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Larry French/Getty Images for The Jefferson Awards Foundation He’s already missed the deadline to be on the ballot in some states. Last week Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she would name former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a former businessman and civil rights attorney, to her cabinet. Instead, he announced he actually wants to be president. PatrickContinue reading “Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is running for president”

Getty Images William Taylor and George Kent will testify at the first public hearing in Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. Update: The first impeachment hearing has concluded. The next hearing will be on Friday, November 15, and feature testimony from former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. After that, there will be hearings on Tuesday, November 19.Continue reading “Live: The impeachment inquiry’s first public hearing”

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”