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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Aitor Diago for Getty ImagesThe pharmaceutical supply chain is broken, but if you’re facing a drug shortage, you have more power than you think. By the time people get to Laura Bray, they’ve been failed by the US government, all of its agencies, and the entire global pharmaceutical supply chain. So when someone calls her at Angels for Change, the patient advocacy organization she founded in 2019 with a mission... Read more ›
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Jared Bartman for Vox/Getty ImagesNations like the US have more firepower than ever before — but they also appear weaker than ever. The upshot is a world that feels out of control The world, we are told, is entering a new era of “great-power rivalry.” Or at least, it was supposed to be. The most recent US National Security Strategy, issued by President Joe Biden’s administration in 2022, confidently asserted... Read more ›
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Then-President Donald Trump greets two of his appointees to the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, left, and Brett Kavanaugh. | Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesIt’s hard to imagine this Supreme Court removing Trump from the ballot. But his lawyers gave the justices very little to work with. Well, the Supreme Court fight over our insurrectionist former president is finally upon us. On Thursday, the Court will hear oral arguments in Trump... Read more ›
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A member of the Iraqi’s Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashed al-Shaabi) stands guard during the funeral of the 16 members killed in US airstrikes on February 4 in Baghdad, Iraq. | Ameer Al-Mohammedawi/picture alliance via Getty ImagesThe Israel-Hamas war has shaken up the Middle East. Who’s on whose side? The October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza have upended Middle Eastern politics and created an escalating... Read more ›
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) speaks to reporters during a vote in the Senate Chambers of the US Capitol Building on January 25, 2024. Senators continue to negotiate a deal to pass a bipartisan Ukraine funding bill paired with immigration and border security reform packages. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesSenate negotiations revealed what some Democrats are willing to give up on immigration in 2024. A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators has reached... Read more ›
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Paige VickersVox is expanding its award-winning podcast, “Today, Explained,” into a multi-platform news brand, starting with a daily newsletter offering clarity on the day’s most significant story Today, Vox announced the expansion of its newsletter offerings with a new flagship morning newsletter, Today, Explained, inspired by its award-winning daily podcast of the same name. The daily newsletter is crafted to help subscribers understand one important story each weekday, edited and... Read more ›
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Paige VickersToday, Explained is expanding into a multi-platform news brand, starting with a daily newsletter offering clarity on the day’s most significant story. Hey, welcome to Vox’s new daily newsletter! We’re calling it Today, Explained, and it’ll be run by me, Caroline Houck. I’m Vox’s senior editor of news, a role I’ve come to after five years at Vox, covering some of the biggest stories of those years. That included... Read more ›
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President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally to restore Roe at Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, Virginia, on January 23, 2024. | Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesMany reproductive health organizations want to codify stronger standards. They’re not going to pick that fight this year. When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris held their first joint campaign event of 2024 last month in northern Virginia, they left no doubt that... Read more ›
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A soldier of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Zakarpattia Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is seen during special training exercises to maintain professional skills involving T-72 tanks in the Zaporizhzhia sector of southeastern Ukraine. | Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesRecord arms exports are a sign of America’s commitment to Europe — and its foreign policy failures during the war in Ukraine. US foreign... Read more ›
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Hip-hop artist Common could be the next person to EGOT — all he needs is a Tony Award. | Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyWhat the quest for four major awards tells us about Hollywood, celebrity egos, and ourselves. Humans are funny little creatures. We love making lists, participating in oddball competitions, and creating weirdly specific metrics to be proud of — all quirks that join together in the... Read more ›
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Protesting farmers blockade the A6 autoroute on February 1, 2024, in Chilly-Mazarin, France. | Christian Liewig—Corbis/Getty ImagesFarmers’ frustration over French and EU regulations are a new dimension in a longstanding problem. French farmers’ unions on Thursday called a halt to protests in which they’ve blocked traffic with their tractors and dumped manure and rotting produce in front of government buildings to make their point. The message: They can no longer... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesNine experts weigh in on curbing and diffusing your overly negative thoughts. If you’re a person who spends even a minuscule amount of time consuming news of any kind, you may find yourself in a doom spiral: ongoing war, the upcoming presidential election, climate change, the withering of the media. It isn’t just news that can inspire despair. Life is full of anxiety-inducing interactions, high-stakes scenarios, and unavoidable conflicts... Read more ›
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West Point cadets cheer at a football game between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen on December 9, 2023, at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. | Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe guy behind the Harvard lawsuit attacking affirmative action turns his ire on the service academies. Editor’s note, February 2, 5:30 pm ET: The Supreme Court released an order late afternoon on February 2 ruling in... Read more ›
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Former US President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his civil fraud trial at the New York Supreme Court on January 11, 2024, in New York City. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesThe 2024 election season may be defined by Trump’s legal troubles. Donald Trump breezed through the first two contests on the 2024 primary calendar. The question, though, is whether he can sustain his momentum through a primary season... Read more ›
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Former US President Donald Trump departs after speaking to the press after attending the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization in New York State Supreme Court, in New York City on January 11, 2024. | John Lamparski/AFP via GettyIt could still happen — but the four prosecutions of Trump have been beset by delays and challenges. Democrats perturbed about Donald Trump’s lead in 2024 polling have long had a... Read more ›
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Wendy Williams speaks onstage during her celebration of 10 years of The Wendy Williams Show at the Buckhead Theatre, in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2018. | Paras Griffin/Getty ImagesWendy Williams’s rise, reputation, and absence from her talk show, explained. Centuries ago, those accused of gossip, primarily women, were locked into metal headpieces that restrained the mouth. Imagine what those medieval haters would think about Wendy Williams. The host first started rattling... Read more ›
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Former US President Donald Trump departs after speaking to the press after attending the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization in New York State Supreme Court, in New York City on January 11, 2024. | John Lamparski/AFP via GettyIt could still happen — but the four prosecutions of Trump have been beset by delays and challenges. Democrats perturbed about Donald Trump’s lead in 2024 polling have long had a... Read more ›
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Turn your gaze upon this wall of Stanleys. | Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesConsumers are probably safe, but that doesn’t mean lead-laden cups are a good idea. To be an American is to fall in love with something that has the potential to kill you. Cigarettes, fast cars, men, lemonade — our country’s great history is peppered with love affairs and death. This week was no exception. Stanley Quenchers,... Read more ›
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Meta has been a leader in making AI open source. | SOPA Images/LightRocket via GettThe debate over the safety of democratizing AI is missing the point. If you’ve used a modern AI system — whether an art generator like DALL-E or Midjourney or a language model like Llama 2 or ChatGPT — you’ve almost certainly noticed the safeguards built in to prevent uses that the models’ creators disapprove of. Most... Read more ›
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A voter fills out their ballot in the New Hampshire primary at the Barn at Bull Meadow on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. in Concord, New Hampshire. | Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesThe voters who could decide 2024 are a complicated bunch. They constitute one of the most valuable, overlooked, and misunderstood chunks of the American electorate: the nation’s mythical moderates. They’re a complicated bunch. They’re often described as... Read more ›
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