Reportage
How government-backed, billion-dollar lotteries exploit those most in need
Big money, bigger crisis — Some call it the "stupidity tax", others a waste of time. For many poor, addicted Americans, the lottery is a matter of necessity, even while it's costing them billions of dollars each year.
Written by: Adam White
The genius documentary filmmakers to watch out for in 2016
Winners of the MacArthur Foundation Documentary Film Grant — The Chicago-based foundation has funded 19 documentary films, with a particular focus on creative approaches to social and environmental issues. Huck looks at the sharp and energetic films that made this year's cut.
Written by: Josh Gabert-Doyon
How American mental health procedures failed the late Sandra Bland
Perjury charge exposes failings — A jury has indicted Sandra Bland's arresting officer for perjury, and the federal response to her depression speaks to a country-wide problem in the treatment of mentally ill individuals by police.
Written by: Adam White
DIY radio station Follow Me are bringing independent music to Russia's unsuspecting ears
The Digital Radio Duo — Russian radio DJs Tatyana Andrianova and Mihail Rezvan are championing new independent music in Moscow and beyond.
Written by: Tom Fenwick
Activists and growers are fighting Canada’s corporate cannabis takeover
Corporate Growth — Canada’s friendly neighbourhood marijuana grow-ops are about to get a corporate takeover. Huck meets the growers, investors, lawyers and activists who are dealing with a new top-down system where bottom lines, not blazing, rules supreme.
Written by: Rob Boffard
The celebrity dog that could land you in prison
Insult Thailand's royal dog. Go directly to jail. — The mythic fame of Thailand's Tong Daeng: the rags-to-riches mongrel who stole the hearts of a nation and is now at the forefront of a new wave of state censorship.
Written by: Adam White
Young, British and angry? The government thinks you're a terrorist
Start of a police state? — A London children's safeguarding board has warned parents that distrust of government policy and the mainstream media could lead to potential extremism.
Written by: Adam White
In Pictures: On eve of climate talks, Beijing faces worst-ever pollution levels
Best of Instagram — While UN climate talks open up in Paris, Beijing is in the midst of an environmental health crisis, with levels of pollution literally off the charts.
Written by: Adam White
Into The Deep with Finland's Greatest Freediver
Finlandia x Huck — He’s almost 50, he's got asthma, he’s about 235 pounds, and he's also a world-class athlete. Meet 'Kraken', the sea monster – a Finnish freediver who only realised he had the makings of a national champion in his late 30s.
Written by: Shelley Jones
The secret recipe of London's iconic Blue Plaques
Family Business — Huck meets the family who make London's famous Blue Plaques - which mark where famous figures lived across the capital, in our latest short film.
Written by: HUCK HQ
