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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Getty Images/iStockphotoExpert-approved advice that’ll help you rethink romance. Popular opinion would suggest that budding romance in an always-connected, app-forward culture is, well, a mess. After all, dating has been described as a “minefield,” a “numbers game,” and “exhausting.” If you’ve been on a first date within the last few years, you may agree; you might even have a few horror stories you share at parties. Still, dating doesn’t have to... Read more ›
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Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesA recent poll shows high support for a ground invasion in Gaza, but dismal numbers for the prime minister. Two weeks after Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government are likely preparing to wage a massive ground assault in Gaza. Though many Israelis are supportive of such a move, they don’t necessarily trust Netanyahu to carry it out — or have their... 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 leading the polls ahead of Sunday’s election. Hernán Stuchi, a 29-year-old food delivery driver in greater Buenos Aires, grew up as a... Read more ›
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon. | ParamountThe final scenes of Martin Scorsese’s recent films are part of a larger project. To paraphrase Soren Kierkegaard: A movie must be watched forward, but the best movies beg to be understood backward. Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese’s latest epic, is such a movie. What he’s really doing isn’t evident until the film’s very final moments.... Read more ›
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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on October 19, 2023. | Maya Alleruzzo/APIsrael’s current approach is clearly wrong. Here’s a better way to fight Hamas — and win. After the 9/11 attacks, the United States faced a momentous choice: should it engage in a narrowly targeted counterterrorism campaign, one designed to bring Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda to justice, or attempt... Read more ›
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Speaker Pro Tempore Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) presides over the House of Representatives at the US Capitol on October 20, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesJim Jordan lost. Now the party is searching for new speaker candidates. Republicans’ search for a new speaker of the House has gone back to square one. After Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) fell short of the votes he needed on the House floor... Read more ›
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Photographs of Israeli hostages are posted in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. | Leon Neal/Getty ImagesWith at least 199 being held in Gaza, the country has never faced a situation like this before. For nearly two weeks since the Hamas attack on Israel, those in the country and in Gaza have been forced to navigate multiple overlapping crises: the killing of thousands of Israeli and Palestinian civilians and a... Read more ›
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Natalee Holloway and Stephany Flores Ramirez, both homicide victims of Joren van der Sloot. Van der Sloot confessed on October 18, 2023, to the 2005 murder of Natalee Holloway. | Family handout; Facebook; modified by Aja Romano/VoxIt took six countries, 18 years, and a litany of lies, but Natalee Holloway and Stephany Ramirez both have justice. Throughout the tabloid frenzy, the international headlines, the years of rumors and myths of... Read more ›
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Changing the diet of cows might help them release less methane. There are around 1.5 billion cows on the planet being raised as livestock for things like meat and dairy — and they’re a climate problem we’ve struggled to solve. Cows have a specialized digestive tract that allows them to digest tough plant material like grass or hay, but in that process, methane is produced as waste, and the cows... Read more ›
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon. | Paramount PicturesVox’s coverage and analysis of Martin Scorsese’s latest epic. Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese’s highly anticipated film, opens in theaters on October 20. The newest epic from the acclaimed filmmaker is adapted from journalist David Grann’s nonfiction book about the Osage murders and the FBI’s origins. The Osage, a Midwestern Indigenous community, were forced to... Read more ›
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A Texas cattle rancher looks over his herd as he checks his livestock’s grazing pasture. | LM Otero/AP PhotoAlmost half of the continental US is used for meat production. There’s something better we could do with it. Last month, an environmental group sued the federal government for failing to protect turtles from cows. To understand this bizarre-sounding but important lawsuit, you first have to understand the nature of cattle ranching... Read more ›
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Demonstrators demanding a ceasefire in Gaza hold a rally in the rotunda of the Cannon Building on October 18, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesHow the mainstream left is trying to save its approach to Israel from the pro-Hamas fringe. They marched on the White House to make their demands clear: a Biden-brokered ceasefire — now; the release of hostages held by Hamas militants; more forceful American condemnation... Read more ›
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A group of purple stove-pipe sponges off the Caribbean island of Bonaire. | Wild Horizons/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesDeep-sea mining threatens the world’s untapped and unknown underwater pharmacies. In 1987, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the world’s first medication to treat HIV. The drug, known as AZT, was a beacon of hope for the millions of people who were living with the virus. It helped lengthen countless... Read more ›
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Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally outside Downing Street in support of the Palestinian population of Gaza on October 14, 2023, in London. | Mark Kerrison/In Pictures/Getty ImagesSome human rights groups have reached this conclusion based on how the crime is defined in international law. In recent years, human rights organizations and legal experts have increasingly described Israel’s policies toward Palestinians as apartheid, adding to a longstanding debate about... Read more ›
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Shooting range owner John Deloca aims his pistol at his range in Queens, New York, on June 23, 2022. | Ed Jones/AFP via Getty ImagesWhat should the Supreme Court do when gun laws are written by incompetent trolls? Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA) is one of the most incompetently drafted statutes to reach the Supreme Court in a long time. It is written as though the state legislature were... Read more ›
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) arrives at his office in the Rayburn House Office Building on October 19, 2023, in Washington, DC. Jordan failed again on Wednesday in the most recent vote to become speaker of the House. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesWill the “Never Jordan” bloc cave? Will there be a bipartisan deal? Or ... what? On Thursday morning, House Republican leaders had hoped they’d finally found a way out of... Read more ›
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Photographs of Israeli hostages are posted in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. | Leon Neal/Getty ImagesWith at least 199 being held in Gaza, the country has never faced a situation like this before. For nearly two weeks since the Hamas attack on Israel, those in the country and in Gaza have been forced to navigate multiple overlapping crises: the killing of thousands of Israeli and Palestinian civilians and a... Read more ›
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Jessica Rosenworcel at a net neutrality rally in 2017. Rosenworcel is now the FCC chair and just moved to restore net neutrality. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesIt’s a lot more than Verizon treating all broadband traffic equally. Editor’s note, October 19, 3:20 pm ET: The FCC has voted to proceed with its proposal to restore the net neutrality rules that were repealed during the Trump administration. The agency will seek public... Read more ›
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In 1988, a Palestinian mother and child walk along the border of the Ansar II prison camp in Gaza, Israeli soldiers standing guard. | Sven Nackstrand/AFP/Getty ImagesTo understand the Israel-Hamas war, you have to understand how we got here. Hamas’s attack on Israel, and Israel’s offensive in Gaza in response, is yet another escalation in a long conflict that has already left thousands dead on both sides. The latest round... Read more ›
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United Airlines wants to zero out its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but without using conventional carbon offsets. | Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesCleaner, faster, cheaper — the aviation industry’s plan to decarbonize air travel, explained. If you’ve caught an ad for an airline lately on TV, a podcast, or the entertainment display on your flight, you’ve probably heard the company brag about what it wants to do about climate... Read more ›
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