Billy Preston’s life was a gospel of joy — and a blues of survival
“Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It” is, by turns, heartbreaking and inspirational. Directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Paris ...
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The hottest new winter sport is about to get even hotter
Over the past few winters, where I live — in one of the country’s winter sport meccas — there have ...
The real reasons people love playing games
Games are often treated as trivial. They can be seen as mere distractions. At worst, they’re time-wasting indulgences.The philosopher C. ...
Pope Leo is quietly reviving America’s Catholic left
A quiet cold war is happening across America — one that many Americans might not be aware of if they’re ...
Drive racists out of public life forever, and other lessons from Black history
Brian JonesMother Jones illustration; Courtesy photo Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign ...
AI agents could change your life — if they don’t ruin it first
Some smart people think we’re witnessing another ChatGPT moment. This time, folks aren’t flipping out over an iPhone app that ...
How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyond
We’re making this story accessible to all readers as a public service. At Vox, our mission is to help everyone ...
How the prenup became mainstream
Prenuptial agreements, long exclusive to celebrities and the ultra-rich, have trickled down to the rest of us.A 2023 Axios/Harris poll ...
My new neighbors are robots
The robots in my building are multiplying. It started with one roughly the size of a doghouse that cleans the ...
ICE is forcing a reckoning among America’s religious leaders
It’s a recurring feature of anti-ICE protests: the presence of pastors, priests, and reverends on the front lines of demonstrations, ...
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