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Hollywood’s writers are on strike. Here’s why that matters.

WGA strikers during the 2007-08 strike. | David McNew/Getty Images It’s been 15 years since the last WGA strike, and…

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A new Supreme Court case seeks to make the nine justices even more powerful

Future Justice Neil M. Gorsuch laughs at a senator’s joke as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his…

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A leading cause of maternal mortality is something few moms worry about

Getty Images/Darya Komarova | Getty Images Experts want greater awareness about this highly preventable condition. Crystal Jackson, who lives in…

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BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti and Gawker’s Nick Denton on why the 2010s digital media boom went bust

Nick Denton onstage at the 2016 Code Conference. The empty chair was reserved for investor Peter Thiel, who financed a…

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The SATs are: a) dying; b) already dead; c) alive and well; d) here forever

A student uses a Princeton Review SAT Preparation book to study for the test. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images The confusing…

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Why Russia renewed large-scale aerial attacks against Ukraine

Rescuers work on the rubble of a damaged residential building in Uman, in the Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine, on April…

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Are we in a slow-moving banking crisis?

People walk past a First Republic bank in Manhattan on May 1, 2023, in New York City. | Spencer Platt/Getty…

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The “Dark Brandon” meme — and why the Biden campaign has embraced it — explained

Dark Brandon, as memed across the internet. | Collage by Vox featuring Yang Quan and tweets from @redwoodk8, @josecanyousee_, @SundaeDivine,…

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Smaller, cheaper, safer: The next generation of nuclear power, explained

Advanced nuclear reactors, especially smaller designs, could help solve many of the persistent problems with nuclear energy. | Paige Vickers…

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The fight to make it harder for landlords to evict their tenants

Pablo Monsalve/VIEWpress via Getty Images Landlords can kick renters out of housing for basically any reason. “Good cause” laws would…

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