The Palestinian catastrophe, explained. Around the time that Israelis celebrate Independence Day, Palestinians commemorate the Nakba, or “the Catastrophe.” The Nakba was a series of events, centered around 1948, that expelled hundreds of thousands Palestinians from their homeland and killed thousands. The Nakba isn’t the beginning of the story, but it’s a key part of Palestinian history — and the root of Israel’s creation. Prior to the Nakba, Palestine had... Read more ›
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Posters of Turkish President and People’s Alliance’s presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan (top) and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate and leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), on May 9, 2023, in Istanbul, Turkey. | Aziz Karimov/Getty ImagesCould the opposition end President Erdogan’s 20-year rule? Editor’s note, May 15, 9:40 am ET: Turkey’s elections are headed for a May 28 runoff, election officials announced Monday, after official preliminary results showed President... Read more ›
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A Sudanese protester walks past a recently painted mural during a demonstration near the army headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, on April 24, 2019. | Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty ImagesThe debate over the US’s failures in Sudan, explained. In 2019, Sudan briefly held out hope. After mass protests, the military arrested and overthrew Omar al-Bashir, who had brutally run Sudan for three decades. Though in the aftermath the military shakily... Read more ›
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Cristina Spanò for VoxCould we ever really tell a new story about a very old mermaid? Part of the issue Everything old is new again from The Highlight, Vox’s home for ambitious stories that explain our world. “Originals,” of course, rarely are. In 1989, a redheaded mermaid made her big-screen debut. She wanted to be part of the above-surface world, where people walk around on (what do you call ‘em?)... Read more ›
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Cristina Spanò for VoxIs it possible to be truly original anymore — in your own life, in commerce, in art? We’re in a cultural moment where it feels like so much is being rehashed, repackaged, and resold to a captive audience. This is certainly the case in entertainment, where the Hollywood reboot machine is the driving force behind what makes it to our screens; even “original” programming is frequently built... Read more ›
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The weak return to the office won’t solve the office market’s problems. | Amir Hamja/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMore people are going to offices more of the time. Offices are still in trouble. The so-called “return to the office” has been underway for a while now, and it’s a bit of a mess. Sure, more people are going to the office more often than they were a year ago, but we’re... Read more ›
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In the eighth episode of Succession’s final season, a tight presidential election sows confusion and chaos. | Macall Polay/HBOThe Roys win and democracy loses. Note: This article contains spoilers for several Succession episodes, particularly season four, episode eight, “America Decides.” The eighth episode of Succession’s final season is called “America Decides.” It’s election night at ATN, and “America Decides” is exactly the kind of hokey slogan one would see on... Read more ›
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Christian Torres Chavez/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesPoliticians in Florida, Texas, and New York City are trying to push migrants out of their jurisdictions. Migrants attempting to enter the US from Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as Africa and the Middle East face new barriers even after the end of the US’s Title 42 policy. In addition to increased restrictions under the Biden administration’s new immigration policies, politicians including... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesSet a budget, don’t center your life around work, and other advice for graduates. Graduation season can be one of both opportunity and existential dread. You’re about to embark on a new chapter of your life and have seemingly endless possibilities ahead of you, whether you’re graduating from undergrad, are beginning your career straight out of high school, or have taken a non-traditional path. All that promise and potential... Read more ›
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Seinfeld as Elaine Benes, a canonical baddie. | J. Delvalle/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty ImagesThe unconventional, revolutionary hotness of Elaine. For one reason (Netflix) or another (Netflix), I found myself re-watching Seinfeld over the last couple of weeks, revisiting a show that I first encountered as a kid. I’m now roughly the age of Seinfeld’s leads, and it’s been a humbling experience to slowly relate to and... Read more ›
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party activists and supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan celebrate after Supreme Court declared Khan’s arrest ‘illegal’, in Peshawar on May 11, 2023. | Photo by Hussain Ali/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesThe former prime minister’s arrest reveals Pakistan at a turning point. Pakistan is in turmoil after the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier this week, and though he’s since been released, the... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesWhether it’s your own or someone else’s. After Erica Freeman lost two pregnancies, a stillbirth at 39 weeks and a miscarriage in her second trimester, she hoped to connect with other Black women on social media discussing their experiences. “I didn’t find any out there that were sharing their story,” she says. In 2017, Freeman became that voice she longed to hear. She launched a podcast, Sisters In Loss,... Read more ›
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The EPA expects its power plant proposals would slash carbon dioxide emissions by at least 617 million metric tons through 2042, equivalent to halving the total number of cars on the road for a year. | AFP via Getty ImagesOne winner: Natural gas. In 2013, President Barack Obama announced on a blisteringly hot June day at Georgetown University that his administration would be taking historic action to address power plant... Read more ›
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Posters of Turkish President and People’s Alliance’s presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan (top) and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate and leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), on May 9, 2023, in Istanbul, Turkey. | Aziz Karimov/Getty ImagesCould the opposition end President Erdogan’s 20-year rule? President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has led Turkey for 20 years, consolidating power and reorienting the state around him. But this Sunday’s elections represent a very real... Read more ›
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Trump speaking in 2017. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesThe CNN town hall was a wake-up call: If Trump wins, he’ll be even more dangerous than he was last time. At Donald Trump’s CNN town hall on Wednesday, the former president took a series of policy positions that felt extreme even by contemporary Republican standards. “In little over an hour, Donald J. Trump suggested the United States should default on its debts... Read more ›
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Link hang-gliding over Hyrule. | Nintendo eShopHyrule can’t seem to catch a break. Lucky us. When Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in 2017, it set a new standard for the open world format in video gaming. Rather than guiding players through rigid challenges as in previous installments in the series, the game dropped them in the middle of an open map of Hyrule, letting them... Read more ›
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A picture of Tylee Ryan, left, and J.J. Vallow is seen on a fence opposite the property where their bodies were found in 2020, on April 4, 2023, in Rexburg, Idaho. | Natalie Behring/Getty ImagesTwo missing children, a quadruple homicide, and the darkest of true crimes. Lori Vallow finally faces a reckoning. One of the most high-profile and tragic cases in recent true crime memory received a partial conclusion Friday,... Read more ›
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They went from distributing uncut indie gems to getting everything they made everywhere all at once. When you think back on your favorite movies, you might think about their famous directors or actors. But recently, a new name has become synonymous with indie film culture and appeal, and it’s not an individual, but a studio. A24 You have to admit, their logo is pretty cool.A24 swept the 2022 Oscars. They’ve... Read more ›
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Pigs confined in gestation crates on a pork farm in Canada, photographed in 2022. | Jo-Anne McArthur/We Animals MediaUpholding Prop 12 could create a bold new era of animal advocacy, but only if we go further. The US Supreme Court rarely has occasion to hear an animal law case. Laws having to do with animal treatment are primarily matters of state law, and, historically speaking, precious few of them have... Read more ›
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DonkeyHotey via FlickrMint the Coin and the debt ceiling, explained The debt ceiling standoff is getting very real, very quickly. On Friday, the Congressional Budget Office warned that the federal government could run out of cash within the first two weeks of June. While the Treasury Department has been using extraordinary measures since January to keep paying US debt, officials there have said those measures could be exhausted by June... Read more ›
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