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One of America’s best foreign aid programs is back from the dead
Every great new discovery has to start somewhere. Penicillin was born out of moldy petri dishes followed by years of experimental testing. The Spice Girls started with an open audition, months of rehearsals in a shared house, and demo tapes stolen in the name of girl power. When it comes to US foreign aid, the […]
The Art of the Steal
President Donald Trump seemingly cannot let the 2020 election go. Despite winning convincingly in 2024, including, for the first time in his political career, the popular vote, he remains fixated on the idea that he also won four years prior, against former President Joe Biden. Now, a year into his second term, Trump’s director of […]
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, […]