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Why the rape allegations against Diddy are coming to light now

New York’s survivors laws have helped spur a reckoning in music — one that some say is long overdue.

Indigenous activists are risking their lives for butterflies

In Central Mexico’s forests, armed community members defend an iconic butterfly from cartel-backed logging.

How mindfulness went mainstream

Americans embraced meditation. So did corporations.

The very best books of 2023

From buzzy novels to literary biographies, Vox’s book critic breaks down the year in reading.

Why are Christmas movies all about kissing? A theory.

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How a fight over data made South Dakota’s bad syphilis outbreak worse

A decades-long digital turf war’s consequences for Indigenous communities, explained.

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The stretched-too-thin blue line

FBI data shows police departments have been solving fewer violent crimes since 2020. Data analyst Jeff Asher explains where policing is failing, and Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia talks about what cops say they need.

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Jonathan Majors’s arrest and conviction, explained 

In American Fiction, a Black writer who “doesn’t see race” pens a race novel

The ridiculously stupid reason the US is letting animals spiral toward oblivion

So it’s come to this: We might have to worry about the deficit

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Canada is promoting child care for $10 a day

Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, explained

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Are unions making a comeback?

The labor movement’s big year.

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A new approach to measuring what’s going on in our minds

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The growing global support for a Gaza ceasefire, explained

The Supreme Court case that could shut down Trump’s election theft trial, explained

Chatbot therapy is risky. It’s also not useless.

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Why Biden may give in to Republican demands on immigration

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Don’t be satisfied with a pledge to end fossil fuels

Starbucks has lost $11 billion market value, and not because of boycotts

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