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What we’re getting wrong about 2024’s “moderate” voters

Published 2024-02-02 08:00:00 UTC

Should we make our most powerful AI models open source to all?

Published 2024-02-02 09:00:00 UTC

Why there’s lead in Stanley water bottles — and the real reason that’s a problem

Published 2024-02-02 11:30:00 UTC

The chaotic, irreplaceable Wendy Williams

Published 2024-02-02 15:16:34 UTC

Are you catastrophizing? Here’s how to stop assuming the worst.

Published 2024-02-03 07:00:00 UTC

The French farmers’ protests are more complex than they seem

Published 2024-02-03 08:00:00 UTC

What does the EGOT even mean, anyway?

Published 2024-02-04 07:00:00 UTC

America is exporting more arms than ever. Here’s why.

Published 2024-02-04 08:00:00 UTC

Abortion rights groups don’t want to “restore Roe” — but they won’t fight Biden on it

Published 2024-02-05 07:00:00 UTC

Introducing our new daily newsletter!

Published 2024-02-05 07:30:00 UTC

Vox Announces Today, Explained, A New Flagship Daily Newsletter

Published 2024-02-05 11:06:54 UTC

Democrats are trying to pass a right-wing border bill, but the GOP won’t let them

Published 2024-02-05 19:10:00 UTC

All the tangled conflicts in the Middle East, explained

Published 2024-02-06 06:00:00 UTC

Trump’s legal arguments for staying on the ballot are embarrassingly weak

Published 2024-02-06 06:30:00 UTC

Welcome to the “neomedieval era”

Published 2024-02-06 07:00:00 UTC

Is your medication out of stock? Here’s how to get it anyway.

Published 2024-02-06 07:30:00 UTC

The baseless impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas, explained

Published 2024-02-06 08:00:00 UTC

How California’s torrential, life-threatening storms got so bad

Published 2024-02-06 10:00:00 UTC

The Supreme Court is about to decide whether to sabotage Trump’s election theft trial

Published 2024-02-06 13:15:00 UTC

The Grammys’ Beyoncé snubs speak to a deeper problem

Published 2024-02-06 19:35:00 UTC

The Earth is getting greener. Hurray?

Published 2024-02-07 06:00:00 UTC

Biden invested big in more tax audits. A new IRS analysis claims it’s working.

Published 2024-02-07 07:00:00 UTC

What’s really going on at the border, explained

Published 2024-02-07 07:18:53 UTC

Can the courts save us from dangerous AI?

Published 2024-02-07 08:30:00 UTC

Tiktok is full of tryhard slang

Published 2024-02-07 09:00:00 UTC

Mr. & Mrs. Smith is an odd little marriage story disguised as a spy thriller

Published 2024-02-07 11:45:00 UTC

Cities have always been havens for immigrants. So why are they struggling now?

Published 2024-02-08 06:00:00 UTC

What to do when you’re completely overwhelmed by climate anxiety

Published 2024-02-08 07:00:00 UTC

Can Colorado disqualify Trump from its ballot? 4 ways the Supreme Court might rule.

Published 2024-02-08 07:14:29 UTC

What we’ve learned from 20 years of Facebook

Published 2024-02-08 09:00:00 UTC

The Supreme Court sure sounds eager to put Trump back on the ballot

Published 2024-02-08 13:40:00 UTC

Everything is chaotic about Pakistan’s election — except the outcome

Published 2024-02-08 16:25:00 UTC

Why was there a special counsel report on Biden’s memory?

Published 2024-02-08 20:10:00 UTC

7 questions about migration and the US-Mexico border, answered

Published 2024-02-09 06:00:00 UTC

How Britney Spears explains Taylor Swift

Published 2024-02-09 06:30:00 UTC

Trump’s rumored VP shortlist, explained

Published 2024-02-09 07:00:00 UTC

Usher has a Super Bowl-worthy legacy. Why don’t people act like it?

Published 2024-02-09 07:30:00 UTC

What the business community thinks of a Trump economy reboot

Published 2024-02-09 08:00:00 UTC

Can effective altruism stay effective?

Published 2024-02-09 09:00:00 UTC

Everyone’s being weird about Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car”

Published 2024-02-09 10:30:00 UTC

Why Ukraine’s new top general is known as the “butcher”

Published 2024-02-09 18:55:00 UTC

Taylor Swift, the NFL, and two routes to cultural dominance

Published 2024-02-10 06:00:00 UTC

Beware: A cheese crisis looms

Published 2024-02-10 07:00:00 UTC

What if public housing were for everyone?

Published 2024-02-10 08:00:00 UTC

Why work is so miserable in America

Published 2024-02-11 06:00:00 UTC

What you can learn from regret

Published 2024-02-11 07:00:00 UTC

Did El Salvador just vote to end democracy?

Published 2024-02-11 08:00:00 UTC

A European grocery chain is boycotting high prices. Could it happen in the US?

Published 2024-02-12 07:00:00 UTC

Yes, Democrats, it’s Biden or bust

Published 2024-02-12 07:15:00 UTC

We have treatments for opioid addiction that work. So why is the problem getting worse?

