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Vox @vox.com · 12h

This week, Texas National Guard troops arrived in Chicago.

Dan Petrella of the Chicago Tribune spoke with Today, Explained host Noel King to break down what has happened in the last month in Chicago, and how the intense federal attention has affected the city's residents. 👇

What the National Guard is doing in Chicago

The mood in the city is tense.

Vox @vox.com · 14h

The coming days will tell whether this is just a hostage exchange and prelude to a new phase of the conflict, or a lasting peace.

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The bleak lesson Israel — and the world — might learn from the peace deal

It’s worth celebrating. But there’s reason to fear what it portends.

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Vox @vox.com · 14h

As recently as the 1950s, Americans were politically calm — so calm that a committee of the American Political Science Association urged the two parties to accentuate their differences, to provide a “true choice.”

Why have we gotten to a place where even open-toed sandals are left-wing?

How everything became left or right “coded”

The answer isn’t just about parties dividing on policies.

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Vox @vox.com · 14h

In an era when partisan division is so febrile that acceptance of political violence has grown and violent political attacks are on the rise — the Charlie Kirk assassination being the latest of great note — it is hard to remember that it wasn’t always so.

Vox @vox.com · 17h

Days after deploying National Guard troops to Chicago against the wishes of local leaders, President Donald Trump is calling for the city’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to be jailed.

A Trump social media post you should actually pay attention to

Trump threatens to jail a governor.

Vox @vox.com · 18h

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the two counts of lying to Congress being brought against him by the Trump administration.

It’s a case that appears both flimsy and nonetheless loaded with meaning for the future of American justice.

The Comey prosecution is revealing Trump’s weakness

Is the Comey case getting tossed?

Vox @vox.com · 1d

“Locking in” has become its own aesthetic. Videos under the #thegreatlockin and #lockingin feature Zoomers in sterile apartments wearing neutral workout clothes. They’re usually fixing healthy meals, walking on treadmills, and making lists in journals, complete with timestamps for each activity.

In times of uncertainty, Gen Z is “locked in”

The self-help mantra that’s helping young people navigate their economic anxiety.

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Constance Grady @constancegrady.bsky.social · 1d

It is Jane Austen Appreciation Year always in my heart, but especially this year, when she turns a sunny 250 years old. To celebrate, I went digging through Mansfield Park to learn about what we know about what Austen thought of slavery. www.vox.com/culture/4639...

The weirdly modern Jane Austen debate we still haven’t figured out

Reckoning with Jane Austen and empire on her 250th anniversary.

Vox @vox.com · 1d

According to a new, exclusive analysis by the nonprofit Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), over the last five years, the USDA has increasingly issued warnings over actual enforcement actions, like fines, for those allegedly violating the Animal Welfare Act.

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Vox @vox.com · 1d

There has been some slippage in support among Trump’s 2024 voting coalition, but it’s not the GOP doomsday scenario some headlines have tended to make it out to be (for example, saying that the coalition has “fallen apart”).

Vox's @christianpaz.bsky.social explains. 👇

Are Trump’s voters turning against him?

Many of his newest supporters are having doubts.

Vox @vox.com · 2d

SCOTUS broke from its increasingly common practice of deciding important cases without holding an oral argument or explaining the reasoning of its decision, to hear a case about whether states may ban “conversion therapy” — sessions which seek to change one's sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Supreme Court fights over whether medical expertise actually exists

The Supreme Court seems eager to kill state bans on anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy.

Vox @vox.com · 2d

President Trump is determined to make good on his promise to bring American drug prices in line with Europe and Canada through a policy called “most favored nation” status.

So, why do Americans pay more for prescription drugs than anyone else in the world?

Why are US medicines so darn expensive?

And can Trump actually do something about it?

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Joshua Keating @joshuakeating.bsky.social · 2d

Netanyahu prolonged the war to save himself. It may have worked.
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Trump’s deal could be a win for Netanyahu, whether or not it succeeds.

Will Israel’s prime minister take the win?

