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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David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesIs he blowing it? Will he bounce back? Or something in between? Just how dire are President Joe Biden’s poll numbers looking for Democrats? The president is currently registering a 38.9 percent approval rating on average. He’s trailing Donald Trump in national polls by 2.3 percentage points. And he’s also trailing Trump in five of the six key Electoral College swing states. If we take... Read more ›
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Karlotta Freier for VoxThe controversial concepts shaping climate action, defined. Often, the highest-stake decisions impacting the planet come down to the simplest phrases. The importance of words plays out every year as world leaders and diplomats gather at the United Nations climate change conference, also known as the Conference of the Parties (COP), where they adopt a new climate agreement. Consider one especially foundational one: whether countries agree that they... Read more ›
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A city continues buzzing as humanity approaches a looming temperature threshold meant as a red line to avert the most severe consequences of climate change. | Karlotta Freier for Vox2023 may overshoot the Paris agreement target for the first time. What does that mean for climate negotiations? Month after record-breaking month, 2023 is on track to be the hottest year measured in human history. It has been a year of... Read more ›
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Karlotta Freier for VoxCOP28 takes place amid an apocalyptic backdrop. From Appalachia to Malawi, these communities offer a measure of hope. What could a climate that’s severely out of whack look like? Could it spur devastating floods in the American Northeast? Or terrible fires, like the kind that leveled the historic Hawaiian town of Lahaina, the deadliest wildfire in the United States in more than a century? Or powerful tropical... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/VoxIt’s possible to navigate finances even when your brain gets in the way. On the Money is a monthly advice column. If you want advice on spending, saving, or investing — or any of the complicated emotions that may come up as you prepare to make big financial decisions — you can submit your question on this form. Here, we answer two questions asked by Vox readers, which have... Read more ›
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Hoi Chan for Vox Mud can be surprisingly clear. Tucked away in the rolling green hills of the New York Palisades, there’s an unusual library: the Lamont-Doherty Core Repository. Instead of shelves, it has more than 50,000 white, 8-foot-long trays. And instead of books, those trays hold chalky whitish half-cylinders of sediment. “It’s a mud library,” says Nichole Anest, the lab’s curator and self-described “mud librarian.” These sections of mud,... Read more ›
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Getty Images/iStockphotoTen states have uninsured rates below 5 percent. What are they doing right? Universal health care remains an unrealized dream for the United States. But in some parts of the country, the dream has drawn closer to a reality in the 13 years since the Affordable Care Act passed. Overall, the number of uninsured Americans has fallen from 46.5 million in 2010, the year President Barack Obama signed his... Read more ›
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Thomas De Cian/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesA surprise offensive on October 27 stunned the junta. A revolution could build a new Myanmar. A coalition of ethnic armed militias in Myanmar have launched what could be the best possible chance to overthrow the military government that has controlled the country since a 2021 coup ousted the democratically elected National League for Democracy (NLD). If successful, this could be the groundwork for a... Read more ›
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Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau during a photo shoot at her beachfront home April 27, 2006, in Normandy Park, | 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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Getty Images/iStockphotoIntergenerational friendships make your life richer. Here’s how to cultivate them. In his first few months at Drexel University, Devin Welsh made some lifelong friends, as many first-year college students do. Unlike many collegiate friendships, his just happened to include a nearly five-decade age gap. It all began when Welsh, an aspiring writer, decided to attend a workshop at Writers Room, Drexel’s university-community literary arts program. Shy and new... Read more ›
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Getty Images/iStockphotoThere are so many ways to make a difference, even when your time is tight. Six out of ten US households donate to charity every year. Yet, under a quarter of Americans volunteered their time in 2021, according to a joint report from AmeriCorps and the US Census Bureau. Donating is a great way to help your community, but volunteering can help you truly become a part of it.... Read more ›
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Former President Jimmy Carter holds hands with ex-first lady Rosalynn Carter in Plains, Georgia, on September 23, 2023. | Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesJimmy and Rosalynn Carter have drawn attention to the benefits of hospice care. But it’s not serving everyone well. Rosalynn Carter, whose unflagging advocacy for mental health reform and on behalf of human rights, democracy, and health programs redefined the role of a president’s... Read more ›
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Should you donate to charity now? Save up to donate later? Put it in your will? | Javier Zarracina/Vox; Getty ImagesIf you want to do good this Giving Tuesday, it’s probably a good idea to donate regularly. November 28 is Giving Tuesday, the day for donations and a national conversation about how to give back and do good. Especially in a turbulent year when many of us want to give... Read more ›
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In factory farms, pigs are sometimes locked in crates the width and length of their bodies, so they can’t even turn around. | Getty ImagesThese are the most effective charities for reducing animal suffering. If you care about animals and want to reduce their suffering, but aren’t sure exactly how, Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) is an organization that might be able to help. The California-based nonprofit puts out an annual... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesFrom “red flags” to “emotional load,” popular terms on platforms like TikTok can warp our IRL relationships. If, in 2017, you were first alerted to the term “emotional labor” — then incorrectly colloquially defined as “the unpaid work women take on to keep their family’s lives running smoothly” — maybe you are already well acquainted with the term’s more recent counterpart: mental load. (Emotional labor, as first defined by... Read more ›
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Photos: Getty Images, Photoillustration: Javier Zarracina/VoxHow to do more good with the money you give. Giving to charity is great, not just for the recipients but for the givers, too. But it can be intimidating to know how to pick the best charity when there are thousands of worthy causes to choose from, and especially when so many are suffering around the world. Yet that suffering makes it all the... Read more ›
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Javier Zarracina/Vox; Getty ImagesA short history of Giving Tuesday, the international day for giving back. Giving Tuesday — the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving and the internationally recognized day to contribute to charity — is upon us. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has always been the kickoff event of the holiday shopping season and one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Marketing experts recognized how popular it was... Read more ›
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Demonstrators are seen through a Palestinian flag as they take part in a rally in support of Palestinians in the US earlier this month. | Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty Images“From the river to the sea” demands conversations about the future of Israel and Palestine. On US college campuses, on social media, and even in the halls of Congress, the 10-word slogan “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be... Read more ›
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Getty Images/iStockphotoA thoroughly modern nuisance for consumers, shippers, and retailers alike. In December 2018, Google searches for the term “porch pirate” reached a peak. The phrase describes a particular kind of thief unique to modern living: someone who takes packages ordered online and left unattended at doorsteps. Since the pandemic, when a huge surge of Americans started buying much of their everyday goods and luxuries online, many more people have... Read more ›
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Anna Kim for VoxChatGPT can talk like a person. You shouldn’t think of it as one. Nearly a year after its release, ChatGPT remains a polarizing topic for the scientific community. Some experts regard it and similar programs as harbingers of superintelligence, liable to upend civilization — or simply end it altogether. Others say it’s little more than a fancy version of auto-complete. Until the arrival of this technology, language... Read more ›
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