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The RNC’s January 6 committee strategy seeks some distance from Trump’s election lies
Trump supporters storm the US Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021. | Samuel Corum/Getty Images In a document obtained
A study gave cash and therapy to men at risk of criminal behavior. 10 years later, the results are in.
A man looks out over Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia in West Africa. | John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images Liberia found a stunningly effective
The young, rich, anti-capitalist capitalists
Christina Animashaun/Vox “I sometimes joke that there are way more socialists who need a financial adviser than there are socialist financial advisers.” Andrea Pien is
15 unmissable movies from this year’s Cannes
Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton in Three Thousand Years of Longing. | MGM The films that scandalized and enchanted audiences at the world’s most prestigious
Tell your boss: Working from home is making you more productive
Around 40 percent of American workdays are currently done from home, and a growing number of them report that they’re being more productive. | Carlos
Pro-gun lawmakers want to arm teachers, but there’s little evidence these programs work
An elementary teacher in Louisville, KY, assists a student in class. Conservatives are calling for arming educators with their own guns to protect students from
The Texas grid is designed to fail
A jogger runs past electric lines in Dallas, Texas, in July 2021. A heat wave in May 2022 knocked six power plants offline in the
The increase in US births in 2021, explained
A newborn baby with mother. | Getty Images/Cavan Images RF Births went up by 1 percent last year, but don’t think of it as a
Underground hip-hop is banned in Egypt. Now, it’s the soundtrack to Marvel’s Moon Knight.
Oscar Isaac as Mr. Knight in Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight, exclusively on Disney+. | Courtesy of Marvel Studios The Disney+ show is scored by subversive