Vox @vox.com · 2d

The Trump administration is pushing harder to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, and Chicago despite the protests of state and local leaders.

Trump’s war on cities, briefly explained

Trump is attempting to deploy the National Guard in Portland and Chicago.

Vox @vox.com · 3d

Earlier this week Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — a public-private partnership that does more than any other organization to get vaccines to people in poor countries — reported that its vaccines saved a record-breaking 1.7 million people in 2024. That’s 400,000 more lives saved than in 2023.

2024 was a record-setting year for lifesaving vaccines

Vaccines delivered by Gavi saved the lives of 1.7 million people in poor countries

Vox @vox.com · 3d

Israel and Hamas will begin indirect talks in Egypt on Monday after Hamas said it would accept parts of President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, including releasing all remaining Israeli hostages.

@joshuakeating.bsky.social explains what we know about the deal and its chances of succeeding.

Is Israel’s war in Gaza actually about to end?

5 questions about Trump’s Gaza plan.

Vox @vox.com · 3d

One of the reasons why KPop Demon Hunters is so special is that it honors k-pop’s status as one of the world’s most popular genres, said Rebecca Sun, author of The Quiet Part Substack about cultural news and criticism.

How KPop Demon Hunters became everyone’s idol

The real reason why the animated movie resonates.

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Vox @vox.com · 3d

Empathy is in a weird place right now. Most of us probably think the ability to place ourselves in someone else’s shoes is a good thing. That’s what compassion is all about right? But a recent trend in conservative Christian circles is calling empathy into question. Some even believe it’s a sin. 👇

How empathy can harm — and how it can help

It’s become controversial. Here’s how to really think about it.

Vox @vox.com · 3d

The anti-woke backlash is coming for CBS News — in the person of Bari Weiss.

In a deal that could have seismic ramifications for the mainstream media, Paramount (CBS’s parent company) will reportedly buy the Free Press (Weiss’s online publication) for around $150 million.

Why does Bari Weiss keep winning?

She quit the New York Times, calling it too far left. Now she’s more powerful than ever.

Vox @vox.com · 6d

And yet, most Americans don’t think the government should play a role in encouraging people to have more kids. However, among the 44% who do, they believe the government should provide more tax credits for parents and require businesses to offer paid leave.

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The movement desperately trying to get people to have more babies

It’s not only J.D. Vance fixating on childlessness: The pronatalists, explained.

Vox @vox.com · 6d

More Americans are seeing the declining birth rate as a problem.

In a recent Pew survey, over half of Americans now say that if fewer people have kids, it would negatively impact the US. This includes not just Republicans, but also more Democrats, Democratic-aligned independents, and women.

Vox @vox.com · 6d

The most effective way to avert a climate change catastrophe: People in wealthier countries have to eat more plant-based foods and less red meat, poultry, and dairy.

The climate movement’s biggest weakness

What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.

Vox @vox.com · 6d

Like many blink-and-you-miss-it trends in the era of TikTok, the origins of the Dubai chocolate craze aren’t as mysterious as they may seem. Still, the sheer demand for a product so extreme in its combination of ingredients, marketing push, and price tag remains a bit puzzling.

What is Dubai chocolate and why is it everywhere?

TikTok is only part of the reason the snack has become the epitome of “IRL brainrot aesthetic.”

Vox @vox.com · 6d

Trump announced the latest addition to his personal branding empire this week: TrumpRx, a government website that claims it will offer deeply discounted drugs to many Americans. But what he actually delivered was a splashy announcement — and, at least so far, little else.

Will TrumpRx save me money on drugs or not?

The president’s new plan to slash drug prices is “a splashy announcement without a lot of substance.”

Vox @vox.com · 6d

You probably haven’t thought much about amphibian-assisted reproduction lately (or, let’s be honest, ever). But in a lab tucked inside the Fort Worth Zoo, scientists are playing matchmaker for one of the rarest toads in the country.

Inside the audacious mission to bring a rare toad back from the brink

The amphibian “IVF clinic” fighting to save the first amphibian ever afforded federal protections.