Editor’s note: President Donald Trump announced early on Saturday, January 3, that the United States had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife after a “large scale strike” on the country, a significant escalation of US involvement in the region. Since the early fall, the US has been building up its military forces in […] Read more ›
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Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty ImagesAnti-establishment candidates were barred from running in Sunday’s elections Guatemala’s Sunday elections are occurring during a period of democratic backsliding — and indeed, increasing authoritarianism — in the Central American country. With leading candidates barred from running, press freedom under serious attack, and many of the country’s institutions co-opted in defense of the political establishment, Guatemala’s democracy, such as it is, balances on a knife’s edge.... Read more ›
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Members of the Wagner group sit atop a tank in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don in Russia, on June 24, 2023. | Roman Romokhov/AFP via Getty ImagesWagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is headed to Belarus, but Putin’s troubles aren’t over. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s shadowy mercenary unit the Wagner Group, on Friday pulled his troops from the Ukrainian frontline to confront the Russian government. After apparently taking... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesWhy it’s so appealing to use pop psychology terms — and when to stop. In the therapy room, licensed marriage and family therapist Moe Ari Brown has recently been in the business of definitions. A client might say “I have the worst relationship with my mother. She’s a total narcissist,” to which Brown would invite the client to elaborate on what the term “narcissist” means to them. Usually, the... Read more ›
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“Golden passport” programs allow the wealthy to apply for citizenship by making a contribution — often the purchase of real estate — in a country. | Getty Images/iStockPhotoA few hundred thousand dollars can buy citizenship in some very pretty places. After the nadir of Covid travel restrictions, summer travel season is in full swing. Air travel is projected to exceed pre-pandemic levels, according to the Transportation Security Administration. People are... Read more ›
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Striking members of the EVG railway workers labor union gather in front of Dammtor railway station during a nationwide warning strike on April 21, 2023, in Hamburg, Germany. | Morris MacMatzen/Getty ImagesInflation in Europe and the United Kingdom is prompting a wave of labor action across the continent. In April, Germany’s Berlin Brandenburg Airport canceled all departing flights because of a work stoppage among security workers. At the end of... Read more ›
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Members of Wagner group sit atop of a tank in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday | Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty ImagesThe leader of the Wagner Group says his troops will not enter Moscow, but this challenge to Putin’s regime may not end here. Russia is in turmoil after the leader of a powerful paramilitary group staged an armed and brazen challenge to the Russian regime.... Read more ›
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Roman Romokhov/AFP via Getty ImagesWagner chief Yevgeniy Pregozhin is headed to Belarus, but Putin’s troubles aren’t over Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s shadowy mercenary unit the Wagner Group, on Friday pulled his troops from the Ukrainian frontline to confront the Russian government. After apparently taking the southern city of on Rostov-on-Don, just across the border from Ukraine and a critical military outpost, Prigozhin and his troops sped toward Moscow,... Read more ›
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The opening address at the Psychedelic Science 2023 conference in Denver, Colorado. | Oshan JarowThe walls of psychedelic prohibition are crumbling. What comes next? This week, I went to the Psychedelic Science conference in Denver, Colorado, where more than 11,000 scientists, artists, investors, and uncategorizable members of the psychedelic community gathered to both celebrate and scrutinize as the “walls of prohibition start to crumble,” in the words of Bia Labate,... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/VoxWhere is abortion legal? How has Dobbs affected abortion access? And is Roe ever coming back? It’s been one year since the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that there was no constitutional right to an abortion in the US — a decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and 49 years of precedent. Since then, states have moved to restrict abortion rights. People seeking to... Read more ›
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Rear Adm. John Mauger gives an update on the search efforts for the five people aboard the Titan submersible, June 22, 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts. | Scott Eisen/Getty ImagesThe search for the Titan captivated the US for nearly a week. Why are we so gripped by people facing death? Plenty of digital ink has been spilled over the past 24 hours about the media coverage of the Titan, the submersible... Read more ›
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Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin escalated his feud with Russian military leaders Friday. | Mikhail Svetlov/Getty ImagesThe Wagner chief accused the Russian military of attacking his forces late Friday. The increasingly public feud between Russian military leaders and the head of a Russian paramilitary group escalated dramatically on Friday, when Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the paramilitary Wagner Group, accused Russian armed forces of attacking his soldiers and vowed retaliation. It... Read more ›
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The Anopheles mosquito can infect a person with the malaria parasite. | Paul Starosta/Getty ImagesThe cases, identified in Florida and Texas, raise a lot of questions. In late May, Sarasota County, Florida, health officials confirmed they had identified a case of locally transmitted malaria. In mid-June, they confirmed the second. On June 23, Texas joined in: its state health department announced it had confirmed a case of local malaria transmission... Read more ›
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The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe has had a devastating impact in the year since. | Getty ImagesThe devastating impact of Dobbs, by the numbers. It’s been nearly one year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion via the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health decision. In the months since, abortion access has been mostly banned in 14 states, stringent gestational... Read more ›
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Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Elon Musk have teased on social media this week that they’re willing to enter a cage fight. | Mandel Ngan and Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty ImagesTheir supposed cage match has petty online roots. The boys are fighting. By “boys,” of course, we mean tech billionaires Elon Musk, who owns Tesla, SpaceX, and most recently Twitter, as well as Mark Zuckerberg, who founded Meta... Read more ›
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In order to go big, sometimes filmmakers go small. Miniatures in movies are way more common than you expect, and one of the most stylish filmmakers keeping them alive is Wes Anderson. Courtesy of Simon Weisse/Focus Features Filmmakers prepare the 1/8th scale train model for Wes Anderson’s latest film, Asteroid City. Courtesy of Simon Weisse/Focus Features Wes Anderson’s latest film, Asteroid City, uses miniature models, including a train, to create... Read more ›
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Scarlett Johansson in Asteroid City. | Focus FeaturesLife, the universe, and everything, through both the telescope and the microscope. Nuclear bombs keep going off over the horizon of Asteroid City (population 87). “Another atom bomb test,” the characters declare, with some combination of intrigue and boredom. They trot out of the diner to look at the tiny mushroom cloud, snap a few pictures, and go back inside for more coffee.... Read more ›
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Immigrants in Bracketville, Texas, are arrested by police and Border Patrol agents in March 2023. | Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesThe Court’s decision in United States v. Texas stops rogue judges from seizing control of law enforcement. More than a year ago, a Trump-appointed judge named Drew Tipton effectively seized control of parts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency that enforces immigration laws within the... Read more ›
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A group of chemicals called PFAS, which are found in all kinds of products and drinking water, have been linked with a number of health problems including cancer. | Getty ImagesA chemist explains how PFAS can harm us — and what to do about them. Right now, you likely have something unnatural lurking inside your body. It was made by a large corporation and could potentially harm you. That something... Read more ›
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Joan (Annie Murphy) isn’t nearly as awful as a computer that steals lives. | Nick Wall/NetflixYou’re okay, Computer — it’s the corporations that aren’t. Black Mirror, TV’s best-crafted tech-dystopian anthology series, is back with a sixth season, just in time for a new wave of horrifying real-world concerns: crypto crashes, data breaches, and, most urgently, a horde of capitalists foaming at the mouth to replace human labor with generative AI.... Read more ›
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Arms deals have been a big feature of the state visit between US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesPrime Minister Modi visits the White House, and arms deals follow. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington for a state visit this week. Beyond the black-tie dinner at the White House and a speech to Congress, there have been a lot of arms... Read more ›
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