Editor’s note, December 25, 8 am ET: This story is being republished for the holiday season. It was originally published in 2020. It might seem unbelievable given that the “Christmas creep” now begins before Halloween, but the true Christmas season actually starts on Christmas Day itself. That’s right: December 25 marks the official start of […] Read more ›
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Trump finishing a campaign rally in Rome, Georgia earlier this month. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesA second Trump presidency is likely to bring more austerity than the first one did. During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump called for a ban on all Muslim immigration to the United States, the targeted assassination of terrorists’ family members, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and enormous corporate... Read more ›
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The photo from Kensington Palace that Kate Middleton admitted to editing. | Kensington PalaceAll the reasons the doctored image doesn’t make sense, and the absurd reason it does. Over the past few days, we’ve all come to learn that the only thing more suspicious than a missing princess is a poorly edited photo of that princess. All the worse if it’s accompanied by a note allegedly written by the MIA... Read more ›
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Then-President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. | Brendan Smialowski and Jim Watson/AFP via Getty ImagesThe gaps between perception of the economy and the reality, explained. American economic pessimism has been bafflingly persistent despite major indicators showing that the economy is actually strong. Unemployment is low, inflation is significantly down from its 2022... Read more ›
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Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty ImagesHow gang violence pushed out Ariel Henry — and what allowed it to fester. Haiti’s de facto president, Ariel Henry, announced his resignation Tuesday — the culmination of a political crisis at least two weeks in the making, but really three years or more. Henry issued his resignation while stranded in Puerto Rico. A violent gang leader has cut off Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince from the... Read more ›
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Member of the state parliament Björn Höcke (AfD) speaks at an event in Sundhausen, Germany. | Matthias Bein/picture alliance/Getty ImagesLike in the US, the right is driving and capitalizing on fears about immigration. ORANIENBURG, Germany — Mario, 44, thinks Germany is changing too much. He worries it’s no longer safe to bike down some streets. He thinks the students at his kids’ school speak too many languages that aren’t German.... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/VoxThe paths — and barriers — to a flourishing life. Are you flourishing? Not “just getting by” or “making it through,” but truly thriving? In the last two decades, the field of positive psychology has embraced the concept of flourishing, the pinnacle of well-being. Distinct from subjective happiness or physical health, flourishing is the aggregate of all life experiences when every aspect of your life is going well. “A... Read more ›
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Westend61 via Getty ImagesCounteracting the Andrew Tate effect isn’t just the purview of parents and teachers. Men are not okay. They’re less likely to graduate high school and go to college than women, have dwindling circles of friends, and are sitting out of the labor market at startling rates. Compared with women, they’re two to three times likelier to die of drug overdoses and nearly four times likelier to die... Read more ›
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Migrants cross the US-Mexico border in Texas. | David Peinado/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesTexas Republicans are trying to rewrite the Constitution — and this Supreme Court could let them. For well more than a century, the federal government has enjoyed near exclusive authority over immigration policy, while states have largely been restricted to assisting in carrying out federal policies. The Supreme Court has reinforced this rule many times over many decisions,... Read more ›
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Security forces, including National Guard troops and police, take security measures at a subway station in New York City on March 7, 2024. | Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty ImagesAs the National Guard heads into subways, new research examines how the city is faring with gun violence. Last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a new policy that made headlines across the country: Following a handful of high-profile violent... Read more ›
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David Huang for VoxShould you hire someone to help? What’s your filing status? And more questions on US taxes, answered. It’s that time of year again. The ads for free tax filing software are popping up left and right, which means the deadline to file your taxes is around the corner. Maybe you got your first job last year and you received your first W-2 from your employer. Maybe you’ve... Read more ›
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Noel King, Charlamagne tha God, and Angela Rye. | Vox MediaA live Today, Explained, conversation on what Democrats need to show Black voters this year. A New York Times/Siena poll last month showed that 23 percent of registered Black voters polled said if the election was held that day, they’d vote for Donald Trump. Considering Trump only won 8 percent of Black voters in 2020, that would be a big... Read more ›
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Jonathan Glazer accepts the Best International Feature Film award for The Zone of Interest at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony. | Rich Polk/Variety via Getty ImagesNo, the Zone of Interest director did not disavow his Jewish identity at the Academy Awards. Despite the pro-Palestinian protests taking place outside and the number of politically charged films up for awards, Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony was a remarkably politics-light affair — with one... Read more ›
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In this photo illustration, an 11-year-old boy looks at the TikTok app on a smartphone screen in the village of St Jean d’Aulps on April 4, 2023, near Morzine, France. | Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesA user revolt has only made Congress more determined to ban TikTok. Can it actually happen? President Joe Biden has thrown his support behind an audacious bill moving through Congress that has generated a furor on Capitol... Read more ›
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Vicky Leta for VoxCouples get hundreds of legal and economic privileges single people don’t. If that feels unfair, it’s because it is. Maria loves being a single mom. She doesn’t have to share decision-making with anyone, and she treasures her close bond with her teenage daughter, who will never have to worry about her parents getting divorced, because Maria has never married. But Maria, who is in her 50s, also... Read more ›
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Juanjo Gasull for VoxHow we can turn a post-scarcity economy from a dream to a reality. As the Allies advanced through German territories in the last year of World War II, they found millions of famine victims. They could free them from Nazi subjugation, but they didn’t know how best to walk them back from the brink of starvation. Would immediate feasts do the trick? Or would that shock their... Read more ›
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Princess Kate the last time she was seen in public, greeting the crowd after attending a Christmas morning service at Sandringham Church on December 25, 2023, in Sandringham, Norfolk. | Stephen Pond/Getty ImagesHer disappearance from public view is getting weirder. Princess Kate, formerly Kate Middleton, one day to become Catherine, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, has finally reappeared. Sort of. On March 10, Kensington Palace circulated a picture of... Read more ›
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The mushroom cloud produced by the first explosion by the Americans of a hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the South Pacific, in 1952. | SSPL via Getty ImagesWhat Best Picture winner Oppenheimer gets right — and wrong — about the threat of nuclear weapons. My wife and I went to see Oppenheimer on opening weekend in July, and I wore my best Los Alamos-themed costume. We opted for the... Read more ›
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Then-President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. | Brendan Smialowski and Jim Watson/AFP via Getty ImagesThe gaps between perception of the economy and the reality, explained. American economic pessimism has been bafflingly persistent despite major indicators showing that the economy is actually strong. Unemployment is low, inflation is down (if sticky), wages are... Read more ›
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A man wears an NRA hat in front of the US Supreme Court building. | Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesIt’s one of two cases asking whether the government is allowed to speak freely to private companies. The Supreme Court will hear two cases on Monday, March 18, that are often referred to as “jawboning” cases — that is, cases where the government tried to pressure private companies into taking certain actions, but... Read more ›
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Four very happy acting category winners: Robert Downey, Jr., Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Emma Stone, and Cillian Murphy. | Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty ImagesFrom Jimmy Kimmel to going to bed on time, the 2024 Oscars were a hit. 2023 was the year movies were finally back — and the 96th Academy Awards reflected what a good time at the cinema we all had. Not only were this year’s crop of Best... Read more ›
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