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The bill to prevent Trump from stealing the next election, explained

Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell both support the Electoral Count Reform Act. | Drew Angerer/Getty It will likely soon pass…

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The case to rename this famous Christmas plant

Why the story of the poinsettia is a troubling one. Depending on where you live, there is one plant that…

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Can capitalism and nature coexist?

Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF International, in September 2021. | IISD/ENB The head of the world’s largest environmental organization…

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The irresistible voyeurism of “day in my life” videos

Dion Lee for Vox These are the days of our lives. “My weekend as a 28-year-old in Chicago” is, I…

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Hulu’s Kindred solves the Handmaid’s Tale problem

Micah Stock as Kevin Franklin and Mallori Johnson as Dana James in Kindred. | Tina Rowden/FX The 8-episode first season…

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When humor becomes armor

Alex Gilbeaux for Vox Comedian Ashley Ray on grief, theater camp, and learning to make herself laugh first. I was…

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Meme stocks and the limits of being in on the joke

Alex Gilbeaux for Vox Did meme status save GameStop and AMC, or did it turn them into zombies? This is…

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The far-right threat to liberal democracy in Europe, explained

From left, Matteo Salvini, Silvio Berlusconi, Giorgia Meloni, and Maurizio Lupi attend a joint rally of Italy’s coalition of far-right…

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A bad year for the bad guys

Amanda Northrop/Vox In key countries around the world, 2022 was the year democracy proved it could fight back. On the…

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The very serious science of humor

How studying what tickles our funny bone can help explain who we are. To find mirth in the world is…

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