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Climate change policy can be overwhelming. Here’s a guide to the ideas that work.

A new book from veteran energy analyst Hal Harvey simplifies decarbonization.

By David Roberts

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’s bonkers plot twist, explained

If true, the movie’s biggest revelation contains major implications for the entire Harry Potter universe.

By Aja Romano

The Paradise fire is catastrophic. And the wildfire threat to California is only growing.

The ingredients that fueled the deadly wildfire were brewing for years. Residents only had minutes to flee.

By Umair Irfan

Trump says Pelosi deserves speakership, offers Republican votes

Nancy Pelosi has an unexpected (and unwelcome) ally in her bid to lead the incoming Democratic majority.

By Rachel Withers

The real reason conservative critics love talking about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s clothes

Ocasio-Cortez’s political critics often disparage her clothes. They’re really worried about her policies.

By Gaby Del Valle

Turkey: Khashoggi’s dismembered body possibly carried through Istanbul’s airport

If true, it would show the Saudi operation was far bolder than known to date.

By Alex Ward

Trump skipped Arlington Cemetery on Veterans Day because he was “extremely busy”

The president reportedly wishes he had a "rare do-over" on those cemetery visits.

By Rachel Withers

Does cutting carbs really help keep weight off? The big new diet study, explained.

The latest episode in the fierce scientific debate over the low-carb diet suggests it helps people burn more calories and keep weight off.

By Julia Belluz

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CIA reportedly concludes that Jamal Khashoggi was killed on the Saudi crown prince’s orders

By Rachel Withers

Photos: what California’s lethal wildfires look like on the ground

By Eliza Barclay and Diana Elbasha

The host of You Must Remember This on writing a book as essential as her podcast

By Todd VanDerWerff

Why history will have trouble remembering Marvel's Stan Lee as a good guy

By Alex Abad-Santos

HQ2 is a perfect opportunity to massively upgrade the DC area’s commuter rail

By Matthew Yglesias

Elite library sorters race to process books in cutthroat competition

By Constance Grady

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald feels like a giant prologue for some other movie

By Aja Romano

Vox Sentences: A government secret Julian Assange wants no part of

By Stavros Agorakis

Céline Dion has a new gender-neutral clothing line for kids

By Nadra Nittle

How Trump’s favored midterm candidates performed

By Jane Coaston

Facebook has been accused of peddling anti-Semitic conspiracy theories to promote its brand

By Tara Isabella Burton

Brian Kemp elected governor of Georgia after Democrat Stacey Abrams ends campaign

By P.R. Lockhart

Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend doesn’t just compel people to read, but to travel

By Aditi Shrikant

Jonathan Franzen’s new essay collection is a bird-obsessed, condescending mess

By Constance Grady

The best movies out this weekend

13 great films now in theaters and on streaming.

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Exclusive: House Democrats will introduce a bill to protect millions of health care workers

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

The extraordinary trial of notorious drug lord El Chapo is underway

By Jen Kirby

5 Republican women senators told us they don’t want a seat on the Judiciary Committee

By Li Zhou

2 maps show how the blue wave washed away Republicans in Orange County

By Aaron Rupar

The author of The Princess Bride shaped pop culture as few screenwriters have

By Aja Romano

Here’s what you need to know about Sri Lanka’s escalating political crisis

By Jen Kirby

Don’t buy your friends an abandoned Spanish village, no matter what Gwyneth Paltrow says

By Rachel Sugar

Green Book builds a feel-good comedy atop an artifact of shameful segregation. Yikes.

By Alissa Wilkinson
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HBO’s My Brilliant Friend adaptation is a knockout

By Todd VanDerWerff

Northern California now has the worst air quality in the world, thanks to wildfire smoke

By Brian Resnick

What the reported charges against Julian Assange may — and may not — mean

By Andrew Prokop

Sen. Lindsey Graham is poised to lead the Senate Judiciary Committee

By Li Zhou

Cam has the brilliant audacity to argue that the internet isn’t about connecting people

By Aja Romano

California’s newly homeless fire victims face the state’s severe housing shortage

By Umair Irfan

Why the wildfire in Northern California was so severe

By Umair Irfan

Marcia Fudge, an Ohio Democrat, might challenge Nancy Pelosi

By Tara Golshan and Ella Nilsen

Beauty junkies love cheap dupes of expensive products. A new L’Oréal lawsuit could threaten that.

By Cheryl Wischhover

What the Amazon tax breaks really mean

By Matthew Yglesias

Mercury retrograde, explained without astrology

By Joss Fong and Gina Barton

“This will make schools less safe”: why Betsy DeVos’s sexual assault rules have advocates worried

By Anna North

Bohemian Rhapsody loves Freddie Mercury’s voice. It fears his queerness.

By Aja Romano

Who are period-tracking apps really built for?

By Kaitlyn Tiffany

What if your house is too ugly to be smart?

By Kaitlyn Tiffany

The US economy doesn’t need more Amazon jobs. It needs higher wages.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
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