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Vox Archives Archive

Archives for October 2014

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Why even healthy people should get a flu shot: to protect your grandparentsWhy even healthy people should get a flu shot: to protect your grandparents
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Senior citizens are the most likely to die from the flu.

By Susannah Locke
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How dozens of managers were conned into illegally strip-searching their employeesHow dozens of managers were conned into illegally strip-searching their employees
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The psychology of obedience is stronger than any of us would really like to believe.

By Susannah Locke
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Mindy Kaling got mistaken for Malala Yousafzai at the New Yorker festivalMindy Kaling got mistaken for Malala Yousafzai at the New Yorker festival
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“Did he really think I’m Malala? And that if I were, I’d be at the Boom Boom Room?”

By Max Fisher
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There’s a new Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a fake phoneThere’s a new Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a fake phone
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“Phone addiction is real.”

By Brandon Ambrosino
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Vox Sentences: The ridiculous New York City Ebola freakoutVox Sentences: The ridiculous New York City Ebola freakout
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Ebola reaches Mali and New York City — guess which gets more attention?

By Dylan Matthews
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We still judge Monica Lewinsky more harshly than Bill Clinton, and it’s not okayWe still judge Monica Lewinsky more harshly than Bill Clinton, and it’s not okay
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Their differing treatment for the same offense is both unfair and illogical.

By Jenée Desmond-Harris
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Campaign spending is growing even faster than healthcare spendingCampaign spending is growing even faster than healthcare spending
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In one chart.

By Andrew Prokop
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The New York Ebola patient is a hero. Stop criticizing his bowling trip.The New York Ebola patient is a hero. Stop criticizing his bowling trip.
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If the cost of treating infectious diseases was to give up everything else you love in life, no doctors would treat infectious diseases, and we would all be at much greater risk.

By Sarah Kliff
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Election forecasters now give Democrats a slight edge in GeorgiaElection forecasters now give Democrats a slight edge in Georgia
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Senate candidate Michelle Nunn has criticized her opponent’s business record.

By Andrew Prokop
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Look at this photo and tell me immigration laws are justLook at this photo and tell me immigration laws are just
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Global poverty could be over if rich countries stopped policing their borders.

By Dylan Matthews
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Rand Paul just gave one of the most important foreign policy speeches in decadesRand Paul just gave one of the most important foreign policy speeches in decades
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Paul is signaling that, when he runs for president in 2016, he isn’t going to move toward the Republican foreign policy consensus; he’s going to run at it, with a battering ram.

By Zack Beauchamp
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What Herman Cain gets wrong about boats and tidesWhat Herman Cain gets wrong about boats and tides
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Don’t trust the 9-9-9 plan at sea.

By Matthew Yglesias
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Ted Cruz’s deputy chief of staff suggests Ebola spread to the US because of ObamacareTed Cruz’s deputy chief of staff suggests Ebola spread to the US because of Obamacare
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Nick Muzin quickly deleted the tweet blaming Ebola’s outbreak on US health care legislation.

By Max Fisher
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Ferns “talk” to each other to determine their sexFerns “talk” to each other to determine their sex
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This common plant is far more sophisticated than you think.

By Joseph Stromberg
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Workplace diversity is hard for the exact same reason it’s so importantWorkplace diversity is hard for the exact same reason it’s so important
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If no one at your workplace is fighting, you’re screwed.

By Ezra Klein