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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Getty ImagesFind checks, security deposits, and refunds on unclaimed property. There’s nothing like the little thrill of finding a few crumpled dollar bills in the pocket of a jacket you haven’t worn in a while. You might have more cash you forgot about waiting for retrieval — all it takes is a quick search online. Each US state, plus Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Kenya, and several... Read more ›
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Center for Reproductive Rights attorney Molly Duane speaks during a press conference outside the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas on July 20, 2023. | Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty ImagesVague health exceptions to extreme abortion bans aren’t just a Texas problem. A Texas state court on Friday sided with a group of women and doctors suing the state, saying that exceptions to Texas’ stringent abortion restrictions are too vague and... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/VoxA new investigation exposes the stomach-churning practice that goes into making your bacon. The animal welfare activist group Animal Outlook has been investigating the meat industry for over two decades, having documented chickens buried and roasted alive, thrashing pigs killed at a high-speed slaughterhouse, fish bludgeoned to death, and cows kicked and beaten, among many other cruelties. But at a pig breeding farm in Minnesota, 120 miles southeast of... Read more ›
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A promotional image for Sound of Freedom. The movie has been an unexpected box office hit thanks to word of mouth from conservatives. | Angel StudiosIs a movie still just a movie if it becomes a culture war battleground? Usually when the culture war comes to the movies, it’s in the form of conservative backlash to films they perceive as too liberal. Increasingly, however, conservative filmmakers, often working outside of... Read more ›
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Protesters march on the Rankin County sheriff’s office in July 2023, calling for police accountability for violence against Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker. | Rogelio V. Solis/APSix former police officers tortured two Black men. They just pleaded guilty. Six white former police officers have pleaded guilty to civil rights offenses related to the assault and torture of two Black men in Mississippi. Their pleas underscore the systemic nature... Read more ›
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People visit the memorial for the victims of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people, on the fifth anniversary of the massacre on February 14, 2023. | Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty ImagesReliving America’s deadliest high school shooting is all about whether “good guys with guns” can really stop mass killings. America’s deadliest high school shooting in history will be reenacted Friday at Marjory Stoneman... Read more ›
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Life, it never die! | Kyle Gordon/TikTokBoom, hear the bass go zoom! It’s no longer rare for artists who get big on TikTok to channel that virality into the mainstream music industry — Flyana Boss’s infectious “You Wish” is a contender for song of summer after the duo’s mesmerizing running videos, and it was all the way back in the spring of 2019 when Lil Nas X shook the country... Read more ›
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Police cordon off the area after a suspect was arrested in the Gilgo Beach serial killings in Massapequa Park, Long Island, New York, on July 14, 2023. | Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesA surprise arrest after a 13-year investigation shocked the true crime community — and relieved New Yorkers. He murdered at least four people, likely 10, and possibly more. His victims, which included an unidentified toddler and her... Read more ›
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Supporters of President Donald Trump participate in a boat rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on October 3, 2020. | Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty ImagesIn David Brooks’s new column, he asks the American elite if they’re the baddies. But he’s actually telling them a comforting fiction. The question of why Donald Trump manages to maintain such a grip on the Republican base, to the point where he can remain a nationally viable candidate... Read more ›
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A neon sign advertising Modelo Mexican beer burns in the window of a restaurant in San Francisco, California. | Robert Alexander/Getty ImagesModelo in, Bud Light out. The song of the summer is Australian, and the beer of the summer is Mexican. Modelo Especial is now the top-selling beer in the United States, having taken the crown from the beleaguered Bud Light. Modelo surpassed Bud in sales through retail stores in... Read more ›
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Chicken is the most popular meat in the world, with 74 billion slaughtered in 2021 alone. | Dimas Ardian/Getty ImagesThe global meat forecast, explained by 85 billion chickens. In the century since the modern chicken industry was born, chicken has overtaken beef and pork as the most popular meat in the world. According to a report published last month by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the... Read more ›
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Finding a therapist or other mental health care treatment and getting health insurance to cover those services continues to be a struggle, despite a 2008 “parity” law. | Getty Images/iStockphotoAre you paying for mental health treatment out of pocket? It’s not supposed to be that way. At a time when it seems Americans don’t agree on much, we agree on this: The US is in the throes of a mental... Read more ›
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Barbie and Oppenheimer led July 2023, the second biggest month at the movies on record. | Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhat we can learn from July’s record-breaking movie month. For a few years, every summer movie season has felt like the weirdest one. There was the year when blockbusters started to balloon far beyond the margins of “summer.” There was the pandemic summer, when there were no blockbusters at all.... Read more ›
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A scene from “Joan is Awful,” the first episode of the newest season of Black Mirror. | NetflixA chat with Charlie Brooker about AI, creativity, and why tech can be like growing an extra limb. It’s tough to remember, but in 2011, lots of us felt pretty good about our Silicon Valley overlords. The iPhone was going fully mainstream, Facebook felt like a fun place to share ideas, and Twitter... Read more ›
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Sunny Eckerle for VoxHow fancy chefs and the Food Network became the old guard of food media. The battle over what food is and should be has been going on for decades. However, ever since the early 1960s gourmet awakening of the United States, popularly thought to be led by Julia Child on PBS trussing a chicken and James Beard writing on American cookery, there have been those who refuse... Read more ›
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Russian nuclear missile rolls along Red Square during the military parade marking the 75th anniversary of Nazi defeat, on June 24, 2020, in Moscow. | Getty ImagesPhilanthropies are pulling back from programs meant to address the risk of nuclear war — at precisely the wrong moment. There is a looming nuclear crisis, and chances are you’ve never heard of it. It is not just about the war in Ukraine, Putin’s... Read more ›
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Former President Donald Trump arrives at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on August 3, 2023, in Arlington, Virginia. | Tasos Katopodis/GettyThe strange, tangled backstory to DOJ’s latest Trump indictment. Is it illegal to try to steal a presidential election? Special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of Donald Trump this week holds that the answer is yes. Trump’s attempt to flip the results after the 2020 election, well before the events of... Read more ›
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Former US President Donald Trump during a political rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on July 29, 2023, while campaigning for the GOP nomination in the 2024 election. | Jeff Swensen/Getty ImagesTrump’s January 6 arraignment is his biggest court date yet. During his arraignment in a Washington, DC, federal court Thursday, former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges against him in the case concerning his efforts to overturn the... Read more ›
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Justice Janet Protasiewicz, potential savior of democracy in Wisconsin. | Jeff Schear/Getty Images for WisDemsThe lawsuit seeking to transform Wisconsin into a democracy, explained. The state of Wisconsin does not choose its state legislature in free and fair elections, and it has not done so for a very long time. A new lawsuit, filed just one day after Democrats effectively gained a majority on the state supreme court, seeks to... Read more ›
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Lizzo performs on day 4 of Roskilde Festival 2023 at on July 1, 2023 in Roskilde, Denmark. | Rune Hellestad/Corbis/Getty ImagesThree former dancers are accusing Lizzo of sexual harassment. She denies it. Lizzo, a pop star who has built her brand on both body positivity and empowering upbeat hits, is facing a new lawsuit that levels serious allegations, including claims that she created a hostile work environment and engaged in... Read more ›
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