Play buttonTariffs Vox Sentences: Too many tariffs to keep track ofVox - Catherine KimVox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday, or view the Vox Sentences archive
Tariffs Trump escalates the US-China trade war by announcing tariff hikes — on TwitterVox - Li ZhouPresident Donald Trump on Friday announced increased tariffs in response to penalties China had levied that morning on $75 billion worth of US products — a wave of tariffs that were themselves a Chinese
Country Music How “Old Town Road” revealed a deep divide within country musicVox - Lauren KatzThe 2019 MTV Video Music Awards air on Monday, August 26, and will feature performers such as Lizzo, Shawn Mendes, Taylor Swift, and Lil Nas X. Along with Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X is one of the artists
U.S. Politics Trump’s new favorite poll inflates his approval rating by about 10 pointsVox - Aaron RuparAmid signs that the economy is slowing, reputable polls show President Donald Trump’s approval rating sagging. Trump responded this week by repeatedly trumpeting a disreputable Zogby poll that pegs his
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent cancer treatment for the second time in a yearVox - Anna NorthJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent radiation therapy this month for a tumor on her pancreas, the Supreme Court announced on Friday. Ginsburg, 86, had three weeks of radiation on an outpatient basis
Play buttonTaylor Swift The 3 best songs on Taylor Swift’s new album, LoverVox - Alex Abad-SantosTaylor Swift has released Lover, an 18-track album, her first since 2017’s Reputation and the seventh of her career. There really are 18 songs, totaling one hour and one minute of Swift music. As with
David Koch “David Koch walked the walk”: a libertarian on the Koch brother’s legacyVox - Jane CoastonDavid Koch, the billionaire industrialist who, together with his brother Charles, ran one of the most influential (and controversial) political giving operations, died Friday at the age of 79. A libertarian,
David Koch David Koch has died at 79. Here’s how he changed American politics.Vox - Andrew ProkopDavid Koch — one half of the infamous “billionaire Koch brothers,” a political duo that spent hundreds of millions of dollars pushing American politics to the right in recent decades — has died at age
Identity California’s new law to stop police shootings, explainedVox - Jane CoastonA bill signed into law this week in California strengthens the standard by which police officers can use deadly force. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the new law, introduced in response to the spate of police
Kirsten Dunst It’s Kirsten Dunst vs. a pyramid scheme in her capitalism-skewering new Showtime seriesVox - Emily Todd VanDerWerffOn Becoming a God in Central Florida, Showtime’s new Kirsten Dunst vehicle, has a relationship to the films of the Coen brothers that’s similar to the one between something like Mr. Robot and the films
Play buttonSchools The money and stress and failed hairdos of school picture dayVox - Kaitlyn Tiffany“My school photos rarely see the light of day,” Marcos, a man from Colorado who used to be very goth, tells me in a Twitter message. His parents were Catholic and did not approve of his long hair or spiked
Emmanuel Macron The G7 is getting back together this weekendVox - Jen KirbyThe Group of Seven summit in Biarritz, France, hasn’t even started and everyone’s already nervous about how it will end. Last year, President Donald Trump got into a fight with Canadian Prime Minister
Tomi Lahren Tomi Lahren now has an athleisure lineVox - Terry NguyenFox News commentator Tomi Lahren has released an athleisure line in partnership with Alexo Athletica, an activewear brand that specializes in pants with reinforced pockets for carrying firearms. Lahren
Tariffs China hits back at the US with tariffs on $75 billion in goodsVox - Jen KirbyChina will impose $75 billion in retaliatory tariffs on US goods, escalating the bilateral trade standoff that’s continuing to rattle the world’s financial markets. Beijing will add two rounds of tariffs
U.S. Politics The surprisingly great idea in Bernie Sanders’s Green New Deal: electric school busesVox - Kelsey PiperBernie Sanders’s just-released Green New Deal plan is huge — $16 trillion, dozens of different clean energy and climate adaptation programs. But one of its more modest proposals stands out as a spectacularly
Play buttonU.S. Politics Why the US drinking age is 21Vox - Phil EdwardsWhy is the US drinking age 21? And how did it happen? In this episode of Vox Almanac, Vox’s Phil Edwards explores the history of the somewhat unusual way the drinking age became 21. After Prohibition,
U.S. Politics Fed Chair Jerome Powell says he can’t fix trade war’s damage to the economyVox - Matthew YglesiasOn Twitter and elsewhere President Trump has consistently pushed the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates to boost the economy. The president’s basic desire for a more growth-oriented Fed (an idea in
U.S. Politics Who’s running for president in 2020 - VoxVoxThe 2020 presidential race is officially underway, and many Democrats are hoping to take their shot at unseating President Trump. Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Klobuchar,
Seth Moulton Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton abandons his presidential bidVox - Ella NilsenAfter announcing his candidacy in April, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) has officially dropped out of the Democratic race for president. Moulton — a Marine Corps veteran and three-term member of Congress who
Play buttonAngel-A My So-Called Life was too good to die so youngVox - Emily Todd VanDerWerffIn Watch This, Vox critic at large Emily VanDerWerff tells you what she’s watching on TV — and why you should watch it too. Read the archives here. This week: the one-season ABC drama My So-Called Life,
Employment Google is cracking down on its employees’ political speech at workRecode - Shirin GhaffaryGoogle announced new rules on Thursday about what employees are allowed to say in the workplace — including restrictions on political expression and guidelines on internal debates about company activity.
Culture How the director of Jawline found her way into the self-contained world of teen livestreamersVox - Alissa WilkinsonIn some ways, the new documentary Jawline is built atop a very old formula — the story of a young person who dreams of making it big. But it’s not about young people packing their things and heading for
Research Why governments are bad at facing catastrophic risks — and how they could get betterVox - Kelsey PiperDo national governments have a plan to prevent global catastrophe? Do policymakers even know enough about those risks to make plans, and do they have access to the expertise they need for effective planning?
Science The “10,000 hour rule” was debunked again. That’s a relief.Vox - Brian ResnickCovering psychology the past several years, I’ve grown used to reading about how classic, viral experiments in the field are failing in rigorous retests. It’s often disappointing to read about: Many times
DoorDash DoorDash says it will roll out tipping changes to drivers sometime next monthRecode - Shirin GhaffaryA month after food delivery app DoorDash said it would change its controversial tipping policy, the company released more details about the planned changes — but there are still a lot of unanswered questions.
Play buttonRansomware Vox Sentences: Hackers are holding cities hostageVox - Catherine KimVox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday, or view the Vox Sentences archive
Google Chrome Google says it’s making Chrome more private, but advertisers will still track youRecode - Theodore SchleiferUnder mounting pressure from the public, Google, like Facebook, says it now wants to give users more control over their data that it shares with advertisers. But is that enough? Google on Thursday said
Play buttonMerchant Shipping Why the US and Iran are fighting over this tiny waterwayVox - Danush ParvanehThe Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway that lies between Iran and Oman. Dozens of tankers carry oil through the 21-mile-wide passage each day. This flow of oil represents 20 percent of the world’s Most
trump news update The bizarre-even-by-Trump-standards past 72 hours, explainedVox - Aaron RuparPresident Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to release ISIS fighters in Europe as a form of punishment for countries like Germany and France; said he’s strongly considering trying to change the Constitution
Spider-Man Why Spider-Man’s future in the MCU isn’t as bleak as it seemsVox - Alex Abad-SantosToward the end of Avengers: Endgame, Hawkeye is running with the Infinity Gauntlet, and asks Captain America what to do with it. To save the universe, they and their fellow Avengers need to get the Infinity
