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"She’s Barbie. He’s just Jaws. "The summer of 2023 was the summer of Barbie. Everywhere you looked there was marketing — posters, ads, trailers. There were Barbie cafe’s, Barbie progressive commercials, everyone was wearing pink! It was a delightful wave of cinematic energy. "But it was also completely overwhelming. At times it felt inescapable. "Barbie’s marketing felt different. And in some ways it was — but it owes a lot to the blockbusters that came before."

"How our digital lives are impacting our climate goals" (Vox).

"The post-covid pop-up boom, explained."

"Exactly how Trump could ban abortion" (Vox).

"How Los Angeles destroyed a community and built a ballpark on top of it" (Vox).

"How centuries of division built one of the most unequal countries on earth."

"If high inflation hurts just about everyone, why can’t we have no inflation?"

"The original Kodak camera changed photography forever" (Vox).

"They’ve kept London safe from floods since the ’80s. But there’s a problem" (Vox).

"But they’re right that something has changed in American cities."

"It’s a common refrain: school is full of useless (if interesting!) lessons… but we learn next to nothing about how to manage our finances. "It’s true that many Americans still lack basic financial knowledge, which is a contributing factor to the money challenges – high levels of debt, insufficient savings, and poor investment decisions – that a lot of us face. But it’s not necessarily true that we never learned anything: many of us sat through a few classes on money management. It just may not have been enough to stick. "In this video, we’ll take a brief look at the state of financial education in the US: past, present, and future."

"The (bad) options for Americans facing an emergency expense."

"Meet the people trying to make Japan great again."

"How Republicans won Michigan, how they lost it, and what it all tells us" (Vox).

"Why researchers think we're close to getting interspecies chatbots" (Vox).

"Lawns aren’t natural. Why do so many Americans have them?" (Vox).

"Even though there is no scientific evidence that ghosts exist, you may not be crazy if you see one" (Vox).

"America grew from a colony to a superpower in 200 years. "With over 800 military bases around the globe, the US is easily the most powerful nation on earth. But it wasn't always this way. The US once played an insignificant role in global affairs. In this 8-minute video, you can see the transformation" (Vox).