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Aja Romano @ Vox 2 place · 02/04/2024 07:00 EDT

What does the EGOT even mean, anyway?

Hip-hop artist Common could be the next person to EGOT — all he needs is a Tony Award. | Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyWhat the quest for four major awards tells us about Hollywood, celebrity egos, and ourselves. Humans are funny little creatures. We love making lists, participating in oddball competitions, and creating weirdly specific metrics to be proud of — all quirks that join together in the... Read more ›

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Ellen Ioanes @ Vox 2 place · 02/03/2024 08:00 EDT

The French farmers’ protests are more complex than they seem

Protesting farmers blockade the A6 autoroute on February 1, 2024, in Chilly-Mazarin, France. | Christian Liewig—Corbis/Getty ImagesFarmers’ frustration over French and EU regulations are a new dimension in a longstanding problem. French farmers’ unions on Thursday called a halt to protests in which they’ve blocked traffic with their tractors and dumped manure and rotting produce in front of government buildings to make their point. The message: They can no longer... Read more ›

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Allie Volpe @ Vox 1 place · 02/03/2024 07:00 EDT

Are you catastrophizing? Here’s how to stop assuming the worst.

Getty ImagesNine experts weigh in on curbing and diffusing your overly negative thoughts. If you’re a person who spends even a minuscule amount of time consuming news of any kind, you may find yourself in a doom spiral: ongoing war, the upcoming presidential election, climate change, the withering of the media. It isn’t just news that can inspire despair. Life is full of anxiety-inducing interactions, high-stakes scenarios, and unavoidable conflicts... Read more ›

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Ian Millhiser @ Vox 3 place · 02/02/2024 17:30 EDT

The Supreme Court weighs whether to end affirmative action at West Point

West Point cadets cheer at a football game between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen on December 9, 2023, at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. | Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe guy behind the Harvard lawsuit attacking affirmative action turns his ire on the service academies. Editor’s note, February 2, 5:30 pm ET: The Supreme Court released an order late afternoon on February 2 ruling in... Read more ›

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Nicole Narea @ Vox · 02/02/2024 16:40 EDT

A calendar of Trump’s upcoming court dates — and how they could overshadow the GOP primary

Former US President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his civil fraud trial at the New York Supreme Court on January 11, 2024, in New York City.  | Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesThe 2024 election season may be defined by Trump’s legal troubles. Donald Trump breezed through the first two contests on the 2024 primary calendar. The question, though, is whether he can sustain his momentum through a primary season... Read more ›

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Andrew Prokop @ Vox · 02/02/2024 16:15 EDT

The chances that Trump will be a convicted felon by Election Day have dropped

Former US President Donald Trump departs after speaking to the press after attending the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization in New York State Supreme Court, in New York City on January 11, 2024. | John Lamparski/AFP via GettyIt could still happen — but the four prosecutions of Trump have been beset by delays and challenges. Democrats perturbed about Donald Trump’s lead in 2024 polling have long had a... Read more ›

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Melinda Fakuade @ Vox · 02/02/2024 15:16 EDT

The chaotic, irreplaceable Wendy Williams

Wendy Williams speaks onstage during her celebration of 10 years of The Wendy Williams Show at the Buckhead Theatre, in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2018. | Paras Griffin/Getty ImagesWendy Williams’s rise, reputation, and absence from her talk show, explained. Centuries ago, those accused of gossip, primarily women, were locked into metal headpieces that restrained the mouth. Imagine what those medieval haters would think about Wendy Williams. The host first started rattling... Read more ›

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Andrew Prokop @ Vox · 02/02/2024 13:49 EDT

The chances that Trump will be a convicted felon by Election Day have dropped

Former US President Donald Trump departs after speaking to the press after attending the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization in New York State Supreme Court, in New York City on January 11, 2024. | John Lamparski/AFP via GettyIt could still happen — but the four prosecutions of Trump have been beset by delays and challenges. Democrats perturbed about Donald Trump’s lead in 2024 polling have long had a... Read more ›

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Alex Abad-Santos @ Vox 3 place · 02/02/2024 11:30 EDT

Why there’s lead in Stanley water bottles — and the real reason that’s a problem

Turn your gaze upon this wall of Stanleys. | Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesConsumers are probably safe, but that doesn’t mean lead-laden cups are a good idea. To be an American is to fall in love with something that has the potential to kill you. Cigarettes, fast cars, men, lemonade — our country’s great history is peppered with love affairs and death. This week was no exception. Stanley Quenchers,... Read more ›

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Kelsey Piper @ Vox · 02/02/2024 09:00 EDT

Should we make our most powerful AI models open source to all?

