Former Twin Flames Universe member Marlee, a subject of the new Netflix docuseries Escaping Twin Flames. | NetflixEscaping Twin Flames shows how a self-styled guru turned soul mates into a dangerous form of coercive control. Imagine a group that promises to help you find your soul mate. What could be more pure? When I stumbled across the concept of “twin flames” years ago, my immediate reaction was to roll my... Read more ›
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Lorena Spurio for VoxHow and why to stop shopping for more than you need — or even want. There are many reasons, as someone living in America in 2023, to buy less stuff. For one, everything just costs so much now — as Vox senior correspondent Emily Stewart recently reported, that has less to do with continued inflation than the fact that prices went up, stayed up, and have no... Read more ›
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Lorena Spurio for VoxRaising kids in our modern consumer culture is challenging. These tips can help. Kids growing up in 2023 live in a world more dominated by consumer products than ever before. Whether it’s Barbies, Furbies, or iPhones, kids have more ways than ever of finding out about new stuff to want. In addition to TV commercials, they are also exposed to targeted ads on YouTube and influencer marketing... Read more ›
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Lorena Spurio for VoxExtend the life of your favorite clothes, furniture, and appliances with simple fixes. Gay Gordon-Byrne doesn’t think there’s any consumer product the average person can’t fix. She might be a bit biased: Gordon-Byrne is the executive director of the Repair Association, an organization that advocates for legislation that would increase consumer access to parts, tools, and manuals to repair their electronics. Gordon-Byrne is among the supporters of... Read more ›
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Lorena Spurio for VoxIt isn’t classist to say that Americans do not need hauls of dozens of garments. In a marketplace full of seemingly infinite choices, every piece of clothing purchased could be construed as a moral quagmire. Are you a bad person if you buy leather? What about vegan leather? Conversations about the relative importance of various, often opposed ethical concerns are rightly packed with tough, worthwhile questions and... Read more ›
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Lorena Spurio for VoxI learned the hard way I couldn’t shop my way to a new self. The pile of recycling in the corner of my kitchen was taller than the counter at some points in the month. The precariously stacked boxes from Amazon, the Gap, Williams Sonoma, and direct-to-consumer brands I had found on TikTok threatened to fall over, though that didn’t stop me from adding another to the... Read more ›
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Lorena Spurio for VoxInfluencers will never influence us to buy less stuff. It’s antithetical to the job. For about five minutes a few months ago, people seemed to genuinely believe that our culture was entering the age of “deinfluencing.” “Step aside, influencers,” wrote CNN. “A new breed of ‘deinfluencers’ has arrived, and they’re saying that materialism and overpriced trends are no longer in style.” The idea of the “deinfluencer” was... Read more ›
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Lahaina, Hawaii, suffered a devastating wildfire this year when heat, high winds, drought, and invasive grasses converged. The fire killed at least 98 people. | Mario Tama/Getty ImagesNo part of the country is unscathed from climate change, according to the federal government’s new National Climate Assessment. The White House, in coordination with 14 federal agencies, today released the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA), a comprehensive report on the impacts of... Read more ›
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Judge Leslie Southwick testifies during his confirmation hearing. | Getty ImagesThe Fifth Circuit decided to obey the law, for a change. Last Friday, a federal appeals court nudged Louisiana toward redrawing its congressional maps to include a second Black-majority district. Although the new decision in this case, known as Robinson v. Ardoin, does not outright order Louisiana to redraw its maps, the appeals court found no errors in a trial... 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 staying in the race for the Republican nomination in the hopes that they can dethrone him — or at least vie for a position in a potential second Trump administration. The former president,... Read more ›
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A Palestinian woman consoles a child following Israeli airstrikes on the al-Fakhoora district of Jabaliya, northern Gaza, on November 4, 2023. | Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesWhat we talk about when we talk about genocide. As the civilian death toll continues to rise from Israel’s war in Gaza in response to Hamas’s October 7 attack, more and more voices have warned of genocide. On November 2, United Nations experts said... Read more ›
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A terrifying image, especially if you haven’t prepared for the prospect of suddenly losing your phone. | Peter Cade/Getty ImagesPreparing yourself for the worst is easier than you might think — and it’s never been more important. The night before I was supposed to go on a long and well-deserved vacation, something very, very bad happened: I lost my phone. I had a friend over and, I decided, he must... Read more ›
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Getty Images/CSA Images RFIn a time when loneliness is more pervasive than ever, why not extend an invitation? When a friend from college told Melissa Chan that he was coming to visit her in New York City, she was thrilled. It was 2018; she hadn’t seen him in four years, when they had studied abroad in Vienna together. “I was like, ‘Okay, this is a big deal. Let me throw... Read more ›
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Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty ImagesCivilians continue to flee south as fighting around hospitals increases Israel has agreed to four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in areas of northern Gaza as US officials announced Thursday. The pauses, meant to allow civilians to safely leave for southern Gaza, comes amid an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis as Israel continues to bombard one of the most densely-populated places on the planet. The windows have so far allowed 100,000... Read more ›
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People gather to stage a demonstration in support of Palestinians at the Oranien Square in Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany, on October 28, 2023. | Erbil Basay/Anadolu via Getty ImagesBrussels is on the sidelines, but it’s not insulated from the conflict’s fallout. In late October, as the war in Gaza intensified, all 27 European Union leaders put reiterated their condemnation of Hamas’s attack on Israel and reaffirmed Israel’s right to... Read more ›
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Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin said this week he will not seek reelection. | Nathan Howard/Getty ImagesYou do, in this circumstance, gotta hand it to him. The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) — with nearly $370 billion allocated to wind turbines, electric cars, transmission lines, heat pumps, and environmental cleanup — is the single largest piece of US legislation to keep climate change in check. And West Virginia Senator... Read more ›
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Voting signs outside a polling place during the 2023 state elections in Yorktown, Virginia. | John C. Clark / The Washington Post via Getty ImagesRepublicans don’t seem to know how to stop bleeding support from the suburbs. The victories Democrats racked up on Tuesday night spanned safe blue states, Trump country, and one-time battlegrounds: A popular governor was re-elected in Kentucky; Virginia Democrats flipped control of the state house and... 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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Palestinian American Rep. Rashida Tlaib takes part in a demonstration organized with the attendance of multiple Jewish groups outside the Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2023, to advocate for a halt in hostilities in Gaza. | Celal Gunes/Anadolu/Getty ImagesThe move follows bipartisan backlash over rhetoric Tlaib has used in response to the Israel-Hamas war. On Tuesday evening, the House voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the only... Read more ›
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Hasan Minhaj at the 2023 ESPYS on July 12, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. | Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty ImagesThe New Yorker tried to pin the comedian down with facts. It didn’t work. Rarely have public scandals been as confused or confusing as the one that caused comedian and former Patriot Act host Hasan Minhaj to lose the Daily Show anchor job. It all started with a New Yorker story... Read more ›
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