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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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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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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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The wolves are coming for Kurt Volker
Democrats are probing whether the special envoy was directed by Trump to squash an investigation in Ukraine. Republicans have a plan to throw him under the bus.
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The Walmart shooting is part of a typical week for America
There are a lot of shootings in America.
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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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A new study finds immigrants aren’t drawn to states that offer them health insurance
It pushes back on the idea that health insurance is a "welfare magnet" for immigrants.
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Trump’s controversial vaping flavor ban is now dead
Angry vapers and vaping companies convinced the president to kill his flavored vape ban.
