How the Iran war came for elevator rides, street lights, and even butter chicken
These are wartime policies, even though none of these countries are actually fighting a war. All of them, however, are ...
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Why some American accents have endured — while others have faded away
On Explain It to Me, Vox’s weekly call-in podcast, we hear a lot of stories from listeners. Recently, we asked ...
How ICE has changed American life
When candidate Donald Trump promised mass deportations on the 2024 campaign trail, it was hard to imagine exactly what that ...
Why people are having such strong reactions to Lindy West’s new memoir
You might remember feminist writer Lindy West from her days on X (né Twitter) yelling at sexist, anti-fat trolls. Or ...
What baseball’s “robot umpires” tell us about the future of work
For a sport that’s more than 150 years old, the opening of the 2026 Major League Baseball season is set ...
How Mormons went mainstream
Everything is coming up Mormon…or at least it feels that way. From reality TV drama to cookies to sodas to ...
Does fine dining have a toxic chef problem?
One of the most acclaimed restaurants in the world, Noma, opened a pop-up in Los Angeles on March 11.It was ...
Are team sports the secret to living longer?
In 2005, Barb Trammell gathered some friends for a charity basketball game to raise money for an old historic building ...
Maybe it’s time for The Bachelor franchise to end
The newest Bachelorette season is canceled, right on the cusp of its premiere — and it may inadvertently spell the ...
The Oscar was never really Timothée Chalamet’s to begin with
After spending the past several months engaged in an intense Oscar campaign for Marty Supreme — including claiming that his ...
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