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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Taiwanese vice president and presidential candidate Lai Ching-te on the campaign trail in Taipei on January 3, 2024. | Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty ImagesNext week’s presidential contest comes down to one issue: China. Editor’s note January 13, 8:30 am ET: Lai Ching-te, sitting vice president from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is forecast to win the Taiwanese presidential election after his opponents conceded a tight three-way race, a disruption... Read more ›
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US President George W. Bush holds a child as Bishop Paul Yowakim (L) looks on after speaking on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 30 May 2007 in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesPEPFAR saved millions of people from AIDS. Don’t let it die. PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Relief Plan for AIDS Relief, is a roughly $7 billion annual... Read more ›
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Supporters attend a rally for Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump at a middle school in Clinton, Iowa, on January 6, 2024. | Getty ImagesIt’s a small state that can make a massive impact on the political world. Here’s how that happens. Polls show Donald Trump as the clear favorite to win the GOP Iowa caucuses on Monday, January 15. But the true stakes of the contest are... Read more ›
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Bill Ackman is the billionaire founder of a hedge fund who has recently become a central figure in two plagiarism scandals. | Bryan Bedder/Getty ImagesThe aggrieved billionaire is gunning for Harvard, Business Insider, and anyone who talks about his wife. Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman has a lot of opinions, and he’s going to make sure you hear them. How Ackman came to be a main character at the center... Read more ›
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Tents line the sidewalk on SW Clay St in Portland, Oregon. | Craig Mitchelldyer/AP PhotoAn Oregon case will clarify whether officials can jail or fine homeless people for sleeping outside. The Supreme Court announced on Friday it would hear a pivotal case that could transform homelessness policy in the United States. The case is the most significant legal challenge to the rights of homeless people in decades, and how the... Read more ›
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In this National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) handout, an opening is seen in the fuselage of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX on January 7, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. | NTSB/Getty ImagesA door plug falling mid-flight has renewed scrutiny of air travel and of Boeing’s planes. On Friday, January 5, the door plug of a commercial Boeing 737 Max 9 came off as the plane was climbing, opening a... 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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President Cyril Ramaphosa with the delegates of Organisations supporting the Liberation of Palestine at Chief Albert Luthuli House on December 18, 2023, in Johannesburg, South Africa. | Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty ImagesFriday’s action reflects South Africa’s solidarity with the Palestinian cause — and its domestic and foreign interests. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearing arguments in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel Thursday, setting off the most... Read more ›
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Aaron Rodgers belongs in the Hall of Fame of football — not so much of opinions. | Kathryn Riley/Getty ImagesAaron Rodgers, explained for sports fans and non-sports fans alike. The first time I found myself wondering what the deal was with Aaron Rodgers was when his brother Jordan appeared on season 12 of The Bachelorette, which aired back in 2016. The quarterback skipped the all-important family visit, raising some questions,... Read more ›
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A screen grab captured from a video shows Yemen’s Houthi fighters’ takeover of the cargo ship Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea on November 20, 2023. | Houthi Movement via Getty ImagesThe Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, explained. Container ship captains who make the run between Europe and Asia are about to become reacquainted with the Cape of Good Hope, making a long swing around Africa in a route... 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 ImagesA new analysis shows 2023 exceeded 1.5C of warming on average for the first time, a key limit in the Paris Climate Agreement. This story is part of a Vox series examining how the climate crisis is impacting communities around the world, as the 28th annual United Nations... Read more ›
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Pam and Wendy, one of the twin pairs in the Stanford study and the accompanying Netflix series You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment. | NetflixWhat a plant-based diet can and cannot do for you, explained by Netflix’s You Are What You Eat. A recent Stanford University study won’t end the raging war over what we should eat for optimal health, but it does give vegans a leg up.... Read more ›
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A firefighter burns a pile of wood to reduce the amount of fuel in California’s Sequoia National Forest. | Mario Tama/Getty ImagesBiden wants to restrict commercial logging in old-growth forests. Could that make wildfires worse? In the dry mountains east of Fresno stands a pine tree that’s more than 4,800 years old. The tree, a bristlecone pine with a thick trunk and cartoonish branches, was alive when Egyptians built the... Read more ›
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Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) with Damien (Jaquel Spivey) and Janis (Auli’i Cravalho). | ParamountThe Color Purple and Mean Girls make the trip from the silver screen to the stage and back. For a long while, it seemed as though the Broadway-to-Hollywood pipeline, with a few exceptions, flowed one way. A musical would debut on the stage and then eventually make its way to film. It’s what happened with the Rodgers... Read more ›
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Vox/Joan Wong; Getty ImagesIf a spate of surveys over the last four months are to be believed, young voters aren’t just dissatisfied with Joe Biden — they’re switching to supporting Donald Trump. Is Donald Trump on track to win an unprecedented share of the youth vote? Months of polling, and thousands of words of political writing based on that polling, seem to suggest just that. If those polls are to... Read more ›
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President Cyril Ramaphosa with the delegates of Organisations supporting the Liberation of Palestine at Chief Albert Luthuli House on December 18, 2023, in Johannesburg, South Africa. | Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty ImagesFriday’s action reflects South Africa’s solidarity with the Palestinian cause — and its domestic and foreign interests. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearing arguments in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel Thursday, setting off the most... 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 history of the Iowa caucuses (and their downfall?), briefly explained. Welcome back to the Iowa caucuses — or at least, a version of them. The caucuses, a contest in which voters gather in local meetings run by their state parties to say who they’d... Read more ›
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Military personnel stands guard at Canela Radio on January 10, 2024 in Quito, Ecuador. President Noboa declared “internal armed conflict” after hooded and armed men broke into TC Television’s live broadcast, among other violent incidents across the country on Tuesday | Getty ImagesEcuador was known for peace, but it has become one of the most violent countries in South America. Ecuador, according to its president Daniel Noboa, is now “in... Read more ›
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How did a conversation about pay disparities in Hollywood turn into a story about two Black women fighting? | Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXMTaraji P. Henson spoke out about issues on set — but the internet blamed Oprah. Amid the press tour for the musical film adaptation of The Color Purple, actress Taraji P. Henson has sparked new conversations in the fight against pay inequality for Black women in Hollywood.... Read more ›
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How Republicans won Michigan, how they lost it, and what it all tells us. The “blue wall” once referred to a group of Northeast, Midwest, and West Coast states that, conventional wisdom said, “always vote for Democrats.” Unfortunately for Democrats, that was wrong, and in 2016 Donald Trump shockingly won three “blue wall” states — including, narrowly, the state of Michigan. It maybe shouldn’t have been such a shock, though.... Read more ›
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