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Canceling debt is what’s needed to ensure a solid, equitable middle class.
Life was never easy for New York’s costumed performers. What happens when the tourists disappear?
The BREATHE Act is a bold plan to address police violence — and it’s made for this moment.
An Austin organizer explains how the Texas freeze left her already vulnerable community in crisis.
The sport that peaked in the 1990s in the US could desperately use a makeover — and not just at the Olympic level.
America’s schools spend less money on Black students. Closing the gap is key to equality.
So many Black families have been shut out of stability at every turn.
The Postal Service has to do more than deliver mail if it wants to survive.
TikTok is full of dubious personal finance myths. Here are 10 of them, and why you should be wary.
Is this the beginning of a mainstream fat acceptance movement? Or will it be buried by the algorithms?
2020 was a hard, hard year. Here are the stories of people who lived through it.
“It feels like I’ve never stopped playing Russian roulette because I never stopped working.”
At the conclusion of a dystopian year, we look to historians, preppers, and even the heavens in search of answers: What exactly was 2020, and what happens now?
“I haven’t contracted Covid yet. I’ve been lucky, because my bubble is probably huge.”
“I love just looking at his face when he sees there are other people in the world!”
“There are certain ways — and maybe it’s not cool to say this — in which quarantine has been helpful.”
These stories have a remarkable richness — not in spite of the pandemic, but because of it.
“I asked him, ‘How’s everything going? How can we help?’ And I accidentally told him that I loved him.”
“That day, for the first time, I saw myself. And I knew I was trans. Holy shit.”
2020 was a year that left many people unmoored. But for some, it inspired big change.
The boutique fitness phenomenon sold exclusivity with a smile, until a toxic atmosphere and a push for growth brought the whole thing down.
Why time felt warped this year, plus an accounting of how women’s work is (or isn’t) valued, an ode to hours spent video gaming, and more.
“Online sex work has amplified the loneliness for some customers. I’m talking to them because they’re paying.”
“The first couple weeks, I sucked at life. I sucked at everything.”
“I can’t do any of my old standup comedy. And I don’t want to do it. I literally am starting over from scratch.”
“In America, we say everything we do is for our child, but we spend a lot of time working and accumulating money and stuff that we don’t need.”
“As soon as I started taking non-monogamy seriously, it was like any other coming out.”
“It’s easier to believe everything is holy lying under the stars with friends and a pig sleeping in the crook of your arm.”
High costs, stagnant wages, and so much debt.
The Cleveland Indians are reportedly the latest group preparing to abandon a stereotypical name, following the Washington Redskins and Aunt Jemima this summer.
As weed hits a cultural tipping point, states face an urgent call to expunge, or erase, minor pot convictions.
As many seniors face down the winter holidays alone, it may be tempting to give them a companion robot as a gift.
The collapse of America’s middle class crushed department stores. Amazon and the pandemic are the final blows.
Americans are embracing dangerous conspiratorial beliefs, from QAnon to coronavirus denial.
As the pandemic rages on, single people are feeling the anxiety of missed opportunities.
Harris is also the first Black person and first South Asian American person to be elected to the role.
President-elect Joe Biden doesn’t have many options to force out Trump.
In Georgia, the deadline to correct your ballot is Friday, November 6.
Vox talked to dozens of voters ahead of the 2020 election. Here’s what we learned.
