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Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images Elizabeth Currid-Halkett explains why today’s rich are far less materialistic, but a far greater threat to equality. If you’re anything like me, today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show will make you think about the way you shop, learn, eat, parent, and exercise in a whole new way.Continue reading “How Whole Foods, yoga, and NPR became the hallmarks of the modern elite”

Imelda Marcos — and her attempt to rewrite history — is the subject of The Kingmaker. | Lauren Greenfield / Showtime The Kingmaker director Lauren Greenfield talks about her revealing Imelda Marcos documentary. Lauren Greenfield has built a career partly on chronicling excess. In films like The Queen of Versailles (2012) and Generation Wealth (2018),Continue reading “How to make a damning documentary about a world-class liar”

Zac Freeland/Vox Hate the idea of capsule wardrobes and workday uniforms? Here’s how to look like yourself. A few years ago, an essay titled “Why I Wear The Exact Same Thing to Work Every Day” went viral. Written by an art director named Matilda Kahl, it detailed how Kahl had spent three years wearing aContinue reading “How to craft your personal style”

The number of 2020 Democratic candidates who are running for president has passed two dozen. | Javier Zarracina/Vox. Getty Images The biggest questions about the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, answered. The 2020 presidential primary campaign field has started to winnow down, but there are still new candidates jumping into the race four months to goContinue reading “The 19 Democrats still running for president and everything else you should know about 2020”

A voter casts his ballot at a polling place at Highland Colony Baptist Church, in Ridgeland, Mississippi, on November 27, 2018. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images When you don’t weight by education, you might massively underrate Trump. A poll released Tuesday conducted by the broadly respected Atlanta Journal-Constitution offered the surprising finding that 54 percent ofContinue reading “The difference between good and bad state polls, explained”

Javier Zarracina/Vox The plague is still a problem around the world — including in the US. If you thought it went the way of bloodletting and medicinal leeches, think again. Two people have just come down with the plague. Yes, the plague. In China, two patients diagnosed with the infectious disease are receiving treatment in aContinue reading “We never really got rid of the plague. 2 people in China just caught it.”

Good apologies are difficult. Companies should make them anyway. | Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images According to a professional apologizer. Thanks to the internet, apologies look, feel, and sound far different from how they used to. They come in formats that seem unimaginable even just a decade ago: a screenshot of a Notes app, a teary-eyed confessionalContinue reading “Why are brands so bad at apologizing?”

Zac Freeland/Vox The outcome of this race could show how much influence Trump still does — or doesn’t — have. Republicans’ recent loss in the Kentucky governor’s race didn’t reflect well on the president, but the real proving ground of President Donald Trump’s influence might just be the upcoming race in Louisiana this weekend. TheContinue reading “The only Democratic governor in the Deep South is fighting to hang onto his seat”

Left to right: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Alphabet CEO Larry Page, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, and Vice President Mike Pence listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of technology executives at Trump Tower in New York City on December 14, 2016. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Facebook is making millions off of impeachment adsContinue reading “How Donald Trump is using Facebook to amplify his fight against impeachment”

Getty Images Instagram is a beauty pageant. TikTok is where kids are free to be mediocre. There’s a TikTok that’s just a boy saying, “I may be ugly, but at least I’m also … dumb and annoying.” Then he dances while Ariana Grande’s “Successful” plays. It’s extremely funny, and a little bit sad, and IContinue reading “Teens are calling themselves “ugly” on TikTok. It’s not as depressing as you think.”