A SpaceX rocket takes off on February 2, 2022. This is not the rocket destined to crash into the moon next month, but maybe it
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Immigrants could help the US labor shortage — if the government would let them
A “help wanted” sign is posted in front of restaurant on February 4, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. | Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
The increasingly complicated Russia-Ukraine crisis, explained
A military trainer with Ukraine’s 112th Territorial Defense Brigade works with civilians during a military exercise in the outskirts of Kyiv on February 5. The
Enough with the Ukraine war predictions
Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s revealing joke about a February 16 invasion, explained. The war between Russia and Ukraine was supposed
The shocking decision to allow Kamila Valieva to skate at the Olympics, explained
Kamila Valieva will be allowed to skate at the Olympics, despite her positive doping test. | Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Despite failing a doping test, Kamila
Why “gentrification buildings” are misunderstood
How new buildings can actually fight displacement. When many people look at new housing construction, they don’t just see boxy, modern, and bland architecture. They
How Ukraine is responding to escalating threats of invasion
Ukrainian soldiers from the 25th Air Assault Battalion are seen stationed in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on January 24. | Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via
Why electric vehicles are so hot in the 2022 Super Bowl ads
Tesla isn’t advertising in Super Bowl LVI, but it has had a heavy influence on all the other automakers advertising their new electric models. |
The best $540 we ever spent: An indoor garden that made us feel connected
Dana Rodriguez for Vox To the earth and to each other. Bobby and I sat huddled together in the closet, my head on his shoulder.
One Good Thing: The Left Hand of Darkness showed us that the greatest romances in life can be friendships
The cover for the 1969 version of The Left Hand of Darkness. | Walker & Company (NYC) Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1969 sci-fi tour de force