In the village of Hokshe, Nepal, local residents estimate that nearly 70 people, out of roughly 300, have sold their kidneys on the black market. Lured to India by the promise of cash, villagers are tricked into thinking their kidneys will regrow “like a mango in a tree.” Years later the money is gone and so is their means of survival. Watch as we get up close and personal in the village of kidney trade.
Syrian rebels under siege in a strategic city on the Lebanese border are increasingly turning to social media to wage psychological warfare, according to Vocativ analysts monitoring the region.
Marion Marechal Le Pen, the youngest member of parliament in French history and granddaughter of the country’s most prominent right-wing politician, took to the streets of Paris on Wednesday with fellow members of the National Front party in a traditional May Day display of nationalistic pride.
In recent polls, the National Front has surged ahead of the ruling Socialists — a rise fueled, in no small part, by a fierce rhetorical campaign against Muslim immigration.
Pictures of Syrian children with heavy weaponry are popping up on Facebook and it’s becoming clear that many of the kids are now active combatants. Story by Versha Sharma.
A decade after US forces invaded Iraq, the former American diplomat who presided over the early chaos of the occupation is now a painter who describes his style to Vocativ as “evolving American primitive.”
