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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Barbie and Kens in Barbieland. | Warner Bros.Vietnam banned Barbie over a map featuring the nine-dash line. Here’s why that matters. This surely wasn’t the kind of publicity that Greta Gerwig’s Barbie was hoping for. The long-awaited film adaptation of the Mattel doll made headlines when, two weeks before its July 21 theatrical debut, it was banned in, of all places, Vietnam. And not because of any explicit violence or... Read more ›
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Flooding in downtown Montpelier, Vermont, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. | John Tully/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesClimate risks are becoming increasingly expensive. Not just locally, but globally. An estimated 11 million people across the northeastern US are under flood risks or warnings this week after historic levels of rainfall — 1-in-1,000-year events — swept through New England, with rivers in Vermont and New York’s Hudson Valley overflowing and turning... Read more ›
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Like much of the northern hemisphere, Antarctica is also facing unusually warm weather. | David Merron Photography/Getty ImagesAntarctica isn’t immune to the recent heat baking much of the planet. It could affect the rest of the world. Temperature records are falling around the world as a strong El Niño brews in the Pacific Ocean and summer rises in the Northern Hemisphere. The planet recently experienced the hottest day and hottest... Read more ›
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, shakes hands with US President Joe Biden next to Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council during the NATO Summit on July 12, 2023, in Vilnius, Lithuania. | Paul Ellis/Getty ImagesNATO got its unity moment, but it put off the big questions for Ukraine. Ukraine is not a member of NATO and is probably... Read more ›
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Margot Robbie as Barbie in Barbie | Courtesy Warner Bros. PicturesYour guide to this summer’s movies. There’s a lot to look forward to this summer, especially if you’re headed to the movies for more than just air conditioning. This year’s lineup of summer movies includes the on-and-offline Barbieheimer phenomenon, new Wes Anderson, the Spider-Verse, Tom Cruise, and even more blockbusters and indie films. To figure out what you want to... Read more ›
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California has experienced the costliest wildfires in the US in recent years. Some insurance companies are rethinking their business in the state. | David McNew/Getty Images“We’re steadily marching toward an uninsurable future.” Insurance companies are finding it harder than ever to cover the damages stemming from rising average temperatures, and in some of their largest markets, they’re giving up entirely. State Farm announced in May that it will not accept... Read more ›
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H&R Block is one of the tax preparation companies accused of sending taxpayer data to Meta and Google. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesA new congressional report about an internet privacy violation might actually lead to consequences. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is coming for the tracking pixels. Specifically, she, along with fellow Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden, Richard Blumenthal, Tammy Duckworth, Bernie Sanders, and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Rep. Katie Porter, are coming for tax... Read more ›
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A North American beaver seen in Wyoming. | Troy Harrison/Getty ImagesAnimals don’t have AC. But they have beavers. During an intense heat wave, humans have a number of tools to stay cool, such as air conditioning, swimming pools, and ice cream. Wild animals, meanwhile, have beavers. Yes, beavers. These web-footed, fat-tailed amphibious rodents help countless other critters survive a heat wave. They not only drench certain landscapes in cold water... Read more ›
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Want to inspire a Vox story? Share your ideas with us. Ever since we started Vox, we’ve had a channel on Slack, the messaging app we use to communicate within our newsroom, called #vox-explain-it-to-me. Members of our newsroom use this channel to ask questions about the topics they need clarification on, trends they’ve noticed, or subjects they are just curious or confused about. The conversations in this channel, along with... Read more ›
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Abortion rights activists march to the US Supreme Court on June 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. | Sha Hanting/China News Service/VCG via Getty ImagesA six-week ban could put further pressure on abortion providers in the Midwest. Barring any delays over legal issues, Iowa is poised to enact a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before most women know they are pregnant. The ban has exceptions for cases where... Read more ›
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People in Los Angeles’s MacArthur Park shade themselves from the sun on July 11 amid a dangerous heat wave. | Marcio Jose Sanchez/APOne of them rhymes with shmimate range. In the next few days, temperatures in parts of the American Southwest could approach 120 degrees Fahrenheit, potentially breaching existing heat records and endangering human lives. Summer is always warm, but this is already among the hottest ones ever. In early... Read more ›
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Gas prices are seen at a Mobil gas station on June 12, 2023, in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesInflation is still higher than ideal levels, but it hit its lowest rate in two years. Wednesday’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report had some promising news for US households: It shows that inflation remains above ideal levels but is slowing, suggesting... Read more ›
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From left: Cathy Gillies, Kitty Lutesinger, Sandy Good, and Brenda McCann, of the Manson Family, kneel on the sidewalk outside the Los Angeles Hall of Justice on March 29, 1971. They kept a vigil throughout the trial in which Manson and three women were convicted of slaying actress Sharon Tate and six others. | Wally Fong/APThe Manson Family murders weren’t a countercultural revolt. They were about power, entitlement, and Hollywood.... Read more ›
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New Vox Crossword puzzles come out Monday through Saturday | Amanda NorthropFor the curious in all of us. Can you solve it? Welcome to the Vox crossword. Puzzles come out Monday through Saturday. Make sure to bookmark this page (or add to your phone’s home screen) to find new ones each day. Or get a weekly email reminder by signing up for our Crossword newsletter. Puzzles are constructed by these... Read more ›
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The silly way we think about resource scarcity. When I was younger, there was a lot of hubbub about the concept of “peak oil.” Technically, the phrase just refers to the point where we reach the highest level of global oil production, after which it begins a permanent decline. This will probably happen at some point, as we deplete the cheapest-to-access sources of oil and transition to an economy that’s... Read more ›
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A sand tiger shark off the coast of North Carolina. | Gregory Sweeney/Getty ImagesNature is healing. In most past summers, New York beaches were, at their worst, crowded, dirty, and loud. Now, however, beachgoers must contend with something slightly more unsettling: sharks. Along the south shore of Long Island, on some of New York’s most popular beaches, shark attacks appear to be on the rise. Over the long July Fourth... Read more ›
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Margot Robbie as Barbie in Barbie, a movie about Barbie | Courtesy Warner Bros. PicturesA Barbie aficionado and certified doll expert explains why life in plastic has suddenly become so fantastic. This summer belongs to Barbie. Thanks to the Margot Robbie-led movie and the inescapable marketing surrounding it, Mattel’s 64-year-old doll has once again become America’s sweetheart. Everyone wants a Barbie. Everyone wants to be a Barbie. And everyone wants... Read more ›
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Joan Wong for Vox; Getty ImagesHow the tactics and arguments are changing ahead of 2024. Last election cycle, abortion rights won in all six states with abortion ballot measures, including in red states like Kentucky and Montana that otherwise elected Republican lawmakers. Now, this fall and in next year’s election, national liberal groups are planning to invest more heavily in ballot measure campaigns, seeing them as vehicles both to protect... Read more ›
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In Canada, Crawford Lake’s well-preserved sediment layers show the start of the Anthropocene epoch, scientists say. | AFP via Getty ImagesThe holy grail for understanding the start of the Anthropocene lies at the bottom of a lake in Canada. An intrepid band of geologists has spent over a decade scouring the planet for the evidence they need to declare we’re living in the Anthropocene, a new chapter in Earth’s history... Read more ›
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We don’t have to shop because Amazon says. And yet. | Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesGet something you didn’t need on Prime Day? You’re not alone. You might not think an Instant Pot would be at the top of your summer shopping list. The sweltering heat doesn’t exactly put people in the mood for a hearty stew. But Amazon has managed to help make it into a hot item... Read more ›
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