Editorâs 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 âChristmas creepâ now begins before Halloween, but the true Christmas season actually starts on Christmas Day itself. Thatâs right: December 25 marks the official start of [âŠ] Read more âș
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Lorena Spurio for VoxExtend the life of your favorite clothes, furniture, and appliances with simple fixes. Gay Gordon-Byrne doesnât think thereâs any consumer product the average person canât fix. She might be a bit biased: Gordon-Byrne is the executive director of the Repair Association, an organization that advocates for legislation that would increase consumer access to parts, tools, and manuals to repair their electronics. Gordon-Byrne is among the supporters of... Read more âș
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Lorena Spurio for VoxIt isnât classist to say that Americans do not need hauls of dozens of garments. In a marketplace full of seemingly infinite choices, every piece of clothing purchased could be construed as a moral quagmire. Are you a bad person if you buy leather? What about vegan leather? Conversations about the relative importance of various, often opposed ethical concerns are rightly packed with tough, worthwhile questions and... Read more âș
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Lorena Spurio for VoxI learned the hard way I couldnât shop my way to a new self. The pile of recycling in the corner of my kitchen was taller than the counter at some points in the month. The precariously stacked boxes from Amazon, the Gap, Williams Sonoma, and direct-to-consumer brands I had found on TikTok threatened to fall over, though that didnât stop me from adding another to the... Read more âș
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Lorena Spurio for VoxInfluencers will never influence us to buy less stuff. Itâs antithetical to the job. For about five minutes a few months ago, people seemed to genuinely believe that our culture was entering the age of âdeinfluencing.â âStep aside, influencers,â wrote CNN. âA new breed of âdeinfluencersâ has arrived, and theyâre saying that materialism and overpriced trends are no longer in style.â The idea of the âdeinfluencerâ was... Read more âș
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Lahaina, Hawaii, suffered a devastating wildfire this year when heat, high winds, drought, and invasive grasses converged. The fire killed at least 98 people. | Mario Tama/Getty ImagesNo part of the country is unscathed from climate change, according to the federal governmentâs new National Climate Assessment. The White House, in coordination with 14 federal agencies, today released the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA), a comprehensive report on the impacts of... Read more âș
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Judge Leslie Southwick testifies during his confirmation hearing. | Getty ImagesThe Fifth Circuit decided to obey the law, for a change. Last Friday, a federal appeals court nudged Louisiana toward redrawing its congressional maps to include a second Black-majority district. Although the new decision in this case, known as Robinson v. Ardoin, does not outright order Louisiana to redraw its maps, the appeals court found no errors in a trial... Read more âș
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Vox; Associated Press; Getty ImagesThe GOP field is growing slightly less crowded as Trump maintains his dominance. Donald Trump remains the overwhelming favorite of GOP primary voters. But that hasnât stopped more than a dozen candidates from staying in the race for the Republican nomination in the hopes that they can dethrone him â or at least vie for a position in a potential second Trump administration. The former president,... Read more âș
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A Palestinian woman consoles a child following Israeli airstrikes on the al-Fakhoora district of Jabaliya, northern Gaza, on November 4, 2023. | Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesWhat we talk about when we talk about genocide. As the civilian death toll continues to rise from Israelâs war in Gaza in response to Hamasâs October 7 attack, more and more voices have warned of genocide. On November 2, United Nations experts said... Read more âș
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A terrifying image, especially if you havenât prepared for the prospect of suddenly losing your phone. | Peter Cade/Getty ImagesPreparing yourself for the worst is easier than you might think â and itâs 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 âș
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Getty Images/CSA Images RFIn a time when loneliness is more pervasive than ever, why not extend an invitation? When a friend from college told Melissa Chan that he was coming to visit her in New York City, she was thrilled. It was 2018; she hadnât seen him in four years, when they had studied abroad in Vienna together. âI was like, âOkay, this is a big deal. Let me throw... Read more âș
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Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty ImagesCivilians continue to flee south as fighting around hospitals increases Israel has agreed to four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in areas of northern Gaza as US officials announced Thursday. The pauses, meant to allow civilians to safely leave for southern Gaza, comes amid an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis as Israel continues to bombard one of the most densely-populated places on the planet. The windows have so far allowed 100,000... Read more âș
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People gather to stage a demonstration in support of Palestinians at the Oranien Square in Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany, on October 28, 2023. | Erbil Basay/Anadolu via Getty ImagesBrussels is on the sidelines, but itâs not insulated from the conflictâs fallout. In late October, as the war in Gaza intensified, all 27 European Union leaders put reiterated their condemnation of Hamasâs attack on Israel and reaffirmed Israelâs right to... Read more âș
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Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin said this week he will not seek reelection. | Nathan Howard/Getty ImagesYou do, in this circumstance, gotta hand it to him. The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) â with nearly $370 billion allocated to wind turbines, electric cars, transmission lines, heat pumps, and environmental cleanup â is the single largest piece of US legislation to keep climate change in check. And West Virginia Senator... Read more âș
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Voting signs outside a polling place during the 2023 state elections in Yorktown, Virginia. | John C. Clark / The Washington Post via Getty ImagesRepublicans donât seem to know how to stop bleeding support from the suburbs. The victories Democrats racked up on Tuesday night spanned safe blue states, Trump country, and one-time battlegrounds: A popular governor was re-elected in Kentucky; Virginia Democrats flipped control of the state house and... Read more âș
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Israeli forcesâ 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 âș
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Palestinian American Rep. Rashida Tlaib takes part in a demonstration organized with the attendance of multiple Jewish groups outside the Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2023, to advocate for a halt in hostilities in Gaza. | Celal Gunes/Anadolu/Getty ImagesThe move follows bipartisan backlash over rhetoric Tlaib has used in response to the Israel-Hamas war. On Tuesday evening, the House voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the only... Read more âș
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Hasan Minhaj at the 2023 ESPYS on July 12, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. | Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty ImagesThe New Yorker tried to pin the comedian down with facts. It didnât work. Rarely have public scandals been as confused or confusing as the one that caused comedian and former Patriot Act host Hasan Minhaj to lose the Daily Show anchor job. It all started with a New Yorker story... Read more âș
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The Marvels, the titular stars of the movie The Marvels, which was created by Marvel Studios. | Courtesy of Marvel StudiosBeneath a layer of slapstick, The Marvels is a warning about hero worship. The Marvels being a good time feels like a bit of a surprise. For one thing, Marvel has recently seen an uncharacteristic streak of stinkers. Eternals was a beautiful bore. Ant-Man: Quantumania was a horrendous experience. Thor:... Read more âș
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Cailee Spaeny in Priscilla. | A24Solitude and wisdom at the movies. Sofia Coppolaâs heroines are surrounded by people and lonely as hell, enveloped in a cage visible only to them. The Priscilla of Priscilla is maybe the loneliest of all, from the movieâs first moments. We meet her sitting alone in a diner, sipping a milkshake, a new girl in a new country. She seems like a girl who prefers... Read more âș
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wildpixel/Getty ImagesAs access grows, we need better research and education on bad trips. The term âpsychedelicâ was coined by psychiatrist Humphry Osmond: âTo fathom Hell or go angelic / Just take a pinch of psychedelic.â But todayâs public messaging around psychedelics has a dangerous tendency to gloss over the âfathoming hellâ part, which has been euphemized into the language of a âbadâ or âchallengingâ trip. Challenging trips are generally ones... Read more âș
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