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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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is a leading proponent of taxing very rich people’s assets. | Getty ImagesEven this very conservative Court appears reluctant to blow up the federal government’s power to tax rich people. The Supreme Court spent much of Tuesday morning beating up Andrew Grossman, a lawyer asking the justices to revive a long-defunct limit on Congress’s ability to levy taxes. The case Grossman was arguing, Moore v. United... Read more ›
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Is he rizzing them up, or are they rizzing him up? | Getty Images/CSA Images RFThe evolution of a viral term, according to the “Livvy rizzed up Baby Gronk” guy. We aged, we decrepit, we ancients of the internet, we people over 30, hear my word and shudder, for the hour of our obsolescence is at hand. Oxford University Press has announced its word of the year for 2023. Beware,... Read more ›
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Beyoncé? Beyoncé!!!! | Kevin Mazur/WireImage for ParkwoodThe concert documentary shows some people still try to say no to Beyoncé! Weird! Renaissance — the album, the tour, and now the movie — is a spectacular. Beyoncé’s dance album, released last summer, is meant to be played on booming sound systems, the kind that shake your bones and thump your heart. The concerts that followed were, by all accounts, transcendent; they were... 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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Participants hold a rainbow flag during a gay pride demonstration in St. Petersburg in 2017. | Igor Russak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesIt’s part of Putin’s strategy to paint himself as Russia’s protector against Western immorality. Life in Russia became even more restricted for queer people last week, after a decade of increasing repression against the LGBTQ community there. On November 30, Russia’s Supreme Court labeled the international LGBTQ movement an... Read more ›
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UAE Industry and Advanced Technology Minister and President of COP28, Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, has faced backlash for recent comments. | Nuran Erkul Kaya/Anadolu/Getty ImagesThe head of COP28 is facing widespread backlash for his comments on fossil fuels. As the United Nations’ annual climate summit COP28 continues, controversial comments by Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, the head of the conference, are roiling the event and raising questions about how substantive any... Read more ›
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A kinder, gentler Wonka (Timothée Chalet, center). | Warner Bros.A director, a worldview, a vibe, and a love of cute hats. At this point, the Paddington movies are a universally beloved internet phenomenon, adored by children and adults alike. (Well, I don’t know tons of kids who are as obsessed with Paddington as some adults I know, but let’s just go with it.) Back when the first Paddington was gearing... Read more ›
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Abortion rights activists march to the US Supreme Court on June 24, 2023, in Washington, DC. The rally was held to mark the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. | Sha Hanting/China News Service/VCG via Getty ImagesA federal law requires most hospitals to perform emergency abortions. The question is whether a Republican Supreme Court will enforce it. A federal law, known... Read more ›
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Vartika Sharma for VoxWhales and dolphins are smart, social, and thrive in the open sea. Why do we force them to live in tiny pools? Tokitae, stage name Lolita, was less than a year from freedom when she died. She had been captured in 1970, when she was 4 years old, and spent the remaining 53 years of her life performing for enchanted audiences at the Miami Seaquarium theme park,... Read more ›
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Eleanor Davis for VoxTo our generation, being a mom looks thankless, exhausting, and lonely. Can we change the story? I had been seeing my boyfriend for about a year, and though things were going well, we never talked about our feelings on having children. I’m aware of the dating advice that says you’re supposed to broach that topic early on, but I didn’t know what I wanted, and I didn’t... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesYou don’t need to be good at a hobby to enjoy it. Allow me to list the short-lived pastimes I attempted and promptly deserted when I didn’t immediately excel: Pottery, softball, field hockey, surfing, violin, dance, designing novelty T-shirts, knitting, yoga, and, most recently, meditation. Easily embarrassed and uncomfortable asking for help, I’d rather drop a hobby than give myself time to improve. Mediocrity — or worse, actively sucking... Read more ›
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Amir Levy/Getty ImagesSeven weeks into the war, 15,000 Palestinians have been killed and there’s no end in sight Israel and Hamas have resumed hostilities after a week-long pause — and now the fighting is moving into southern Gaza, where most of the region’s more than 2 million residents are living in overcrowded conditions without adequate access to food, medicine, clean water, and other basic necessities. What this means for the... Read more ›
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Israeli soldiers restrain Jewish settlers after they stormed the Palestinian West Bank village of Dayr Sharaf following the death of an Israeli man on November 2, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. | Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty ImagesWith the world focused on Gaza, Israeli settlers and soldiers are increasing attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank. The world’s eyes have... Read more ›
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Residents of a Kenyan village learn they will receive UBI payments from GiveDirectly. | Oliver Ochanda/VoxMoney always helps, but for the very poor, one lump sum can last a long time. Large sections of my brain that could contain useful knowledge are instead filled up with dumb tweets I saw years ago. One of my absolute favorites was someone identifying himself only as “Side Hustle King,” who would ask his... Read more ›
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Rep. George Santos (R-NY) walks back to his office after debate on the House floor on a resolution to expel him from Congress, at the US Capitol, on November 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe scandal-plagued Congress member has finally reached the end of the line. On Friday, scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos (R-NY) officially became the sixth-ever lawmaker to be expelled from the House. Santos’s expulsion followed... Read more ›
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Rep. George Santos (R-NY) walks back to his office after debate on the House floor on a resolution to expel him from Congress, at the US Capitol, on November 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe scandal-plagued Congress member has finally reached the end of the line. On Friday, scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos (R-NY) officially became the sixth-ever lawmaker to be expelled from the House. Santos’s expulsion followed... Read more ›
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Squid Game: The Challenge is like Squid Game, sometimes accidentally! | NetflixOops, they did it again (weaponized the desperation of the proletariat for fun). To love Squid Game: The Challenge means succumbing, at least a little bit, to media illiteracy. The reality show, which was initially conceived by a British production company, is barely based on the acclaimed 2021 South Korean Netflix series that is its namesake. Squid Game was... Read more ›
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President Joe Biden speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on October 18, 2023, as he returns from a visit to Israel. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty ImagesWhat’s behind the politics shift in the United States around Israel and Palestine — and how it might affect the 2024 presidential race. At the November 14 March for Israel in Washington, DC, a bipartisan group of lawmakers delivered rousing speeches that... Read more ›
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New Vox Crossword puzzles come out Monday through Saturday | Amanda NorthropFor the curious in all of us. Can you solve it? Welcome to the Vox crossword. Puzzles come out Monday through Saturday. Make sure to bookmark this page (or add to your phone’s home screen) to find new ones each day. You can also get a weekly email reminder by signing up for our crossword newsletter. Puzzles are constructed... 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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