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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Marta Monteiro for VoxWhat it means to be “chronically absent” — and why it matters. When schools reopened their doors after the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, eager to “return to normal,” millions of students didn’t show up. Teachers prepared their classrooms to welcome children back to in-person learning, but millions of desks were unfilled. With an eye toward pandemic recovery, the government allocated billions of dollars to help students... Read more ›
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A McDonald’s customer receives his order at a drive-through in Houston, Texas. | Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesEven socialists are bristling at the rising cost of fast food. Over the holidays, extremely online progressives debated the most important theoretical question facing the American left today: Is grousing about the price of a Big Mac counterrevolutionary? For months now, political observers have been squabbling over whether the Biden economy’s unpopularity reflects its genuine... 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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Stephanie Keith/Getty ImagesWhat the tranche of recently unsealed court documents contains. On Wednesday and Thursday, a judge unsealed new sets of filings from a court case tied to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that’s been colloquially — and misleadingly — referred to as “the list.” Even before their release, the documents reignited long-gestating conspiracy theories about prominent figures who were once in Epstein’s orbit, including former President Bill... Read more ›
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CSA Images via Getty ImagesHow to prevent and treat colds, the flu, Covid-19, and more. Does it feel like everyone you know is sick right now? It’s not your imagination: It’s been a particularly fierce season for all kinds of respiratory infections, from mild colds to more serious bugs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), health care visits for coughs and sore throats with fever were... Read more ›
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Thaier Al-Sudani/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesIraq’s prime minister called for an end to US presence after a drone strike killed a senior militia leader. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced he’ll remove about 900 US-led coalition forces out of his country, he announced Friday, saying that “the justifications for its existence” — the threat of the Islamic State, or ISIS — “have ended.” Al-Sudani announced that he would put together... Read more ›
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference on reducing shoplifting. | Barry Williams/NY Daily News via Getty ImagesIt turns out shoplifting isn’t spiraling out of control, but lawmakers are pushing for tougher penalties for low-level and nonviolent crimes anyway. Over the last couple of years, it seemed that America was experiencing a shoplifting epidemic. Videos of people brazenly stealing merchandise from retailers often went viral; chains... Read more ›
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Fareed Kotb/Anadolu via Getty ImagesThe Yemen-based, Iran-backed group hasn’t been fazed by a US-led response. Houthi rebels based in Yemen launched another attack on commercial vessels transiting the Red Sea Thursday, sending an explosive, unmanned vessel near a US Navy ship — within a day of warnings from a US-led coalition, dubbed Operation Prosperity Guardian, meant to protect the area. The attacks, which have been ongoing for weeks, threaten to... Read more ›
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Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and Ryan Anderson on January 5 in New York City. | Raymond Hall/GC ImagesLeave Gypsy alone! When a prisoner leaves the carceral system, questions related to their stability and support are paramount: Can they find steady work? Can they secure adequate housing? Can they reintegrate themselves into a positive social environment? How quickly and how well parolees and freed inmates can answer these questions plays a huge role... 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. Even amid a historically packed global election calendar in 2024, next week’s presidential contest in Taiwan will be one of the most closely watched and significant. The political future of the island and its historically fraught relationship... Read more ›
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Abortion rights activists hold signs alongside anti-abortion activists participating in the “March for Life,” an annual event to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the US, outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, January 18, 2019. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Court blocked a lower court order enforcing a federal law that protects patients who require medically necessary abortions. The... Read more ›
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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks to guests at a campaign event on December 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. | Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThe Constitution has a right to defend itself, but Trump also has a right to due process. Shortly before Christmas, the Colorado Supreme Court dropped a bombshell opinion ruling that former President Donald Trump must be removed from the 2024 ballot because of his failed... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers for VoxLearn about saving, spending, investing, and more in a monthly personal finance advice column written by Nicole Dieker. On the Money is a monthly column written by Nicole Dieker, a personal finance expert who has been writing about money for over a decade. Below, you’ll find her thoughtful answers to readers’ questions on lifestyle creep, managing credit card debt, combining finances with a partner, and more. If... Read more ›
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Israeli forces’ flares light up the night sky in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. | Abed Khaled/APLooking to understand the Israel-Hamas war? Start with these Vox podcast episodes. The Israel-Palestine conflict goes back decades, but this latest war has taken an unprecedented toll in terms of the number of people killed, and represents a significant step back from any hopes of securing a two-state solution and a permanent peace.... Read more ›
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Stephanie Keith/Getty ImagesWhat the tranche of recently unsealed court documents contain. On Wednesday and Thursday, a judge unsealed new sets of filings from a court case tied to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that’s been colloquially — and misleadingly — referred to as “the list.” Even before their release, the documents reignited long-gestating conspiracy theories about prominent figures who were once in Epstein’s orbit, including former President Bill... Read more ›
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Claudine Gay, former president of Harvard University, testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023, in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing to investigate antisemitism on college campuses. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesHarvard’s former president is just one target in the conservative uproar over higher education. Days after the resignation of Claudine Gay, the first Black president of Harvard University, students, faculty, alumni, observers, and Gay... Read more ›
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Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau during a photo shoot at her beachfront home April 27, 2006, in Washington state. | Ron Wurzer/Getty ImagesWe still don’t know how to talk about Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau. In many ways, the country isn’t ready to revisit and reassess the story of Mary Kay Letourneau and her sexual-abuse-victim-turned-husband Vili Fualaau. In 1997, Letourneau, a beloved 35-year-old Seattle-area schoolteacher, shocked the nation... Read more ›
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Natalie Portman and Charles Melton in May December. | Courtesy of NetflixMay December isn’t camp. So what is it? In the opening moments of Todd Haynes’s May December, scandalous tabloid subject-turned-homemaker Gracie (Julianne Moore) opens a refrigerator, dramatically accompanied by a sudden piano sting and an ominous camera zoom. The twist? They might not have enough hot dogs for their upcoming cookout. If that strikes you as funny, you’re not... Read more ›
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Community members gather in Wiese Park for a candlelight vigil following the morning shooting at the Perry Middle School and High School complex on January 4, 2024, in Perry, Iowa. | Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThe factors that lead to tragedies like the Perry High School shooting in Iowa are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law. A sixth grader was killed, and another four students injured, in a mass shooting... Read more ›
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Levitz will be a senior correspondent on the politics team, and Cunningham a staff reporter on the culture team. Vox editor-in-chief Swati Sharma and executive editor Elbert Ventura announced today that Eric Levitz has joined the brand as a senior correspondent on the politics team and Kyndall Cunningham as a staff reporter on the culture team. They began in their new roles this week. “I’m thrilled to add these talented... Read more ›
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