A single college textbook can cost more than $100. It didn’t use to be this way. - Vox
Publishers say digital options make textbooks cheaper. Affordability advocates say it increases their stranglehold on the market.
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Home design has gotten overstuffed, garish, and glorious. Good! - Vox
The next big thing in home design is overstuffed, garish, and glorious.
How millennials learned to dread motherhood - Vox
To our generation, being a mom looks thankless, exhausting, and lonely. Can we change the story?
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Ian Millhiser is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United States. Before joining Vox, Ian was a columnist at ThinkProgress. Among other things, he clerked for Judge Eric L. Clay of t...
Why “neighborism” and getting to know your neighbors is having a moment - Vox
After decades of social isolation, people are realizing proximity is a resource.
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Why algorithms can be racist and sexist
A computer can make a decision faster. That doesn’t make it fair.
Your friends are still acting like everything is normal in America. What do you do? - Vox
All Americans live in a “dual state.” Here’s what that means — and how to help others see it.
Zyn, the nicotine pouch at the center of a brewing culture war, explained - Vox
Everyzyng you wanted to know about Zyn, in six questions.
Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward former employees - Vox
Has Sam Altman told the truth about OpenAI’s NDA scandal?
40 maps that explain the Middle East
Maps can be a powerful tool for understanding the world, particularly the Middle East, a place in many ways shaped by changing political borders and demographics. Here are 40 maps crucial for understanding the Middle East — its history, its present, and some of the most important...
ChatGPT can talk, but OpenAI employees sure can’t - Vox
Why is OpenAI’s superalignment team imploding?
Donald Trump is the perfect “moderate” - Vox
At the New York Times, Josh Barro argues that Donald Trump is a moderate Republican.
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Something very unexpected is happening to Norway’s polar bears - Vox
Scientists are baffled by the results from new Arctic research.
Will Melania Trump save Ukraine? - Vox
What a ceasefire in a Ukrainian city means for the broader war.
Patrick Stewart taught us what good men do with power - Vox
Great leaders, and great nations, need role models like Jean-Luc Picard.
Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged. - Vox
It’s no accident — the intertwining of religion and technology is centuries old.