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How the Iran war came for elevator rides, street lights, and even butter chicken

A closed restaurant is seen due to a shortage of commercial liquefied petroleum gas cylinders in Chennai on March 10, 2026, due to disruptions i...

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America is going back to the moon

NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft rest at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. | Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Ima...

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The 45-year fight against HIV is one of humanity’s greatest victories. It’s also in danger.

On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a brief, clinical report in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Repo...

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The End of HIV

Since it first began in 1981, the HIV epidemic has killed more than 44 million people. For a generation, a diagnosis was essentially a death...

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The fight for paid parental leave is more winnable than you think

The United States is one of the only countries on Earth that doesn’t guarantee new parents paid leave after a child is born — time to recover...

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Trump’s gas prices problem

Gas prices are displayed at a gas station in Pasadena, California, on March 30, 2026. | Mario Tama/Getty Images This story appeared in The Log...

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If these whales go extinct, we’ll know who to blame

A Rice's whale is visible from onboard the NOAA Twin Otter aircraft off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. | Paul Nagelkirk/NOAA Fisherie...

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Why an 8-1 Supreme Court just ruled in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy”

Transgender rights supporters and opponents rally outside of the US Supreme Court | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images There was never much doubt how...

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Why some American accents have endured — while others have faded away

A golf tournament in Memphis, Tennessee. | Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images On Explain It to Me, Vox’s weekly call-in podcast, w...

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The crisis in American air travel

In the absence of durable systemic solutions, American travelers are left to do that most American of things: fend for themselves. | Mark Felix/...

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What do we lose when we erase ugliness?

We’re in a moment of cultural fascination with looksmaxxers. That too-online community, made up mostly of men who claim to do things like hit...

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How meat became a measure of manhood

In January, a 24-year old nutrition influencer named Jacob Smith made the grave mistake of becoming a little too curious about tofu.  Smith...