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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Louis C.K. is at the center of Sorry/Not Sorry, a documentary about his rise, fall, and comeback. | Toronto International Film FestivalFrom The Royal Hotel to Woman of the Hour to Sorry/Not Sorry, what the movies are doing with bad men. Six years ago, almost to the day, I sat in a Toronto movie theater and watched Louis C.K.’s directorial debut, a winking Woody Allen tribute entitled I Love You,... Read more ›
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An Apple Vision Pro headset on display in June, when Apple announced the new device. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesApple is going to sell us $3,500 headsets next year. It still hasn’t said why. Did you watch Apple’s latest new product launch? Did you read about it or watch a video about it? My guess is no. That’s because these things used to be a big deal — at least for... Read more ›
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Tennis fails where other sports provide a living for their players. During the US Open in New York, Vox video sat down with professional tennis players and the head of the Professional Tennis Players Association to explain the pay problem in the top-five global sport. Tennis is unique among other professional sports in how players are paid, what costs they are responsible for, and how they are categorized: as independent... Read more ›
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An inverted image of the US Capitol is reflected in a puddle on the east front of the building on May 9, 2023. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesA new book explains capitalism, insecurity, and why democracy is worth it. The “state of democracy” has been a popular discourse in recent years, to put it mildly. There’s a whole genre of books and think pieces about all the... Read more ›
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The exterior of the Women’s Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 15, 2022. | Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty ImagesThe age of travel bans is now upon us. More than a year ago, anti-abortion activists appeared eager to prohibit anyone seeking an abortion in a state where it is banned from traveling to another state where it is legal. Indeed, many lawmakers... Read more ›
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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis in their apology video. | via InstagramCharacter letters can be an important part of criminal sentencing. These Danny Masterson letters missed the point. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis want to clarify a few things. Over the weekend, the celebrity couple issued a video concerning letters they wrote to a judge vouching for their friend and former That ’70s Show co-star Danny Masterson’s character. In May... Read more ›
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Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prior to their talks in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on April 25, 2019. | Alexander Zemlianchenko/AFP via Getty ImagesKim Jong Un left for a Russian economic summit this week, but weapons could be on the table. It’s happening: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of an economic summit in... Read more ›
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US President Joe Biden disembarks from the Air Force One upon his arrival at the airport on the eve of the two-day G20 summit in New Delhi on September 8, 2023. | Saul Loeb/AFP via GettyMany Democrats fear a challenge would pave the way to Trump’s victory. Are they right? In poll after poll this year, many and sometimes even most Democratic voters have said they don’t want President Joe... Read more ›
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Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prior to their talks at the Far Eastern Federal University campus on Russky island in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on April 25, 2019. | Alexander Zemlianchenko/AFP via Getty ImagesKim Jong Un left for a Russian economic summit this week, but weapons could be on the table. It’s happening: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un will meet Russian... Read more ›
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This year, wildfires in Maui killed hundreds, marking the deadliest fire in the US in more than a century. Wildfires were once rare in Hawaii, but human activity in recent decades has made them more common and extreme. | Gonzalo Marroquin/Getty ImagesThe ingredients for catastrophic wildfires are found in all corners of the country. Here are areas facing increased risk. All a wildfire needs is oxygen, an ignition to spark... Read more ›
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A deer runs across the road in New Hampshire. | Jim Cole/APIf you love nature, consider not driving in it. At Future Perfect, we cover some of the greatest threats to life and well-being on Earth. For non-human animals, that usually means factory farming, which kills nearly 10 billion land vertebrates annually in the US alone. But you might be surprised by another top human-caused killer of land animals, which... Read more ›
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Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesWould money help tenants more than housing vouchers? A group of researchers at the Department of Housing and Urban Development have been quietly developing an idea that could fundamentally upend the nearly 50-year-old housing voucher program, which helps more than 2 million low-income families afford apartments in the private rental market every year. The idea is relatively simple: What if, instead of traditional housing vouchers... Read more ›
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The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff. | RiverheadGroff’s latest is an un-put-down-able story of survival. As I read Lauren Groff’s astoundingly good new novel The Vaster Wilds, I had a visceral flashback to being 8 years old and reading the children’s classic My Side of the Mountain: that delicious sense of a vast, unending wilderness, rich with possibilities and unforgiving, and the danger and potential for ingenuity of being a... Read more ›
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visits the holy shrine of Hazrat Zeinab on May 3, 2023, in Damascus, Syria. | Borna News/Matin Ghasemi/Aksonline ATPImages/Getty ImagesFor Iran’s struggling economy, the deal is more about money. A tentative deal to release five Americans held in Iran in exchange for access to $6 billion in assets and the release of people imprisoned in the US is advancing, as the US issued a waiver allowing... Read more ›
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Emergency workers search beneath a heavily damaged house on September 10, 2023, in Moulay Brahim, Morocco. | Carl Court/Getty ImagesPeople might be still trapped under debris in Morocco. Here’s how they could be saved.  At least 2,600 people have been confirmed dead in the aftermath of a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday, making it the deadliest tremor in the country in more than six decades. Thousands more... Read more ›
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Players of Pachuca pose with a message in support of Jennifer Hermoso of the Spanish National Team at Hidalgo Stadium on August 28, 2023, in Pachuca, Mexico. | Hector Vivas/Getty ImagesSpanish soccer president Luis Rubiales forcibly kissed a player after the World Cup. For weeks, he refused to resign. Editor’s note, September 11, 2023: After weeks of refusing to step aside, Royal Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales has resigned,... Read more ›
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Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), left, talk during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, July 13, 2023. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesConservatives have threatened to oppose a funding bill if their demands aren’t met. It’s that time of year, again: As a funding deadline fast approaches at the end of September, worries about a potential government shutdown are once more percolating in Washington, DC.... Read more ›
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Morocco just experienced its most severe earthquake in more than a century. | Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty ImagesA massive quake in Morocco killed more than 2,000 people. Here are eight things to know about these seismic events. A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked Morocco Friday night, the largest tremor to hit the country in at least 120 years. Officials report more than 2,100 people have died and expect the death... Read more ›
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Min Heo for VoxThe conservative push for “school choice” has had its most successful year ever. Why — and what comes next? With little national attention, the conservative movement has racked up a remarkable series of victories on one of their long-held policy dreams. For decades, activists on the right have pushed to steer state money toward alternatives to the public school system. Typically, they proposed vouchers, in which the... Read more ›
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