AvatarVoxflipped into All StoriesAvatarAvatar5 hours agoThe Bachelor has a notorious influencer pipeline — but only for white contestantsverified_publisherVox - Fabiola CineasInstagram follower counts indicate Bachelor Nation doesn’t care as much about leads and contestants of color. The latest season of The Bachelor concluded with an emotional proposal and an exciting announcement: For the first time in the franchise’s more than 20-year history, there will be an Asian …
AvatarVoxflipped into Culture6 hours agoBeyoncé’s Cowboy Carter asks: Who does country belong to?verified_publisherVox - Alex Abad-SantosHer new album seems to have roots in her reception at the 2016 CMA Awards, but the country music establishment can’t stop Beyoncé. In the lead-up to Friday’s release of Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé gave us a small tidbit about its inspiration. She wrote on Instagram that the album was “over five years in …
AvatarVoxflipped into All StoriesAvatarAvatar8 hours agoHow MAGA broke the mediaverified_publisherVox - Zack BeauchampRecent controversies surrounding Ronna McDaniel and Candace Owens show how the media struggles to handle the increasingly extreme right. Two of the biggest stories in the American media at this moment are about staffing choices: former Republican National Committee chair Ronna Romney McDaniel’s …
AvatarVoxflipped into World PoliticsAvatarAvatar13 hours agoISIS-K, the group linked to Moscow’s terror attack, explainedverified_publisherVox - Ellen IoanesISIS-K has become a global terror threat while the world has been distracted. The Islamic State — the notorious group known for building a brutal regime in Iraq and Syria — has claimed responsibility for Friday’s terror attack at a Moscow concert venue that killed at least 139 people. ISIS released …
AvatarVoxflipped into Future PerfectAvatarAvatar13 hours agoAI already uses as much energy as a small country. It’s only the beginning.verified_publisherVox - Brian CalvertThe energy needed to support data storage is expected to double by 2026. You can do something to stop it. In January, the International Energy Agency (IEA) issued its forecast for global energy use over the next two years. Included for the first time were projections for electricity consumption …
AvatarVoxflipped into Social MediaAvatarAvatar14 hours agoThe slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapseverified_publisherVox - A.W. OhlheiserTwitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news. The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone. Line up a few years’ worth of tragedies and disasters, and the online conversations about them will reveal their patterns. The same conspiracy-theory-peddling personalities who …
AvatarVoxflipped into All StoriesAvatarAvatar14 hours agoIs Biden on track for defeat? The debate, explained.verified_publisherVox - Andrew ProkopShould we take current polls seriously? Or are there good reasons to expect a Biden comeback? Is Joe Biden in deep reelection trouble, or is there good reason to think he’s headed for a comeback? The question has divided the political world for months. The case that Biden’s on track for defeat is …
AvatarVoxflipped into ClimateAvatarAvatar14 hours agoYes, even most temperate landscapes in the US can and will burnverified_publisherVox - Kylie MohrWildfire risk is increasing everywhere, especially in the East and South. Here’s a major reason why. Last month, a heat wave persisted for days in the Chilean coastal city of Viña del Mar. The landscape, already affected by an El Niño-supercharged drought, was baked dry. So, when wildfires sparked, …
AvatarVoxflipped into MoneyAvatarAvatar15 hours agoHow Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentence stacks up against the century’s biggest fraudstersverified_publisherVox - Nicole NareaSBF vs. Bernie Madoff, Elizabeth Holmes, Allen Stanford, and Jeffrey Skilling. Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the defunct crypto exchange FTX who was convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges last year, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday in New York court. His sentence is well below the …
AvatarVoxflipped into World PoliticsAvatarAvatar15 hours agoThere’s a shadow fleet sneaking Russian oil around the world. It’s an ecological disaster waiting to happen.verified_publisherVox - Joshua KeatingThe world’s next big maritime catastrophe could involve sanctions-dodging rustbuckets. On March 2, just as it was rounding the northern tip of Denmark, an oil tanker called the Andromeda Star collided with another ship. Thankfully, the 700,000-barrel capacity Andromeda Star was empty at the time, as …
AvatarVoxflipped into PolicyAvatarAvatar1 day agoChicago’s inhumane migrant evictions are a symptom of a bigger problemverified_publisherVox - Li ZhouThey point to much deeper holes in US immigration policy. Chicago’s decision to move forward with a controversial migrant eviction proposal is underscoring ongoing gaps in immigration policy that continue to exist across the country — and the inhumane quick fixes that are being used in the …
AvatarVoxflipped into World PoliticsAvatarAvatar1 day agoWhat the Red Sea ship attacks are really aboutverified_publisherVox - Rajaa ElidrissiYemen’s Houthis say they’re avenging Gaza. But there’s a lot more to it. After the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7, 2023, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group, began attacking ships passing through the Red Sea. The Houthis pledged to attack any ship in these waters that does business with …