A Demonstration to bring the Israeli hostages held in Gaza by Hamas back home, organized by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. | Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty ImagesHere’s what the reported hostage deal does — and doesn’t — mean for war in Gaza. On Tuesday, the Israeli government reportedly approved a deal with Hamas that the state of Qatar brokered and that has been more than a... Read more ›
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Sam Altman, the poster boy for AI, was ousted from his company OpenAI. | Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty ImagesTo the victor — Microsoft — go the spoils? The seismic shake-up at OpenAI has come as a shock to almost everyone. But the truth is, the company was probably always going to break. It was built on a fault line so deep and unstable that eventually, stability would give way to... Read more ›
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Photographer Evgeniy Maloletka picks his way through the aftermath of a Russian attack in Mariupol, Ukraine, February 24, 2022. | AP Photo/Mstyslav ChernovA conversation with a Ukrainian journalist who documented the siege of Mariupol. The first weeks of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfolded in a rush: Russian tanks rolling through streets, tens of thousands fleeing, bombs over cities like Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Mariupol. Mariupol, in particular, became a symbol of... Read more ›
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Malte Mueller/Getty ImagesIn his new book, Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky argues that free will is a myth. There are many ways to think about the history of humanity. One of them is to say that we’ve gradually lifted ourselves out of ignorance as we’ve learned more about the natural world. No one is burning witches anymore, thankfully, and no one seriously believes that demons are the cause of diseases; if... Read more ›
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Former US President Donald Trump attends the UFC 295 event at Madison Square Garden on November 11, 2023, in New York City. | Sarah Stier/Getty ImagesThe “unitary executive” is back, and it could supercharge Trump’s plans to fill the government with his own loyalists. Last year, a federal appeals court dominated by Trump appointees and MAGA sympathizers ruled that the system the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) uses to protect... Read more ›
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Janna Morton for VoxStartups are selling grief tech, ghostbots, and the end of mourning as we know it. In the spring of 2023, Sunshine Henle texted her mother. She asked where she had gone, told her that she missed her, and soon received a response: “Honey, I wish I could give you a definite answer, but what I do know is that our bond and our love transcends physical boundaries.... Read more ›
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Sam Altman, former (and future?) CEO of OpenAI, just 11 days before his surprise firing. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images9 questions about OpenAI’s wild weekend, answered. So, OpenAI had a weird weekend. The hottest company in tech is imploding after the shocking removal of its superstar CEO Sam Altman under still-mysterious circumstances. And now the maker of ChatGPT is on the verge of losing most — if not all — of... Read more ›
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Simone Noronha for VoxCompassionate ways to let a friend or family member know you’re looking out for them. After her father had a transient ischemic attack, also known as a mini-stroke, Lisa McCarty snapped into action. She had taken a prominent role in his life and was knowledgeable about his health, so she offered to make a follow-up appointment with the cardiologist. Her dad, on the other hand, responded with... Read more ›
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Israeli forces’ flares light up the night sky in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. | Abed Khaled/APLooking to understand the Israel-Hamas war? Start with these Vox podcast episodes. The Israel-Palestine conflict goes back decades, but this latest war has taken an unprecedented toll in terms of the number of people killed, and represents a significant step back from any hopes of securing a two-state solution and a permanent peace.... 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 now Argentina’s president-elect. Hernán Stuchi, a 29-year-old food delivery driver in greater Buenos Aires, grew up as a left-wing activist. During this... Read more ›
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From left, Myha’la as Ruth, Mahershala Ali as G.H., Ethan Hawke as Clay, and Julia Roberts as Amanda. | JoJo Whilden/NetflixThe Netflix film adaptation, based on the bestselling novel, savagely skewers yuppie vacationers. When the end of the world comes, will we know it for what it is? In Leave the World Behind, the slick and stylish new Netflix thriller directed by Sam Esmail and based on the 2020 novel... Read more ›
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A man and a child draw with chalk outside of Sen. Chuck Schumer’s home in Brooklyn, New York, on July 21, 2021, to urge Congress to make the expanded child tax credit permanent. | Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for ParentsTogetherThe success of the expanded child tax credit shows why anti-poverty programs should be unconditional. Since 1975, politicians have built huge portions of the American safety net — like the child tax... Read more ›
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American workers: doing well, hating everything. | RichVintage via Getty ImagesIt’s a good time to be a worker and a bad time to be a consumer — the problem is most people are both. Explaining the state of the American economy at the moment is a conundrum. The labor market is good — as is much of the economy — and people say that everything is terrible. The past couple... Read more ›
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Influncers like Hannah Neeleman, JD and Britney Lott, and the de la Motte family are gaining a following for content featuring their many kids. | Paige Vickers/Vox, TikTok: @doughertydozen, @thehappycaravan, Instagram: @the.happy.caravan, @ballerinafarm, @americanfamilyroadtrip,Americans are having smaller families. Why are we obsessed with large ones? Hannah Neeleman, the Juilliard-trained dancer turned homesteading influencer better known as Ballerina Farm, announced in October that she was pregnant with. Read more ›
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Ellen Weinstein for VoxBradley Cooper’s turn as Leonard Bernstein in Maestro is just the latest role to stoke conversations about what Jewish representation means in Hollywood. When the first images of Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic schnoz — the honking appendage he wears to play conductor Leonard Bernstein in Maestro — made their internet debut a few months ago, hot takes abounded: The Nose was antisemitic! The Nose was not antisemitic! Anyone... Read more ›
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Phil Noble - Pool/Getty ImagesSuella Braverman is out, and David Cameron is back. Conservatives are still bitterly divided. If nothing else, one thing is certain about the United Kingdom’s Conservative government: there’s going to be drama. The latest Tory meltdown saw a major cabinet shakeup and the end of Suella Braverman’s contentious tenure as home secretary, sparked by rising dissent over her controversial plan to send asylum seekers — of... Read more ›
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Simone Noronha for VoxCompassionate ways to let a friend or family member know you’re looking out for them. After her father had a transient ischemic attack, also known as a mini-stroke, Lisa McCarty snapped into action. She had taken a prominent role in his life and was knowledgeable about his health, so she offered to make a follow-up appointment with the cardiologist. Her dad, on the other hand, responded with... Read more ›
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Activists protest against war in Gaza as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testify during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing about the United States sending aid to Israel and Ukraine on Capitol Hill on October 31, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Jabin Botsford/Washington Post via Getty ImagesWhat the US sending Israel weapons “at the speed of war” looks like. One area where the Biden administration has... Read more ›
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Spectators give a thumbs-down about leaving the track ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas on November 16. | Kym Illman/Getty ImagesThe Las Vegas Grand Prix proves F1 needs more than glitz and glamour. Thanks to a little show called Drive to Survive, as well as fresh ownership by way of Liberty Media, Formula 1 has never been more popular. This weekend, they’ll send the fastest cars in... Read more ›
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A still from a 1998 interview with Osama Bin Laden. | CNN/Getty ImagesWhy bin Laden’s 2002 letter became the latest TikTok moral panic. This week, videos featuring former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s 2002 missive “Letter to America” were posted to TikTok, leading a wide swath of politicians, families of 9/11 victims, and influencers to condemn users creating the clips — and the app itself. The story goes like this:... Read more ›
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