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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Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei, seen here singing at his closing rally on October 18, is known for wielding a chainsaw at his events, symbolizing his plan to slash public spending and unravel Argentina’s generous safety nets. | Tomas Cuesta/Getty ImagesJavier Milei emerged from the fringe and is now Argentina’s president-elect. Hernán Stuchi, a 29-year-old food delivery driver in greater Buenos Aires, grew up as a left-wing activist. During this... Read more ›
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From left, Myha’la as Ruth, Mahershala Ali as G.H., Ethan Hawke as Clay, and Julia Roberts as Amanda. | JoJo Whilden/NetflixThe Netflix film adaptation, based on the bestselling novel, savagely skewers yuppie vacationers. When the end of the world comes, will we know it for what it is? In Leave the World Behind, the slick and stylish new Netflix thriller directed by Sam Esmail and based on the 2020 novel... Read more ›
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A man and a child draw with chalk outside of Sen. Chuck Schumer’s home in Brooklyn, New York, on July 21, 2021, to urge Congress to make the expanded child tax credit permanent. | Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for ParentsTogetherThe success of the expanded child tax credit shows why anti-poverty programs should be unconditional. Since 1975, politicians have built huge portions of the American safety net — like the child tax... Read more ›
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American workers: doing well, hating everything. | RichVintage via Getty ImagesIt’s a good time to be a worker and a bad time to be a consumer — the problem is most people are both. Explaining the state of the American economy at the moment is a conundrum. The labor market is good — as is much of the economy — and people say that everything is terrible. The past couple... Read more ›
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Influncers like Hannah Neeleman, JD and Britney Lott, and the de la Motte family are gaining a following for content featuring their many kids. | Paige Vickers/Vox, TikTok: @doughertydozen, @thehappycaravan, Instagram: @the.happy.caravan, @ballerinafarm, @americanfamilyroadtrip,Americans are having smaller families. Why are we obsessed with large ones? Hannah Neeleman, the Juilliard-trained dancer turned homesteading influencer better known as Ballerina Farm, announced in October that she was pregnant with. Read more ›
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Ellen Weinstein for VoxBradley Cooper’s turn as Leonard Bernstein in Maestro is just the latest role to stoke conversations about what Jewish representation means in Hollywood. When the first images of Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic schnoz — the honking appendage he wears to play conductor Leonard Bernstein in Maestro — made their internet debut a few months ago, hot takes abounded: The Nose was antisemitic! The Nose was not antisemitic! Anyone... Read more ›
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Phil Noble - Pool/Getty ImagesSuella Braverman is out, and David Cameron is back. Conservatives are still bitterly divided. If nothing else, one thing is certain about the United Kingdom’s Conservative government: there’s going to be drama. The latest Tory meltdown saw a major cabinet shakeup and the end of Suella Braverman’s contentious tenure as home secretary, sparked by rising dissent over her controversial plan to send asylum seekers — of... Read more ›
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Simone Noronha for VoxCompassionate ways to let a friend or family member know you’re looking out for them. After her father had a transient ischemic attack, also known as a mini-stroke, Lisa McCarty snapped into action. She had taken a prominent role in his life and was knowledgeable about his health, so she offered to make a follow-up appointment with the cardiologist. Her dad, on the other hand, responded with... Read more ›
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Activists protest against war in Gaza as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testify during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing about the United States sending aid to Israel and Ukraine on Capitol Hill on October 31, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Jabin Botsford/Washington Post via Getty ImagesWhat the US sending Israel weapons “at the speed of war” looks like. One area where the Biden administration has... Read more ›
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Spectators give a thumbs-down about leaving the track ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas on November 16. | Kym Illman/Getty ImagesThe Las Vegas Grand Prix proves F1 needs more than glitz and glamour. Thanks to a little show called Drive to Survive, as well as fresh ownership by way of Liberty Media, Formula 1 has never been more popular. This weekend, they’ll send the fastest cars in... Read more ›
