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The Goods

The Goods

The Goods

Is legal weed doomed to be run by big business?

By Mary Jane Gibson

The money party is over

No one was celebrating in 2022’s economy.

By Emily Stewart

Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest is the culmination of an epic flameout

After quickly amassing political and philanthropic influence, the former billionaire has been arrested for fraud.

By Whizy Kim

The irresistible voyeurism of “day in my life” videos

By Rebecca Jennings December 21

A joke with a literal cost

By Emily Stewart December 21

The billionaire vibe shift

By Whizy Kim December 20

The psychological traps of online shopping, explained

By Emily Stewart December 15

The socially sanctioned arrogance of SBF

By Emily Stewart December 13

FTX’s implosion and SBF’s arrest, explained

By Emily Stewart December 13

Every “chronically online” conversation is the same

By Rebecca Jennings December 7

We forgot to fix unemployment insurance yet again

By Emily Stewart December 6

The economy just doesn’t make sense anymore

By Emily Stewart December 2

A holiday reminder to not be a rude doofus

By Emily Stewart December 1

The riveting train wreck of a Sam Bankman-Fried interview

By Whizy Kim November 30

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By Vox Staff September 10, 2018

FTX is over. Is crypto, too?

By Emily Stewart November 29

How a Holocaust memoir became a self-help Instagram hit

By Mattie Kahn November 28

Twitter’s CEO is now Twitter’s main character

By Whizy Kim November 28

Stop taking billionaires at their word

By Rebecca Jennings November 23

The high price of absolutely everything at the airport

By Emily Stewart November 17

But where will we tweet?

By Rebecca Jennings November 9

The ugly story of how corporate America convinced us to spend so much on water

By Emily Stewart November 3

What aren’t we doing to fix inflation?

By Emily Stewart October 31

Quitting Elon

By Whizy Kim October 28

Everybody wants to be a LinkedInfluencer

By Rebecca Jennings October 26

How airlines squeeze you for every penny

By Emily Stewart October 20

Oops, we forgot to fix the supply chain

By Rebecca Heilweil October 19

The Try Guys have broken our brains

By Rebecca Jennings October 12

New York seems to have a weed store on every corner. None of them are legal.

By Emily Stewart October 11

Everyone wants a tip now. Do you have to give them one?

By Sara Morrison October 7

A Twitter trial would expose Elon Musk to scrutiny. Buying Twitter might help him avoid it.

By Whizy Kim October 6

You know what your wedding doesn’t need? Doughnut walls.

By Emily Stewart October 6

The Instagram capital of the world is a terrible place to be

By Rebecca Jennings October 5

Mandatory overtime is garbage

By Emily Stewart September 22

What’s at stake in the freight rail labor fight

By Emily Stewart and Li Zhou September 15

How to (actually) stay friends with an ex

By Jay Deitcher September 14

Work sucks when you’re the only one left

By Emily Stewart September 12

The Goods

Two dozen tech founders living in a mansion. What could go wrong?

Launch House promised young tech founders community. A Vox investigation found what happens when clout and cash are paramount, and protecting members falls by the wayside.

By Rebecca Jennings September 11

What if we’re fighting inflation all wrong?

By Emily Stewart September 8

The sex worker teaching TikTok about legal brothels

By Rebecca Jennings September 7

So your kid wants to be an influencer

By Rebecca Jennings August 31

How to set boundaries when your family sides with your ex

By Jay Deitcher August 31

Pumpkin spice lattes — and the backlash, and the backlash to the backlash — explained

By Rebecca Jennings August 29