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The strange reason flu shots have been so hard to improve

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Bryan Walsh

Donald Trump has a gas problem

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Cameron Peters

Fast fashion is terrible for the planet. Can wardrobe cataloging apps help?

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Constance Grady

2026 is Gen Z’s breakout summer

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Rachel Janfaza

The early-2000s money trend that’s still relevant today

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Anna North

Trump’s imaginary Red Scare

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Dustin Desoto

AI models have learned how to cheat. That might actually be a good thing.

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Bryan Walsh

The flu shot finally gets an upgrade

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Caitlin Dewey

Is the US running out of missiles?

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Cameron Peters

A socialist candidate criticized Thanksgiving — and unearthed a deeper debate on the left

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Andrew Prokop

The FOMO of not seeing The Odyssey in 70 mm IMAX

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Alex Abad-Santos

India’s internet war

How India’s Cockroach movement turned the internet on Modi. In 2014, Narendra Modi pioneered the use of social media and digital campaigning in...

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Nate Krieger

How video games can make young men feel less alone

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Constance Grady

Hackers just broke into America’s tap water

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Sara Herschander

Rise of the AI-ristocracy

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Sara Herschander

What an Abdul El-Sayed win means for Muslim voters

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Christian Paz

Can a different kind of Democrat win the Midwest?

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Caitlin Dewey

Abdul El-Sayed’s win tees up the first true swing state test for the Bernie left

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Andrew Prokop

A Trump administration rule could stop a powerful tool for exposing animal cruelty

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Kenny Torrella

The truth about rent control

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Marina Bolotnikova

How to tolerate uncertainty in a world that’s full of it

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Elizabeth Weingarten

Wildfires come for the suburbs

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Caitlin Dewey

All the president’s construction projects

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Cameron Peters

What’s the difference between fashionably late and straight-up rude? We asked three experts.

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Allie Volpe

Can a community be designed to live longer?

Can a community be designed to live longer? “Blue zones” are places around the world where people have been reported to live longer, healthier...

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Frank Posillico

How Michigan’s Uncommitted movement shaped a Senate race

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04.08.2026 3

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Astead Herndon

The quiet way Republicans are trying to undo abortion rights again — starting in Kansas

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04.08.2026 4

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Christian Paz

The simple idea that helped prevent millions of traffic deaths

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Bryan Walsh

The one thing Ozempic still can’t fix

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Dylan Scott

Trump still really wants a slush fund

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03.08.2026 4

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Caitlin Dewey

The Republican resistance to Todd Blanche was never serious

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Ian Millhiser

Five months of war with Iran

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Cameron Peters

Welcome to the August issue of The Highlight

Welcome to the August issue of The Highlight GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro have been wildly successful. But as popular as they are,...

03.08.2026 3

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Vox Staff

The hidden cost of Mamdani’s plan for cheap groceries

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03.08.2026 4

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Eric Levitz

The US might lose the AI race to China. Should Americans care?

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03.08.2026 4

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Joshua Keating

How a fringe idea about race took over the Supreme Court

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03.08.2026 8

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Ian Millhiser

Can knowing less make you happier?

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03.08.2026 5

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Shayla Love

The case for turning golf courses into affordable housing

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02.08.2026 10

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Sara Herschander

Maybe your stingy boomer parents should give you their money now

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Danielle Hewitt

Why Trump is at war with the International Criminal Court

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01.08.2026 5

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Ariana Aspuru

AIPAC helped knock him out of Congress. Now, he says, they’re losing.

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Andrew Prokop

Everyone hates FIFA’s plan to sell the World Cup to private equity

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31.07.2026 7

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Cameron Peters

The glorious burden of stockpiling little glass jars

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31.07.2026 10

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Rachel Kurzius

The DSA has had unprecedented success. It also has serious internal divisions.

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31.07.2026 8

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Andrew Prokop

Can the internet survive rogue AI?

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31.07.2026 10

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Denise.guerra

The four most important words in healthcare right now

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30.07.2026 10

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Dylan Scott

Trump’s merely “okay” economy

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30.07.2026 7

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Caitlin Dewey

How a super El Niño affects the global climate

How a super El Niño affects the global climate From sharky shores and starving seabirds to droughts, wildfires, and floods. On June 11, the National...

30.07.2026 8

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Benjamin Stephen

Why Trump’s attorney general nominee is struggling

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30.07.2026 9

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Cameron Peters

How to bail on plans without losing friends

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30.07.2026 10

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Allie Volpe