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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Marvin Recinos/AFP via Getty ImagesThe world’s “coolest dictator,” Nayib Bukele, wins reelection. On February 4, as El Salvador held presidential elections, current president Nayib Bukele showed up at a polling place accompanied by speakers blasting “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” by R.E.M. The song choice was deliberate — Bukele was once again trolling critics who claim he’s steering the country toward... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesForming a healthy relationship with regret means learning to look it in the face. When Peter and Sjanna Leighton were in their early 20s, their marriage fell apart. Money was tight, and they each feared they were disappointing the other; neither one knew how to communicate their vulnerabilities and hurt. So one day, almost a year after their vows, Peter packed his bags and moved out of their home... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesThe Protestant work ethic hijacked America. It’s time for a new pro-worker ethos. When you hear the phrase “work ethic,” you might think of the perfect employee. The one who puts her job above everything else, who never complains, the type that lives to work. That is certainly one version of the work ethic, and it’s a story that serves employers much more than it serves employees. But is... Read more ›
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A 268-unit mixed-income, mixed-use, new construction project known as The Laureate in Montgomery County, Maryland. | Montgomery County’s Housing Opportunities CommissionLocal governments are trying a new way to address the housing crisis. Quietly and with little fanfare, the idea of building new publicly owned housing for people across the income spectrum has advanced in the United States. Governments have successfully addressed housing shortages through publicly developed housing in places like... Read more ›
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A chunk of camembert melts off a spatula. | Jonathan Knowles/Getty ImagesGird your curds! Say a prayer for Camembert! A collapse in microbe diversity puts these French cheeses at risk. Camembert, I’m sorry to report, is in trouble. The soft cheese, which smells a bit like feet, is on the “verge of extinction,” according to the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). Other cheeses, including brie and various blues,... Read more ›
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Super Bowl 2024 is a classic American story and these two are our main characters. | Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesAn extra-super Super Bowl is in store. Sometime on Sunday, the white-hot center of the biggest spectator events of the past year will arrive in Las Vegas. Their every move will be tracked by relentless media and even more relentless fans. Also, a football game will be played. There will be no... Read more ›
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a flag-hoisting ceremony in Izium after the Ukrainian forces took control of the city from the Russian forces in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on September 14, 2022. | Metin AktaÅ/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesA major military shake-up comes amid a fight in Congress over US funding for Ukraine. Ukraine’s military underwent a major leadership shake-up this week, a decision that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy framed as a reset... Read more ›
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Tracy Chapman singing “Fast Car” at the Grammys. | John Shearer/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyThe multiplatinum singer’s Grammys performance has brought out songwriting “experts” online. Did you know Tracy Chapman’s song “Fast Car” isn’t about an automobile traveling at a heightened velocity? Did you need someone to explain it to you? Did you want someone to? Thanks to Chapman’s fantastic Grammys performance alongside cover artist Luke Combs, people —... Read more ›
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Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a South Carolina rally ahead of the Nevada caucuses. | Allison Joyce/AFP/Getty ImagesTrump won, Haley lost, and Nevada botched its key role in the GOP primary. Nevada is doing things differently this election season, and not necessarily for the better. Former President Donald Trump and his former US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, competed this week in Nevada as the last... Read more ›
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Christina Animashaun/VoxThe flow of new money and interest into core EA fields like AI safety poses a challenge to a movement that was used to being small. This past weekend I attended the latest Effective Altruism Global conference, which was held in the Bay Area, where I live. These events always have me reflecting on two things: how to effectively do good in the world — the prime directive of... Read more ›
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In 2008, a Pilgrim’s Pride contract chicken farmer holds a chicken at a farm just outside Pittsburg, Texas. | LM Otero/APThe accidental origins of the chicken on your plate, explained. Some archaeologists believe that when future civilizations sort through the debris of our modern era, we won’t be defined by the skyscraper, the iPhone, or the automobile, but rather something humbler: the chicken bone. The reason? We eat so many... Read more ›
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Former President Trump visits the Teamsters headquarters in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2024. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe economy did well under Trump the first time around. Here’s why some CEOs are worried about the sequel. Former President Donald Trump recently told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo that if he’s reelected, he will impose tariffs of a staggering 60 percent — or more — on Chinese imports, signaling a plan... Read more ›
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Usher performs at the grand opening of Usher: My Way—The Vegas Residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM on July 15, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Dolby Live at Park MGMPut some respect on Usher’s name. Across his 30-year career, Usher has been deemed the “King of R&B” and a “legend” for his catalog of Top 10 hits, smooth dance breaks, life-changing serenades, and lighthearted,... Read more ›
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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem speaks to guests at the 2023 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum on April 13, 2023, in Indianapolis, Indiana. | Scott Olson/Getty ImagesA rundown of the people auditioning for the job — and what they bring to the ticket. Given former President Donald Trump’s dominance in the GOP primaries, attention is now turning to a new topic: who he’ll pick as his potential vice president. In past elections,... Read more ›
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Efi Chalikopoulou for VoxBritney was too out of control. Taylor is too in control. What now? There seems to be a kind of paranoid storm swirling around Taylor Swift just now. It’s as though she’s at the center of a gothic novel filled with conspiracy theories and secret doubles, with the far right placing her at the center of government operations and 4channers putting her in deep-fake porn. Taylor is... Read more ›
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Migrants walk towards the US-Mexico border wall for processing by US Border Patrol agents in February 2024. | John Moore/Getty ImagesRecord numbers of people crossed the US border last year. Here’s a guide to understanding what’s happening. The biggest spectacle in Washington this week was the unraveling of an immigration deal in Congress, a border security bill that Republicans pushed for, only to turn against it because former President Donald... Read more ›
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President Biden addresses House Democrats at a retreat In Leesburg, Virginia, on Thursday. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesThe investigator said Biden presented as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” — a political gift to Trump and the GOP. Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are old and speak less fluidly than they used to. When speaking, both have a tendency to forget things or mix up names. But... Read more ›
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Election workers sort ballot papers at a polling station in Lahore, Pakistan, on February 8, 2024. | Rebecca Conway/Getty ImagesPakistan’s military drives its politics. And Pakistanis lose. Pakistan’s elections have already been eventful — with one party leader’s arrest, another’s stunning return from exile, and at least nine deaths on election day — but how much of a change they will truly bring about remains to be seen. Pakistan has... Read more ›
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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump stands on stage during a campaign event at Big League Dreams Las Vegas on January 27, 2024 in Las Vegas. | Photo by David Becker/Getty ImagesTrump’s Supreme Court lawyer was a disaster, and it won’t matter one bit. Two things were obvious this morning in the Supreme Court, where the justices pondered whether former President Donald Trump is disqualified from seeking... Read more ›
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2023 marks the first time global average temperatures exceeded 1.5 Celsius, according to a one research group. | Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty ImagesAnother analysis shows 2023 exceeded 1.5C of warming on average for the first time, a key limit in the Paris Climate Agreement. It’s official: Month after record-breaking month, 2023 is now the hottest year humans have ever measured. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported Thursday that... Read more ›
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