The everyday electronics that won’t survive Trump’s trade war
Less than six months ago, after an inappropriate amount of research, I bought a new toaster for $30. My old ...
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The strange link between Trump’s tariffs and incel ideology
“Tariffs or this?” mused an X user on April 5, the day after President Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs sent ...
The playbook Trump is following to deport protesters
The Trump administration has been arresting and detaining protesters who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. They have justified the action by ...
“Your Friends & Neighbors” lets Jon Hamm sell you the life you can’t afford
It’s tough to shake the feeling that “Your Friends & Neighbors” is selling us something. Some of that is surely ...
I can’t afford a house right now. Am I screwed?
“Should I buy a house?” That’s the question that a listener, Miranda, brought to Explain It to Me, Vox’s weekly ...
My boyfriend wants to pay my expenses. Am I a bad feminist if I let him?
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. To ...
Why it feels like 2007 again
In February, a group of men on a sports talk show casually spread a salacious and untrue rumor about the ...
The Supreme Court seems likely to expand religious employers’ right to ignore the law
There wasn’t a lot of suspense going into Monday’s Supreme Court argument in Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry ...
“It’s not the thing, it’s the story about the thing”: Andy Kaufman’s life was one long performance
There are few comedians who polarized audiences like Andy Kaufman. His style of deadpan humor was deliberately designed to make ...
The rise of chatbot “friends”
Can you truly be friends with a chatbot? If you find yourself asking that question, it’s probably too late. In ...
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