When a president gives a primetime televised speech, it is typically about something of serious import: to make the case for a major new policy or to announce the beginning of a war. President Donald Trump’s speech on Wednesday night had no grave significance. In fact, there didn’t seem to be much of a point […] Read more ›
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Throughout his political career, Donald Trump managed to evade the law. It seemed possible that he always would. He was impeached twice but acquitted both times, and since leaving office, his team has been remarkably successful in delaying and undercutting the criminal cases against him. On Friday, that possibility was laid to rest 34 times […] Read more ›
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The police killing of a Black Air Force service member in his own home is drawing renewed scrutiny to the deadly violence that US law enforcement routinely and disproportionately uses against Black Americans. On May 3, an officer responded to a call about a domestic disturbance and knocked on the door of US airman Roger […] Read more ›
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Between a series of failed projects, low concert sales, and a heavily scrutinized bodega order, it’s been a tough year for Jennifer Lopez. Two weeks ago, though, the negative PR surrounding her suddenly got worse. People magazine reported that Lopez and her husband Ben Affleck, the belabored subject of her most recent work, were experiencing […] Read more ›
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You may have heard it couldn’t be done: making friends as an adult. Maybe you’ve noticed this in your own life. Perhaps you’ve spent time scouring Google results looking for any advice on how to form new relationships and strengthen the ones you already have. Or you’ve stared at the ceiling in despair wondering why […] Read more ›
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The world spent about $97.9 billion in the years since 1994 trying to develop new tools to fight infectious diseases in poor countries. That includes things like vaccines, treatments, diagnosis tools, and preventative tools like bed nets for diseases like malaria. That sounds like a lot of money, and it is. But Policy Cures Research, […] Read more ›
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Every five years, farm state politicians in Congress perform their fealty to Big Ag in a peculiar ritual called the Farm Bill: a massive, must-pass package of legislation that dictates food and farming policy in the US. At the urging of the pork industry, congressional Republicans want to use this year’s bill to undo what […] Read more ›
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On Sunday, Trump wrote on Truth Social, his personal social media site, that the Supreme Court “MUST” intervene after a New York jury found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. Though Trump’s post wasn’t written with the precision of a legal brief, he appeared to float two separate theories that could justify […] Read more ›
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North Korea’s decision to drop literal trash across its southern border has led South Korea to weigh pulling out of a 2018 deal the two had made to ease military tensions. In the last week, North Korea has deployed hundreds of trash balloons containing everything from used toilet paper to cigarette butts, a move it […] Read more ›
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Right now, something magical is underway across vast stretches of the eastern US: The soil is beginning to erupt with trillions of periodical cicadas that have been growing underground for either 13 or 17 years, waiting for this exact moment to crawl out of the Earth together. This particular burst of life is incredibly rare. […] Read more ›
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President Joe Biden announced a ceasefire proposal to end Israel’s war in Gaza on Friday that he said was devised by Israel, urging Hamas to accept it and Israel not to renege. But what has followed in the days since is a series of conflicting statements from Israel and the Biden administration, leaving the state […] Read more ›
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The fatal overdose epidemic in the US, which began in the ’90s with increased overdoses of prescription opioids, finally looked like it was starting to take a turn in 2018. But then the Covid pandemic hit, and amid increased isolation during lockdowns, fatal drug overdoses in the US skyrocketed, crossing 100,000 fatalities in a single […] Read more ›
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As of this writing, Israel’s war in Gaza has claimed the lives of more than 34,000 Palestinians, including 14,680 women, children, and elderly people, according to the United Nations. But that is just the tally of the identifiable dead. It does not include those rendered invisible or unrecognizable by rubble and fire. And that death […] Read more ›
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Mexico elected its first woman president Sunday, climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. The protégée of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Sheinbaum hasn’t significantly differentiated herself from the populist leader, especially in the areas where AMLO, as the former president is nicknamed, has failed to deliver — including Mexico’s astronomical homicide […] Read more ›
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For its 10th anniversary, Vox launches “This Changed Everything,” a new editorial package to identify and dissect the past decade’s unforgettable “turning points” — the moments that have guided our collective consciousness and altered the trajectory of our society but whose true significance we only recognized in hindsight. “Vox has been explaining our world for […] Read more ›
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It took less than a day for the world to start rallying for George Floyd in late May 2020. The events that led to Floyd’s murder unfolded over hours, but a viral 10-minute video recording of the deadly encounter with Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was enough to send floods of people nationwide into the […] Read more ›
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If you were on the internet on February 26, 2015, you saw The Dress. Prompted by a comment on Tumblr, BuzzFeed writer Cates Holderness posted a simple low-quality image of a striped dress, with the headline “What Colors Are This Dress?” The answers: blue and black or white and gold. The URL: “help-am-i-going-insane-its-definitely-blue.” Do you […] Read more ›
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Where were you the first time you heard the words “bath bomb?” What about “10-step skin care routine?” Perhaps you have, at some point, canceled plans in order to “unplug,” drink some tea, and take a bit of “me time.” Maybe you’ve ordered an assortment of candles meant to combat anxiety and stress or booked […] Read more ›
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The past decade was filled with so many unexpected turning points: moments big and small that we now understand to be truly important. These events ignited real change, warned of a not-so-far-off future, or had surprising effects that we couldn’t have imagined at the time. We started thinking about this particular time period because Vox […] Read more ›
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On the second day of the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan war, the Armenian military posted a video of one of its surface-to-air missile systems shooting down a surprising enemy aircraft: an Antonov AN-2 biplane. As it turned out, it wasn’t a sign of desperation on Azerbaijan’s part that its military was flying a plane first produced in […] Read more ›
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Every year, the staff at Vox’s Future Perfect section makes predictions for events we think are likely to happen (or not happen) in the year ahead. Big deal, right? Reporters and pundits make predictions all the time. What we think sets our efforts apart from the usual journalistic prognostication is that we put a numerical […] Read more ›
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