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.” In a report published in April, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara admonished the industry to better account for far-reaching risks like those wrought by climate change. “The insurance sector no longer has the luxury of thinking only of... Read more ›
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Silhouette of spy drone flying over the sea. | Getty Images/iStockphotoAnd what it tells us about the growing existential threat of powerful but uncontrolled AI. At an international defense conference in London this week, Col. Tucker Hamilton, the chief of AI test and operations for the US Air Force, told a funny — and terrifying — story about military AI development. “We were training [an AI-enabled drone] in simulation to... Read more ›
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Students and others attend a rally to protest Florida education policies outside Orlando City Hall on April 21, 2023, in Orlando, Florida. | Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesRon DeSantis is threatening academic freedom everywhere. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s Republican-led legislature are fighting a political and ideological war with public colleges and universities. DeSantis first announced plans to drastically overhaul the state’s higher education system in January,... Read more ›
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US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to members of the media at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2023. Republican and Democratic leaders scrambled on May 29 to secure congressional support for a bill aimed at avoiding a US debt default. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesHow the legislation to avert an economic crisis would affect student loans, food aid, the IRS, and more. House Republicans took... Read more ›
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) waits to speak during a rally in support of the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesGet ready to pay back your loans — or pressure the White House for new action. Included in the bipartisan bill to raise the debt ceiling that is about to become law (the Senate passed it late Thursday night; it... Read more ›
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President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talk as they depart the Capitol following the Friends of Ireland Luncheon on Saint Patrick’s Day March 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesBiden and McCarthy win. The Freedom Caucus loses. The debt ceiling battle of 2023 was full of sound and fury, and signified ... well, not nothing, exactly, but not very much. Despite heated rhetoric... Read more ›
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Former US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Federalist Society’s Executive Branch Review Conference at the Mayflower Hotel April 25, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesFormer Vice President Mike Pence and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are set to announce their candidacies next week. Former Vice President Mike Pence could soon be the latest Republican to join a growing field of candidates challenging former President Donald Trump... Read more ›
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With Miles Morales as its hero, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse gives us a bold new understanding of the webslinger. | Sony/Columbia PicturesThe latest Miles Morales adventure somehow makes the multiverse not suck. If there’s a complaint to be made about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, it’s that it is yet another story about superheroes and the multiverse. To be fair, though, Sony’s zippy Spider-Verse franchise introduced the idea — parallel universes,... Read more ›
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Former US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Federalist Society’s Executive Branch Review Conference at the Mayflower Hotel on April 25, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesIt’s not yet clear who exactly his Republican supporters would be. Former Vice President Mike Pence is once again taking on his former boss, this time as a challenger for the presidency. Pence is expected to officially announce his candidacy on... Read more ›
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Demonstrators hold signs while picketing during the continuing strike by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in Los Angeles, California, on May 26, 2023. | Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Court’s new decision is a significant blow to workers’ right to strike. The Supreme Court handed down an absolutely confounding decision on Thursday, which will encourage employers to bombard their workers’ unions with lawsuits if those workers go on... 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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Armie Hammer attends the 2018 Hollywood Film Awards in Beverly Hills, California. | Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for HFAHouse of Hammer is the latest entry in the Armie Hammer true crime scandal. Editor’s note, May 31, 2023: The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has announced it will not charge Hammer over allegations of sexual assault. Hammer’s statement can be found on Instagram. Our story on Hammer, originally published in March... Read more ›
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Do we really need an app for everything? Ehh. | Wong Yu Liang via Getty ImagesNot every business needs an app. And yet. On a flight about a year ago, I found myself in a predicament: I could not pay for my customary glass of plane wine to help calm the nerves. The problem wasn’t that I didn’t have cash or a credit card on me but instead that I... Read more ›
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Dion Lee/VoxHow a carmaker’s mistake created the ultimate internet challenge. It’s safe to assume that 17-year-old Markell Hughes wasn’t too worried about getting caught for stealing cars last year. After all, he lives in Milwaukee, where just 11 percent of reported car thefts resulted in an arrest in 2021 and only 5 percent were prosecuted. But Hughes appeared in a documentary about the so-called “Kia Boys,” who take advantage of... Read more ›
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US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to members of the media at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2023. Republican and Democratic leaders scrambled on May 29 to secure congressional support for a bill aimed at avoiding a US debt default. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesHow the legislation to avert an economic crisis would affect student loans, food aid, the IRS, and more. House Republicans took... Read more ›
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters as he walks to his office at the Capitol on May 31, 2023 in Washington, DC. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesWith just days to spare, the House has approved a debt ceiling bill that’s poised to avert a financial crisis. Congress got one major step closer to averting a default on Wednesday after the House approved debt ceiling legislation 314-117, with... Read more ›
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Jeremy Strong as Kendall in Succession’s finale. | HBOHow Succession’s finale referenced Shakespeare to bring out Kendall’s crumpled ambitions. There’s a moment in the series finale of Succession that has such eerie Shakespearean resonances, it took my breath away. The scene in which Kendall sits down at his dead father’s office chair is a perfect mirror image of the scene in Henry IV, Part 2 in which callow, untried Prince... Read more ›
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Tom and Shiv. Could be a play. | HBOThe HBO drama was at its best when its episodes acted like plays. I know this isn’t the point of TV, but I find there’s no higher compliment I can give a show than to declare at the end of an episode that it “felt like theater.” The shows that keep me engaged feel like a series of one-hour plays. Mad Men... Read more ›
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Chick-fil-A is an American fast food restaurant chain specializing in chicken sandwiches. | Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesThe right-wing outcry over the fast food chain, briefly explained. DEI, short for diversity, equity, and inclusion, is the latest three-letter term to become a target of the right. That focus burst into view this week as conservatives went after Chick-fil-A, a fast food restaurant they’ve often supported in the past given its... Read more ›
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a presidential campaign event in Iowa on May 30, 2023. | Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTrailing in by wide margins in the polls, DeSantis may be ever so slowly starting to take on Trump. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis kicked off his 2024 presidential campaign in Iowa Tuesday with a few light digs at former President Donald Trump, who he has so far been reluctant to... Read more ›
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