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Eric Levitz

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Trump is coming for your credit card rewards. That’s good.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

19.10.2026 10

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Eric Levitz

Cold weather and high prices could flip the Senate

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

15.10.2026 10

Vox

Eric Levitz

Are the AI industry’s apocalyptic warnings just a marketing ploy?

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

09.10.2026 300

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Eric Levitz

Trump tried to make burgers cheaper. It backfired spectacularly.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

30.09.2026 40

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Eric Levitz

Flock cameras are creepy. They might still be worth it.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

28.09.2026 20

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Eric Levitz

The AI threat keeping scientists up at night

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

19.09.2026 70

Vox

Eric Levitz

Trump keeps telling voters he doesn’t care much about affordability

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

11.09.2026 50

Vox

Eric Levitz

The Jewish Democrats trying to get to “yes” on Abdul El-Sayed

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

03.09.2026 50

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Eric Levitz

The data centers are winning

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

01.09.2026 50

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Eric Levitz

Dead billionaires should pay higher taxes

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

24.08.2026 60

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Eric Levitz

How the Wisconsin governor’s race became a data center hate-off

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

19.08.2026 50

Vox

Eric Levitz

The left is winning the argument on aid to Israel. The next step will be harder.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

10.08.2026 60

Vox

Eric Levitz

The hidden cost of Mamdani’s plan for cheap groceries

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

03.08.2026 40

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Eric Levitz

AI could end up too cheap to control

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

30.07.2026 150

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Eric Levitz

The big healthcare fight Democrats keep dodging

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

24.07.2026 50

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Eric Levitz

Who counts as “working class”?

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

20.07.2026 100

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Eric Levitz

The one thing MAGA nativists get right

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

13.07.2026 70

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Eric Levitz

Voters love rent freezes. Economists hate them. Except for this one.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

07.07.2026 90

Vox

Eric Levitz

There’s one big reason socialist voters may not get what they want

There’s one big reason socialist voters may not get what they want The left’s new vision is running into an old problem. The left is painting...

02.07.2026 60

Vox

Eric Levitz

The AI industry just won a race — but lost the war

25.06.2026 70

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Eric Levitz

Why ChatGPT might be suffering

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

19.06.2026 70

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Eric Levitz

Trump just found the worst way to regulate AI

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

16.06.2026 90

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Eric Levitz

Trump’s strange flirtation with AI socialism, explained

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

12.06.2026 80

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Eric Levitz

Smartphones broke dating. AI might finish the job.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

08.06.2026 150

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Eric Levitz

MAGA’s civil war over immigration is over. Silicon Valley lost.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

28.05.2026 100

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Eric Levitz

The 2026 economy could have been great — if not for Trump

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

27.05.2026 80

Vox

Eric Levitz

The hidden way dictatorships are shaping what AI tells you

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

21.05.2026 80

Vox

Eric Levitz

Data centers could actually be good for your hometown

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

18.05.2026 200

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Eric Levitz

Democrats’ latest critique of Walmart is wrong — and dangerous

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

27.04.2026 80

Vox

Eric Levitz

The real problem with Hasan Piker

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

24.04.2026 200

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Eric Levitz

The Iran war isn’t hitting your grocery bill — yet

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

17.04.2026 80

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Eric Levitz

OpenAI is pivoting to…socialism?

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

13.04.2026 150

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Eric Levitz

The myth of the downwardly mobile college graduate

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

09.04.2026 100

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Eric Levitz

The war is on hold. But the economy is still in danger.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

08.04.2026 60

Vox

Eric Levitz

Courts are finally punishing Big Tech for harming kids. Here’s the catch.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

28.03.2026 100

Vox

Eric Levitz

Is Trumpism dead?

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

25.03.2026 100

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Eric Levitz

AI could reverse social media’s worst consequence

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

23.03.2026 100

Vox

Eric Levitz

The “populist” crusade to make the suburbs more segregated and expensive

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

17.03.2026 80

Vox

Eric Levitz

The Democrats are about to make a trillion-dollar mistake

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

16.03.2026 100

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Eric Levitz

The global oil crisis is even worse than it looks

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

11.03.2026 100

Vox

Eric Levitz

4 reasons why AI (probably) won’t take your job

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

05.03.2026 100

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Eric Levitz

The AI industry’s civil war

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

04.03.2026 150

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Eric Levitz

AI could transform the economy by year’s end

It’s February 2020 again.  An exponential process is in motion — one that will inevitably shake the world to its core — and upend our economy,...

11.02.2026 100

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Eric Levitz

Trump has a plan to steal the midterms. It will probably fail.

Ever since the United States entrusted its presidency to a would-be insurrectionist in January 2025, many Americans have feared for the integrity of...

09.02.2026 70

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Eric Levitz

Trump has turned his biggest political asset into a liability

When President Donald Trump launched his deportation campaign last January, he had the American public at his back. Under Joe Biden, unauthorized...

02.02.2026 90

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Eric Levitz

The dismaying response to a new Alex Pretti video

Last Wednesday, a video surfaced of Alex Pretti kicking out the taillight of an ICE vehicle, 11 days before Border Patrol agents shot him to death....

31.01.2026 90

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Eric Levitz

The Trump administration is admitting it lied about Alex Pretti

A federal agent shoves a woman to the ground. A young man walks over to help her up. Then the agent pepper-sprays them both.  Despite the burning in...

27.01.2026 70

Vox

Eric Levitz

You don’t need to be a liberal to oppose Trump’s ICE

America’s immigration debate has often centered on the morality of mass deportation. Progressives have argued that exiling law-abiding families is...

24.01.2026 100

Vox

Eric Levitz

Trump’s war on Wall Street landlords could raise your rent

Wall Street is “gobbling up” America’s homes. Firms with names like BlackRock (or Blackstone or SablePebble) are shouldering their way into...

23.01.2026 90

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Eric Levitz

A very simple explanation for why politics is broken

In today’s America, the less money a white voter has, the more likely they are to support Donald Trump. Whites in the bottom 10 percent of...

20.01.2026 100

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Eric Levitz