Jessica Bateman

migration

‘Like a Dead Cat on the Road’: Inside the UK’s Most Notorious Immigration Centre

VICE World News spoke to two Albanian nationals about the prison-like conditions and violence they experienced in the Manston processing centre, before they were deported with no legal help.
Jessica Bateman
Vladimir Karaj
Élisa Perrigueur
11.4.22
Far right

Inside Germany’s Counselling Centre for Victims of Far-Right ‘Digital Violence’

Online abuse by the far-right is considered such a threat to democracy that Germany has created specialist services to support victims.
Jessica Bateman
3.22.22
Coronavirus

‘Nuremberg 2.0’: Why COVID Conspiracy Theorists See This Lawyer As Their Saviour

Reiner Fuellmich, a German lawyer specialising in corporate fraud, has vowed to put world leaders and leading scientists in the dock for supposedly engineering a fake pandemic. He’s become the great hope of the global coronavirus conspiracy scene.
Jessica Bateman
10.19.21
Drugs

Berlin Now Has an LSD Shop, Thanks to a Loophole in the Law

It's run by Carl Trump, who claims to be distantly related to the former US President.
Jessica Bateman
6.21.21
Drugs

I Came to Britain to Run an Illegal Weed Grow House

Albanians are moving into the UK cannabis cultivation business in a big way. One grow house manager tells his story
Jessica Bateman
10.14.19
Power

The Teen Refugees Starting Their Own Zine From a Squat in Greece

The Plaza Girls describe themselves as "anti-fascist and anti-patriarchy."
Jessica Bateman
6.27.18
mental health

A Muslim-American Therapist on How Islamophobia Affects Her Clients' Lives

The fear of hate crime puts many Muslims on constant alert.
Jessica Bateman
3.30.18
teens

How I Fight Sexism and Homophobia as a Teen 'Gender Ambassador'

Sixteen-year-old Rose Blanchard is one of the first students in the UK to receive official training to challenge stereotypes among her peers. She tells us why it's important for all teens to stand up to prejudice.
Rose Blanchard
2.8.18
parenting

The Anti-Childbirth Advocates Who Say We're All Better Off Dead

"Sentience just opens everyone up to suffering, whether they're human or animal."
Jessica Bateman
12.5.17
Sex

I Hung Out with Male Strippers to Investigate Female Sexuality

What can The Dreamboys tell us about female desire and British attitudes around sex in the 21st century?
Jessica Bateman
6.13.17
Dating

What Happens When You Date Someone with a Wildly Different Religion

For many modern couples, contrasting spiritual beliefs don't have to signal the end of a relationship.
Jessica Bateman
5.12.17
LGBTQ

How YouTube Videos Changed the Way Young People Come Out

Coming out to your parents is never easy, but more and more LGBTQ young people are sharing their experiences on YouTube to "show our identities are valid."
Jessica Bateman
4.3.17
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