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    Why Trump is losing his trade war with China

    In recent days, Donald Trump has signaled eagerness to reach a trade agreement with China. The...

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    This pro-Israel group keeps a blacklist. Now it’s taking credit for deportations.

    About nine years ago, a new organization called Canary Mission released a YouTube video describing their...

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    When did people stop dancing at the club?

    Clubs are, first and foremost, for dancing. One could theoretically do other things there — drink,...

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    Could this $10 weightlifting supplement be a depression treatment?

    Creatine — yes, the favorite of gym rats everywhere, a supplement many of us have taken...

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    Why are so many people into astrology?

    A Vox reader asks: Why do so many people believe in astrology? Astrology has been around as...

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    When your garden fails, the magic happens

    This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive...

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    Gen Z is finding religion. Why?

    For most of the last 30 years, the story of religion in America has been a...

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    Trump’s latest blow to civil rights law, briefly explained

    This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the...

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    Trump will almost certainly get away with banning trans people from the military

    Almost immediately after he began his second term, President Donald Trump ordered the military to ban...

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    OpenAI’s nonprofit structure was supposed to protect you. What went wrong?

    A version of this story originally appeared in the Future Perfect newsletter. Sign up here! Right now, OpenAI is...

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    The real quest for fake blood

    In his free time, while working as a clerk at a local Australian railway, James Harrison...

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    Let’s not panic about AI’s energy use just yet

    Consider the transistor, the basic unit of computer processors. Transistors can be tiny, down to single-digit...

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    Trump’s tariffs are driving a gold rush

    If anything is safe from the economic chaos caused by President Donald Trump’s tariffs, it’s probably...

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    The hidden religious divide erupting into politics

    This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive...

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    Clean energy breakthroughs could save the world. How do we create more of them?

    Twenty years ago, few people would have been able to imagine the energy landscape of today....

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    The gas station of the future is not what you think

    There’s a bodega on the corner where I live in Brooklyn, New York, with a massive...

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    The controversies surrounding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, briefly explained

    This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without...

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    The Supreme Court’s “Don’t Say Gay” argument went disastrously for public schools

    Three years ago, Montgomery County, Maryland, approved several books with LGBTQ characters for use in public...

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    Why Florida’s public universities are collaborating with ICE

    Over the last few months, the Trump administration has intensified its attacks on elite, Ivy League...

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    Kavanaugh and Barrett appear likely to ride to Obamacare’s rescue

    On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could lead health insurance...

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    Escape Velocity

    President Donald Trump ran on a promise of more fossil fuels, fewer environmental regulations, and outright...

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    The right-wing conspiracy behind Trump’s war on Harvard

    Back in 2021, far-right blogger Curtis Yarvin, who supports abolishing American democracy and replacing it with...

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    10 charts prove that clean energy is winning — even in the Trump era

    At every light switch, power socket, and on the road, an unstoppable revolution is already underway. ...

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    Will any climate progress survive the next four years?

    Many worry that the Trump administration will derail the clean energy transition. But there’s reason to...

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    Our climate progress is not doomed

    Donald Trump made his energy plans pretty clear during the campaign: more fossil fuels, fewer environmental...

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    Political news is making me miserable. Is it wrong to tune out?

    Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through...

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    Luigi Mangione and the long legacy of the Unabomber Manifesto

    Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of brazenly gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson turned celebrated vigilante,...

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    The Supreme Court signals it might be losing patience with Trump

    Shortly after midnight early Saturday morning, the Supreme Court handed down a brief order forbidding the...

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    The immigration fix hiding in plain sight

    What should America’s immigration policy be?  This might seem like an absurd question to ask in...

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    The nightmarish problem with trying to make Trump obey court orders

    Top officials within the Justice Department, the State Department, and possibly even the White House may...

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    Trump has two options after a wrongful deportation

    This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without...

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    The startling reason Australia is shooting koalas out of trees from helicopters

    The koala is a national icon of Australia. And in some parts of the country, these...

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    Is J.K. Rowling transphobic? Let’s let her speak for herself.

    J.K. Rowling’s supporters frequently claim the author has never actually said or done anything transphobic. It’s...

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    The daunting task facing Democrats trying to win back the working class

    It’s perhaps the most urgent reason Democrats lost in November: The party has solidly lost the...

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    Silicon Valley got Trump completely wrong

    Last year, a coterie of tech billionaires rallied behind Donald Trump’s candidacy. Many had not been...

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    There’s no “right way” to immigrate anymore

    Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, went into a US Citizenship and Immigration Services...

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    Google’s big problems, briefly explained

    Google just lost a huge antitrust case. A federal judge in Virginia ruled on Thursday that...

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    The everyday electronics that won’t survive Trump’s trade war

    Less than six months ago, after an inappropriate amount of research, I bought a new toaster...

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    A massive blind taste test fed people real and vegan meats. It revealed something surprising.

    From 2017 to 2020, meat-free sausages and veggie burgers had a moment. Sales of plant-based meat...

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    The fate of this beloved American creature is in Trump’s hands

    In late 2021, I stood in a forest about two hours from Mexico City and watched...

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    Are tariffs breaking up Trump’s working-class coalition?

    Nearly two weeks since his “Liberation Day” tariff announcements, President Donald Trump has roundly lost the...

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    Conservatives have a plan for cheaper day care. But is it safe?

    In March 2024, Kelli and Austin Emry welcomed their son Logan, a little brother for their...

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    The showdown between Trump and the courts just escalated

    This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the...

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    Manufacturing jobs are never coming back

    “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country,” President Donald Trump promised on “Liberation...

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    The real argument artists should be making against AI

    Every artist I know is furious. The illustrators, the novelists, the poets — all furious. These are...

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    Why Trump’s tariffs don’t seem to have China

    The United States and China are locked in an economic war. They’ve levied tit-for-tat tariffs on...

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    3 signs the US might already be in a recession

    Recessions are always officially declared after they have already started.  In the US, the National Bureau...

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    A Supreme Court case would take a wrecking ball to separation of church and state in schools

    The Supreme Court’s Republican majority certainly seems eager to make taxpayers fund religious education.  Over the...

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    The demands Harvard refused

    This story appeared in the Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the...

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    How Trump could defeat himself

    President Donald Trump’s press conference with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele was, at heart, an authoritarian political...