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Editor’s note, February 7, 2025, 12:30 pm: On February 7, Kanye referred to himself openly as a Nazi in a post on X, along with a number of other antisemitic sentiments. Read this story, first published in October 2022, to understand how we got here.Fake children, lost Black tribes of Israel, and vast conspiracies, all leading to an incendiary Thanksgiving-week dinner with Donald Trump and a hard-line white nationalist and public praise of Hitler’s Nazi regime: This is not the Kanye West we used to know.Ye, né Kanye, habitually draws headlines for more than just his music, whether it’s for…
Over the past few years I've written a lot about degrowth ideology. The view is that the only way to save the planet is to abandon it for economic growth. DeGrowthers sometimes have more controversial things like GDP, which are important in the world, sometimes don't need or deserve washing machines, air conditioners, or out-of-season fruits and vegetables. Sometimes we say what we brew.There are two major differences of opinion with DeGrowthers. The first is that they think they're wrong about how to save the planet. It appears promising that many countries will successfully crack down on their code to…
A few weeks ago, I wandered the aisle of a grocery store when I came across the most expensive egg I've ever seen. The price of a dozen eggs was very close Double digits. Certainly, I was in New York City, one of the most expensive cities in the country. But even so! Did that mean I could never afford an omelette again? I'm not the only one experiencing sticker shock. Food prices are rising rapidly across the country. The USDA reports that between 2019 and 2023, food prices rose 25%, faster than all other major costs, including transportation, medical…
BLOOMING PRAIRIE, Minnesota — In 2014, Lowell Trom hit a breaking point. For two decades, he had watched as his small farming community in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, was taken over by hog factory farms. The first one was built in 1993. Five years later, another one went up. By 2014, there were 10, housing around 24,000 pigs within a three-mile radius of the 760-acre property where he grew corn and soybeans. Many were raising hogs for Holden Farms, a midsized pork company, according to his daughter, Sonja Trom Eayrs. The millions of gallons of waste that the pigs generated each…
At their peak, the devastating wildfires that ignited around Los Angeles in January forced over 200,000 people to evacuate and torch homes, offices and shops of over 16,000 people. Total economic losses could reach $275 billion. This completely trapped the flames, most of them vanished. As Angelenos tackled their losses, the disaster became an excuse for some people litigating their complaints with the state. President Donald Trump said federal aid to California should be conditional on policy changes such as the Voter ID Act. He also ordered a reservoir not connected to Southern California water supply and dumped 2.2 billion…
Vox Members got to read this story first. Support independent journalism and get exclusive access to stories like this by becoming a Vox Member today.Two and a half years ago, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that experts said would upend America’s gun laws. On the surface, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen centered on how New York issued permits to people who wanted to carry their guns in public. The Court said that the state’s practice of issuing concealed carry permits only to those who could prove they had a special need to carry…
Vox Reader Quentin Ampersand asks: How safe is egg donation? Are there any negative long-term effects? How well is the health impacts understood?Egg donations occupy a rare place in American medicine and culture. The use of donor eggs is very common. In 2022 alone, over 20,000 in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles using donor eggs (the most recent year when data are available). However, this process is not often discussed publicly either. When I was researching this question, I was about to all about donating eggs to someone else, and about people who freeze their own eggs (including me) I found…
Logoff is a daily newsletter that helps you maintain information about the Trump administration without taking over your life to political news. Subscribe here.Welcome to logoff. Today's edition concerns a court order that pushes back Elon Musk's deadline for federal workers to take him to a postponed offer of resignation. That may sound niche, but it's important for those who rely on functional governments. It also provides insight into how the courts derail Donald Trump's broader agenda.What's the latest? Midnight appears to be the deadline for workers to decide whether to steal their masked dogs with an offer to resign…
The brief nausea between Elon Musk and the news organization Politico makes something very obvious. Country governance is increasingly becoming the whimsical of online conspiracy theorists.The incident began with two unrelated events. On Tuesday, Politico staff reported that the company had missed its salary. These issues were resolved later that day. Separately, Musk and his Doge team were spending in the guise of thwarting USAID, freezing its operations and reviewing how the money was being spent.However, the X poster saw something more creepy about both facts. They said Politico hadn't paid for staff after they stopped the USAID money flowing.…
In the world of reality television, there are (basically) two types of shows. In the competitive reality show, everyone wins a bounty and has an outspoken reality show full of personal dramas (and perhaps dressed), in the hopes of being asked back to future seasons, Being asked is a prize. The ultimate distinction may be a democratic process older brother Contestants, VanderPump Rules And more single Co-stars aren't like that Technically They were allowed to vote for each other from the show.The Peacock streaming service has a show where the two meet. It's called The traitor. Located in a Scottish…