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The empty promise of instant delivery

By Terry Nguyen

The lesson America refuses to learn about Covid-19 and the economy

American workers are forced to white-knuckle it once again.

By Emily Stewart

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After the Beanie Baby bubble burst

What happens when the frenzy ends and the world doesn’t value your valuables?

By Emily Stewart

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QR Codes Are Here to Stay... but They Kinda Suck

By Jaya Saxena

The misery of the Hype House

By Rebecca Jennings

America doesn’t have enough teachers to keep schools open

By Anna North

The exhausting concept of the “2022 rebrand”

By Rebecca Jennings

In praise of the humble tote bag

By Nicole Collazo Santana

Money has never felt more fake

By Emily Stewart

How 7 people spent their money when they didn’t have to pay student loans

By Terry Nguyen and Emily Stewart

The best $15,490.53 I ever spent: Getting evicted

By Deb Ashley

The quest to find a sustainable prayer rug

By Omnia Saed

How omicron is affecting holiday travel

By Terry Nguyen

The year of garbage internet trends

By Rebecca Jennings

The “humanewashing” of America’s meat and dairy, explained

By Jessica Scott-Reid

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By Vox Staff

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Pokémon will outlive us all

Pokémon had all the hallmarks of a flash in the pan. Two decades later, it’s a $100 billion empire.

By Luke Winkie

The world as we know it is ending. Why are we still at work?

By Anna North

The history of the metal box that’s wrecking the supply chain

By Rebecca Heilweil

Is a new kind of religion forming on the internet?

By Rebecca Jennings

How to deal with (even more) Covid uncertainty

By Allie Volpe

The best $210 I ever spent: My sobriety

By Amanda Montei

My year of smells

By Anna North

It’s beginning to look a lot more expensive for Christmas

By Rani Molla and Emily Stewart

A TikTok food star on why gas stoves are overrated

By Rebecca Leber

The hyperspecific gift guides of TikTok

By Rebecca Jennings

Long hours make bad neighbors

By Anna North

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The escalating costs of being single in America

Why is life in this country so hostile to single people?

By Anne Helen Petersen

Virgil Abloh forever changed the relationship between fashion and language

By Rikki Byrd

Amazon’s strategy to squeeze marketplace sellers and maximize its own profits is evolving

By Sara Morrison

“Indie Sleaze” and “Internet Awesomesauce”: Meet the woman schooling TikTok on niche aesthetics

By Rebecca Jennings

Americans are busy shopping all year round. Where did that leave Black Friday?

By Terry Nguyen

One Good Thing: How fashion became a part of The Nanny’s legacy

By Terry Nguyen

The best $78.51 I ever spent: A knife just like my grandfather’s

By Coyote Shook

The supply chain crisis, explained by Adele

By Emily Stewart

Office holiday parties are back and smaller than ever

By Rani Molla

It’s time for Americans to buy less stuff

By Terry Nguyen

Americans are mad about the economy, but still ready to shop

By Emily Stewart

Thanksgiving air travel will suck this year

By Terry Nguyen

Apple will finally let you fix your own devices — sort of

By Rebecca Heilweil

One Good Thing: The 1970s children’s book that envisions an America overrun by trash

By Dina Gachman

Anatomy of a TikTok hunk

By Rebecca Jennings

The best $15.79 I ever spent: My last terrible diet book

By Amy Lee Lillard

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