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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A series of strong earthquakes rocked Afghanistan this week. | Mirwais Amir/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesA series of earthquakes in Afghanistan killed more than 2,400 people. Here are eight things to know about these seismic events. A third earthquake shook Afghanistan on Wednesday near the epicenters of two prior quakes that struck on October 7. The earlier quakes killed more than 2,400 people. All three reached magnitude 6.3. The region... Read more ›
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Chief Justice John Roberts shakes hands with former President Donald Trump. | Leah Millis/Getty ImagesThe Republican Party had a great day in the Supreme Court today. Voting rights did not. The Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed majority spent Wednesday morning seemingly hunting for a reason to uphold a South Carolina congressional map that everyone agrees was gerrymandered to benefit the Republican Party. The case is Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of... Read more ›
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Rep. Jim Jordan (right) eyes Rep. Steve Scalise (left) in an April 2023 photo. | Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesScalise still has to win on the House floor, which will require near-unanimity among Republicans. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) narrowly won a vote among House Republicans to be the party’s nominee for the next speaker of the House Wednesday — but whether he can lock down enough votes to actually get... Read more ›
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A fireball erupts during Israeli bombardment of Gaza City on October 9, 2023. | Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty ImagesGaza was already under siege. Now it will get worse. Israel says it will place Gaza, the occupied territory it has long blockaded, under a “complete siege” after the weekend’s attack by Hamas. On Saturday, the Palestinian military group launched intensive attacks from Gaza into Israel. Hamas overwhelmed Israeli military installations, kidnapped... Read more ›
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An 1882 color lithograph shows American railroad entrepreneurs carving up the United States as European royalty watch from across the Atlantic Ocean. | Frederick Burr Opper/Stock Montage/Getty ImagesFormer FCC chair Tom Wheeler has a few ideas for how to regulate the “Digital Gilded Age.” The 19th century probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you hear about Big Tech’s harms and possible solutions. It’s probably not the... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/VoxIncreased awareness is the first step to helping more people — particularly teens. Editor’s note: This story includes detailed discussions of disordered eating behaviors that may be disturbing or triggering to some. Beginning in her youth and lasting for more than two decades, Heidi McLachlan struggled with a negative body image. Her efforts to avoid weight gain at all costs led her down a path of disordered eating behaviors... Read more ›
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Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades parade during Hamas’ 27th anniversary celebration in 2014. | Khalil Hamra/APWhat is Hamas and what does it want out of this new resurgence of violent conflict? An unprecedented surprise attack in southern Israel by Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, has led to an increasingly deadly conflict with no resolution in sight. Hamas launched its coordinated attack on... Read more ›
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Rep. Jim Jordan (right) eyes Rep. Steve Scalise (left) in an April 2023 photo. They are now rivals for the House speakership. | Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe House GOP conference will vote first. Then comes the hard part. A divided and quarreling House Republican conference will attempt to pick the chamber’s next speaker this week — but whether they will succeed is anyone’s guess. Two candidates are squaring off... Read more ›
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Israel declared war on Hamas, one day after the Palestinian militant group conducted a brutal attack. Israel has already launched what it describes as one of its largest aerial bombardments ever on the Gaza Strip. | Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhat will “full” war between Israel and Hamas mean? And 6 other questions about the conflict. Israel and Hamas are involved in their worst outbreak of violence in decades, one... Read more ›
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Then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy walks through the Capitol on the eve of his ouster. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesHow McCarthy got into this mess, who’ll be speaker next, and more. Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), a conservative firebrand and the powerful chair of the House Judiciary Committee, to be the next House speaker. In a Friday post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said... Read more ›
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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 hasn’t stopped more than a dozen candidates from jumping into the race for the Republican nomination in the hopes that they can dethrone him — or at least interview for a position in the next administration. The former president, who announced... Read more ›
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Pete Gamlen for VoxWalking away is hard, but it can be empowering. Cece Xie doesn’t mince words. “I really do think that I hate quitting,” the 32-year-old says. Although she was raised with the notion that quitting was bad, somehow, the lawyer and writer became an advocate for quitting. She never quite pictured a career outside of law, but when Xie connected with a literary agent, she began to imagine... Read more ›
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A homeless encampment near a Target store in Los Angeles, California. State and local lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats, are seeking to overturn lower court decisions that currently block their power to clear encampments with unhoused people. | Mario Tama/Getty ImagesA decision five years ago transformed homelessness policy. Now the justices could overrule it. In 2018, a federal court issued a consequential decision about homelessness in America: People without housing... Read more ›
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Soldiers from an artillery unit stand ready near their position a few miles outside of Gaza, near Sderot, Israel, on October 9, 2023. | Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesWe can now be sure: His policy of repressing Palestinians doesn’t make Israelis safe. In the past 24 hours, two reports out of Israel have pointed to a striking conclusion: that the failure to prevent Hamas’s murderous assault on southern... Read more ›
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A fireball erupts during Israeli bombardment of Gaza City on October 9, 2023. | Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty ImagesWhat a “complete siege” of Gaza will mean for Palestinians. Israel says it will place Gaza, the occupied territory it has long blockaded, under a “complete siege” after the weekend’s attack by Hamas. On Saturday, the Palestinian military group launched intensive attacks from Gaza into Israel. Hamas overwhelmed Israeli military installations, killed... Read more ›
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Winnemem Wintu Chief Caleen Sisk stands on the McCloud Bridge on February 21, 2007. | Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ImagesThe Winnemem Wintu hopes to solidify the connection between Indigenous rights and biodiversity. Globally, Indigenous peoples protect 80% of the earth’s biodiversity on the lands they’ve maintained for centuries, despite being only 5% of the world’s population. And when Indigenous peoples have sovereignty over their lands — that... Read more ›
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Benedict Cumberbatch in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, directed by Wes Anderson and now on Netflix. | NetflixWes Anderson’s new Netflix shorts are the latest case for the form. The short film is a neglected form of American entertainment, prevalent — you can find them most anywhere, and pretty much every filmmaker has made a few — and yet barely watched or talked about. That’s strange, when you think... Read more ›
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Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, destroy an Israeli tank in Gaza City on October 7, 2023. | Hani Alshaer/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesThe IDF has launched retaliatory strikes after hundreds of Israeli citizens are dead and thousands wounded. Israel has officially declared war against Hamas following an unprecedented assault on Israeli territory by the Gaza-based militant group. The declaration comes after the Biden administration’s promise of additional... Read more ›
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Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on October 8, 2023. | Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesHere’s how a war between Israel and Hamas could play out. Israel suffered its most devastating attack in decades Saturday when Hamas militants launched thousands of rockets from Gaza and infiltrated several Israeli towns, killing hundreds of people and taking an as-yet-unknown number of hostages,... Read more ›
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Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, destroy an Israeli tank in Gaza City on October 7, 2023. | Hani Alshaer/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesThe IDF has launched retaliatory strikes after hundreds of Israeli citizens are dead and thousands wounded. Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated. Israel has officially declared war against Hamas following an unprecedented assault on Israeli territory by the Gaza-based militant... Read more ›
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