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The rise of chatbot “friends”

Can you truly be friends with a chatbot?  If you find yourself asking that question, it’s probably too late. In a Reddit thread a year ago, one...

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Angela Chen

The realist’s guide to spring cleaning

The state of a kitchen pantry, closet, or garage says a lot about a person. There are some who seem to have the innate ability to keep their spices...

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Allie Volpe

Kavanaugh and Barrett appear likely to break with the Supreme Court’s MAGA wing

The Supreme Court spent Wednesday morning giving very serious consideration to a case that no one should take seriously.  FCC v. Consumers’...

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Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court hands a rare loss to gun companies

An exceedingly rare event occurred on Wednesday — the Supreme Court upheld a federal gun regulation, with four of the Court’s Republicans in the...

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Ian Millhiser

The invisible homeless crisis that official statistics miss

“The only thing worse than being homeless in America is not being considered homeless in America,” says Brian Goldstone, a journalist and...

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Rachel Cohen

A Supreme Court case about abortion could destroy Medicaid

Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic is one of the most straightforward cases the Supreme Court will hear this year. It involves a federal law...

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Ian Millhiser

The deep divide lurking in Trump officials’ leaked group chat

The biggest story in America is, and should remain, the Trump administration’s accidental inclusion of Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg on...

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Zack Beauchamp

A longtime target of the right is finally buckling under Trump pressure

The second Trump administration has shown remarkable aggression in abruptly canceling hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants at elite...

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Andrew Prokop

The Social Security crisis, briefly explained

The Social Security Administration — which distributes benefits to tens of millions of retired workers, people with disabilities, and their...

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Abdallah Fayyad

The viral story of Trump’s team texting war plans to a journalist, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news...

monday 30

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Joshua Keating

The Supreme Court’s new religion case could devastate American workers

If you know the name of a case the Supreme Court will hear on March 31, Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, you can...

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Ian Millhiser

Two hunky doctors are resuscitating TV

For decades, medical dramas have been a comforting staple of television, reliable entertainment without the expectations of being groundbreaking or...

monday 10

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Kyndall Cunningham

The Supreme Court appears determined to blow up its one good Voting Rights Act decision

The Supreme Court sent a rather unfortunate message during Monday’s argument in a racial gerrymandering dispute called Louisiana v. Callais: Do not...

monday 4

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Ian Millhiser

The only generation not in a sex recession

If you’ve read the news lately, you’ve probably heard that Americans may be in the middle of a sex recession. But at least one demographic of...

monday 20

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Jonquilyn Hill

There’s a pattern in Trump’s power grabs

You’ve surely heard “First They Came,” German pastor Martin Niemöller’s famous poem about the road to Nazi Germany. It’s one of those texts...

monday 20

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Zack Beauchamp

One big reason for fewer babies: phones?

All across the world, people are having fewer children. The birth rate is declining quickly in countries ranging from the United States to Finland...

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Noel King

Why do kids have imaginary friends?

An earlier version of this story appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. A Vox reader...

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Anna North