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What should you be teaching your kids right now to prepare them for an AI-scrambled job market?

I work with a lot of very smart people, and sometimes one of them asks me a question that stops me in my tracks. That’s what happened after I...

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The high price of everything, explained

The war with Iran is choking the Strait of Hormuz, limiting the amount of oil available to the rest of the world. | Andrew Harnik/Getty Images...

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Why Easter never became a big secular holiday like Christmas

Editor’s note, April 6, 2026, 6 am ET: This story was originally published on March 29, 2018, and we’re revisiting it for this Easter. Chris...

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How one Democratic senator is tackling Trump’s corruption

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) speaks during a protest at the US Customs and Border Protection Office on January 13, 2026, in Washington, D.C. | Jemal...

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The sticky, sugary history of Peeps

Editor’s note, April 4, 2026, 6 am ET: This story was last updated on March 30, 2018, and we’re revisiting it for this Easter. Easter season...

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The Western US is already running out of water — and summer is still months away

A section of the Central Arizona Project, a series of aqueducts and tunnels designed to bring water from the Colorado River to Arizona, runs thr...

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Want to fight fascism? Join a knitting circle.

“Back in 2017, I made a ton of pussyhats,” Catherine Paul told me. “I just knitted pink hats like there was no tomorrow.” At the time, Paul...

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You can’t really “train” your brain. Here’s what you can do instead.

This is work is less about taking your brain to a mental gym and more about cultivating the strange and wondrous garden that is your mind. | Get...

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Pam Bondi’s ouster makes Trump’s Justice Department even more dangerous

Outgoing Attorney General Pam Bondi “will be transitioning” to a “new job in the private sector,” President Donald Trump announced. | Yuri Gripa...

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Why Trump betrayed MAGA, according to Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson attends a meeting in the East Room of the White House on January 9, 2026. | Al Drago/Getty Images After five weeks of muddled m...

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What to say to relatives who love to needle you about politics

As someone who has predominantly lived in liberal cities, I am largely surrounded by people who share my political views. Guns, no way. LGBTQ...

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How a capybara took over the Scholastic Book Fair

This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. The Scholastic Bo...