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If Jasmine Crockett wins, she wants to do it her way

Today, Explained will now be publishing video episodes every Saturday in audio and video, featuring compelling interviews with key figures in politics and culture. Subscribe to Vox’s YouTube channel to get them or listen wherever you get your podcasts. US Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is a bona fide political star. In just two terms in […]

The gaming 'friendslop' race to make the next Peak is here

Games like We Are So Cooked, Log Riders, and Yapyap are flourishing on platforms like Steam thanks to a widespread embracing of friendslop

Haitians in America worry they’re Trump’s next target

President Donald Trump stood onstage at a presidential debate in his last campaign and falsely accused the Haitians of Springfield, Ohio of eating pets. He derided their place of birth as a “shithole” country that should be cut off from immigration — privately in his first term, then proudly and publicly in his second.  Now, the […]

Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Marred By Catcalling Italian Men On Sidelines

VAL DI FIEMME, ITALY—Calling it a “relentless barrage of unwelcome yelling” that distracted from the competition, officials confirmed Saturday that the women’s 10km + 10km Skiathlon event had been marred by Italian men catcalling along the sidelines. “Ayyy, bella, how ’bout you-a come grip-a my ski pole, eh?” said one of the hundreds of local men stationed […]

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New US rules banning Chinese software in internet-connected vehicles from March 17 add urgency to industrywide efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese components (Stephen Wilmot/Wall Street Journal)

Stephen Wilmot / Wall Street Journal:
New US rules banning Chinese software in internet-connected vehicles from March 17 add urgency to industrywide efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese components  —  New U.S. rules ban Chinese software in vehicles on national-security grounds  —  How Chinese is your car?  Automakers are racing to work it out.