Lia Kantrowitz

Lia Kantrowitz is a Senior Editorial Designer at VICE.

chronic illness

'It's Not Personal': When Chronic Illness Forces You to Take a Rain Check

Those frequently sidelined due to Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis can find difficult conversations with friends and colleagues inescapable. Here's how to go about them.
Michelle da Silva
12.22.21
paramount

A Definitive Guide to Fixers: Who They Are and What They Do

They are the motor oil in the engines that power certain parts of the world. Some legal. Others less so.
John Nova Lomax
11.12.21
Created With GEICO

Does the Gig Economy Mean We're Going to Work Forever?

We asked Millennials how they feel about their finances, savings and the prospect of retirement. The answer is...bleak.
Luke Winkie
10.19.21
Created With GEICO

Meet the People Turning Old Collectibles into Cold, Hard Cash

Trading cards! Action figures! Comics! Why "alternative assets" are heating up.
Luke Winkie
10.4.21
VICE Magazine

Get Ready for Pharmaceutical-Grade Magic Mushroom Pills

As magic mushrooms make the shift from recreational drug to mental health treatment, patients won’t be eating caps and stems, but a synthetic product made in a lab—one that can be patented and profited from.
Shayla Love
5.26.20
Health

To Hell With Pickup Trucks

Time for your weekly edition of Drew Magary’s Funbag. Today, we're talking about ice, eating food upside down, 69 jokes, and more.
Drew Magary
2.26.20
drugs-health

Vape Shop Owners and Employees Are Having a Nightmare Christmas

This is what happens when your industry becomes a national scandal—and a community tries to look after its own.
Alex Norcia
12.23.19
Watching Ourselves

‘FUCK CRIME:’ Inside Ring’s Quest to Become Law Enforcement’s Best Friend

Amazon's surveillance company has seeped into hundreds of American communities by throwing parties for police and giving them free devices.
Caroline Haskins
12.4.19
climate change

Fossil Fuel Giants Should Be Terrified of Becoming the Next Big Tobacco

ExxonMobil can afford the monetary damages at stake in a suit from New York State. But its reputation might not survive.
Geoff Dembicki
11.15.19
rights

People Suspected of Witchcraft Are Still Being Persecuted and Killed

An international group of advocates are urging the U.N. to do something about the ostracization and violence.
Manvir Singh
10.30.19
The Borders Issue 2019

The Hidden Stress of Growing Up a Child of Immigrants

Though immigrants come from a variety of backgrounds, there are certain stressors that U.S.-born children of immigrants have in common.
Nicole Clark
9.12.19
Drugs Addiction

Vape-Related Deaths Are Scaring People Back Into Smoking Cigs

"I realized that if I'm going to die from nicotine, I'd rather have it be at age 60 from cancer than 24 from my lungs exploding or whatever."
Alex Norcia
9.10.19
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