Published 2024-02-12 09:29:36 UTC

The death of the world’s best marathon runner is part of a troubling global trend

Published 2024-02-12 16:10:00 UTC

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to sabotage Trump’s most important criminal trial

Published 2024-02-12 16:10:00 UTC

Israel’s dangerous escalation in Rafah, explained

Published 2024-02-12 18:15:00 UTC

Pakistan’s surprising election results, explained

Published 2024-02-12 18:45:00 UTC

The race to replace George Santos, explained

Published 2024-02-13 06:00:00 UTC

The moral and strategic case for arming Ukraine

Published 2024-02-13 07:10:00 UTC

A prescription for housing?

Published 2024-02-13 07:30:00 UTC

How to make your anger work for you

Published 2024-02-13 09:04:29 UTC

How a ragtag band of internet friends became the best at forecasting world events

Published 2024-02-13 09:40:00 UTC

Scientists strapped cameras to a bunch of polar bears. The footage is breathtaking — and alarming.

Published 2024-02-13 11:00:00 UTC

Who’ll blink first: The world’s largest music company or TikTok?

Published 2024-02-13 16:00:00 UTC

The far right is using the Lakewood Church shooting for anti-trans attacks

Published 2024-02-13 18:10:00 UTC

Carmakers pumped the brakes on hybrid cars too soon

Published 2024-02-14 06:00:00 UTC

What the 5 love languages get right, and what they get very wrong

Published 2024-02-14 07:00:00 UTC

Why the marriage rate is falling faster for some

Published 2024-02-14 07:15:00 UTC

A brief history of Silicon Valley’s fascination with drugs

Published 2024-02-14 08:00:00 UTC

Republicans’ baseless Mayorkas impeachment sets a disturbing precedent

Published 2024-02-14 09:00:00 UTC

Sell lab-grown meat in Tennessee, pay a $1 million fine

Published 2024-02-14 09:00:00 UTC

The evolution of the movie backdrop

Published 2024-02-14 11:35:00 UTC

The CDC is finally going to loosen Covid isolation guidelines. Here’s why that’s a good thing.

Published 2024-02-14 18:05:00 UTC

Indonesia may have just elected a strongman

Published 2024-02-14 18:00:00 UTC

Why Lyft and Uber drivers did their largest strike ever

Published 2024-02-14 19:10:00 UTC

America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained

Published 2024-02-14 19:49:01 UTC

How discredited health claims find a second life on TikTok

Published 2024-02-15 06:30:00 UTC

The Supreme Court will decide if the government can seize control of YouTube and Twitter

Published 2024-02-15 07:00:00 UTC

Trump’s big day in court

Published 2024-02-15 07:20:00 UTC

In The Book of Love, Kelly Link shows that the best romances are ghost stories too

Published 2024-02-15 07:30:00 UTC

What bullets do to kids

Published 2024-02-15 09:01:33 UTC

How the US is preparing to fight — and win — a war in space

Published 2024-02-15 10:19:45 UTC

UV light kills viruses. Why isn’t it everywhere?

Published 2024-02-15 11:15:00 UTC

Those evangelical Christian Super Bowl ads — and the backlash to them — explained

Published 2024-02-15 12:15:00 UTC

How the Kansas City shooting proves the “good guy with a gun” idea is a fallacy

Published 2024-02-15 17:15:00 UTC

Hospitals are supposed to be safe. Not in Gaza.

Published 2024-02-15 19:20:00 UTC

US officials are always talking about “deterring” Iran. What does that really mean?

Published 2024-02-16 06:00:00 UTC

Dakota Johnson’s aloof appeal, explained

Published 2024-02-16 07:00:00 UTC

The looming ground assault on the last “safe” zone in Gaza

Published 2024-02-16 07:15:00 UTC

What’s behind the power of tiny eyeglasses?

Published 2024-02-16 08:00:00 UTC

Can California show the way forward on AI safety?

Published 2024-02-16 09:00:00 UTC

Trump is suddenly in need of a lot of cash. That’s everyone’s problem.

Published 2024-02-16 15:50:00 UTC

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death, explained

Published 2024-02-16 18:35:23 UTC

How to handle the winter blues, no matter where you live

Published 2024-02-17 06:00:00 UTC

This Is Me… Now is the most J. Lo thing J. Lo’s ever done

Published 2024-02-17 07:00:00 UTC

Why we fear uncertainty — and why we shouldn’t

Published 2024-02-17 08:00:00 UTC

How NIMBYs are helping to turn the public against immigrants

Published 2024-02-18 07:00:00 UTC

I was laid off from a high-paying job. Is it ethical to apply for government aid?

Published 2024-02-18 08:00:00 UTC

An attempt to reckon with True Detective: Night Country’s bonkers season finale

Published 2024-02-18 22:20:00 UTC

The Supreme Court will decide whether to let civilians own automatic weapons

Published 2024-02-19 07:00:00 UTC

Jon Stewart is as funny as ever. But the world has changed around him.

Published 2024-02-19 07:30:00 UTC

How to look at art — and really see it

Published 2024-02-19 08:00:00 UTC

How Israel’s war went wrong

Published 2024-02-20 06:00:00 UTC

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