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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Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, pictured during her meeting with Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja Lahbib on February 19, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. | Didier Lebrun/Photonews via Getty ImagesYulia Navalnaya picks up her husband’s battle against Putin. Russian dissident Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, announced Monday that she would take up her husband’s crusade against President Vladimir Putin following his death while in prison.... Read more ›
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Former President George W. Bush speaks during the Struggle for Freedom Conference at the George W. Bush Presidential Center on November 16, 2022, in Dallas, Texas. | Richard Rodriguez/Getty ImagesIn a dissenting opinion, Alito takes a potshot at Bush’s signature racial justice program. The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will not hear Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, a lawsuit attacking a school admissions program that... Read more ›
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From left, Democratic Reps. Nydia Velázquez, Ilhan Omar, Jackie Speier, and Carolyn Maloney make their way to the Supreme Court for a sit-in to protest the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, on July 19, 2022. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesWorsened anxiety and depression is a predictable (and costly) effect of abortion bans. The false idea that getting an abortion makes women irreparably depressed and anxious, that... Read more ›
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Israeli soldiers drive a tank on the border with the Gaza Strip on February 11, 2024. | Ariel Schalit/AP PhotoThe conflict in Gaza has become “an era-defining catastrophe.” It’s increasingly clear what — and who — is to blame. At the end of November, Israeli reporter Yuval Abraham broke one of the most important stories of the war in Gaza to date — an inside look at the disturbing reasoning... Read more ›
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You don’t have to be an expert to get a lot out of art. | Getty Images/fStopArt is for everyone. Here’s how to approach your next trip to a gallery or museum. “If you tried to reimagine your life without art ... it would look radically different,” says Karen K. Ho, a writer for ARTNews. “Art intersects with more things than people think.” It’s not just the van Goghs and... Read more ›
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Jon Stewart hosting The Daily Show last time around, on August 6, 2015. | Brad Barket/Getty Images for Comedy CentralThe host’s return to The Daily Show is a coda to a golden age. Jon Stewart’s return to The Daily Show has been, on the metrics, a success. According to Comedy Central, his first episode back on February 12 was watched by 1.85 million total viewers across premiere simulcasts and encores,... Read more ›
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A bump stock device, at left, which fits on a semi-automatic rifle to allow it to fire much like a fully automatic rifle, is installed on an AK-47 at a Utah gun store in 2017. | George Frey/Getty ImagesGarland v. Cargill asks whether gun makers can evade the ban on machine guns with a device called a bump stock. On February 28, the Supreme Court will hear a case that... Read more ›
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Kali Reis explores the ice in True Detective: Night Country. | Michele K. Short/HBOWhat True Detective’s fourth season gets wrong about True Detective. To be a True Detective fan is to wrestle with uncomfortable contradictions. The first season is both a masterpiece of cosmic horror noir and a piece of art that feels like it was created not just by, but for men. It was a gritty treatise against toxic... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/VoxPlus, a suggestion for what to do if you come into a windfall. On the Money is a monthly advice column. If you want advice on spending, saving, or investing — or any of the complicated emotions that may come up as you prepare to make big financial decisions — you can submit your question on this form. Here, we answer two questions asked by Vox readers, which have... Read more ›
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If you don’t build housing, they’ll build the wall. | Kevin Sullivan/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty ImagesIn this house, we believe that high rents fuel nativist backlashes. The United States needs more immigrants. But at the moment, it does not especially want them. The country’s fertility rate has fallen far below the replacement level. Absent immigration, our nation will grow older and smaller simultaneously. In that scenario, a... Read more ›
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Jorm Sangsorn/Getty ImagesExpert knowledge is useful for problem-solving. So is adapting to new challenges. One of the things that human beings seem to fear is uncertainty. Most of us like to know things, and when we don’t know things, we get uncomfortable. And when we’re forced to face the unknown, our response is often to retreat into old ideas and routines. Why is that? What’s so unnerving about ambiguity? Maggie... Read more ›
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Jennifer Lopez singing in the film This Is Me... Now: A Love Story. | Courtesy of Prime Video - © Prime VideoThe bonkers, star-studded musical-biopic-fantasia-mess proves Jennifer Lopez can do whatever she wants. Throughout her career but particularly over the last decade, Jennifer Lopez has earned the title of one of the busiest people in the entertainment industry. From performing at the Super Bowl halftime show to churning out rom-com... Read more ›
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Chasing the light isn’t the only way to enjoy winter. Cecilia Blomdahl documents her life on Svalbard, a Norwegian island close to the North Pole. | Photo courtesy of Cecilia BlomdahlWhat seasonal affective disorder can tell us about ourselves. “I get emotionally down with the short days and feel like hibernating,” says Annabel Lagasse. So she gets on her bicycle and heads up the hill to London’s Hampstead Heath, where... Read more ›
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A vigil for Alexei Navalny in Krakow, Poland, on February 16, 2024. | Omar Marques/Anadolu/Getty ImagesNavalny’s death is the end of an era for Russia — and cements Putin’s grip on power. Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most famous opposition figure and President Vladimir Putin’s most effective rival, has been reported dead. Russian state media — which is loathe to even say Navalny’s name — reported the death on Friday. Prison authorities... Read more ›
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Donald Trump attending his trial on fraud charges at the New York State Supreme Court on October 3, 2023. | Shannon Stapleton/AFP via Getty ImagesThe former president was just ordered to pay $355 million in his New York fraud case, bringing the tally this year to nearly half a billion dollars. Two recent verdicts have now left Donald Trump on the hook for nearly half a billion dollars. On Friday,... Read more ›
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Moor Studio/Getty ImagesA new state bill aims to protect us from the most powerful and dangerous AI models. Last week, California state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a landmark new piece of AI legislation aimed at “establishing clear, predictable, common-sense safety standards for developers of the largest and most powerful AI systems.” It’s a well-written, politically astute approach to regulating AI, narrowly focused on the companies building the biggest-scale... Read more ›
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Doja Cat at the 2024 Grammy Awards. | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicYou can find the hottest accessory of the season at CVS. It was all the way back in the spring of 2018 that Mindy Kaling tweeted, in response to the onslaught of hot fashion people wearing a certain kind of eyewear, “I think we will regret this tiny sunglasses look.” Anne Hathaway then immortalized the tweet by posting a screenshot and writing,... Read more ›
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Palestinian children are seen among tents as they struggle with strong winds, downpours, and floods while Israeli attacks continue in Rafah of Gaza on February 15, 2024. | Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty ImagesVoices from a besieged Rafah. More than four months into the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza residents are struggling to survive winter conditions with insufficient food, drinking water, medicine, and clothing. The majority of them have fled to Rafah, a... Read more ›
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Dakota Johnson as Cassandra “Cassie” Webb in Madame Web. | Sony PicturesThe star of Madame Web is a charming terror. To love Dakota Johnson is to understand that Dakota Johnson probably hates you for it a little bit. When she was in 50 Shades of Grey, all anyone could talk about was Johnson’s sheer lack of chemistry with (and perhaps even strong distaste for) handsome costar Jamie Dornan. For a... Read more ›
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US military vehicles in Syria on August 13, 2023. | Omer Al Diri/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesAdversaries keep chipping away at America’s military credibility. Trump isn’t helping. Does the US still have the power to deter its adversaries? When the US launched airstrikes earlier this month against the proxy militias linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in retaliation for the attack that killed three US soldiers at a base... Read more ›
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