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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Dion Lee/Vox; Getty ImagesThe Vox guide to navigating the world, the country, and your own backyard. After three years of pandemic life, travel is back in a big way this summer. More people are taking trips this summer after putting plans on hold, but climate change, social media-fueled overcrowding, rising costs, and other factors have converged to make travel decisions more fraught than ever. For Vox’s first-ever travel guide, we... Read more ›
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This swoopy, swishy paint job defines the RV aesthetic. You’ve seen it on the highway: a giant RV, lumbering by with its exterior totally covered in swishes and swoops. Those swoopy lines of paint seem to grace the sides of every recreational vehicle, and for decades they’ve defined the RV aesthetic. But where did they come from? In this video, producer Estelle Caswell heads to Elkhart, Indiana — the global... Read more ›
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Naomi Elliott for VoxTips on how to give your cat or dog a good life while you travel — from three pet experts. I love vacations, but my dog Evvie makes them a bit more complicated — and expensive. If my partner and I want to take her with us, it means we have to drive, because at 50 pounds she’s too big for air travel. That adds time and... Read more ›
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Naomi Elliott for VoxThey can’t rebook your flight, but they can probably swing a free drink. Just remember that they’re human, too. Every flight is a story in which you are the main character, and you probably just want to get from point A to B without any villains: delays, crying babies, middle-seat tuna sandwiches. You’re probably not paying much attention to the people who actually make that flight happen:... Read more ›
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Naomi Elliott for VoxIf you’re thinking about taking a trip, with your family or otherwise, read this guide. The “most magical place on Earth” can be just that, but since its pandemic-era closures in 2020, Disney World has become equally challenging to visit. It can be stressful and somewhat maddening to parse the endless Google results about park reservations and Genie+ bookings, but just like settling for a sad croissant... Read more ›
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Naomi Elliott for VoxSmart solo travel tips to help you avoid scams, creeps, and loneliness. In 2019, Alea Simone quit her job, sold all her furniture, packed her bags, and embarked on a four-month trip across 17 countries in Europe and Asia — by herself. It was the first time she ever traveled solo. The Texas native had never visited Europe or Asia before, and she admits she was intimidated.... Read more ›
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Naomi Elliott for VoxConsider the culture, people, and the earth when you travel. When travel reporter Victoria Walker first embarked on international travels at age 22, she was of the “very American view,” she says, that the world was her oyster. She’d jump at cheap flight deals, often never giving a second thought about why she even wanted to visit certain destinations. She was guilty of visiting all the same... Read more ›
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Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesIn Ohio and Iowa, Democrats and Republicans present very different post-Roe strategies A year after the Supreme Court ended the federal constitutional right to abortion, individual states continue to grapple with ways to restrict abortion access, do away with it altogether — or in some cases, enshrine its protection in their own state constitutions. Legislative methods to restrict abortion access have become increasingly draconian and creative; from Texas’... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesTeaching an old dog new tricks. Many people consider learning to be an active endeavor, one that takes place in a classroom with a teacher and homework and tests. This intentional form of education is just one way to acquire knowledge. In fact, we absorb new information every day, often unintentionally: the best way to store tomatoes, the quickest way to get to work, the dog’s preferred chew toy.... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/VoxPoor families are more likely to be separated by the government. The Dobbs decision will make it worse. When Michael’s mother called Maine’s primary welfare assistance hotline asking for help, she was a depressed and homeless 18-year-old single mother of three. It was the winter of 1996, and her boyfriend — her last source of additional support — had left her. A social worker with Maine’s Child Protective Services... Read more ›
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Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action in college admissions could embolden actors to challenge the diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts of employers. Corporations have already scaled back the diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts they launched in 2020 amid an ultimately stunted racial reckoning. Now the question is whether the Supreme Court’s ban on race-conscious admissions will lead them to further rein in these programs... Read more ›
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Sjoerd van der Wal/Getty ImagesDutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s resignation could be a bellwether for European Parliament elections A bitter divide over immigration policy has brought down Mark Rutte, The Netherlands’ longest-serving prime minister, demonstrating Europe’s increasingly polarized debate about how to manage the thousands of people risking their lives in hopes of resettling there. Rutte handed in his resignation on Saturday to the Netherlands’ King Willem-Alexander, ending the longest-runnin Read more ›
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Activists protest outside the Ugandan embassy over Uganda’s parliamentary Anti-Homosexuality Bill on April 25, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesOutlawing homosexuality has forced health care underground. In the six weeks since Uganda’s president signed the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) into law, the LGBTQ community and its supporters in Kampala, Uganda’s capital and largest city, have faced escalating harassment and security threats. The regulation has led to more than. Read more ›
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It’s still not clear what might convince Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to drop his opposition and allow Sweden into the alliance. | Yavuz Ozden/dia images via Getty ImagesThe Turkey-Sweden-NATO drama, briefly explained. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is pretty much the most popular guy in town these days — if that town is Vilnius, Lithuania, and if you’re popular because everyone has to be nice to you so you’ll... Read more ›
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Activists hold photos of US Supreme Court justices as they block an intersection during a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in December 2021, in Washington, DC. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe way to beat a partisan Supreme Court is to hold a grudge against it for a really long time. Chief Justice John Roberts ended his final opinion of the Supreme Court’s just-completed term by scolding his liberal colleagues.... Read more ›
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According to a study by the US Geological Survey, nearly half of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with “forever chemicals” that are considered dangerous to human health. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesA new study detected PFAS in 45 percent of the country’s tap water supply. Here’s what you can do. According to a new federal study, 45 percent of the United States’s tap water supply could contain... Read more ›
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US President Joe Biden exits the White House on his way to Marine One on the South Lawn on July 6, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesWhy cluster bombs are different from other US weapons sent to Ukraine. The United States is going to provide Ukraine with cluster bombs, a controversial decision because of the threat these indiscriminate weapons can be to civilian populations. Ukraine has been seeking... Read more ›
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MetaInstagram’s new copycat app is nowhere near as fun as Twitter. Can anything be? Threads, Instagram’s latest attempt at a “Twitter killer” app, launched on the evening of July 5, inviting the same question as every other app that has tried to capitalize on Elon Musk’s extremely mismanaged takeover of Twitter: Will this, finally, be the one to make Twitter irrelevant? Before we get to the answer (spoiler: It’s “no,”... Read more ›
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US President Joe Biden exits the White House on his way to Marine One on the South Lawn on July 6, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe Biden administration’s potentially controversial decision, explained. The United States is reportedly going to provide Ukraine with cluster bombs, a controversial decision because of the threat these indiscriminate weapons can be to civilian populations. Ukraine has been seeking cluster munitions for months... Read more ›
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Taylor Swift attends Fox’s Teen Choice Awards on August 11, 2019, in Hermosa Beach, California. | Rich Fury/Getty ImagesAfter losing her masters to Scooter Braun, Taylor Swift is in the process of making new ones. Taylor Swift’s third full album of rereleased vintage classics — Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) — has arrived. Swift began releasing her rerecorded music in April 2021, when she dropped Fearless (Taylor’s Version), a new take... Read more ›
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