Giving to charity is great, not just for the recipients but for the givers, too. But it can be intimidating to know how to pick the best charity when there are thousands of worthy causes to choose from, and especially when so many are suffering around the world. Yet that suffering makes it all the […] Read more ›
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This story was originally published by Grist and is republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Helene and Milton, the two massive hurricanes that just swept into the country — killing hundreds of people, and leaving both devastation and rumblings of political upheaval in seven states — amounted to their own October surprise. […] Read more ›
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers amid reports that an E. coli outbreak linked to the sandwiches is making Americans sick. The investigation comes amid a rash of foodborne illness cases in which deli meat, waffles, eggs, and other foods tainted with E. coli, listeria, and salmonella […] Read more ›
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Apple thinks 249 of my passwords need attention. Some of them have been reused. Some of them have been caught up in data breaches. Some are just bad passwords. That’s why, for the past 11 years, a group called the FIDO Alliance has been working to kill passwords — or at least make us less […] Read more ›
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The United States is, by many measures, a global environmental leader — barring four years under former President Trump. It has some of the strongest environmental laws in the world, such as the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act. The country invests billions of dollars to fight climate change and wildlife declines. And it […] Read more ›
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Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and campaign surrogate for former President Donald Trump, recently announced a plan to give away $1 million each day until November 5 to a randomly chosen person who’s signed a petition from his political action committee. To win the money, the signee must be a registered swing state voter — […] Read more ›
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Do you believe life really is better now than it used to be, no matter what the headlines say? Do you believe life in the future could be much, much better, if we simply remove the brakes that society has put on science and technology and enterprise? Do you want to build, build, build, whether […] Read more ›
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Israel’s recent invasion of Lebanon may have come after months of trading fire with its longtime Lebanese enemy Hezbollah, but the conflict between the two countries goes back decades — before Hezbollah even existed. At the center of the hostilities between the two countries is the issue of Palestine. Israel’s friction with Lebanon began when the […] Read more ›
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Vox reader Stephanie asks: I will grant you that at 43, I am old. However, I am scratching my head about why fashion that I have seen already in my lifetime is recycling itself? Mom jeans were bad the first time — why are we doing it again when they look good on literally no […] Read more ›
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Election years are full of uncertainty, but 2024 — with its major-party candidate switch — is exceptionally so. As we inch closer to Election Day more questions arise: What polls should I trust? What exactly are the poll numbers telling me? And what is up with all these texts I’m getting from campaigns, begging me […] Read more ›
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I write a newsletter called On The Right, which covers the often-complicated and compelling political ideas driving the modern conservative movement. This week, I thought it’d be important to cover Elon Musk — a man who is single-handedly bankrolling much of Trump’s ground game. What are the ideas that drive an engineering titan to make […] Read more ›
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Cuba is suffering a nationwide blackout after the collapse of its electrical grid. Power went out all over the island Friday, just days before Tropical Storm Oscar hit the island as a category 1 hurricane on Sunday. Though power has been partially restored in some areas, including much of Havana, millions of people — particularly […] Read more ›
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In the seven weeks ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the Today, Explained podcast has been examining the major themes and policies impacting voters this year. We’ve been telling the story of the Donald Trump-Kamala Harris presidential matchup through each of the hard-fought swing states. There are seven battleground states, dotted throughout the country, and […] Read more ›
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Despite what a new HBO documentary suggests, the identity of one of the richest people in the world is still unknown. By now, the story is so famous that it’s taken on the aura of a creation myth: one day in early 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym used by the inventor of bitcoin, released the […] Read more ›
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The Today, Explained podcast is taking a deep dive into the major themes of the 2024 election through the lens of seven battleground states. We’ve heard from voters in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Wisconsin so far; this week we turn to North Carolina, where a storm last month devastated the state — and some of […] Read more ›
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A rain-soaked street at dusk, pictured through the window of a coffee shop. String lights hang between old brick buildings, a church steeple in the distance. In the foreground, a candlelit table with mugs of coffee, tea, and … a corked glass jug of beige liquid? Next to a floating hunk of sourdough? And also […] Read more ›
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There are holes in the map of the world we all know. The globe may be divided into 193 or so units we call countries, but they don’t tell the full story. Headlines around the world make that obvious. Countries like Italy are sending migrants to developing countries like Albania to process their asylum claims. […] Read more ›
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Democrats are currently focused on the fight against Donald Trump. But quietly, factions within the party are preparing contingency plans for a different battle: the one over how to interpret a Kamala Harris loss. Polls of the 2024 election show the closest presidential race in modern memory. For Harris, defeat is roughly as likely as […] Read more ›
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Since the pandemic, cities across the country have faced a frustrating contradiction. On one hand, housing costs have soared, worsening homelessness and pushing residents to the edges of metropolitan areas. On the other hand, the rise of remote work has left once-thriving downtown office buildings standing eerily empty, with the national office vacancy rate set […] Read more ›
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Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and campaign surrogate for former President Donald Trump, recently announced a plan to give away $1 million each day until November 5 to a randomly chosen person who’s signed a petition from his political action committee. To win the money, the signee must be a registered swing state voter — […] Read more ›
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The vibes about who will win the 2024 presidential election may have shifted — but with barely more than two weeks until Election Day, the polls are as inconclusive as they’ve ever been. Polling averages show a contest in which Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are almost tied in most key swing states. And while […] Read more ›
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