Politics

Air travel is a huge contributor to climate change. A new global movement wants you to be ashamed to fly.

Javier Zarracina/Vox Greta Thunberg gave up flights to fight climate change. Should you? It was 2007, during a trip to…

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Elizabeth Warren wants congressional staffers to get paid more

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) greets guests at the Polk County Democrats’ Steak Fry in Des Moines, Iowa,…

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Impeach him, anyway

Protesters demanding the impeachment of Donald Trump in New York on June 7, 2018. | Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images The case…

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Nintendo’s latest gamification of exercise, explained

Nintendo is really good at getting me to hold planks for stretches of time, too. For video games! | James…

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Don’t want to read privacy policies? This AI tool will do it for you.

Getty Images If you take a minute to teach this AI, it’ll teach you something in turn. Let’s be real:…

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A US charity tries something new: letting poor kids choose their donors instead

A boy in Mwala, Kenya looks at pictures of potential American sponsors in Chicago. | World Vision/YouTube For decades, Western…

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New poll shows major shift in how Americans think about men in power

Brett Kavanaugh (left) and retired Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy (right) listen to President Donald Trump (center) before Kavanaugh’s swearing-in as…

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The Good Place sets up its endgame in its final season premiere

Eleanor welcomes you to The Good Place. | Colleen Hayes/NBC Eleanor takes charge in an episode that shows how she’s…

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The US will admit just 18,000 refugees in the next year

A girl sits next to packages of humanitarian aid at a camp for displaced people in northeastern Syria on July…

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Vox Sentences: A whistle blown

Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox…

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