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In Sally Rooney’s new novel, a celebrity author fights her own brand

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney. | Farrar, Straus and GirouxBeautiful World, Where Are You is unlikely to…

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America needs to decide how much Covid-19 risk it will tolerate

America still doesn’t have a clear goal on handling the Covid-19 pandemic. | Getty ImagesA realistic Covid-19 endgame requires accepting…

3 years ago

Ask a Book Critic: Autumnal books to get you ready for fall

Amanda Northrop/VoxVox’s book critic recommends campus novels to set the mood for virtual learning, and more. Welcome to the latest…

3 years ago

The Other Sara Morrisons are ruining my inbox

Christina Animashaun/VoxEmail is an awful online ID that we use for almost everything. A long time ago, I got some…

3 years ago

What an enormous global study can tell us about feeling better during the pandemic

Cognitive reappraisal is a component of therapy that can encourage positive patterns of thinking and behavior. | Getty ImagesHundreds of…

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Why are these octopuses hurling shells at each other?

New research that has yet to be peer-reviewed suggests that octopuses in Australia can launch debris at each other. |…

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The “g-word” of urban policy

The Artist Studio Affordability Project capped a day of protest in front of the Brooklyn Museum in 2015 with a…

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We’ve been radically underestimating the true cost of our carbon footprint

Amanda Northrop/VoxThe Biden administration needs to factor in climate change’s cost in human lives — and what we owe to…

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Millions of Americans don’t have drinkable water. Can the infrastructure bill fix that?

Volunteers help to distribute water in Jackson, Mississippi on March 7. Residents in parts of the city have been without…

3 years ago

Critical race theory bans are making teaching much harder

A rally opposing anti-racism teaching in Leesburg, Virginia, on June 12. | Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty ImagesEducators are confused about…

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