Aja Romano
Vox
New York, United States
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The true story of the fake unboxed aliens is wilder than actual aliens
All the greed, fraud, centuries of racism, and deteriorated llama skulls behind Mexico’s unboxed aliens. → Read More
Suits is an unlikely time capsule for a troubled decade
Suits is half comfort watch, half reckoning — and America can’t stop streaming. → Read More
The Burning Man flameout, explained
Climate change — and schadenfreude — finally caught up to the survivalist cosplayers. → Read More
TikTok has transformed the concert experience
Fans are creating new concert traditions for a new age. → Read More
The confusing Scooter Braun exodus, explained
Sorry, Swifties, Scooter Braun probably isn’t about to be arrested. → Read More
What’s going on with these viral, right-wing country music hits?
Right-wing Billboard breakout Oliver Anthony and the conservative country boom, explained. → Read More
King the Land is a Netflix hit about love and labor rights
Can romance’s fantasy of wealth survive the labor rights movement? Let’s ask, uh, this frothy K-drama. → Read More
The Montgomery boat brawl and what it really means to “try that in a small town”
The viral fight valorized Black resistance — and punctured Jason Aldean’s racist "small town" narrative. → Read More
The Chosen, the Christian megahit about Jesus, explained
The Chosen’s Christian nepo baby roots — and other ways the hit drama might surprise you. → Read More
The Long Island serial killer case may finally be solved — but many questions remain
A surprise arrest after a 13-year investigation shocked the true crime community — and relieved New Yorkers. → Read More
Sound of Freedom wants to raise awareness about child trafficking. Here’s what it’s really doing.
Is a movie still just a movie if it becomes a culture war battleground? → Read More
How Keri Russell sells The Diplomat’s disaster heroine
Netflix’s The Diplomat asks what high-powered political games look like when they’re played by a woman with impostor syndrome. → Read More
What we know so far about Tucker Carlson’s shocking Fox News departure
Fox News hasn’t said much. Carlson has said even less. → Read More
Another hint about Tucker Carlson’s firing: A racist text
"Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. It’s not how white men fight," the former Fox News host said. → Read More
Star Wars has a Baby Yoda problem
The Mandalorian was the answer to all of Star Wars’ problems — until it embodied them. → Read More
Why the Vallow-Daybell murders are among the bleakest in true crime memory
Two missing children, a quadruple homicide, and the darkest of true crimes. Lori Vallow is finally on trial. → Read More
The ego-driven clash at the heart of all the Yellowstone drama
Even if Costner returns to Yellowstone, will there be a Yellowstone to return to? → Read More
Trans people deserve better journalism
How the anti-trans movement took over legacy media. → Read More
Serial’s Adnan Syed was finally free. Zoom got his conviction reinstated.
A wildy rare appeal is sending Adnan Syed back to court — this time with Hae Min Lee’s family in the room. → Read More
Why Jonathan Majors’s assault arrest is so disturbing — and so complicated
The Marvel star faces domestic assault charges, and now other allegations spanning years. → Read More