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A still from a 1998 interview with Osama Bin Laden. | CNN/Getty ImagesWhy bin Laden’s 2002 letter became the latest TikTok moral panic. This week, videos featuring former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s 2002 missive “Letter to America” were posted to TikTok, leading a wide swath of politicians, families of 9/11 victims, and influencers to condemn users creating the clips — and the app itself. The story goes like this:... Read more ›
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A terrifying image, especially if you haven’t prepared for the prospect of suddenly losing your phone. | Peter Cade/Getty ImagesPreparing yourself for the worst is easier than you might think — and it’s never been more important. The night before I was supposed to go on a long and well-deserved vacation, something very, very bad happened: I lost my phone. I had a friend over and, I decided, he must... Read more ›
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Sunset in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. | Ashley Reherman/ShutterstockFive deaths, millions in fraud, and 100 years of family power crumbling to ruin in South Carolina. While the most gripping true crime stories take us into the darkest parts of the soul, rarely does a case open the ugly heart of the nation itself. The labyrinthine case that’s come to be dubbed “the Murdaugh murders” feels like one that could only happen... Read more ›
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Those notorious green Android texts will stick around for a while yet. | Javier Zayas Photography/VoxApple is adopting Google’s texting standard, but blue bubble elitism will probably continue. The story is sad, yet so familiar to iPhone owners. You meet someone new and give them your number, only to receive a green (harsh, unwelcoming), not blue (peaceful, comforting), text bubble. If you deign to respond, you’re confronted with restrictive character... Read more ›
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That moment when you, a Queen, come across another Queen and discuss how best to maximize your joint slay. | Murray Close/LionsgateThe Hunger Games prequel finds a new wrinkle in a story we thought we knew. When Mockingjay: Part II, the last Hunger Games movie, was released in 2015, Barack Obama was president, Taylor Swift’s original 1989 album was the only version in existence, and Jon Snow was maybe dead... Read more ›
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Elizabeth Debicki as Diana in season six of The Crown. | Daniel Escale/NetflixThe Netflix hit faced backlash for being too fictional. Season 6 doubles down. As Netflix’s The Crown has progressed, its creator and arbiter Peter Morgan has increasingly preferred a humanist touch when it comes to his royal subjects, even if it means overly romanticizing them or politely declining to hold them responsible for their worst moments. That certainly... Read more ›
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Two hens who survived ventilation shutdown plus, a method that’s been used to kill millions of poultry birds via heatstroke during the current bird flu outbreak, huddle together in a small battery cage at a factory farm in Iowa in 2022. | Direct Action EverywhereBird flu is surging again. We failed to prepare, and now animals are paying the price. The 2022-2023 spread of bird flu has been the most... Read more ›
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The masked killer of Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving. | TristarPatrick Dempsey and TikToker Addison Rae star in an overbaked entry into the holiday horror genre. Eli Roth’s new film Thanksgiving bills itself as a tongue-in-cheek slasher about a killer stalking the streets of Plymouth, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the holiday. The film’s tagline — “This Thanksgiving, there will be NO LEFTOVERS!” — suggests a campy, silly time at the movies. Unfortunately... Read more ›
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Simone Noronha for VoxHow to stop checking on your ex — and everyone else you love to hate — on social media. In the early days of the internet, a hater was the worst thing you could be. Spite and sarcasm had no place in a sea of people who watched videos of babies laughing or tended to their virtual farms. Thankfully, as time passed, we as a society have... Read more ›
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Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty ImagesWhat good is a miraculous vaccine if nobody wants to take it? The Covid-19 vaccines were hailed as a miracle upon their arrival. They were delivered earlier than anyone thought possible and proved exceptionally effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths. More than 80 percent of all Americans, and more than 90 percent of adults, received at least one dose of the vaccines, remarkable penetration in a... Read more ›
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