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Photos: major wildfires have ignited across Europe, Asia, and Latin America

The Amazon rainforest is not the only place on fire right now.

Mitch McConnell is calling on Democrats to keep the filibuster. He ignores just how much he’s done to blow up Senate rules.

His argument glosses over the degree of obstruction he’s engaged in as majority leader.


Hasbro is eliminating plastic packaging in new products.

What it’s like to do the toughest job in America

Home health aides are underpaid, overworked, and underprotected.

Woodstock was a beautiful, idealistic mess. The Woodstock Generation was the letdown.

Watching the documentary 50 years later is a lesson in the failures of idealism.

A Gates-funded program meant to keep low-income students pushed them out instead

The failure of a college advising program shows why education reform is so hard — and how we can get it right.

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Why the US and Iran are fighting over this tiny waterway



Here’s how to listen to Lover, Taylor Swift’s latest album

Colorado progressives aren’t clearing the field for John Hickenlooper

Did Democrats already start an impeachment inquiry? It’s complicated.

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In Brittany Runs a Marathon, a woman takes control of her life. Jillian Bell says it was terrifying.

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The best movies out this weekend

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5 things people still get wrong about slavery

Hulu’s Jawline is an empathetic, terrifying documentary about teens who livestream their lives

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Michael Bennet’s plan to prevent and end recessions, explained

In defense of reading the same book over and over again

China paid Facebook and Twitter to help spread anti-Muslim propaganda

Why Steve Bullock is refusing to help Democrats win a Senate majority

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The big new plan to save unions, and what’s behind it

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Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy


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A short cultural history of tie-dye

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Bernie Sanders’s Green New Deal, explained

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“In a perfect world, they’d be running mates”: New Hampshire voters are torn between Sanders and Warren

Jay Inslee, the climate candidate of 2020, is ending his campaign

Jay Inslee, exiting the presidential race, reflects on his campaign

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Bernie Sanders’s ambitious plan to double union membership, explained

Trump echoes NRA talking points, showing that “background checks” talk was all a charade


Why Taylor Swift is rerecording all her old songs

A US airport is the latest place to ban plastic water bottles

Trump says his mileage rules make cars safer. His EPA was worried they will kill more people.

Trump cancels his state visit to Denmark over Greenland

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Julián Castro released an animal welfare plan. It’s good policy — and smart politics.

Trump’s fake tax cuts are back

Work is going global. American Factory’s directors explain how they captured its challenges.

What happens next in the legal cases involving Jeffrey Epstein

Trump and the fragile belonging of American Jews

America has half a million fewer jobs than we thought

Trump says American Jewish Democrats are disloyal, claims “king of Israel” title