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Amanda Taub

Former Vox staff

    Latest articles by Amanda Taub

    Criminal Justice
    The truth about “political correctness” is that it doesn’t actually existThe truth about “political correctness” is that it doesn’t actually exist
    Criminal Justice

    It’s just a term we use to dismiss ideas that make us uncomfortable.

    By Amanda Taub
    Technology
    The alleged Russian spies in New York were hilariously bad at spyingThe alleged Russian spies in New York were hilariously bad at spying
    Technology

    Judging by the details in the official complaint against them, their spycraft didn’t go much beyond googling.

    By Amanda Taub
    Syria
    Expert: Obama’s Syria strategy could be a disasterExpert: Obama’s Syria strategy could be a disaster
    Syria

    Dr. Erica Borghard, an expert on proxy warfare, discusses the dangers of arming “moderate” rebels in Syria.

    By Amanda Taub
    Movies
    Every movie rewrites history. What American Sniper did is much, much worse.Every movie rewrites history. What American Sniper did is much, much worse.
    Movies

    The dangerous dishonesty of American Sniper’s parallel reality

    By Amanda Taub
    archives
    The Putins of the world should be terrified by what just happened in Sri LankaThe Putins of the world should be terrified by what just happened in Sri Lanka
    archives

    The lesson of Sri Lanka’s regime change: be afraid, be very afraid

    By Amanda Taub
    Science
    This QVC segment devolved into a mind-blowingly dumb argument about the moonThis QVC segment devolved into a mind-blowingly dumb argument about the moon
    Science

    “The moon is such a planet I can’t even STAND it.”

    By Amanda Taub
    World Politics
    Hackers seize media twitter feeds to live-tweet fake WWIII outbreakHackers seize media twitter feeds to live-tweet fake WWIII outbreak
    World Politics

    Just to be clear, the US is not at war with China

    By Amanda Taub
    archives
    Before-and-after satellite photos show the scale of Boko Haram’s worst-ever attackBefore-and-after satellite photos show the scale of Boko Haram’s worst-ever attack
    archives

    New images provide important information about the attack that may have killed thousands of people

    By Amanda Taub
    Religion
    Pope Francis on free speech: if you insult religion, expect violencePope Francis on free speech: if you insult religion, expect violence
    Religion

    And if you insult the Pope’s mom, expect him to punch you

    By Amanda Taub
    Media
    Vox got no threats for posting Charlie Hebdo cartoons and dozens for covering IslamophobiaVox got no threats for posting Charlie Hebdo cartoons and dozens for covering Islamophobia
    Media

    Media outlets have been widely praised for publishing the cartoons in a way that misses a subtler threat.

    By Max Fisher and Amanda Taub