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Worldcoin wants to give you cryptocurrency — in exchange for scanning your eyeballs

Sam Altman, the former president of Y Combinator, is backing a new cryptocurrency project called Worldcoin. | David Paul Morris/Bloomberg…

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These photos sparked a Cold War propaganda feud

In 1961, Life magazine photographed systemic poverty in Brazil. One Brazilian magazine responded with a similar report — featuring photos…

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The cost of bipartisanship

US President Joe Biden and US senators following a meeting regarding infrastructure negations at the White House on June 24,…

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How a socialist won the Buffalo mayoral primary

Courtesy of India Walton’s campaignIndia Walton’s mayoral primary victory is historic. Can her campaign provide a blueprint for progressive success?…

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The Supreme Court’s latest decision could save millions from eviction — but not for long

Justice Brett Kavanaugh. | Getty ImagesBrett Kavanaugh hands the smallest possible victory to millions of Americans facing eviction. The Supreme…

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Zola is a slick, seedy Florida odyssey

Riley Keough and Taylour Paige in Zola. | Anna Kooris / A24The new movie brings a viral tweetstorm to life…

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“Housing discrimination is alive and well”: Watchdog group sues 36 realtors and landlords in New York

A person runs through Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood on October 8, 2020, in New York City. | Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesEnding housing…

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Meet Henrietta Leavitt, the 1900s astronomer who expanded our universe

Amanda Northrop/VoxEdwin Hubble’s name is everywhere in astronomy. Henrietta Leavitt’s should be too. In the early 1900s, the universe seemed…

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A sci-fi writer got meta about gender. The internet responded by ruining her life.

Getty Images/iStockphotoIsabel Fall’s sci-fi story “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter” drew the ire of the internet. This is…

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How big business exploits small business

Uber Eats and Postmates stickers side by side on a restaurant window in 2020. Uber Eats has since acquired Postmates…

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