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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Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie celebrating a Critics Choice Award win for Barbie. Gerwig and Robbie were not nominated for individual awards at the 2024 Oscars. | Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Critics Choice AssociationDoes Barbie need all the Oscars to fix sexism? Like the Barbies in the movie Barbie, the film Barbie seemed capable of anything. From critical praise, to pop culture reverence, to box office domination, to culture war... Read more ›
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Anti-death penalty activists place signs along the road heading to Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, ahead of the scheduled execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, on January 25, 2024. | Kim Chandler/APThe state is using a new untested method that has prompted backlash. A controversial Alabama execution took place on Thursday, reigniting scrutiny of the death penalty and highlighting the enduring nature of the practice despite attempts to end it.... Read more ›
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Bryce Dallas Howard as a suspiciously Swiftian-looking Elly Conway in Argylle. | AppleThe Argylle authorship controversy, explained. The internet has gone into a frenzy over Argylle, a forthcoming spy movie, and its supposed source material, a yet-to-be-published novel by one Elly Conway. The author’s identity is a buzzy mystery far more gripping than novel itself: Is Elly Conway actually Taylor Swift? The thing is, Elly Conway doesn’t seem to exist.... Read more ›
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A pediatrician administers a heel prick test to check sucrose levels in a newborn baby boy after a cesarean section. | Petri Oeschger/Getty ImagesThe lifesaving revolution in widespread medical testing for infants. Four days after our daughter was born this October, we got a call from the hospital — they wanted us to take her back in right away to rerun one of the newborn screening tests. It turns out... Read more ›
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Anti-death penalty activists place signs along the road heading to Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, ahead of the scheduled execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, on January 25, 2024. | Kim Chandler/APThe state is using a new untested method that’s prompted backlash. A controversial Alabama execution taking place on Thursday has reignited scrutiny of the death penalty and highlighted the enduring nature of the practice despite attempts to end it.... Read more ›
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Former US President Donald Trump talks to reporters while visiting the polling site at Londonderry High School on January 23, 2024, in New Hampshire. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty“He doesn’t want us to solve the border problem because he wants to blame Biden for it.” For years, Republicans have professed fury over a crisis at the US-Mexico border. For months, many in the GOP have insisted they could only support further aid... Read more ›
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A young boy rolls up a mosquito net covering bedding at a refugee camp in 2023 in South Sudan. | Luke Dray/Getty ImagesThe no good, very bad case against malaria bednets, explained. Marc Andreessen, the billionaire venture capitalist and early web browser developer, thinks we’re giving too many insecticidal bednets to people exposed to malaria, tweeting, “Mosquito nets are a triple threat — dangerous to people, dangerous to fish, and... Read more ›
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President Biden delivering remarks on Bidenomics in Milwaukee. | Scott Olson/Getty ImagesAmericans are feeling better about the economy, yet the president’s approval rating is lower than ever. The US economy has long displayed many signs of objective strength. Wages have been rising faster than prices for nearly a year. Unemployment has been hovering near half-century lows for even longer. Consumer spending has been robust, while economic growth topped 5 percent... Read more ›
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An Israeli soldier in northern Gaza on January 7, 2024. | Noam Galai/Getty ImagesWhy the “long peace” may be ending. Is the world becoming more violent, or does it just seem that way? Yes, the gruesome scenes from Gaza and Ukraine, not to mention less-covered but still deadly conflicts from Myanmar to Sudan to Haiti, paint a picture of a world on fire. Yes, we just experienced a moment when... Read more ›
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President Biden delivering remarks on Bidenomics in Milwaukee. | Scott Olson/Getty ImagesAmericans are feeling better about the economy, yet the president’s approval rating is lower than ever. The US economy has long displayed many signs of objective strength. Wages have been rising faster than prices for nearly a year. Unemployment has been hovering near half-century lows for even longer. Consumer spending has been robust, while economic growth topped 5 percent... Read more ›
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This clementine holds the secrets to your entire romantic relationship. Or does it? | Natasha Breen/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesAn expert explains what TikTok’s true love litmus test is really all about. Like one of those secretly mordant fairytales about mermaids sacrificing their fins or maidens poisoned and sleeping forever, there is apparently a new test to tell if love is true: fetch and denude me an orange. The... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesSitting for too long is bad for your health. Here’s how to move your body throughout the day. I am ashamed to admit how much time I spend sitting. One of the lucky workers with a computer job, I am planted in a chair for most of the day. As I write these words, I am — you guessed it — sitting. Save for my daily workouts and brief... Read more ›
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The missing emergency door of Alaska Airlines N704AL, a 737 Max 9, which made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport on January 5 is covered and taped in Portland, | Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty ImagesRepublicans have launched an ill-informed campaign to blame diversity policies for aircraft safety issues. The news cycle is awash with terrifying stories about air travel safety. At the start of the month, the door... Read more ›
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Martin Pope/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesDon’t let climate doom win. It’s no secret that the environmental health of the planet is in dire straits right now. The Earth was its hottest in recorded history in 2023. Our winters are shorter, our summers hotter, and our natural disasters more extreme. The doom and gloom around climate change is understandable when you take it all into account. Global governments struggled to stay... Read more ›
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Serenade of the Seas in 2016. | Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesOn the high seas, it’s content creators versus the other passengers. On December 10, the Serenade of the Seas departed the Miami harbor. It is not a normal cruise: On board were hundreds of passengers who, for the ensuing nine months, will live aboard the ship as it travels to 150 ports of call, 60 countries, and... Read more ›
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In response to the recent Covid-19 and mpox outbreaks, Africa is setting to strengthen its public health infrastructure with an ambitious agenda. | Xinhua News Agency/Getty ImagesWith foreign aid increasingly uncertain, Africa wants to tackle disease emergencies on its own. In the summer of 2022, the US was confronted with the last thing it needed after two years of Covid-19: another public health emergency. For the first time ever, mpox,... Read more ›
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It’s becoming harder to ignore social media on “Housewives” — and it makes for irresistible drama. | Cllifton Prescod/Bravo via GettyThe Reality Von Tease bombshell on SLC points to a Bravo fan-pocalypse. Earlier this month, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City hit a major milestone in iconic-ness. During its highly anticipated season four finale — the series’ highest-rated episode since its premiere in 2020 — fan favorite Heather Gay... Read more ›
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Benji Jones/VoxStray cats harm wildlife. Should we kill them? On a warm day last spring, dozens of protesters gathered outside a shopping center on the west side of Hawaii’s Big Island. They weren’t there to boycott a store or a pipeline or to deride a politician. They came to revolt against a new ban on feeding cats in the parking lot. “Stop starving the cats,” the protesters chanted, according to... Read more ›
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Baton Rouge police rush a crowd of protesters and start making arrests on July 9, 2016, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. | Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty ImagesThe Fifth Circuit has spent years harassing a civil rights activist, and they gutted much of the First Amendment in the process. A renegade federal appeals court — one dominated by MAGA-aligned judges who routinely read the law in ways that even the current, very... Read more ›
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Donald Trump during a New Hampshire rally on January 22, 2024. | Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty ImagesDonald Trump’s victory cemented his status as the all-but-certain GOP nominee, but is that good news for Joe Biden? After Iowa, Nikki Haley proclaimed that her third-place finish had made it a two-person race between her and Donald Trump. After New Hampshire, it looks increasingly like a one-person race — and Haley is... Read more ›
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