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Archives for January 2019

Science
Yes, artificial intelligence can be racistYes, artificial intelligence can be racist
Science

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says AI can be biased. She’s right.

By Brian Resnick
Climate
Climate change policy can be overwhelming. Here’s a guide to the ideas that work.Climate change policy can be overwhelming. Here’s a guide to the ideas that work.
Climate

A new book from veteran energy analyst Hal Harvey simplifies decarbonization.

By David Roberts
Climate
The way we eat could doom us as a species. Here’s a new diet designed to save us.The way we eat could doom us as a species. Here’s a new diet designed to save us.
Climate

The EAT-Lancet Commission’s “planetary health diet” is bold and controversial.

By Eliza Barclay
Politics
How the story of a clash between a boy in a MAGA hat and a Native American elder unfoldedHow the story of a clash between a boy in a MAGA hat and a Native American elder unfolded
Politics

It started as a viral tweet and video clip and ended in a political firestorm.

By Emily Stewart
Explainers
What the hell is going on with the State of the Union, explainedWhat the hell is going on with the State of the Union, explained
Explainers

The fight over the State of the Union is very, very petty.

By Emily Stewart
Politics
Mitch McConnell used to worry about shutdowns. Now he just listens to Trump.Mitch McConnell used to worry about shutdowns. Now he just listens to Trump.
Politics

“Remember me? I am the guy that gets us out of shutdowns,” he once said.

By Li Zhou
Politics
The real reason the Senate is taking 2 doomed votes to end the shutdownThe real reason the Senate is taking 2 doomed votes to end the shutdown
Politics

The Senate doesn’t have the votes to reopen the government, but the votes are happening anyway. Here’s why.

By Dylan Scott
World Politics
Venezuelan President Maduro is severing diplomatic ties with the USVenezuelan President Maduro is severing diplomatic ties with the US
World Politics

He also gave US diplomats 72 hours to leave Venezuela.

By Alex Ward
archives
Vox Sentences: State of DisunionVox Sentences: State of Disunion
archives

Contesting the State of the Union address; a president is challenged in Venezuela.

By Nicole Fallert
Culture
Vulnerable boys and powerful men: the Bryan Singer allegations fit a disturbing patternVulnerable boys and powerful men: the Bryan Singer allegations fit a disturbing pattern
Culture

New allegations against the director recall many other accounts of abuse in the #MeToo era.

By Anna North
Politics
Trump: We need a wall to reduce crime. Also Trump: Crime rates are low.Trump: We need a wall to reduce crime. Also Trump: Crime rates are low.
Politics

The president caps off a day in which his supporters made increasingly desperate arguments for the wall.

By Aaron Rupar
World Politics
Companies are starting to flee the UK over Brexit fearsCompanies are starting to flee the UK over Brexit fears
World Politics

Businesses are stockpiling goods or looking elsewhere amid the threat of a no-deal Brexit.

By Jen Kirby
Money
“I want to make myself shutdown-proof”: federal workers turn to the gig economy“I want to make myself shutdown-proof”: federal workers turn to the gig economy
Money

Furloughed workers are driving for Uber and leasing their homes on Airbnb to make ends meet.

By Aditi Shrikant
Science
A new study shows stem cells can reverse MS in some patients. But researchers have questions.A new study shows stem cells can reverse MS in some patients. But researchers have questions.
Science

Some patients in a small trial who got stem cell transplants after chemo saw their quality of life and disability improve.

By Julia Belluz
Politics
Kellyanne Conway wants you to stop calling Trump’s wall a wallKellyanne Conway wants you to stop calling Trump’s wall a wall
Politics

Hours after Trump tweeted “BUILD A WALL,” Conway says, “I’m asking why you and the polling questions, respectfully, are still saying ‘wall.’”

By Jane Coaston