Bill Kilby

News

California's Long Journey to Legalizing Pot the Right Way

Proposition 64 promises to make recreational pot legal in California, but that's not the end of a debate that encompasses economics, race, and criminal justice reform.
Bill Kilby
10.6.16
Vice Blog

How Black Markets Shaped America

In advance of the premiere of VICELAND'S 'Black Market Dispatches,' we talked with author Peter Andreas about the history of black markets in America.
Bill Kilby
8.16.16
Travel

World Passports and the People Trying to Create a Borderless World

Earlier this month, Yassin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) was arrested in South Africa for attempting to use a world passport. But what exactly is one of those?
Bill Kilby
1.29.16
Stuff

How to Talk About Crime in America Without Parroting the Cops

We talked to Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley about his show 'American Crime' and how it breaks from the pack of true crime procedurals.
Bill Kilby
1.20.16
News

​Is Police Corruption Inevitable in the War on Drugs?

The black market for drugs creates all sorts of twisted incentives for agents of the law.
Bill Kilby
1.8.16
News

How Much Should You Worry About Getting Robbed Over the Holidays?

We asked an expert about the annual deluge of holiday crime hype, and whether you should be spooked as you kick back with loved ones and gorge on Capitalism.
Bill Kilby
12.22.15
Film

How Urban Gardening Can Save Black Communities

A new documentary shows how planting the seeds of social change begins with knowing where your food comes from.
Bill Kilby
11.30.15
Stuff

Why Scaring Kids Out of Committing Crimes Doesn't Work

There's enough evidence to say, definitively, that "scared straight" programs don't stop young people from going on to become criminals, and might even be counterproductive. So why are they still in use?
Bill Kilby
11.5.15
News

Everyone Is Pretty Much Lying All the Time, According to a Professor Who Studies Deception

On the continuum between total truth-telling and dishonesty, most of what people say falls somewhere in between.
Bill Kilby
10.14.15
Vegan

This Vegan Restaurant Is Run by a Chef Who Took a Vow of Silence

“He said he did this for two reasons: because ‘speech is war’ to him, and so he could be in tune with God twenty-four hours a day."
Bill Kilby
9.15.15
Stuff

A Psychologist Explains Why People Don't Give a Shit About Climate Change

We understand that we've really fucked up the environment, but most of us still can't be bothered to change our lifestyle.
Bill Kilby
6.9.15
Stuff

​A New Generation Black Panther Talks About Baltimore and Black America

We spoke with General T.A.C.O. (which stands for "Taking All Capitalists Out") about Freddie Gray, gang truces, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Bill Kilby
5.11.15
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