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Danielle Kurtzleben

Danielle Kurtzleben

Former Vox Staff

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    Why many aren’t laughing at Palin’s baptism jokeWhy many aren’t laughing at Palin’s baptism joke
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    The former politician has upset some of her fellow conservative Christians with her latest remarks.

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    The most expensive states in the nationThe most expensive states in the nation
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    The District of Columbia is more expensive than any of the states, while Mississippi is the cheapest.

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    The lofty American Dream, in one diagramThe lofty American Dream, in one diagram
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    The American Dream is hard to reach — much more so for some people than others. Here’s one diagram that distills it down.

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    Berkshire’s website is stuck in the Geocities eraBerkshire’s website is stuck in the Geocities era
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    Berkshire Hathaway doesn’t have much of a website, but then again, it’s not really trying to sell anything.

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    The Northwestern football union fight, explainedThe Northwestern football union fight, explained
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    Northwestern is fighting back hard against its football team’s push to unionize. Here’s everything you need to know, from start to finish.

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    The newest way to measure the economy, explainedThe newest way to measure the economy, explained
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    The Commerce Department will release new data on the size of the economy, and some say it could make Americans less Keynesian

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    Everything you need to know about the gender wage gap
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    How Frozen is still making box office newsHow Frozen is still making box office news
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    Inflation and international ticket sales play a part in why Frozen is so successful.

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    Sales taxes majorly cut into Amazon’s businessSales taxes majorly cut into Amazon’s business
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    A new study of five states with online sales taxes shows that customers in those states cut their Amazon purchases by nearly 10 percent.

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    Streetcars don’t make sense as transportationStreetcars don’t make sense as transportation
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    Streetcars are tourist-friendly and may work as tools of economic development, but as basic transportation infrastructure they make no sense.