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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Bleached elkhorn coral at Pickles Reef in the Florida Keys. | Jennifer AdlerAn extreme heat wave has pushed Florida’s reef to the brink — and burned up years worth of progress. PICKLES REEF, FLORIDA — As soon as our boat reached the reef, the problem appeared. Looking down through the clear, turquoise water, I saw a handful of stark white patches on the seafloor, some 20 feet below. I strapped... Read more ›
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Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty ImagesLi Shangfu is the latest officer to fall victim to Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive. China’s National Defense Minister Li Shangfu has been missing for weeks. Now, he’s under investigation for corruption and out of a job — a recent trend, as several other government officials have also been removed public view, only to be fired. This pattern of anti-corruption purges is nothing new for Chinese President... Read more ›
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Supporters and workers cheer as United Auto Workers members go on strike at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant on September 15, 2023, in Wayne, Michigan. | Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesAuto workers at GM, Ford, and Stellantis walking off the job will have ramifications for workers, consumers, and the economy. First it was the writers. Then it was the actors. Now, it’s the auto workers who are on strike after the United... Read more ›
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Min Heo for VoxYou don’t need to be a tourist to appreciate where you live. Despite having lived in Paris for nearly 15 years, Vanessa Grall gets a thrill when she encounters a new street. The city, Grall says, is like an “open-air museum,” full of unique buildings and historical markers that send her down Google rabbit holes, leading her from one location to the next. The author of the... Read more ›
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A new study tracked how anti-vaccine pages and groups responded to Meta’s efforts to take more aggressive moderation action against Covid-19 misinformation. | Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesStudy: When Facebook removes vaccine misinformation, anti-vaxxers quickly regroup. The work of trying to minimize the influence of harmful misinformation is both exhausting and essential. Big pushes, like the one Meta undertook in late 2020 to begin removing more misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers / VoxCalifornia’s new Right to Repair Act can’t magically make Apple’s popular earbuds good for the environment. On September 12, California’s State Assembly approved the Right to Repair Act. Once it’s signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, makers of consumer electronics will be required to provide independent shops in the state with tools, spare parts, and manuals needed to fix the gadgets that they sell. Advocates of... Read more ›
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American Fiction and Perfect Days are two standouts on the fall festival circuit. | Toronto International Film FestivalIt’s a great time to be at the movies. Every fall brings its crop of new movies from around the world — comedies, dramas, documentaries, and more uncategorizable films that capture what it is to live in this historical moment. Audiences around the world get to see them at festivals first, whether they’re... Read more ›
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Jaime Maussan’s fake alien shown off at the Camino Real hotel, in Mexico City, Mexico, on September 13, 2023. | Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesAll the greed, fraud, centuries of racism, and deteriorated llama skulls behind Mexico’s unboxed aliens. The internet artist Zardulu — creator of Pizza Rat — has claimed that “the creation and perpetuation of myths is art of the highest form.” Humans create such grand fakes,... Read more ›
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Supporters and workers cheer as United Auto Workers members go on strike at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant on September 15, 2023, in Wayne, Michigan. | Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesAuto workers at GM, Ford, and Stellantis walking off the job will have ramifications for workers, consumers, and the economy. First it was the writers. Then it was the actors. Now, it’s the auto workers who are on strike after the United... Read more ›
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Pfizer’s Sudafed PE nasal decongestant is displayed on a shelf at a Walgreens store in 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. | Tim Boyle/Getty ImagesPhenylephrine and other medications that contain it, like Sudafed PE, don’t work. On September 12, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel agreed unanimously that phenylephrine, a common decongestant that’s part of many over-the-counter cough and cold medications, is ineffective as an oral medication. That means name-brand... Read more ›
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A first edition of Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith’s book The Wealth Of Nations is displayed at the Dutch House of Representatives library in the Hague on May 31, 2018. | Bart Maat/AFP via Getty ImagesToday, Explained looks at how Americans lost faith in capitalism — and whether we can get it back. My interest in capitalism began with an observation. I worked as an economics reporter for six... Read more ›
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People riding an escalator outside the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Unlike some parts of MGM’s business that were affected by the hack, the escalators remained operational. | John Locher/AP PhotosAre we in the middle of Ocean’s 14 or is this just another ransomware attack? Did prominent casino chain MGM Resorts gamble with its customers’ data? That’s a question a lot of those customers are probably asking themselves now, days... Read more ›
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Pro-DACA protesters hold a march outside of the Capitol calling for a pathway to citizenship on November 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. | Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesThe high stakes of the latest DACA decision, explained. This week, DACA — or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — was dealt another blow in court after a federal judge deemed the program illegal, but stopped short of ending it for now.... Read more ›
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A first edition of Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith’s book The Wealth Of Nations is displayed at the Dutch House of Representatives library in the Hague on May 31, 2018. | Bart Maat/AFP via Getty ImagesToday, Explained looks at how Americans lost faith in capitalism — and whether we can get it back. My interest in capitalism began with an observation. I worked as an economics reporter for six... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesHow people like you could wipe out extreme poverty and prevent the next pandemic. If you earn $60,000 a year after tax and you don’t have kids, you’re in the richest 1 percent of the world’s population. If you have a household income of $130,000 after tax and you’ve got a partner and one kid, you’re also in the richest 1 percent. Or say you have a household income... Read more ›
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Min Heo for Vox“Young blood,” starvation, fruit-only diets: How the rich are striving to “age in reverse” Rich tech entrepreneurs are by all accounts a hyper-competitive bunch. Whether it’s taking a shuttle to the edge of space, buying the biggest yacht, or challenging one another to a cage fight, with great wealth and power seems to come a voracious desire to engage in games of one-upmanship. The Rejuvenation Olympics, an... Read more ›
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Pfizer’s Sudafed PE nasal decongestant is displayed on a shelf at a Walgreens store in 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. | Tim Boyle/Getty ImagesPhenylephrine and other medications that contain it, like Sudafed PE, don’t work. On September 12, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel agreed unanimously that phenylephrine, a common decongestant that’s part of many over-the-counter cough and cold medications, is ineffective as an oral medication. That means name-brand... Read more ›
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden host a reception to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in the East Room of the White House. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesA recent spate of polling paints a bad picture of declining support for the president from voters of color. But just how worrisome is it? Though we’re still more than a year out from the 2024 presidential election, the season for Democratic “bedwetting”... Read more ›
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on February 1, 2023, in New York City. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesBeyond Congress’s hawkishness, there are other ways of seeing the new Cold War with China. Congress’s new China-focused committee hasn’t traveled to China yet. But they came to New York this week to meet with Wall Street executives, foreign policy leaders, and journalists in... Read more ›
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Paul Dano as Keith Gill a.k.a. Roaring Kitty, the de facto king of the GameStop traders. | Sony PicturesThree years later, what do we even know about GameStop? This is the type of simple story I’d love to be able to tell about GameStop: In early 2021, a ragtag group of everyday traders, led by a Massachusetts dad going by — depending on your social media platform — Roaring Kitty... Read more ›
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