Prior to the BRICS summit, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Pretoria on August 22, 2023. | Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty ImagesBrazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa: Could they change the way the global economy works? When leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa meet this week, many observers may ask: Could this group of countries challenge the US and West?... Read more ›
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Donald Trump is expected to turn himself in this Thursday in Georgia. | Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesUnlike the other cases, this one might actually be televised. There’s at least one thing that’s been the same across the three Trump arraignments so far: The public hasn’t had live visibility into what’s transpired. That’s largely because both federal courts and New York state court — where these arraignments have happened — have strict... Read more ›
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Tropical Storm Hilary dumped rain on desert regions of Southern California like Cathedral City, pictured here, where a car is partially submerged in floodwaters on August 21. | Mario Tama/Getty ImagesAfter years of extreme drought, the Western US has finally caught a break. But it may be a short one. Less than a year ago, California was facing an epic drought. With reservoirs running dry and rivers shrinking, the state,... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/Vox; Associated Press; Getty ImagesTrump won’t be onstage, but there will surely be a show put on. The 2024 presidential election is finally picking up, as the Republican Party holds its first presidential debate, hosted by Fox News, on Wednesday. As of Monday — the deadline to qualify — as many as 11 of the 14 declared candidates vying for the party’s nomination appeared to have met the standards... Read more ›
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Getty Images/CSA Images RFYou can learn a lot from utopias, even though you (probably) don’t live in one. When we think about the future, our minds turn almost effortlessly to bad things. Maybe it’s the climate problem, or the AI apocalypse, or political chaos — the list goes on and on. Dystopianism has always been an easy game to play, and there’s something useful about imagining how badly things might... Read more ›
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Hoi Chan for VoxHow stores sucked the fun out of an American pastime Whether it was spritzing on perfumes in a department store or fantasizing about a more organized home in the seemingly endless aisles of Bed Bath & Beyond, shopping was once a far more pleasurable experience than it is today. It was both a social and languid activity, an opportunity to connect with a friend or explore our... Read more ›
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Pete Gamlen for VoxExploring the wider range of meditation is no longer reserved for the monasteries. The new science of meditation is just getting started. Meditation has taken two divergent paths through the Western mind. For many, it’s a few quick, calming breaths, perhaps timed with a smartphone app, in search of a stress tonic that can soften anxiety’s edges. Along a less-traveled route, meditation remains what it long was:... Read more ›
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People picket outside of Paramount Pictures studios during the Hollywood writers strike on May 4, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. | David McNew/Getty ImagesFrom struggling writers and actors to makeup artists and camera operators, a look at how workers in and outside of Hollywood are being hit by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. There’s a special kind of torture to events with no end in sight. “In a lot of... 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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Two candidates have advanced to a runoff in the Ecuadorian elections, including leftist Luisa Gonzalez. | Getty ImagesThe country’s voters headed to the polls amid rising drug violence — and the recent killing of one of the candidates. Ecuador’s presidential elections are now headed to a runoff after no candidate secured the support necessary to win outright. The elections followed the shocking assassination of anti-corruption candidate Fernando Villavicencio two weeks... Read more ›
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A wind-swept street in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, on August 19, 2023, as Hurricane Hilary neared the Baja peninsula. The hurricane threatens to bring strong winds, flash floods, and dangerous surf conditions to popular Mexican tourist destinations like Cabo, as well as neighboring California. | Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty ImagesThe storm has caused significant flooding, power outages, and rock and mudslides in the Southwest, with more to... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/Vox; Associated Press; Getty ImagesTrump won’t be onstage, but there will surely be a show put on. The 2024 presidential election is finally picking up, as the Republican Party holds its first presidential debate, hosted by Fox News, on Wednesday. As of Monday — the deadline to qualify — as many as 11 of the 14 declared candidates vying for the party’s nomination appear to have met the standards... Read more ›
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Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo, of the center-left political party Movimiento Semilla, leaves after a press conference in Guatemala City on June 25, 2023. | Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty ImagesAnti-corruption presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo has heralded a new era for Guatemala. Guatemala has elected a new president, Bernardo Arévalo, a former academic and diplomat whose campaign focused on fighting corruption, giving many graft-weary Guatemalans hope that building strong democrati Read more ›
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Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers remarks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 23, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesIt’s set to kick the GOP primary off in earnest later this month. It’s official: Former President Donald Trump has said that he won’t attend the upcoming Republican debate, and possibly others, raising questions about how the... Read more ›
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Getty Images/iStockphotoThe academic calendar can help you with goal-setting, time management, and motivation. The great expanse of time that is a life consists of many days, weeks, and months waiting to be filled. Our earliest years are marked by formal education and structure imposed by parents and other caretakers, not to mention a dedicated break in the form of summer vacation. By early adulthood — and beyond — we’re largely... Read more ›
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Pink, performing on stage in London, where a fan handed her their mother’s ashes. | Burak Cingi/RedfernsWhy concertgoers keep throwing things at celebrities and no one can shut up at the movies. Some people shouldn’t be out in public right now. Movie theaters have become a lawless land where some moviegoers have no reservations about using their phones after films have started. Sometimes it’s not just a glance at the... Read more ›
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Construction in Rodeo, California. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesOne of the biggest changes in state politics in years, explained. Over the last decade, whenever California lawmakers tried to pass new legislation aimed at boosting the state’s alarmingly low housing stock, they’d come face to face with a politically powerful barrier: organized labor. It wasn’t that unions wanted no new housing in California, but their top priority was ensuring that any new... Read more ›
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Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo, a member of the center-left political party Movimiento Semilla, leaves after a press conference in Guatemala City on June 25, 2023. | Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty ImagesAnti-corruption presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo is heavily favored in polls. Guatemala is on the verge of electing Bernardo Arévalo, a former academic and diplomat whose campaign has focused on fighting corruption, giving many graft-weary Guatemalans hope that building strong... Read more ›
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Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty ImagesThe storm should hit Mexico Sunday and could cause historic rainfall in the Southwest. In a summer of extreme weather events, Hurricane Hilary is yet another atypical occurrence — a tropical storm headed for the West Coast of the United States. What it will likely mean for Southern California and the southwest is potential heavy flooding — and even flash flooding — with up to 10... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/Vox; ShutterstockIt’s tough to know how to talk about a life-threatening illness, whether it’s your own or someone else’s. When Chiara Riga was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer at 27, she was absolutely stunned. As her feelings morphed into a form of acceptance, Riga tried to live her life according to some semblance of normal — aside from the fact that she was undergoing intensive cancer treatment,... Read more ›
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