2021
July 15, 2021
Ghost kitchens cook takeout for multiple virtual restaurants at once and thrived in the pandemic. VICE News talks with chefs and entrepreneurs behind this new breed of restaurants.
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
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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.