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A new study found that empathy among young Americans is rebounding after having reached worrying lows a decade ago. | Getty Images/iStockphoto

House Speaker Mike Johnson talks with members of the media following passage of a series of foreign aid bills at the Capitol on April 20, in Washington, DC. | Nathan Howard/Getty Images

A homeless man takes a break from clearing his belongings along the Santa Ana River Trail in Anaheim, California, on January 29, 2018. | Paul Bersebach/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Highlighting the unexpected ways our lives are connected with the natural world and how humans can deepen that connection and preserve our shared planet.

Water being sampled for PFAS testing in Salindres, France, in April 2024. | Pascal Guyot/AFP via Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump greets Justices Neil Gorsuch (R) and Brett Kavanaugh (L), both of whom owe their jobs to him. | Al Drago/Getty Images

Jordan Ruidas, of Lahaina Strong, an organization focusing on helping families affected by Lahaina wildfire, poses for a portrait with her children, La’iku and Waiaulia, in front of a temporary housing encampment in Lahaina, Hawaii, in…

Danielle Kroll for Vox; How a neighborhood project to count squirrels bound me to my wild kin.

Marina Bolotnikova is a deputy editor for Vox’s Future Perfect section. Before joining Vox, she reported on factory farming for national outlets including the Guardian, the Intercept, and elsewhere.

Stories that celebrate life on Earth and deeper ways of connecting with our shared home.

Mary Kirkpatrick for Vox; Nature is for everyone. Here’s how to enjoy it, no matter where you live.

Rachel Victoria Hillis for Vox; You actually can use less energy and have more convenience in your home.

Hollis Edmondson, age 7. | Paige Vickers/Vox; photos courtesy of Tracy Ross

Amina Martin rehabilitates pigeons and other birds in a small apartment in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. | Benji Jones/Vox

Rachel Victoria Hillis for Vox; An old, much-ridiculed hypothesis said yes. It’s time to take it seriously.

Naomi Elliott for Vox; First comes love, then comes … moving in together.

A small tent encampment off of Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. | Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

Journalist Fareed Zakaria speaks during the Ellis Island Medals of Honor ceremony at the Ellis Island Honors Society meeting in New York on May 13, 2017. | Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images

A crowd carrying a model of Iran’s first-ever hypersonic missile, Fattah, past a mosque during a gathering to celebrate the IRGC UAV and missile attack against Israel, in Tehran, Iran, on April 15, 2024 | Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via…

Former President Donald Trump appears in Manhattan criminal court on April 19 for jury selection in his hush-money trial. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. | Curtis Means/Getty Images

Taylor Swift performs during the Eras tour at the National Stadium in Singapore on March 2, 2024. | Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

Plastic covers the exterior of the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX on January 7, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. | Getty Images

Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour in Singapore. | Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

President Joe Biden visits the groundbreaking of a new Intel semiconductor plant on September 9, 2022, in Johnstown, Ohio. | Andrew Spear/Getty Images

Jontay Porter of the Toronto Raptors fights for a rebound during the game between the Raptors and the Oklahoma City Thunder in Toronto, Canada, March 22, 2024. | Zou Zheng/Xinhua/Getty Images

Asna Tabassum, a graduating senior at the University of Southern California majoring in biomedical engineering, is at the center of the latest firestorm on college campuses after the university named her valedictorian, then barred her from…

Dev Patel as Kid in his directorial debut Monkey Man. | Universal Pictures

Ludo Studio; Did you see a parent crying today? The brilliant kids’ TV show Bluey is why.

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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee about the fiscal year 2025 budget on April 16, 2024. | Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images