A man holds up a large "Q" sign while waiting to see former President Donald J. Trump at his rally on August 2, 2018 in Pennsylvania. (Photo by Rick Loomis / Getty Images)
What. A. Year. To say that a lot happened in 2021 would be a massive understatement. Far-right Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, and Bernie Sanders burned down the internet when he wore mittens to Biden’s inauguration. Vaccines gave us some hope from COVID, only to have the world ravaged again by Delta and Omicron.Despite our waning sanities, VICE News continued to bring you the most important and interesting stories in the only way we know how: fearlessly. We compiled some of our best reporting during this wild year below. At least try to relax and enjoy.
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Extremism
- ‘We Just Really Want Them Back’: Families of Americans Captured in Failed Venezuela Coup Say They Were Duped
- Unmasking ‘Dark Foreigner’: The Artist Who Fueled a Neo-Nazi Terror Movement
- QAnons Are Harassing People at the Whim of a Woman They Say Is Canada’s Queen
- How QAnon Is Tearing Families Apart
- I’m a Parkland Shooting Survivor. QAnon Convinced My Dad It Was All a Hoax.
- Trump Is Pushing QAnon Candidates Into the GOP Mainstream
- Evangelical Pastors Are Secretly Spreading the Gospel of QAnon on YouTube
- The Proud Boy Who Smashed a US Capitol Window Is a Former Marine
- Capitol Rioters In Jail's 'Patriot Wing' Have Wild Rituals and a Fanbase
- ‘So, So Angry’: Reporters Who Survived the Capitol Riot Are Still Struggling
- Meet the Obscure Think Tank Powering Trump’s Biggest LiesMAGA, the CIA, and Silvercorp: The Bizarre Backstory of the World’s Most Disastrous Coup
Guns
Drugs
Policing
Abortion
Equal Rights
- Residential School Survivors Tell Us What Intergenerational Trauma Really Is
- Kids’ Graves Exposed the Horror of Canada’s Residential Schools. Outrage Isn’t Enough.
- Court Mistakenly Gave Potential Jurors Access to Ahmaud Arbery’s Mental Health History
- She Owes Over $12K for 911 Calls. Now She Could Lose Her Home.
- Trans Athletes Are Under Threat. Mack Beggs Knows What That’s Like.
- Sexual Assault Survivors in Journalism Are Waiting for Their Reckoning
Immigration
- US Companies Are Helping Cartels Get Rich Kidnapping Migrants
- An Immigration Raid Sent Him to Guatemala. He Was Murdered at the Border Trying to Get Home.
- US Companies Are Helping Cartels Get Rich Kidnapping Migrants
- US-Trained Cops in Mexico Killed Migrants, Set Them on Fire, Say Prosecutors
- I Was Kidnapped at the US-Mexico Border