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The stubborn sexism of American politics

By Anna North April 6

On Yellowjackets, teen girl friendship hurts like cannibalism

By Constance Grady April 6

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By Kim Eggleston April 6

The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s credits scene sets up a sequel

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By Alissa Wilkinson April 5

The taunt that eclipsed the NCAA women’s basketball championship, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos April 4

The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”

On Succession, all the world’s a stage, and the Roys are flubbing their lines

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Trans people deserve better journalism

How the anti-trans movement took over legacy media.

By Aja Romano March 31

Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski-and-run trial is a reminder that stars are not like us

By Alex Abad-Santos March 30

Swarm isn’t a love letter to Black women. It’s hate mail.

By Nylah Burton March 30

The influencers getting rich by teaching you how to get rich

By Rebecca Jennings March 30

Serial’s Adnan Syed was finally free. Zoom got his conviction reinstated.

By Aja Romano March 29

Has TikTok made us better? Or much, much worse?

By Rebecca Jennings March 29

The fantasy of Ted Lasso and the reality of Jason Sudeikis

By Constance Grady March 29

The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”

What Logan Roy’s sad birthday party tells you about the new season of Succession

By Whizy Kim March 26

Keanu Reeves, explained

By Aja Romano March 24

The “You’re doing it wrong”-ification of TikTok

By Anna North March 24

Hailey Bieber, Selena Gomez, and the Easter egg-ification of the Hollywood feud

By Alex Abad-Santos March 24

Native American histories show rebuilding is possible — and necessary — after catastrophe

By B.L. Blanchard March 24

Love Is Blind’s fourth season is its villain era

By Alex Abad-Santos March 24

The Waco tragedy, explained

By Tara Isabella Burton March 23

The Murdaugh murders saga continues as Stephen Smith’s death is ruled a homicide

By Aja Romano March 23

The case for Rick and Morty

By Sam Thielman March 23

The Broadway musical getting protested by neo-Nazis

By Constance Grady March 23

The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”

Season 4 of Succession is going to be a bloodbath

By Whizy Kim March 22

How BookTok makes money

By Constance Grady March 21

A bioethics professor weighs in on the Last of Us finale

By Oshan Jarow March 17

Time doesn’t have to be money

By Constance Grady March 17

Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ credits scene teases a future that might never come

By Alex Abad-Santos March 16

J.K. Rowling’s transphobia: A history

By Aja Romano March 16

America’s bad bet on expanding legal sports gambling

By Jack Meserve March 16

What YouTube hustle gurus are really selling you

By Rebecca Jennings March 15

Scream’s lasting legacy is its final girls

By Alex Abad-Santos March 14

Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

5 winners and 4 losers from the 2023 Oscars

By Alex Abad-Santos, Aja Romano, and 2 more March 13

Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

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By Alissa Wilkinson March 13

Why Top Gun’s sound design is Oscar-worthy

By Edward Vega March 10

The Vanderpump Rules cheating scandal, for people who have never watched the show

By Alex Abad-Santos March 8

Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

A guide to this year’s Oscars.

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