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Vox Archives Archive

Archives for April 2018

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Vox Sentences: T-Mobile and Sprint promise their proposed merger won’t increase your phone billVox Sentences: T-Mobile and Sprint promise their proposed merger won’t increase your phone bill
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Sprint and T-Mobile try to join forces yet again; another deadly spate of attacks in Afghanistan targets journalists and schoolchildren.

By Ella Nilsen and Rachel Wolfe
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Incels Categorize Women by Personal Style and AttractivenessIncels Categorize Women by Personal Style and Attractiveness
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There are “Stacys” and there are “Beckys.”

By Rebecca Jennings
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Vox Sentences: A historic summitVox Sentences: A historic summit
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North and South Korea meet for historic talks; on Capitol Hill, the House chaplain is mysteriously fired.

By Ella Nilsen and Rachel Wolfe
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Vox Sentences: Bill Cosby gets his comeuppanceVox Sentences: Bill Cosby gets his comeuppance
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Bill Cosby is found guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand; relations get worse between Kuwait and the Philippines.

By Rachel Wolfe
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Vox Sentences: The Supreme Court isn’t about to join the #resistanceVox Sentences: The Supreme Court isn’t about to join the #resistance
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Hearings for President Trump’s travel ban begin in the Supreme Court; Finland’s universal basic income experiment comes to an end.

By Rachel Wolfe
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Vox Sentences: The Senate decides Trump’s doctor needs a closer examinationVox Sentences: The Senate decides Trump’s doctor needs a closer examination
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Troubling allegations come out against Trump’s pick for VA secretary; demonstrators in Nicaragua protest violent police intervention.

By Rachel Wolfe
Sephora’s Lawsuit With Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Is a Staggering Case Study in How Beauty Products Are Sold
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It also illustrates why beauty products cost what they do.

By Cheryl Wischhover
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Vox Sentences: The manhunt for the Waffle House shooting suspect has endedVox Sentences: The manhunt for the Waffle House shooting suspect has ended
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The suspect in a fatal Waffle House shooting in Tennessee is captured; French President Emmanuel Macron heads to the White House for President Trump’s first state visit.

By Ella Nilsen and Rachel Wolfe
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Vox Sentences: Memos on memosVox Sentences: Memos on memos
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The Comey memos go public; the DNC files a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the Russian government, the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks; violence continues along the Gaza border.

By Rachel Wolfe
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Vox Sentences: NASA’s new director may “care about space” but doesn’t think humans cause climate changeVox Sentences: NASA’s new director may “care about space” but doesn’t think humans cause climate change
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NASA gets a new administrator; North Korea says it will go forward with talks on denuclearization even if US troops stay in the South.

By Rachel Wolfe
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Vox Sentences: A Castro-less future for CubaVox Sentences: A Castro-less future for Cuba
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The Republican governor and attorney general of Missouri are battling each other; Raúl Castro prepares to step down.

By Ella Nilsen and Rachel Wolfe
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Vox Sentences: Peace for the Koreas?Vox Sentences: Peace for the Koreas?
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A prison riot in South Carolina leaves seven dead; North and South Korea might be in talks to end their 68-year military conflict.

By Rachel Wolfe
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Summer movies 2017Summer movies 2017
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A guide to the season’s hottest films.

By Susannah Locke
Have Algorithms Destroyed Personal Taste?
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No one is original anymore, not even you.

By Kyle Chayka
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Vox Sentences: Client No. 3Vox Sentences: Client No. 3
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We have a lot of questions about what exactly Michael Cohen was doing for Sean Hannity; the US secretary of defense clarifies that Friday’s Syria strikes won’t be followed up with a larger military response.

By Ella Nilsen and Rachel Wolfe