US Park Rangers stand at the closed gate to Joshua Tree National Park in California during the 2013 government shutdown. | Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty ImagesWhy we find ourselves on the precipice again and again … and again. These days, the threat of a government shutdown is as commonplace as lawmakers skipping town for recess. This congressional term alone, the US has faced fears of a government shutdown no fewer than four... Read more ›
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Getty Images/fStopAuthor Rhaina Cohen on what we can learn from people who choose a friend as a life partner. We live in a culture that privileges romance. Specifically, marriage. It’s not just that the fairy tales we grow up with end in some couple’s “happily ever after.” The reign of romance is in our laws, too. In America, married people get over 1,000 legal benefits that single people can’t access.... Read more ›
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The subreddit r/wallstreetbets has thoughts on Reddit’s IPO. | Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesReddit could become the next meme stock — or flop. Reddit, the launchpad for many meme stocks, could now become one: The social media giant makes its debut on Wall Street this week in one of the most highly anticipated initial public offerings of the year. The nearly 20-year-old company is seeking to raise up to $748... Read more ›
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Abortion rights activists stage a sit-in just outside of the White House security fence to denounce the US Supreme Court’s decision to end federal abortion rights protections, in July 2022. | Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesWhy abortion in the US has gone up To understand the evolving landscape for abortion in the United States, you have to consider two seemingly contradictory things. The first: The overturn of Roe... Read more ›
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David Huang for VoxPilates, a xylophone, and a wedding from hell. The concept of a tax refund is sort of a silly one, a reminder of the fact that despite some 250-ish years of existence, the US has yet to institute a system in which each citizen knows exactly how much money they owe the government. Every spring, Americans are subject to that uneasy feeling: “Am I committing a federal... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesBy inhibiting drug development, economic growth, and military recruitment, as well as driving doctors away from the places they’re needed most, bans almost certainly harm you — yes, you. Last year in Texas, federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that, based on his read of some very bad science, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needed to withdraw its approval of the safe and widely used abortion drug mifepristone. He... Read more ›
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett (L) and Chief Justice John Roberts pause for photographs at the top of the steps of the west side of the Supreme Court following her investiture ceremony on October 01, 2021. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesIt is hard to believe that Justice Amy Coney Barrett actually agrees with her own opinion. The Supreme Court handed down a brief order on Tuesday allowing an unconstitutional Texas state immigration... Read more ›
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Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesThe backlash over Beyoncé and the Chicks’ CMAs performance is really a fight over country music’s politics. Editor’s note, March 19, 2024, 1:20 pm: On March 19, 2024, Beyoncé posted on Instagram that her upcoming album, Act II: Cowboy Carter — the first two singles from which are propelling her to the top of the Hot Country Songs chart — was inspired by “an experience [she]... Read more ›
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Schools in at least 41 states are using Yondr pouches to lock up students’ phones. | John Leyba/Denver Post via Getty ImagesPhone bans are on the rise, but experts say they have their limits. In Akron, Ohio, teens and tweens show up to school every day with their homework, their textbooks ... and a special magnetic pouch that renders their smartphones useless during the day. The Akron schools are part... Read more ›
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A visitor taking pictures of blooming cherry trees at a farm of the Flower Association of Japan in Yuki, northeastern Ibaraki prefecture. | Philip Fong/AFP via Getty ImagesThe age-old Japanese tradition of hanami has become a harbinger of change. For outsiders who can’t resist the urge to make sweeping generalizations that will later prove highly embarrassing, Japan provides particularly dangerous ground. As someone who spent parts of 2006 and 2007... Read more ›
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Donald Trump attending his trial on fraud charges at the New York State Supreme Court on October 3, 2023. | Shannon Stapleton/AFP via Getty ImagesThe former president, who owes half a billion dollars in damages, seems unable to secure an appeal bond for his civil fraud case. He could face major financial consequences. Donald Trump has a lot of baggage, and unfortunately for him, it’s not full of cash. Last... Read more ›
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In 2003, more than half a million Hong Kong people took to the streets in a landmark protest, shown here, against a national security law. | Jonathan Wong/South China Morning Post via Getty Images21 years ago, half a million Hong Kongers took to the streets to stop Article 23. This month, Beijing finally won. On Tuesday, the government of Hong Kong passed the latest of a series of increasingly draconian... Read more ›
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Jonathan Glazer accepts the Best International Feature Film award for The Zone of Interest at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony. | Rich Polk/Variety via Getty ImagesEveryone is misquoting Jonathan Glazer’s speech at the Academy Awards. Despite the pro-Palestinian protests taking place outside and the number of politically charged films up for awards, the Oscars ceremony on March 10 was a remarkably politics-light affair — with one major exception that’s since... Read more ›
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The fast food chain Wendy’s recently came under fire for plans to charge fluctuating prices based on demand, but much of our economy already uses dynamic pricing. | Getty ImagesMore and more industries are adopting “dynamic pricing” — and consumers aren’t happy. In the future, the ideal time to eat a burger won’t be when you’re hungry and really hankering for one. It’ll be the oddest, most awkward hours —... Read more ›
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Princess Kate the last time she was seen in public, greeting the crowd after attending a Christmas morning service at Sandringham Church on December 25, 2023, in Sandringham, Norfolk. | Stephen Pond/Getty ImagesHer disappearance from public view is getting weirder. Princess Kate, formerly Kate Middleton, one day to become Catherine, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, has finally reappeared — and this time, she’s live in living color. On March... Read more ›
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President Joe Biden greets Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh before delivering the State of the Union address on February 7, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Jacquelyn Martin/Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court’s center right appears increasingly frustrated with the judiciary’s far right. There are several recent signs that the federal judiciary’s center right is losing patience with its far right. Last week, a policymaking body within the judiciary announced new steps to... Read more ›
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Jimmy Donaldson, a.k.a. Mr. Beast, at the 2023 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. | Michael Tran/AFP via Getty ImagesThe most popular YouTuber in the world is going Hollywood. A helicopter drops Mr. Beast and his friends onto the roof of an abandoned hotel, resting on the water’s edge of a Mediterranean resort town. They’re about to spend the next seven days there, trying not to die, all in service of a... Read more ›
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the media at his campaign headquarters in Moscow on March 18, 2024. | Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty ImagesPutin has eliminated all of his most significant rivals, cementing his grip on power. As expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin has won his fifth term in office, following a campaign in which all his significant rivals were barred from running, imprisoned, or dead. Voting started Friday and... Read more ›
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Joe Gough for VoxWhat the UN is missing with its plan to save the seas The ocean is home to most animal life on Earth. It’s also vital to human survival, regulating the climate, capturing 90 percent of the heat caused by carbon emissions, and producing 50 percent of the Earth’s oxygen. But most of the ocean is poorly regulated, amounting to a free-for-all of resource extraction — from commercial... Read more ›
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