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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Trans rights protesters outside of the Supreme Court building in 2019. | Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty ImagesFor the third time in the last year, the Supreme Court turned away an opportunity to make life much worse for trans youth. For the third time in the last year, the Supreme Court unexpectedly turned away a case asking it to diminish the rights of young transgender Americans in much of the country.... Read more ›
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greets supporters at his caucus night event on January 15, 2024, in West Des Moines, Iowa. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesThe pollsters got Iowa spot on. That means trouble for Trump’s rivals. Donald Trump’s resounding victory in the 2024 Iowa caucuses should have been expected by just about everyone. You could have seen it coming based on his fundraising numbers, his campaign’s presence in the state, his... Read more ›
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This kid got exactly the deal she wanted! | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security ProjectWe’re not bringing back the extended child tax credit. But this deal is better than nothing. The child tax credit has had a roller coaster of a decade so far. In 2021, the Democratic Congress and Joe Biden enacted the largest-ever expansion of the provision, making it a monthly benefit of up to $300 (or... Read more ›
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Vox; Associated Press; Getty ImagesThe GOP field is thinning as Trump maintains his dominance. Donald Trump remains the overwhelming favorite of GOP primary voters. But that hasn’t stopped other candidates from staying in the race for the Republican nomination in the hopes that they can somehow dethrone him. The former president, who announced his candidacy in November, has been increasingly dominant, as evidenced by his polling and historic margin of... Read more ›
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Ron DeSantis campaigning in Dubuque, Iowa, on January 14 — one day before the Iowa caucuses. | Win McNamee/Getty ImagesDeSantis’s campaign appealed to a particular kind of conservative elite — and not many others. After Iowa, it’s time to put a fork in Ron DeSantis’s campaign. The Florida governor had staked his entire run on the first-in-the-nation caucus: visiting all 99 Iowa counties and moving huge numbers of staff into... Read more ›
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Rev. Dr. Sherry Molock outside of her home in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on November 8, 2023. | Nate Langston Palmer for VoxSuicides are up among Black adolescents. Sherry Molock, a clinical psychologist and ordained minister, believes Black churches could be their salvation. It has been 30 years since Sherry Molock found her calling: to help prevent suicide among young Black people. Today, the need is dire: The US public broadly... Read more ›
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50 Cent at a performance on October 22, 2023, in Milan, Italy. The rap star-turned-mogul spent the past year celebrating the 20th anniversary of his landmark album, Get Rich or Die Tryin’. | Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty ImagesFrom rap to the silver screen, it’s (still) 50 Cent’s world. There are a few constants in the 50 Cent origin story: He’s the guy who raps one of the most recognizable opening... Read more ›
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Former president and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump attends a watch party during the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 15, 2024. | Jim Watson/AFP via Getty ImagesNone of the GOP candidates got what they wanted — except for Donald Trump. None of the GOP presidential candidates got what they wanted out of the Iowa caucuses — except for Donald Trump. Before the caucuses, I... Read more ›
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Former US President Donald Trump during the 2024 Iowa Republican caucuses at Horizon Events Center in West Des Moines, Iowa, on January 15, 2024. Trump cruised to victory in the Iowa caucus, according to news outlets, warding off a late challenge from rivals DeSantis and Haley and cementing his status as the clear Republican frontrunner in the race. | Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTrump’s rivals missed an opportunity to shake... Read more ›
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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump departs after speaking at a rally in Clinton, Iowa, on January 6, 2024. | Tannen Maury/AFP via Getty ImagesThe deep roots of Trump’s staying power. For a brief moment in January 2021, it was possible to imagine that Donald Trump’s days at the apex of American politics were over. After all, the marriage between Trump and the Republican Party had always... Read more ›
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Pete Buttigieg appears at a campaign event at Northwest Junior High School in February 2020 in Coralville, Iowa. | Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesThe latest news, analysis, and explainers coming out of the GOP Iowa caucuses. Voters in Iowa will head to the caucus locations on Monday, January 15, for the first contest of the Republican presidential primary, kicking off the 2024 presidential election cycle. The political circus... Read more ›
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An AIDS clinic in South Africa supported by PEPFAR. Two decades after that program was launched, the US appears more willing than ever to disengage with global health efforts. | Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty ImagesCovid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives. Two decades ago, the United States led the establishment of a new global public health order that began with the fight against a... Read more ›
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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump departs after speaking at a rally in Clinton, Iowa, on January 6, 2024. | Tannen Maury/AFP via Getty ImagesThe deep roots of Trump’s staying power. For a brief moment in January 2021, it was possible to imagine that Donald Trump’s days at the apex of American politics were over. After all, the marriage between Trump and the Republican Party had always... Read more ›
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Campaign signs for Republican presidential candidates, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron Desantis line the road in front of Drake University, where CNN hosted a presidential debate on January 10, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty“Who wins” isn’t as simple as who comes in first. Here’s what Trump, DeSantis, and Haley each need. The question of who will win the Iowa caucuses isn’t as simple... Read more ›
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Xinhua/Ju Peng via Getty ImagesDespite China’s attempts to negotiate a regional ceasefire, Myanmar’s civil war won’t end soon. In Myanmar, a brief ceasefire between a powerful alliance of ethnic armed groups and the ruling military junta appears to have been broken just hours after it was negotiated at China’s urging. The Three Brotherhood Alliance, one of the factions fighting in a coordinated armed struggle against the Tatmadaw (Myanmar’s military junta)... Read more ›
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Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesBeijing has branded incoming president Lai Ching-te a “troublemaker” for his pro-sovereignty stance. Update, January 14, 12:20 pm ET: This story was originally published on January 13 and has been updated to include China’s military response. Taiwan’s election results are in, and voters chose Lai Chiang-te in a three-way race as the candidate who best represented what they’re looking for in a leader — that is,... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty ImagesHow plagiarism became the latest weapon in the culture wars. Plagiarism accusations are being wielded like weapons right now — and the multi-headed plagiarism controversy involving Claudine Gay, Bill Ackman and his wife, and Business Insider is a particularly bizarre one. It began with Gay, who stepped down from her position as Harvard’s president, ostensibly because critics found instances of (real) plagiarism in her work, but really... Read more ›
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Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesBeijing has branded incoming president Lai Ching-te a “troublemaker” for his pro-sovereignty stance. Taiwan’s election results are in, and voters chose Lai Chiang-te in a three-way race as the candidate who best represented what they’re looking for in a leader — that is, the status quo. Lai, the current vice president and head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, declared victory Saturday with just over 40... Read more ›
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Houthi militants raise their weapons during a rally following a US and UK strike against their positions. | Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty ImagesIt’s an escalation in the region, but we’re not actually headed to outright war with Iran. The United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday night launched strikes against targets in Yemen used by Houthi rebels to antagonize the global shipping industry in the Red Sea, raising fears of further... Read more ›
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Taiwanese vice president and presidential candidate Lai Ching-te on the campaign trail in Taipei on January 3, 2024. | Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty ImagesThe results of the tight, three-way presidential election will resonate far beyond the region. Taiwanese voters have chosen Lai Ching-te, the current vice president, as their new leader. Lai, the favorite, led a tight race in a critical election for the future of the island’s democracy —... Read more ›
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