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Brazil’s Amazon rainforest destruction is at its highest rate in more than a decade
New satellite measurements show an alarming spike in deforestation this year.
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Mike Pompeo’s big announcement about Israeli settlements, briefly explained
What he said and why it matters.
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Accelerationism: the obscure idea inspiring white supremacist killers around the world
A bizarre academic philosophy has transfixed the fringe. The goal? To collapse the government itself.
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Did Rand Paul betray libertarians?
The senator was once dubbed "the most exciting figure in politics" for libertarians. Now he’s one of Trump’s biggest allies. Why?
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Facebook still isn’t clear about why it won’t take down false political ads
At Code Media on Monday, a vice president at Facebook said the company can’t legally take down political ads. Soon after, Facebook walked those comments back.
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We read all 25 National Book Award finalists for 2019. Here’s what we thought.
The Vox staff reviewed all the finalists in each of five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature.
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16 great documentaries from this year and how to watch them
From con artists to cults, nonfiction cinema is rich right now.
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The Walmart shooting is part of a typical week for America
There are a lot of shootings in America.
