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Shutterstock PG&E waffles on California blackouts, fueling confusion; six die as Bolivian protests continue. Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday, or view the Vox Sentences archive for past editions. The blackouts that never came AContinue reading “Vox Sentences: 4 blackouts in 2 months”

Iran imposed a nationwide internet outage after citizens flooded the streets to protest the government’s hike in oil prices. At least five people were killed in the demonstrations, which show no sign of subsiding. | ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images After protesters railed against increased fuel prices, connectivity fell to just 5 percent. The ResetContinue reading “Why did Iran shut off the internet for the entire country? “

Barack Obama raised millions of dollars for the Democratic Party. | Scott Olson/Getty Images “I don’t care” if it’s not “your perfect candidate.” Barack Obama exhorted some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest Democratic donors to “chill” in their debate over the party’s candidates, seeking to ease the tensions among tech billionaires who have broken into separateContinue reading “Barack Obama tells Silicon Valley’s leading donors to “chill out” over differences between candidates”

The fifth Democratic presidential primary debate took place in Atlanta, Georgia on November 20, 2019. | Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images Vox’s Today, Explained podcast covers what we learned from the November Democratic debate. The fifth Democratic debate in the 2020 election cycle came after multiple days of public hearings in theContinue reading “Why Pete Buttigieg is suddenly surging in the polls”

Javier Zarracina/Vox From Buttigieg on rural America to Warren on breaking up Big Tech, these episodes dive into how candidates think about policies that affect your lives. Democratic veterans and newcomers alike have lined up to challenge President Trump in the 2020 election. With the field more crowded than it’s been in years, it canContinue reading “Here’s how to listen to every Vox podcast interview with a 2020 Democratic candidate”

President Trump attends a “Keep America Great” rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 10, 2019. | Brendan Smialowski /AFP/Getty Images Only one of them makes sense. President Donald Trump withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid from the Ukrainian government, seemingly to push lawmakers to announce an investigation into the son of aContinue reading “The 4 main conservative defenses for Trump against impeachment, explained”

Who doesn’t love pizza? | Mark Wilson/Getty Images Zume Pizza is a Silicon Valley punchline, but investors are pouring millions into it. You wouldn’t be the first person to roll your eyes if told that a Silicon Valley startup that uses robots to make pizza is worth almost $2 billion. Nor would you be theContinue reading “Why a robot pizza startup could be worth $4 billion”

A photo of Grace Millane during a vigil at Civic Square on December 12, 2018, in Wellington, New Zealand. | Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Grace Millane’s story is part of a larger pattern of victim-blaming. Grace Millane was 21 years old when she was fatally strangled, stuffed into a suitcase, and buried in an area westContinue reading “She was fatally strangled. The media is making it about her sex life.”

President Trump attends a “Keep America Great” rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 10, 2019. | Brendan Smialowski /AFP/Getty Images Only one of them makes sense. President Donald Trump allegedly withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid from the Ukrainian government to push lawmakers to announce an investigation into the son of aContinue reading “The 4 main conservative defenses for Trump against impeachment, explained”

Fiona Hill, the former top Russia expert on the National Security Council, arrives to testify during the House Intelligence Committee hearing on November 21, 2019. | Brendan Smialowski /AFP/Getty Images Republicans accidentally got Hill to decry the White House’s “political errand” in Ukraine. The Ukraine scandal has a lot of complicated parts. During Thursday afternoon’sContinue reading “The key moment from Fiona Hill’s testimony”