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Gossiping doesn’t mean you’re a bad friend

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Was The Blind Side’s white savior narrative built on a lie?

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Money

Dumb Money and what actually happened with GameStop, explained

By Emily Stewart

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The Hollywood writers’ strike is over — and they won big

By Alissa Wilkinson and Emily Stewart

Hollywood actors’ and writers’ strike: News and updates

By Vox Staff

How the fight between tech founders and influencers shaped the internet

By Rebecca Jennings September 27

The movies to watch for this fall

By Alissa Wilkinson September 26

Two young missionaries made headlines. Two new docs look at why.

By Alissa Wilkinson September 26

Naomi Klein on her doppelganger (and yours)

By Sean Illing September 26

The cinematic glory of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s game-day date

By Constance Grady September 25

Love Is Blind season 5 is all about red flags

By Alex Abad-Santos September 22

Celebrities can’t stop showing us who they really are

By Aja Romano September 21

Drew Barrymore tried to live, laugh, scab her way across the picket line. It didn’t work.

By Alex Abad-Santos September 19

Maren Morris distancing herself from country music underscores its existential crisis

By Li Zhou September 19

Sound of Freedom wants to raise awareness about child trafficking. Here’s what it’s really doing.

By Aja Romano September 18

The sexual assault allegations against Russell Brand, explained

By Li Zhou September 18

What’s the state of the Hollywood strikes?

By Alissa Wilkinson September 18

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By Constance Grady November 16, 2021

The backlash against Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos September 18

The United States of Florida

Examining the Sunshine State’s outsized role in American culture.

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The United States of Florida

The dream — and reality — of moving to Florida

By Marin Cogan September 18

The United States of Florida

“Florida Man,” explained

By Kristen Arnett September 18

The United States of Florida

The mind-boggling scale of Disney World

By Whizy Kim September 18

The true story of the fake unboxed aliens is wilder than actual aliens

By Aja Romano September 16

The big Elon Musk biography asks all the wrong questions

By Constance Grady September 13

Joe Jonas — and the celebrity PR machine — isn’t fooling us anymore

By Rebecca Jennings September 13

On Hulu’s The Other Black Girl, the hair is the point

By Constance Grady September 13

On Louis C.K., bad men, and burning it all down

By Alissa Wilkinson September 13

Why most tennis players struggle to make a living

By Laura Bult September 12

How cars ruin wild animals’ lives

By Marina Bolotnikova September 12

The book of the year so far is Lauren Groff’s The Vaster Wilds

By Constance Grady September 12

The Spanish sexual misconduct scandal roiling soccer, explained

By Li Zhou September 11

Bethenny Frankel’s reality TV union is easier said than done

By Alex Abad-Santos September 11

The viral portrait of Theresa May, explained by the artist

By Jen Kirby September 9

Suits is an unlikely time capsule for a troubled decade

By Aja Romano September 9

The sincerity and rage of Olivia Rodrigo

By Constance Grady September 8

The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

What the stories we tell about robots tell us about ourselves

By Constance Grady September 7

The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Can AI learn to love — and can we learn to love it?

By Alissa Wilkinson September 7

The Burning Man flameout, explained

By Aja Romano September 6

Vivek Ramaswamy and the lie of the “model minority”

By Prachi Gupta September 5

Zadie Smith on the problem of the good white woman

By Constance Grady September 5

Burning Man’s climate protesters have a point

By Adam Clark Estes September 3

TikTok has transformed the concert experience

By Aja Romano September 3

What America can learn from baseball (yes, baseball)

By Bryan Walsh September 1

Dealing With Dragons is the kind of book a kid builds their personality around

By Constance Grady September 1

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