For more on the culture that has shaped the last quarter century, check out The 25 pieces of culture that explain the last 25 years. When it came out in 2013, the movie Her was set in the “slight future.”  That “slight future” is, astonishingly, here. After all, AI-powered chatbots actually are a real thing now, […]

Here’s a picture of what life looked like at the turn of the millennium: We couldn’t stop gossiping about the extramarital affairs of the scandal-ridden president of the United States; we rented movies from Blockbuster and showed off our vast CD collections; we waited patiently for modems to connect us to the internet (and hoped […]

For more on the culture that has shaped the last quarter century, check out The 25 pieces of culture that explain the last 25 years. When Peter Jackson’s epic adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring debuted on December 10, 2001, it was considered a likely boondoggle. Hollywood hadn’t launched a […]

This story is a collaboration between Vox and Grist and builds on Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis, a project by Vox, Grist, and The19th that examines how climate change impacts reproductive health — from menstruation to conception to birth. Explore the full series here. Climate change poses unique threats to some of the most foundational human experiences: giving birth and […]

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump announced his new nominee to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday evening, less than two weeks after firing the agency’s […]