Meta has been a leader in making AI open source. | SOPA Images/LightRocket via GettThe debate over the safety of democratizing AI is missing the point. If you’ve used a modern AI system — whether an art generator like DALL-E or Midjourney or a language model like Llama 2 or ChatGPT — you’ve almost certainly noticed the safeguards built in to prevent uses that the models’ creators disapprove of. Most... Read more ›

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Christian Paz @ Vox 3 place · 02/02/2024 08:00 EDT

What we’re getting wrong about 2024’s “moderate” voters

A voter fills out their ballot in the New Hampshire primary at the Barn at Bull Meadow on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. in Concord, New Hampshire. | Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesThe voters who could decide 2024 are a complicated bunch. They constitute one of the most valuable, overlooked, and misunderstood chunks of the American electorate: the nation’s mythical moderates. They’re a complicated bunch. They’re often described as... Read more ›

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Ian Millhiser @ Vox 2 place · 02/02/2024 07:30 EDT

The Supreme Court weighs whether to end affirmative action at West Point

West Point cadets cheer at a football game between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen on December 9, 2023, at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. | Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe guy behind the Harvard lawsuit attacking affirmative action turns his ire on the service academies. Last June, the Supreme Court handed down a sweeping decision abolishing race-conscious admissions programs at nearly every college and university... Read more ›

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Miles W. Griffis @ Vox 2 place · 02/02/2024 07:00 EDT

This camel has a very important job

Aaron Robey for VoxA new solution to save the iconic Joshua tree uses a distant relative of one of the Mojave’s ancient seed distributors: The camel. In the summer of 2020, the Dome Fire leaped across the Mojave National Preserve in southeastern California, killing more than 1.3 million Joshua trees. Three years later in 2023, which would go on to become the hottest year on Earth since record-keeping began, the... Read more ›

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Nicole Narea @ Vox 3 place · 02/02/2024 06:00 EDT

How Nevada botched its key role in the GOP primary

Supporters of former US president and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump watch his speech on a screen outside a Commit to Caucus Rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 27, 2024.  | Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty ImagesNevada’s dueling primary and caucuses are wreaking avoidable chaos. Nevada is doing things differently this election season, and not necessarily for the better. Former President Donald Trump and his former US ambassador to... Read more ›

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Vox Staff @ Vox · 02/01/2024 15:32 EDT

Take a mental break with the newest Vox crossword

New Vox Crossword puzzles come out Monday through Saturday | Amanda NorthropFor the curious in all of us. Can you solve it? Welcome to the Vox crossword. Puzzles come out Monday through Saturday. Make sure to bookmark this page (or add to your phone’s home screen) to find new ones each day. You can also get a weekly email reminder by signing up for our crossword newsletter. Puzzles are constructed... Read more ›

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Kyndall Cunningham @ Vox · 02/01/2024 15:00 EDT

Why are Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj fighting? 

Megan Thee Stallion attends the Mean Girls New York premiere in 2023. | Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty ImagesThe beef between these queens of rap is a lesson in toxic stan culture and misogynoir. Rap superstar Megan Thee Stallion is embarking on a new, independent era. Following a long legal battle with her former record label and the trial of her former associate Tory Lanez for shooting her in the foot,... Read more ›

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Dylan Matthews @ Vox · 02/01/2024 11:40 EDT

How Congress is planning to lift 400,000 kids out of poverty

This kid got exactly the deal she wanted! | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security ProjectWe’re not bringing back the extended child tax credit. But this deal is better than nothing. The child tax credit has had a roller coaster of a decade so far. In 2021, the Democratic Congress and Joe Biden enacted the largest-ever expansion of the provision, making it a monthly benefit of up to $300 (or... Read more ›

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Rebecca Jennings @ Vox 3 place · 02/01/2024 08:00 EDT

Everybody has to self-promote now. Nobody wants to.

Eleni Kalorkoti for VoxSo you want to be an artist. Do you have to start a TikTok? When Rachael Kay Albers was shopping around her book proposal, the editors at a Big Five publishing house loved the idea. The problem came from the marketing department, which had an issue: She didn’t have a big enough following. With any book, but especially nonfiction ones, publishers want a guarantee that a writer... Read more ›

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Fabiola Cineas @ Vox · 02/01/2024 07:30 EDT

Conservatives have long been at war with colleges

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis listens to activist and New College of Florida trustee Christopher Rufo before signing three education bills on the school’s campus in Sarasota, Florida, on May 15, 2023. | Photo by Thomas Simonetti for the Washington Post via Getty ImagesA brief history of the right’s long-running battle against higher education. In the wake of the resignations of two university presidents; campaigns against diversity, equity, and inclusion programs;... Read more ›

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Andrew Prokop @ Vox 3 place · 02/01/2024 07:00 EDT

The chances that Trump will be a convicted felon by Election Day have dropped

Former US President Donald Trump departs after speaking to the press after attending the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization in New York State Supreme Court, in New York City on January 11, 2024. | John Lamparski/AFP via GettyIt could still happen — but the four prosecutions of Trump have been beset by delays and challenges. Democrats perturbed about Donald Trump’s lead in 2024 polling have long had a... Read more ›

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