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There’s an underrated (and cheaper) type of therapy

In her late 20s, Christie Tate struggled with crushing loneliness, bulimia, and suicidal thoughts. Then, she had a conversation that changed her life. Try group, a friend told her — as in group psychotherapy.  Like most people, Tate had thought of therapy as a two-person endeavor: a therapist smoking a pipe and a patient on […]

France’s extremely talented and extremely controversial ice dancers, explained

Journalism needs your support now more than ever. Become a Vox Member today to support our work. When Olympic ice dance pair Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron take to the ice on Wednesday, they’ll do so as the favorites for gold.  The French duo currently leads the pack with a score of 90.18, a […]

The Epstein files might bring down a government. Just not the US government.

The questions about the exact nature of Donald Trump’s relationship with the late financier and sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein that have dogged his presidency in both terms were given fresh life last week when the Justice Department released millions of new “Epstein files.” But for all that Trump, and any number of other powerful men, […]

Woke isn’t dead. Bad Bunny’s halftime show proved it.

As the NFL sent out a final marketing blitz for Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, the official Democratic Party X account shared a picture of Bad Bunny in front of the American and Puerto Rican flags under the text “All-American halftime with Bad Bunny.” It didn’t sit right with one Republican. “Unpopular: […]

Is MAGA pushing the Catholic Church to the left?

A quiet cold war is happening across America — one that many Americans might not be aware of if they’re not tuned into the changes underway in America’s Christian communities.  On one side is the religious right’s use of scripture and faith to justify and defend President Donald Trump’s agenda — and growing Christian nationalist […]